Jacob Krueger Studio
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Empowering artists with personalized mentorship and transformative classes in 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 and 𝗧𝗩 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚. Learn the craft, find your voice, and write your screenplay. ✍️🎥
Post 8/8:
You're not just entertaining audiences. You're shaping how they understand heroism and humanity.
You might as well say something that matters.
What internal battle could become external conflict in your next script?
#writeyourscreenplaypodcast #jacobkruegerstudio #joannacalo
You're not just entertaining audiences. You're shaping how they understand heroism and humanity.
You might as well say something that matters.
What internal battle could become external conflict in your next script?
#writeyourscreenplaypodcast #jacobkruegerstudio #joannacalo
June 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Post 8/8:
You're not just entertaining audiences. You're shaping how they understand heroism and humanity.
You might as well say something that matters.
What internal battle could become external conflict in your next script?
#writeyourscreenplaypodcast #jacobkruegerstudio #joannacalo
You're not just entertaining audiences. You're shaping how they understand heroism and humanity.
You might as well say something that matters.
What internal battle could become external conflict in your next script?
#writeyourscreenplaypodcast #jacobkruegerstudio #joannacalo
Post 7/8:
The beautiful thing about action movies: if you deliver the spectacle, you can say anything thematically.
THUNDERBOLTS is essentially a meditation on mental health disguised as superhero entertainment. Millions absorb its message about healing because it delivers the action goods.
The beautiful thing about action movies: if you deliver the spectacle, you can say anything thematically.
THUNDERBOLTS is essentially a meditation on mental health disguised as superhero entertainment. Millions absorb its message about healing because it delivers the action goods.
June 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Post 7/8:
The beautiful thing about action movies: if you deliver the spectacle, you can say anything thematically.
THUNDERBOLTS is essentially a meditation on mental health disguised as superhero entertainment. Millions absorb its message about healing because it delivers the action goods.
The beautiful thing about action movies: if you deliver the spectacle, you can say anything thematically.
THUNDERBOLTS is essentially a meditation on mental health disguised as superhero entertainment. Millions absorb its message about healing because it delivers the action goods.
Post 6/8:
Why this matters for writers:
Most of us know that voice alternating between "You're the most talented writer alive" and "You're a talentless hack."
THUNDERBOLTS suggests the answer isn't beating up either voice. It's finding the middle path. Community over isolation.
Why this matters for writers:
Most of us know that voice alternating between "You're the most talented writer alive" and "You're a talentless hack."
THUNDERBOLTS suggests the answer isn't beating up either voice. It's finding the middle path. Community over isolation.
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Post 6/8:
Why this matters for writers:
Most of us know that voice alternating between "You're the most talented writer alive" and "You're a talentless hack."
THUNDERBOLTS suggests the answer isn't beating up either voice. It's finding the middle path. Community over isolation.
Why this matters for writers:
Most of us know that voice alternating between "You're the most talented writer alive" and "You're a talentless hack."
THUNDERBOLTS suggests the answer isn't beating up either voice. It's finding the middle path. Community over isolation.
Post 5/8:
Step 3: Externalize the internal
Turn psychological conflicts into physical battles.
THUNDERBOLTS' climax? A man literally fighting his own depression—two sides of the same character beating the hell out of each other.
It's INSIDE OUT as a superhero movie.
Step 3: Externalize the internal
Turn psychological conflicts into physical battles.
THUNDERBOLTS' climax? A man literally fighting his own depression—two sides of the same character beating the hell out of each other.
It's INSIDE OUT as a superhero movie.
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Post 5/8:
Step 3: Externalize the internal
Turn psychological conflicts into physical battles.
THUNDERBOLTS' climax? A man literally fighting his own depression—two sides of the same character beating the hell out of each other.
It's INSIDE OUT as a superhero movie.
Step 3: Externalize the internal
Turn psychological conflicts into physical battles.
THUNDERBOLTS' climax? A man literally fighting his own depression—two sides of the same character beating the hell out of each other.
It's INSIDE OUT as a superhero movie.
Post 4/8:
Step 2: Build your grab bag
Think non-linearly. Before plot, brainstorm:
20 badass set pieces
20 trailer-worthy images
20 thematic visualizations
What does your theme LOOK like? THUNDERBOLTS shows depression as a black void consuming a city. Poetry made visual.
