Being a Cinema student, I did do this reading last year, so a lot of this stuff had already been discussed, but here are a few interesting points I wanted to note down again:

One of the main ways cause and effect can occur on film is through characters. their decisions are influenced by various factors and we see how everything they do and every way they react is motivated by something. We also get a sense of time in films, and can estimate how much time we are watching, and when. We can even recognise when we have moved back or forward in time, and returned, just by visual elements and the timing within the story. Do not simply ‘start’ a story, begin it. Also, i really want to try an experimental, abstract film, I think it would be a lot of fun. Instead of focusing on conventions and story, you can focus more on tone and concept. Concept stuff is fun, I love it. I should do more conceptual stuff, actually…