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In his scripts, Wilder avoided fancy camera descriptions. He believed that if you have good characters and scenes , the technical aspects should remain simple and secondary [24].

Never let the audience's attention slip [8]. billy wilder

Named after his mentor Ernst Lubitsch, this tip advises letting the audience "add up two plus two"—they will love you for letting them discover the truth themselves [3, 8]. In his scripts, Wilder avoided fancy camera descriptions

He frequently employed dramatic irony —letting the audience know more than the characters—to build tension and humor [1]. In his scripts

If there is a problem with the end, it was actually born in the first act [3].