DAY THREE

Today's Inspiration:

Notes on Chap 1:

"on spec"
"high concept"

Irony                                     CLEAR CONFLICT
Compelling Mental Picture  ACTION DRIVEN
Audience/Cost                      VIABLE
Killer Title       

Tell everyone the pitch--- valuable market research

Share Loglines and "Game" exercises.

Notes on Chap 2
"twist"
- people want what is familiar, but they still want to be surprised--
-knowing genre  (What it's most like-- even more important in today's niche market)
-10 TYPES OF MOVIES (exhaustive? Can we fit others in?)
             MITH: The Unknown Terror/Retribution/Redemption
                       -'new'  CABIN IN THE WOODS
             GOLDEN FLEECE:The Hero's Journey/Holy Grail
                       - graphic here
             OUT OF THE BOTTLE: The Magic Potion, Quick Fix
                       - either Cinderalla story or Comeuppance (still Redemptive)
              DUDE WITH A PROBLEM: Ordinary Guy Extraordinary Circumstances
                       -Save the family
                       -Save the world
              RITES OF PASSAGE -- Coming of Age, Transitions
                       -Change but ALL characters should change in all genres, really
                      - Snyder says "acceptance of one's humanity"-- acceptance of cycle of life, maybe
              BUDDY LOVE: Pal Movie
              -contends this comes with dawn of cinema-- but there is Achilles/Patroclus, Ruth/Miriam, Peter/Jesus
              -Finding Nemo--- BUDDY LOVE or GOLDEN FLEECE?
              - one buddy as catalyst for change--
              - "boy and his dog" tales
              - 1. don't like eachother 2. get together 3. don't like needing each other 4. drift. 5. back together.
            WHYDUNIT -- audience discover something about human nature
             THE FOOL TRIUMPHANT -- Wise Fool, timeless
              - kind of David/Goliath
            INSTITUTIONALIZED-- honor the institution and expose it at the same time
              -told be someone "new to the group"
              - who's crazier, me or them?
            SUPERHERO -- "extraordinary person in ordinary world" -- "Fish out of water"
            The Matrix IS Monster's Inc.--- I think he just blew my mind

"True originality can't begin until you know what you're breaking from" again-- I think of CABIN IN THE WOODS.

 - Honoring the past and understanding the physics of storytelling



HW:  
End of Chapter 2 p45  #4
Writing a Time-Plan for Objectives--"Backward Design" (This should be written out using Wednesday, August 7 as your ultimate FINAL DRAFT deadline. Then work backwards from there in terms of checkpoint deadlines.)