Beginning, Middle and End & 3 Moments with Steve Coombes - Monday 10th October

Plot: What happens
Story: Significance of what happens

Story is throwing it up in the air and catching it.

"But" or "therefore" instead of "and then"
Characters should have two or more layers - a Doctor "but" a drug dealer. It instantly makes it a much more exciting character.

Coming to a point that has significance. You will have at least 3 moments "Beginning, Middle and end"

Moments when choices have to be made to set the story going.

Most of the time we think we know ourselves best, but sometimes people that know us can know us better than we know us.

If the audience can see whats coming in the tory thats ironic. However it can be surprising to switch it on its head and do something unexpected.

Get your audiences attention as quickly as possible.

The irony is in "Tin men" they crash into each other at the start of the film and then they end up realising that they are in the same industry. Throughout the film they end up smashing up each others cars more and more as they realise that is how they impress their customers.

The film was flipped on its head in the middle when he thought he had ultimate revenge it turns out it might have been what he wanted and the ultimate revenge was actually good.

An opening needs to be impressive and have a "but" to get the audiences attention.
The middle of the story has to be changed, the story that the audience thinks is following is flipped on its head so the audience is possibly slightly confused on what will happen next.

Toy Story starts with an argument and they get left behind and the whole story is about them getting back home and befriending each other a long the way to try and get back to normality.

The middle of the film changes the film. Turns out the film is not what you originally thought it would be.

The ending is bringing everything together. The end of Toy Story 3 has a wrinkle of Andy having to give up Woody. Once he does he finally grows up. The whole story pretty much starts again for the girl that he gives the toy too.

Lots of dramatic ironies at the end of lord of the rings makes it a very good ending. The characters have lots of buts. the bad guy who can do good and visa versa. The more ironies you can show in the ending the better.

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Golden Rule for Scripts:
Count your moments - what are your moments - can you fit any more in?

Include moments that are memorable - Need to be able to point out your moments
Include something that people can point out and talk about. If you don't have anything people can talk about, it won't be any good.

Audience doesn't care about the plot/story/character - they wan't it to be invisible and want to focus on the moments. If the audience knows the plot it shows you probably haven't been paying attention to it yourself.