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>Do a sequel to (or remake of) a well known movie, hire a star, use the standard playbook (never skip the „all is lost“ moment for dramatic effect) and add a lo
by reedwolf 6y ago
>Do a sequel to (or remake of) a well known movie, hire a star, use the standard playbook (never skip the „all is lost“ moment for dramatic effect) and add a love scene
That's been going on since the first wagons rolled into Hollywood.
I'm pretty sure even Shakespeare was doing a 16th Century, theatrical equivalent.
- groby_b 6y agoPretty much. There's somewhere between 7-12 story archetypes. We've settled on ~36 different dramatic situations. "All is lost" is quite literally the entire second act in the classic three-act story. That's your toolkit. Build from there. And that' been true since we're telling stories, more or less.