Reformatting a Thriller
In Aneesh Chaganty's 2018 film Searching, a father tries to find his teenage daughter after she disappears. While the storyline is a bit played out, the method Chaganty used to capture it was completely original. Most of the film was told through computer screens and smartphones. Lessons from a Screenplay explores the director's unconventional approach to storytelling along with the challenge screenwriters faced to create an emotional film through simple text messages.