I have no aspirations of being a screenwriter; I'd just like to write
a screenplay. I've been jotting down and scrawling ideas, on and off, for the longest time. How do I connect 1 to 2a to 2b to 3?
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posted by TheSecretDecoderRing
on Jun 5, 2012 -
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Transfer, the 2010 German movie: questions! (big spoilers inside; avoid if you haven't seen this awesome movie)
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posted by lorimer
on May 25, 2012 -
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Speculation abound that the new Dark Knight Rises trailer actually contains plot spoilers. Can anyone think of other movie trailers that actually give away the movie ending? Clearly this doesn't apply to movies that were books first.
posted by msali
on May 23, 2012 -
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Looking for more examples of a plot. Well, more of a structure really. The one from Noises Off, where you are shown how the story should go, then they go through it again, only this time everything goes wrong. Bonus points if they go through it a third time, and it absolutely explodes.
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posted by Garm
on May 6, 2012 -
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Can you name any songs or movies which feature palindromic structures? In terms of music, I don't mean notes or lyrics, but the sections, eg, CVCBCVC. Movie patterns would be more loose, but one could be settings, eg, starts out in a house, then a car, then a plane, etc, ends in a car, then a house. Another pattern could be the entrance/exit of characters.
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posted by TheSecretDecoderRing
on Sep 23, 2011 -
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Here's the plot: what's the movie(s)? Character figures his/her life sucks but can not bring themselves to commit suicide, so they hire a hitman to do the job. Character finds out life is, in fact, worth living (typically falls in love) and tries to call off the hit but can't because the wheels are turning.
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posted by victors
on Apr 5, 2011 -
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Plot identification: "
X should have never been made a
Y, but I pulled some strings to get him through and he got { killed | maimed | lost } while
Ying! Oh noes!"
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posted by 0xFCAF
on Apr 2, 2009 -
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Are there any non-documentary films where the duration of the plot matches the length of the film? For example, a 90 minute snapshot of a relationship, a journey, a battle... or whatever.
posted by punkfloyd
on Jul 18, 2008 -
27 answers
Tell me thriller/mystery movies have lots of plot twists, like in "The Game." Spoilers inside as examples.
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posted by ®@
on Jun 9, 2008 -
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Are movie audiences today too trained to anticipate a plot twist? (OP does not contain spoilers. Future comments might.)
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posted by Lucinda
on Jan 29, 2008 -
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At the beginning of "The Borne Identity", why did Jason have a bank account number implanted in his hip?
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posted by rentalkarma
on Aug 13, 2007 -
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Name of movie where man has foreknowledge that young woman will be killed while crossing a busy intersection, and he tries to prevent it.
posted by mqr13
on Jun 4, 2007 -
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Is there a good site for discussing movies? One that doesn't degenerate into stupid flame wars? [possible SPOILERS]
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posted by Telf
on Jan 7, 2007 -
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