I don't know much about script writing but I think it might be like writing software. you get your masterpiece app done and you think it's great. You've tested everything you can think of then you give it to a user and they immediately find a bunch of bugs or an important missing feature. Having different eyes on your material is important because you might have developed tunnel vision and be missing obvious flaws.

Nice video! He crams a ton of useful stuff in there!

It's interesting that the same movies can be analyzed to fit into multiple beat sheets. I like the Blake Snyder Save the Cat beat sheet. It's a little different than this one yet the same movies can also match up to it. My only issue with this beat sheet story wall example was that he didn't put the act breaks at the start of each row.

His videos are great but he missed something:

Books about filmmaking!

They're like textbooks but focus on filmmaking. For me it's important to read about concepts and technical terms. A filmmaking book can talk about different kinds of shots and give example pictures. Watching a movie I go into zombie mode and get sucked into the story forgetting to take in the technical details.

So read books and internet articles then watch movies. Maybe turn off the sound and just focus on the shots. Maybe watch a movie you've seen a bunch of times so the story is not distracting. Maybe first set a goal to watch for how a conversation is edited and take notes.

I liked his go outside and relax idea. I get my best ideas when I'm out hiking with my dog.

I love my Blackmagic Cinema Camera and I'm excited about some of the improvements on this model. It's a shame that the media is so expensive. I like the 2.5k of the cinema camera because for a micro-budget filmmaker, that's about the highest resolution my old computers can handle. Also storing 4k RAW would break the bank. My current feature "Girl, Yeti, and a Spaceship" is shot in RAW and stored on 3 FreeNAS boxes taking up over 10TB of space. With mirroring that adds up to 20TB of hard drives under my desk. It's great equipment for the price!

But if you want to make that sci-fi movie you really should! No better way to waste your time then to make a film you aren't excited to make because you don't think you can afford your main idea. If your story is interesting people won't care if your sets are cardboard and your special effects are not top notch. I could totally make that reptile invading movie described above for less than $20,000 and it would be great!