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Story Structure Analysis Live Webinar

with Jennine Lanouette

How do you subvert a genre, challenge the audience, and still deliver a structurally sound story?

Join us for a close look at Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell’s bold and unsettling take on the revenge narrative. In this 2-hour webinar, we’ll explore how Fennell uses structure to guide tone, build tension, and deepen meaning, while defying expectations at nearly every turn.

Whether you’re intrigued by the film’s shifting tone, its chapter-like format, or the emotional risks it takes, this session will help you see how those choices are supported by purposeful, strategic structure.

Details:

  • Live 2-hour webinar + discussion with accompanying PDFs.

  • Saturday, February 14, 10:30 am Pacific Time.

  • Includes 90-day access to the webinar recording.

Registration is open until Friday, February 13th, 3:59 pm Pacific Time.

Don’t miss this opportunity to uncover the structural engine behind one of the most talked-about and debated films of the past decade. Your writing will be better for it.

Story Structure Analysis Live Webinar

with Jennine Lanouette

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How do you subvert a genre, challenge the audience, and still deliver a structurally sound story?

Join us for a close look at Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell’s bold and unsettling take on the revenge narrative. In this 2-hour webinar, we’ll explore how Fennell uses structure to guide tone, build tension, and deepen meaning, while defying expectations at nearly every turn.

Whether you’re intrigued by the film’s shifting tone, its chapter-like format, or the emotional risks it takes, this session will help you see how those choices are supported by purposeful, strategic structure.

Details:

  • Live 2-hour webinar + discussion with accompanying PDFs.

  • Saturday, February 14, 10:30 am Pacific Time.

  • Includes 90-day access to the webinar recording.

Registration is open until Friday, February 13th, 11:59 pm Pacific Time.

Don’t miss this opportunity to uncover the structural engine behind one of the most talked-about and debated films of the past decade. Your writing will be better for it.

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About Jennine Lanouette

I am a screenwriting instructor of over 20 years with a specialty in script analysis. I have lectured at The New School and School of Visual Arts in New York and Pixar and Lucasfilm in the San Francisco Bay Area, and with the Sundance Institute online. I studied at Columbia University under Frank Daniel with additional coursework in the history of drama at NYU. Previously, I was a journalist reporting on American independent film for Filmmaker, Premiere, The Village Voice, Screen International, Sight and Sound and Ms. Magazine. You can learn more about my approach to teaching screenwriting at www.screentakes.com.

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What People Say...​

"Jennine's webinar on "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" made me appreciate Quentin Tarantino as a filmmaker in a way I had not since Reservoir Dogs. Her focus on dramatizing theme made me realize how important an articulated theme is in creating movies that leave a lasting impression."

Tobias Meinecke, screenwriter​

"Jennine’s detailed analysis of award-winning films illuminates key structural elements that build the drama and drive a film to its conclusion. Her mapping of Act One, Act Two first half, Act Two second half and Act Three has been an invaluable tool for helping me find the structure of the documentary I am currently working on. Taking this course was exquisite timing as my film’s structure has already become better. I highly recommend Jennine’s course!"

Sheila Ganz, documentary filmmaker​

"Get ready to be blown away by a screenwriting course you’ll wish you’d taken years ago! Jennine teaches you how to expand your creative thinking in ways you’ve never imagined with her visually engaging, easy to absorb insight into the complicated story structures of great films. Her eye-opening analysis will give you the tools and the confidence you’ll need to go beyond conventional writing in your own work. You’ll have a front row seat to learning from a master of story structure analysis!"

Stephen Leon, screenwriter​

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"This course helped illustrate the idea that practically everything matters!! That the order of scenes, the story, character , and theme each play a key part in the craft of a well told story. Recognizing the importance of each is what I found to be valuable & beneficial to my creative process."

"I’ve been following Jennine’s work and teachings since she started Screentakes and decided what a great opportunity to build on what I’ve learned from her previous books. I wanted to sign up to learn her methods and to be part of this community of writers and filmmakers. It’s been a great experience!"

"If you want to feed the flame of being a great screenwriter, break a story, and create a character-theme-driven film - Jennine's your guru. She's mine."​

Nancie Caraway, filmmaker

"Jennine Lanouette’s “Extraordinary Structure” is truly an extraordinary course. She has created something unique and extremely helpful. As a screenwriter and Professor of Screenwriting, I consider myself an authority on structure. Yet, I found that taking this course changed my approach to film analysis and screenwriting. Her A to B method for Action, Character and Theme allows the writer to see story through a more inclusive lens. She shares her knowledge generously and is an excellent teacher. Discussions are informative, challenging, and exciting. Her warmth and kindness permeate each exploration. If you can take this class, don’t hesitate. It will transform the way you view films and the way you write screenplays."

Roz Sohnen, screenwriting professor

"Every time I take this course I am able to analyze a movie better and helps me with my own writing."

"I have learned how to look for patterns in a film's structure, how to identify functional moments and so much more. How to think about removing a scene and seeing how that affects the viewers emotion, how to think about the A to B progression of plot, character and theme."

"Your detailed descriptions / analysis of the functions of the different structural elements were extremely helpful!"

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