Beat By Beat (eBook)

A Cheat Sheet for Screenwriters

Todd Klick (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
570 Seiten
Michael Wiese Productions (Verlag)
978-1-61593-260-3 (ISBN)

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This groundbreaking guide describes six seemingly different popular movies and genres (Skyfall, The Avengers, The Hangover, A Beautiful Mind, The Conjuring, Gone Girl) and shows screenwriters how they all follow the exact same 120 Universal Story Beats minute by minute. The book also reveals the top 10 archetypes they use, and where and why the Inciting Incident, Act 2 & 4 Quests, Midpoints, and the other five main Turning Points happen in all successful movies.

Inhalt

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Don’t Skip This Part!

Four Things You Need to Know (Before Reading This Book)

Frequently Asked Questions

1 Minute = 1 Screenplay Page

Top 10 Movie Archetypes

Essential Elements

4-Act Structure

Turning Points

ACT 1

1 Attension!

2 The Build

3 The Ratchet

4 Another Notch

5 Jaw Dropper

6 Friend or Fist

7 Friend or Fist 2

8 Something Startling Happens

9 The Pursuit

10 The Discussion

11 The Warning

Inciting Incident

12 Harsher Warning

13 The Submission

14 Danger Watch

15 Whew, That Was Close!

16 The Big Concern

17 World Upside Down

Turning Point 17

18 Trouble Turn

19 The Threat

20 Push Back

21 The Great Effect

22 Truth Declared

23 Scary Stuff

24 Scary Stuff 2

25 Scary Stuff 3

26 The Big Unexpected

27 The Mini-Quest

28 Big Quest Prep

29 Big Quest Prep 2

30 The Need

Act 1 Checklist

The Quest

ACT 2

31 Distress Signal

32 Anxiety Amp

33 Ominous Oh No

34 Friend Effect

35 Bait and Switch

36 Hide and Seek

37 Over His Head

38 Positive Reconnect

39 New Journey Bond

40 Ally’s World

41 Thorny Rose

42 Surprise Reveal

43 Surprise Reveal 2

44 New News

45 Out of the Ordinary

Turning Point 45

46 The Revelation

47 The Escort

48 Needed Knowledge

49 Foreboding Fact

50 The Portent

51 The Engage

52 Say Uncle

53 The Intimidation

54 The Lightbulb

55 Sideswipe

56 Dark Twist Chat

57 Difficult Words

58 Vital Event

59 The Deception

60 The Shocker

Act 2 Checklist

The Midpoint

Things to Keep in Mind for Act 3

ACT 3

61 Plus Minus

62 Flirtin’ with Disaster

63 Ally Attack

64 Bad Guy Threat

65 The Resistance

66 Positive Step

67 Hero Effect

68 Ally Aid

69 Captivating Concern

70 New Journey

71 Bad to the Bone

72 Badder to the Bone

73 Baddest to the Bone

74 Put into Peril

75 Skull and Crossbones

Turning Point 75

76 Death Tap

77 The Rumble

78 Mystery Mission

79 Mystery Mission 2

80 Tick Tick Boom

81 Surprised Hero

82 Surprise-Surprise

83 Gotta Go!

84 Gap Subtract

85 Bad Guy Boo-Boo

Act 3 Checklist

The Final Quest

ACT 4

86 Worry Wound

87 Damage Done

88 Double Damage Done

89 Red Alert!

90 Rescuing Ally

Turning Point 90

91 Suffer the Weak

92 Hugs ’n’ Kisses

93 Hugs ’n’ Kisses 2

94 The Aggressor

95 The Separation

96 Death and Dying

97 Taping the Knuckles

98 Kiss or Spit

99 Kiss or Spit 2

100 Kiss or Spit 3

101 Deeper Deeper

102 The Blow-Up

103 The Blow

104 The Upper Hand

105 The Deceit

Turning Point 105

106 The Dodge

107 Good Does Bad

108 Sense of Finality

109 The Extraordinary

110 Strong Statement

111 Turn for the Worse

112 Charging Shark

113 The Cage Slam

114 Gets the Better

115 Bleak Meek

116 Kick ’Em While They’re Down

117 Reprieve

118 Hope Might Be Lost

119 One Bullet Left

120 Powder Keg

Act 4 Checklist

What If My Screenplay Is More Than 120 Pages?

Sacrificing the Flaw

That’s a Wrap!

Glossary

Beat by Beat Timeline

Filmography

About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-61593-260-7 / 1615932607
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61593-260-3 / 9781615932603