One of the listservs I subscribe to sent a post with copy of an interview conducted with Robert McKee, a screenwriting guru. Mr. McKee offers classes on the art of story and screenwriting. I've read interviews with Mr. McKee before and conintue to be impressed with his vast knowledge of story and his ability to cut through to the core, aswering questions in a straight forward educational way.
One such question and answer really caught my eye, it is below. I humbly agree with him, the story principles are essentially the same, the style and manner of delivery is what has changed.
Q: Do you see the art of story via screenwriting evolving over the
decades, and if so, how?
Robert McKee: No. Tastes and trends come and go, but the essential art
of story has not changed since Cro-Magnon storytellers sat their
tribes around the fire and held them slack-jawed with tales of the
hunt. Personally, I wish filmmaking would devolve from the nervous cut-
cut-cut move-move-move herky-jerky camera of today back to the
expressively lit, framed, fluid images of the past. Too many
contemporary directors seem inflicted with HADD.
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