Watching Notes 53: From Brains to Stories

Jasmin 2022-04-19 09:01:45

I think this story probably stems from a brain hole: if a person can predict the future, what will happen?

This is the core idea of ​​the film. So how does one develop a story from this?

Protagonist Behavior: Saving People's Lives - Requires a Great Danger

Personal motivation: (Hollywood doesn't like protagonists who are brilliant as soon as they come up, the initial motivation must be personal, everyone will have careful thoughts) Save the person you care about - lover - lover is implicated in this matter - lover's origin is the best It is also related to special abilities - the protagonist falls in love with the heroine because of her predictive ability - the protagonist uses her predictive ability to fall in love

Problem-solving method: Rescue great danger with special abilities - Find something/some secret - Nuclear bomb - Find the location of the nuclear bomb - Cooperate with FBI

Patch: The ability is too powerful to be almost divine - can't predict too long. Abilities are easy to spot - I'm discreet and low-key.

Story Conflict Source: Enemy - Terrorist, Secondary Conflict - FBI, First Half FBI Second Half Terrorist

Reversal before the end: This type of story generally needs a "desperate" moment, before the final climax, in order to draw the audience to the lowest negative emotions in order to form a contrast, there is a moment as if everything is over - Mission failure: heroine death / nuclear bomb Explosion- The nuclear bomb explosion is more shocking- How to reverse it and bring it back to life- Everything before that was predicted by the protagonist- The protagonist needs to predict for a longer period of time- Under certain conditions, it can be predicted for a longer time- The heroine triggers

Visual display: The type of this story is an action movie - the action must be combined with the core idea - the male protagonist uses his predictive ability to escape, plan actions, and fight the enemy

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