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When the daughter of an ex-CIA agent is kidnapped by human traffickers, he must hunt them down and save her before she gets sold as a sex slave. ? Taken
Clear goal and stakes, I like it very much.
Clear goal and stakes, I like it very much.
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>>>the shoot was grueling and hard. According to IMDB,? ?the film was originally going to be filmed on the Gulf Coast of Texas, but the filmmakers were denied a film permit for safety reasons. One reason I selected the 2014 Black List to study was to see how many of the scripts had actuallyRead more
>>>the shoot was grueling and hard.
According to IMDB,? ?the film was originally going to be filmed on the Gulf Coast of Texas, but the filmmakers were denied a film permit for safety reasons.
One reason I selected the 2014 Black List to study was to see how many of the scripts had actually been produced in the ensuing four years.? “The Shallows” had only a two year lag — it was released in 2106, which in Hollyweird time is almost warp speed.
See lessWhen the Miami Dolphin’s mascot is kidnapped, an unorthodox pet detective is hired to track down the missing dolphin before the Superbowl.
When the Miami Dolphin?s mascot is kidnapped, a goofy pet detective must rescue the dolphin by Super Bowl Sunday.(19 words)I think this revision makes the objective goal and effort more urgent.I would have preferred to say the protagonist has? "XX hours" or "X days" to rescue the mammal -- to specifRead more
When the Miami Dolphin?s mascot is kidnapped, a goofy pet detective must rescue the dolphin by Super Bowl Sunday.
(19 words)
I think this revision makes the objective goal and effort more urgent.
I would have preferred to say the protagonist has? “XX hours” or “X days” to rescue the mammal — to specify the time left on the ticking clock.? But the script is vague on that point. It only indicates that it’s Super Bowl week.
>>>this is one of those stories with a flat arc
That can happen; it’s “legal”.? What matters most is that as a result of the plot, somebody undergoes a transformation (whether a lot or a little).? And in this case,? as you correctly pointed out, it’s everyone else who changes, who come to appreciate him in spite of his eccentric ways.
BTW:? I believe the kidnapping of the dolphin qualifies as the inciting incident because: 1] it upsets the status quo;? 2] It starts the chain reaction of events that constitutes the plot.? It’s the first cause, the domino that causes all the others to fall.? Mr. Ventura’s getting hired is the next domino to fall — not the first.
fwiw
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