Keep Moving

If you remember just one rule, make it this: Keep the story moving. Fundamentally, by nature and definition, films are movement. Moving pictures, movements in pictures, movement of the story unfolding and of passing time. Time never stops in films, even when everything seems (but only seems) to have ground to a halt. Films are different from photography. Time is never suspended. We are constantly watching the forward flow of time and movement.

A film is like a river. The water flows constantly and must never freeze or dry up. The account never stops or goes back. It must always move forward.