Steve Coombes Session 3: Beginning, Middle and End.

Here are notes gathered from Steve Coombes session 2:

Begining, middle and end:

Plot- Order of events.

Story- ‘Cacthing the order of events’

All characters should have 'buts'/flaws.

Same with stories: It is the 'but' that gives significance/story to the plot.

-Dramatic Irony

-'What kind of patient does a doctor make?'

-'What kind of funeral would an undertaker have?'

The moment:

-An epiphany

-The turning point

-The beginning, middle and end

-Should come like an 'eye opener'

Sod's Law:

-When everything goes wrong.

-'The only stupid question is one which you don't ask'

Contradiction to what the character says.

Audience= American President

-Wants to know what nobody else knows

-Wants to be ahead of time

Own film:

Opening:
-Have I tested my opening for 'buts' and choices?

-After the opening, I need my character to make choices?

Opening: Get the audience's attention

-Big

-Bold

-Arresting

-Conflict

Middle: Needs to be bigger

- Bolder, even more conflict.

-Materially changes the story

-Rotate the story, revelation

-Give new significance to what the audience is looking at

-Make audiences see the story in a different light
Ending:
-See the final dramatic choice being made
-The more ironies you an show in your ending, the better

Golden Rule:
-Count your moments.
-Make sure to have moments that are memorable and make us believe 'that's a moment!'.
-See the moments in our heads.
-Moments are the most important thing we do in a screenplay.
-'A good film has 5 or 6 moments'-William Goldman.