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When her boyfriend is forced to participate in an experiment that trains him to kill, a perfect student must abandon school to find him and save him before he kills her, himself, or them both.
Why is he being trained to kill? ?Whose training him? ?Political terrorists? ?A religious cult? And I prefer "brainwashed" to "forced". What do you conceive to be the hook in the story?
Why is he being trained to kill? ?Whose training him? ?Political terrorists? ?A religious cult?
And I prefer “brainwashed” to “forced”.
What do you conceive to be the hook in the story?
See lessSinister things start to happen in Dave’s house after he hangs up a painting he received from an anonymous sender.
>>> Sinister things start to happen.... Like what? In what way is it life threatening? And what does he do about it? ?What becomes his objective goal as a result? ?Why can't he just get rid of the painting -- end of problem?
>>> Sinister things start to happen….
Like what? In what way is it life threatening?
And what does he do about it? ?What becomes his objective goal as a result? ?Why can’t he just get rid of the painting — end of problem?
See lessLosing hope she?ll be rescued, a brutally assaulted young woman despairs over ?what ifs? and seeks peace for all that will never be in the moments before her death.
My vision for this isn?t a full-length feature, but a short...Oh.So you want to do a more of a mood piece? ?Okay, I'm guessing it will includes flashbacks to inform the audience ?of the particular source of her regret, what relationship she wants to make whole. ?If that is the case, I suggest the shRead more
So you want to do a more of a mood piece? ?Okay, I’m guessing it will includes flashbacks to inform the audience ?of the particular source of her regret, what relationship she wants to make whole. ?If that is the case, I suggest the short would still benefit from some cumulative structure (aka: plot) to those flashbacks. ?Obviously, the structure would not be as fully articulated as for a feature film or a series. ?But still there could be an inciting incident that triggers the problem?which raises an objective goal ?– what she would like to attain, if she ?were to live.
The utility of a plot is that if facilitates holding an audience’s attention and conveying the desired emotional cargo, even in a short. ?Given how short attention spans are these days, imho, I think plotting is more important than ever, no matter how brief material. ?
I saw a political ad this weekend that I thought was very effective because, brief as it was, 30 seconds, it had a simple plot. ? It told a story. ?As most ads do, btw. I was opposed to the issue being promoted but the plot of the story grabbed and held my attention anyway. ?Ad agencies figured out long ago how useful simple plotting is to grab attention, sell stuff. ?What works for 30 second adds works for 30 minute (or less) films.
The human mind has evolved into a pattern seeking process; it needs to find in or fabricate meaningful patterns out of ?seemingly random events. ?And that is what a plot provides. ?
fwiw
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