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>>>without any logical explanation to it.That for me is a fundamental problem.? This is where your appeal to "The Terminal" and "The Castaway" falls short to my way of thinking. In those movies, ?we know why the Tom Hanks character is trapped in the airport and on the island. There are logiRead more
>>>without any logical explanation to it.
That for me is a fundamental problem.? This is where your appeal to “The Terminal” and “The Castaway” falls short to my way of thinking. In those movies, ?we know why the Tom Hanks character is trapped in the airport and on the island. There are logical, causal?explanations.
And if you are (finally) going to give them mysterious circumstances and ?a sign, then it needs to be foreshadowed.??They can’t just drop out the sky out of blue, er, the dark,? 1/2 way through the story chronologically ?otherwise it constitutes a deus ex machina? contrivance.? That premonition could be an unusual message that they see on what normally be a traffic sign as they are driving the into San Francisco for the dinner — a plant, a premonition.?
My point is:? supernatural events can’t just come out of nowhere.? Well, they can.? But in?movies ?they shouldn’t. ?The inviolate rule is that they must be set up, foreshadowed, usually ?in the 1st Act.? (And the real 1st Act of your story in terms of the time line is the dinner even though you are interweaving the time line such that the story starts later on the bridge)
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Hello, this is a great?beginning. An open air contained thriller. ?With a thicking clock (the tide). You have the initial situation, the next step is to find the end. Who is behind all this? Why? Is is a elaborate prank ? Is it a matter of revenge? I think you need falshbacks, like in the first SawRead more
Hello, this is a great?beginning. An open air contained thriller. ?With a thicking clock (the tide). You have the initial situation, the next step is to find the end. Who is behind all this? Why? Is is a elaborate prank ? Is it a matter of revenge? I think you need falshbacks, like in the first Saw movie.
See lessI think the best method to build a story around this idea is to make one small creative decision at a time and continue until you have all the main elements. If you’re not satisfied start again, change something, start again, and again. It needs time. Think about what you like, what you know – are you an expert in videogames? sports? Have you been betrayed? ever think ?about a painful revenge?
In post-apocalyptic Africa, a clairvoyant mute and her telepathic son, falsely accused of witchcraft, struggle to escape a marauding group of villagers desperate to burn them at the stakes.
In post-apocalyptic Africa, a clairvoyant mute and her telepathic son, falsely accused of witchcraft, struggle to escape a marauding group of villagers desperate to burn them at the stakes.
In post-apocalyptic Africa, a clairvoyant mute and her telepathic son, falsely accused of witchcraft, struggle to escape a marauding group of villagers desperate to burn them at the stakes.
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