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After his neighbour criminal gets arrested, a jaded man takes the criminal’s young son to his home and must decide whether he will take him to an orphanage or keep taking care of him. (short film – p.s. my protagonist grew up in orphanage)
variable:>>> where ?deciding to decide? becomes the plotMy statement is premised on the assumption that the short film is the length of a 1st Act in a feature length film.? And at least half of the 1st Act of a feature film is about the protagonist deciding to decide, right?? So it seems toRead more
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>>> where ?deciding to decide? becomes the plot
My statement is premised on the assumption that the short film is the length of a 1st Act in a feature length film.? And at least half of the 1st Act of a feature film is about the protagonist deciding to decide, right?? So it seems to me that in theory “deciding to decide” might work in a logline for a short film.
In my canon, you can violate every rule about screenwriting save one: “Thou shalt not bore thine audience.” That is the greatest screenwriting and film making commandment. Breaking it is the unforgivable sin.? (Isn’t that’s the purpose of all the rules, paradigms, gimmicks and guidelines about screenwriting, to avoid committing the unforgivable sin?)
It seems to me that “deciding to decide” might work in a short film. But in a feature length film it would commit the unforgivable sin.
See lessAfter his neighbour criminal gets arrested, a jaded man takes the criminal’s young son to his home and must decide whether he will take him to an orphanage or keep taking care of him. (short film – p.s. my protagonist grew up in orphanage)
Rueful>>>my protagonist is lonelyA reason why he would decide to let the boy stay with him.>>>the biggest reason he won?t take him in is that he grew up in orphanage himselfHow so? I should think his own unhappy experience would motivate him to want to spare the boy of a similar exRead more
Rueful
>>>my protagonist is lonely
A reason why he would decide to let the boy stay with him.
>>>the biggest reason he won?t take him in is that he grew up in orphanage himself
How so? I should think his own unhappy experience would motivate him to want to spare the boy of a similar experience.
So I don’t see a protagonist caught in the horns of a true dilemma.? So the outcome is not in doubt. So there is a deficit in dramatic tension to sustain audience interest.
See lessAfter his neighbour criminal gets arrested, a jaded man takes the criminal’s young son to his home and must decide whether he will take him to an orphanage or keep taking care of him. (short film – p.s. my protagonist grew up in orphanage)
For a full length feature film, I would agree with variable; the plot is about what happens after the protagonist makes a decision, not about deciding to decide.? But in a shorter time, deciding to decide? might work. The problem I have with this set up is I don't see any credible dramatic tension.?Read more
For a full length feature film, I would agree with variable; the plot is about what happens after the protagonist makes a decision, not about deciding to decide.? But in a shorter time, deciding to decide? might work.
The problem I have with this set up is I don’t see any credible dramatic tension.? Which is to say,? I don’t see? a valid dilemma.? A? valid dilemma is one where a character must choose between two equally appealing or equally unappealing options.? What is the credible and equally compelling counterargument to not taking in the kid?? Why wouldn’t the man take in the boy?
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