Every Sunday during football season, I wake up early, make some coffee, and then spend like 12 hours on my couch yelling at the television. It's one of the best feelings in the world. So when my favorite sport overlaps with my favorite thing, movies, I rejoice. I love a good mashup of a football movie. I think football is the perfect sport to use when it comes to screenwriting. And I think football movies can have some valuable screenwriting lessons in them. Today, I want to go over sixteen lessons that you can take away from football movies. They're some of my favorites, and I think they deliver lots of lessons on character, plot, and structure. Let's dive in. 1. Remember the Titans (2000)This movie rocks. It tells the true story of a newly integrated high school football team in 1971 in Virginia. Denzel Washington stars as the coach who has to bring everyone together through football. It has happy moments as well as sad moments. And I bet you can't watch it without shedding a tear. The performances here take it to another level. Screenwriting Lesson: Use a contained event, like a football season, to explore a much larger social issue.2. Friday Night Lights (2004)Based on the acclaimed non-fiction book, this film offers a raw and realistic look at the immense pressure and passion surrounding high school football in a small Texas town. The movie is gritty and does not sugarcoat things. It shows how football is a...
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