Step 2: Build your grab bag
Think non-linearly. Before plot, brainstorm:
20 badass set pieces
20 trailer-worthy images
20 thematic visualizations
What does your theme LOOK like? THUNDERBOLTS shows depression as a black void consuming a city. Poetry made visual.
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Post 4/8:
Step 2: Build your grab bag
Think non-linearly. Before plot, brainstorm:
20 badass set pieces
20 trailer-worthy images
20 thematic visualizations
What does your theme LOOK like? THUNDERBOLTS shows depression as a black void consuming a city. Poetry made visual.
Step 2: Build your grab bag
Think non-linearly. Before plot, brainstorm:
20 badass set pieces
20 trailer-worthy images
20 thematic visualizations
What does your theme LOOK like? THUNDERBOLTS shows depression as a black void consuming a city. Poetry made visual.
Post 3/8:
Here's the framework THUNDERBOLTS reveals for meaningful action:
Step 1: Start with drama
Your action movie is just a drama wearing a superhero costume. Strip away explosions and ask: what's the emotional journey? What internal conflict tears your protagonist apart?
Here's the framework THUNDERBOLTS reveals for meaningful action:
Step 1: Start with drama
Your action movie is just a drama wearing a superhero costume. Strip away explosions and ask: what's the emotional journey? What internal conflict tears your protagonist apart?
June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Post 3/8:
Here's the framework THUNDERBOLTS reveals for meaningful action:
Step 1: Start with drama
Your action movie is just a drama wearing a superhero costume. Strip away explosions and ask: what's the emotional journey? What internal conflict tears your protagonist apart?
Here's the framework THUNDERBOLTS reveals for meaningful action:
Step 1: Start with drama
Your action movie is just a drama wearing a superhero costume. Strip away explosions and ask: what's the emotional journey? What internal conflict tears your protagonist apart?
Post 2/8:
Most screenwriters think action movies are about spectacle. Wrong.
Action movies are just dramas in disguise.
THUNDERBOLTS uses action sequences to externalize internal battles. Depression becomes a literal void spreading across Manhattan. Self-doubt becomes a physical enemy to defeat.
Most screenwriters think action movies are about spectacle. Wrong.
Action movies are just dramas in disguise.
THUNDERBOLTS uses action sequences to externalize internal battles. Depression becomes a literal void spreading across Manhattan. Self-doubt becomes a physical enemy to defeat.
June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Post 2/8:
Most screenwriters think action movies are about spectacle. Wrong.
Action movies are just dramas in disguise.
THUNDERBOLTS uses action sequences to externalize internal battles. Depression becomes a literal void spreading across Manhattan. Self-doubt becomes a physical enemy to defeat.
Most screenwriters think action movies are about spectacle. Wrong.
Action movies are just dramas in disguise.
THUNDERBOLTS uses action sequences to externalize internal battles. Depression becomes a literal void spreading across Manhattan. Self-doubt becomes a physical enemy to defeat.
5/ 🎙️ Full discussion on the Write Your Screenplay podcast, "A Complete Unknown: Writing the Biopic"
January 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
5/ 🎙️ Full discussion on the Write Your Screenplay podcast, "A Complete Unknown: Writing the Biopic"
4/ This is efficient screenwriting at its finest.
✨ One moment, three relationships, and all the stakes we need to understand the cost of charing your own path.
✨ One moment, three relationships, and all the stakes we need to understand the cost of charing your own path.
January 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
4/ This is efficient screenwriting at its finest.
✨ One moment, three relationships, and all the stakes we need to understand the cost of charing your own path.
✨ One moment, three relationships, and all the stakes we need to understand the cost of charing your own path.
3/ And Dylan?
He's "a complete unknown" precisely because he's evolving beyond what any of them want him to be.
The real tragedy? Not just that he went electric—it's the wreckage left in his wake:
💔 Pete’s disillusionment
💔 Joan’s heartbreak
💔 Sylvie’s quiet loss
He's "a complete unknown" precisely because he's evolving beyond what any of them want him to be.
The real tragedy? Not just that he went electric—it's the wreckage left in his wake:
💔 Pete’s disillusionment
💔 Joan’s heartbreak
💔 Sylvie’s quiet loss
January 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
3/ And Dylan?
