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That way of boiling down Finding Nemo seems to miss why the story is designed that way. It doesn’t describe anything about what happens to Marlin as a character
by tobr 5y ago
That way of boiling down Finding Nemo seems to miss why the story is designed that way. It doesn’t describe anything about what happens to Marlin as a character, just a few basic plot points, and then in the end he somehow learns that “love depends on trust”. Uh, ok.
If you actually want to understand why Finding Nemo “consistently tugs at heartstrings worldwide”, Craig Mazin used it as his primary example in “How to write a movie”, episode 403 of Scriptnotes[1]. (TL;DR: the purpose of everything that happens in a movie is to expose the hero to as much agony as possible, so that the change they’re forced to go through feels real. I don’t know what that means for your startup pitch, though.)
1: https://johnaugust.com/2019/scriptnotes-ep-403-how-to-write-a-movie-transcript https://johnaugust.com/2019/scriptnotes-ep-403-how-to-write-...
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> don’t know what that means for your startup pitch, though The hero is your customer. If they aren’t in agony sufficient to prompt change, i.e. to your product, maybe your pitch is off. Or maybe your target market or product need tweaking.
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- mixmastamyk 5y agoTo my kid who was three at the time, it was a straight-up horror movie. It had been a while since I had seen it as an adult and didn't realize how scary it was.
- bgroat 5y agoFinding Nemo as as a live-action film with people would be amongst the scariest concepts imaginable. A young couple is expecting twins and moves into a respectable neighbourhood. In a home invasion the wife is killed, one of the twins are lost, and the surviving child is born physically impaired. Flash forward, the child is now ~10. He's a happy, normal child (minus the physical impediment). The father is wracked with anxiety at all times and emotionally suffocates the child. The child wants to be independent (like any 10 year old) so in an act of rebellion with his friends he goes someplace a little bit shady. He's kidnapped! All of the father's worst fears are realized. Nobody can help him except a mentally handicapped outsider
- mixmastamyk 5y agoDon’t forget the half hour in the company of cannibals trying to ward off hunger.
- tardismechanic 5y agoPut them on a tree, have rocks thrown at them, take them down. (If done well enough, laugh all the way to the bank)