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In a world of dream addicts, a washed up detective stumbles across a murder within a dream and must delve further into addiction to solve it.
Echoes of "Inception".? ?Which raises a number of questions.? Whose dream is it?? If it isn't his own dream, how did he get inside of someone else's dreamscape?? And how does the detective? know that murder in the dream is a memory residue -- not a wish fulfillment?? How can he tell the difference?
Echoes of “Inception”.? ?Which raises a number of questions.? Whose dream is it?? If it isn’t his own dream, how did he get inside of someone else’s dreamscape?? And how does the detective? know that murder in the dream is a memory residue — not a wish fulfillment?? How can he tell the difference?
See lessWhen his apartment block is raided by mobsters, an angsty teen discovers that his boring parents were once hit-men of the Yakuza and so he must learn their old ways to defend himself against the violent thugs, who are lead by his estranged Uncle, if he hopes to escape with his life.
I think Nettle's version is an improvement.>>discovers that his boring parents were once hit-men of the YakuzaThat's? backstory, what the protagonist finds out AFTER the inciting incident. But a? logline focuses on the story looking forward, not on the story looking backwards.
I think Nettle’s version is an improvement.
>>discovers that his boring parents were once hit-men of the Yakuza
That’s? backstory, what the protagonist finds out AFTER the inciting incident. But a? logline focuses on the story looking forward, not on the story looking backwards.
See lessAfter hearing about a new ?cancer? that?s targeting people like him, a gay kids reality becomes much scarier than fiction in 1982 small town Indiana. Based on actual events, ten-year-old Billy joins a fundamental Baptist Church to avoid ?God?s Punishment? and try to pray away the feelings for his fourth grade crush but, instead, finds himself fighting for his young life which lies the hands of a church, community, and family that doesn?t want him to exist.
Coming of age in the early 80's, a gay boy joins a fundamentalist church to escape god's punishment -- AIDS -- by overcoming his sexual orientation. (25 words)Coming of age would be the inciting incident in that the boy is on the cusp of puberty; consequently,? the hormones are kicking? in, acceleraRead more
Coming of age in the early 80’s, a gay boy joins a fundamentalist church to escape god’s punishment — AIDS — by overcoming his sexual orientation.
(25 words)
Coming of age would be the inciting incident in that the boy is on the cusp of puberty; consequently,? the hormones are kicking? in, accelerating the rpm’s of his sex drive to the red line — and beyond.? His objective goal is to overcome his sexual orientation.
Which, in this case, is a false goal because it is a negation of the character’s true self .? And, of course, is impossible to attain.? It’s a goal guaranteed to created plenty of internal conflict and guilt? as well as external conflict and rejection on the part of any peers, preachers and parents to whom he confesses or who? discover his orientation.
My only caveat is that internal conflict is a challenge to dramatize in film because it’s a visual medium which means that internal conflict has to be externalized, shown, not just talked about or alluded to.? Otherwise, the premise promises??the prospect of a strong character arc, a compelling psychological journey from renunciation to acceptance.
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