He's "a complete unknown" precisely because he's evolving beyond what any of them want him to be.
The real tragedy? Not just that he went electric—it's the wreckage left in his wake:
💔 Pete’s disillusionment
💔 Joan’s heartbreak
💔 Sylvie’s quiet loss
He's "a complete unknown" precisely because he's evolving beyond what any of them want him to be.
The real tragedy? Not just that he went electric—it's the wreckage left in his wake:
💔 Pete’s disillusionment
💔 Joan’s heartbreak
💔 Sylvie’s quiet loss
2/ Let's talk about those "hot relationships" that drive the story:
Pete Seeger believes folk music must stay pure. Joan Baez knows what we owe our audience. Sylvie represents unconditional love.
Pete Seeger believes folk music must stay pure. Joan Baez knows what we owe our audience. Sylvie represents unconditional love.
January 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
2/ Let's talk about those "hot relationships" that drive the story:
Pete Seeger believes folk music must stay pure. Joan Baez knows what we owe our audience. Sylvie represents unconditional love.
Pete Seeger believes folk music must stay pure. Joan Baez knows what we owe our audience. Sylvie represents unconditional love.
7/7 Full Write Your Screenplay podcast on building sustainable writing practice available now on all platforms. New episode: "Do You Need More Discipline?"
January 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
7/7 Full Write Your Screenplay podcast on building sustainable writing practice available now on all platforms. New episode: "Do You Need More Discipline?"
6/7 Or for my 'thinkers': aim for a quarter page. Make the goal so small you can't fail. The key is consistency, not intensity.
January 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
6/7 Or for my 'thinkers': aim for a quarter page. Make the goal so small you can't fail. The key is consistency, not intensity.
5/7 Here's my trick: start with seven minutes. That's all. Seven minutes is a bathroom break—you can't talk yourself out of that.
January 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
5/7 Here's my trick: start with seven minutes. That's all. Seven minutes is a bathroom break—you can't talk yourself out of that.
4/7 Or look at social media: no one needs discipline to scroll. The app removes obstacles and creates dopamine hits. What if we approached writing the same way?
January 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
4/7 Or look at social media: no one needs discipline to scroll. The app removes obstacles and creates dopamine hits. What if we approached writing the same way?
3/7 Writing requires radical vulnerability, bringing up complicated feelings we didn't consciously shape. It's no wonder we resist. But you don't need discipline to do things you want. You need circumstances that make writing feel good like… chocolate (for example :)
January 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
3/7 Writing requires radical vulnerability, bringing up complicated feelings we didn't consciously shape. It's no wonder we resist. But you don't need discipline to do things you want. You need circumstances that make writing feel good like… chocolate (for example :)
2/7 If someone pressures you to 'buy this pair of jeans' or 'do this workout,' you naturally resist - even if you wanted the thing! That's human nature, not a character flaw.
January 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2/7 If someone pressures you to 'buy this pair of jeans' or 'do this workout,' you naturally resist - even if you wanted the thing! That's human nature, not a character flaw.
6/6 In this podcast, you'll learn from The Penguin how to build a container for the story you really want to tell!
December 6, 2024 at 12:25 AM
6/6 In this podcast, you'll learn from The Penguin how to build a container for the story you really want to tell!
5/6 DC and Warner Bros would say: "That seems politically flammable. Maybe make a Sundance movie?' But put that same story in a container like The Penguin, and suddenly it's different..."
December 6, 2024 at 12:20 AM
5/6 DC and Warner Bros would say: "That seems politically flammable. Maybe make a Sundance movie?' But put that same story in a container like The Penguin, and suddenly it's different..."
4/6 "I want to explore how that desire for respect doesn't just drive and destroy his followers - it drives and destroys him too."
December 6, 2024 at 12:19 AM
4/6 "I want to explore how that desire for respect doesn't just drive and destroy his followers - it drives and destroys him too."
3/6 "These people believe in something good and noble, but they're building that belief around a man with an ego-centered desire to be a hero - yet he's a liar and thief who never tells the same story twice, always playing people against each other."
December 6, 2024 at 12:18 AM
3/6 "These people believe in something good and noble, but they're building that belief around a man with an ego-centered desire to be a hero - yet he's a liar and thief who never tells the same story twice, always playing people against each other."