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A grieving 12 year old boy must navigate between his physical and fantasy worlds, battling fears and doubts to uncover the origins of a mysterious dagger. This journey will test the truths of who he is and who he is to become.
Bbass74:Thanks for the clarifications.?However, I ?still am unable to get a handle on the concept. ?It seems to me the logline needs to focus more on specific concrete events and actions, less on psychological and existential issues.What actually happens in the pilot? What is the inciting incident?Read more
Bbass74:
Thanks for the clarifications.?However, I ?still am unable to get a handle on the concept. ?It seems to me the logline needs to focus more on specific concrete events and actions, less on psychological and existential issues.
What actually happens in the pilot?
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Who opposes his decision to go on the quest? ?
What obstacles must he overcome in starting out? ?
What specific direction does the quest ?initially lead him?
Inflicted with PTSD from a young age, a mute street performer is abandoned by his troupe as France becomes occupied by the Nazi Wehrmacht. Faced with the choice to escape to neutral Switzerland or fight, he joins the French Resistance as a code-breaker and infiltrates the Nazi regime. His tactics shift when he learns what?s happening to the countless civilians going missing.
As Nir Shelter said. And the objective goal of the Resistance was to ?do more than just ?stop war Nazi crimes (and there were plenty); the goal was to to liberate France from the Nazis altogether.
As Nir Shelter said.
And the objective goal of the Resistance was to ?do more than just ?stop war Nazi crimes (and there were plenty); the goal was to to liberate France from the Nazis altogether.
See lessEnglish teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feeling.
Who is the main character if not the teacher? ?If it's a student, which one? ?More than one student's life is dramatically changed in response to the teacher's method and message. ?The one who takes the impetus to re-constitute the Dead Poets Society ?ends up committing suicide.I understand and fullRead more
Who is the main character if not the teacher? ?If it’s a student, which one? ?More than one student’s life is dramatically changed in response to the teacher’s method and message. ?The one who takes the impetus to re-constitute the Dead Poets Society ?ends up committing suicide.
I understand and fully embrace the standard operating plot procedure that the protagonist must have a character arc in terms of some internal, subjective issue that he has to overcome in order to achieve his external, objective goal.
But there are (rare) exceptions, and I think this is one of them. ?If that be heresy, then bind me to a stake and light the fire. ?(Woah, not so fast!) ?I?believe that the main character can?be a steadfast character?if he is also catalytic character, that is, one who causes other characters to change while he himself does not.
Professor Keating inhabits the role of a charismatic mentor to the students. ?Typically the mentor coaches from the sidelines after?an inciting incident in the protagonist’s life precipitated by other events. ?Example: ?”Star Wars: A New Hope”. ?Obi Wan Kenobi initiates the “Call” to Luke to become a Jedi Knight, but Luke rejects the call. ?And Obi Wan does not press the issue.
Only after, Imperial soldiers kill his aunt and uncle, ?does Luke heed the call and cast his lot with the rebels. ?Now he’s motivated.
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In contrast, in “Dead Poets Society” ?Keating is the ?catalytic character who inspires the students to change. ?His lecture on ?”carpe diem” ?lecture is the inciting incident urging them to pursue extraordinary lives rather than conform to the rules and expectations of others.
(And Robin Williams won the Oscar for best Actor, not best supporting actor.)
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