A minute-by-minute story beat analysis of MIDNIGHT IN PARIS by Todd Klick
MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION!
Gil and Inez argue about Paris. He loves it, she doesn’t
MINUTE 2: THE BUILD
Gil chats with Inez’s parents, who aren’t fans of Paris either
MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET
Inez and her parents glare at Gil over his opposing political views
MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH
Gil doesn’t want to hang out with Inez’s friends Paul and Carol
MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER
Inez makes the jaw dropping statement that she had a crush on Paul in college
MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST
Gil and Inez hang out with Paul and Carol (FRIEND)
MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2
Inez and Paul make fun of Gil and his novel idea (FIST)
MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS
Paul makes the startling statement that Paul is flawed because he can’t cope with living in the present
MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT
The couples follow a tour guide as they pursue art knowledge
MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION
Gil and Inez discuss his lie about reading a biography on Rodin
MINUTE 11: THE WARNING
Paul warns Gil that alcohol “fuels the desire but kills the performance”
MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING
Inez warns Paul about getting lost if he walks alone
MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION
Paul gives in and realizes he’s lost
MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH
Drunk French strangers insist Gil jump in their car with them
MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE!
The French strangers turn out to be fun (Whew, that was close!)
MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN
Gil stares uncomfortabley at everyone dressed in ‘20s attire—something doesn’t seem right
MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
Gil meets a couple named Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald, which blows his mind
MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN
Gil is realizing that something really strange is going on
MINUTE 19: THE THREAT
The Fitzgerald’s invite Gil to a seedier party
MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK
At first freaked out, Gil now smiles and has a great time
MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT
Gil meets Hemingway!
MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED
Hemingway tells Fitzgerald that he’s a writer who needs time to write
MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF
Hemingway verbally attacks Fitzgerald and tries to get Gil in the middle of it
MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2
Hemingway says he hates Gil’s novel, even though he hasn’t read it
MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3
Gil doesn’t know where he’s supposed to meet Hemingway
MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED
The restaurant where Gil met Hemingway is no longer there! It’s a laundrymat!
MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST
Inez wants Gil to go to the furniture shop with her
MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP
Gil takes Inez to the spot where he had the amazing adventure
MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2
Gil and Inez wait for the old car to pick them up
MINUTE 30: THE NEED
Gil says to himself that “maybe I need to see a neurologist”
MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL
Hemingway tells a distressing story about war
MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP
Gil is anxious about meeting Gertrude Stein
MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO!
Gertrude Stein criticizes Picasso’s painting (Oh no!, he thinks)
MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT
Adriana says she likes Gil’s writing
MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH
Adriana tells Gil she loves the past, too (BAIT), but she loves a different time period (SWITCH)
MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK
Adriana is coy about talking about herself (HIDE), but Gil is interested (SEEK)
MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD
Gil is smitten with Adriana. He’s in over his head
MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT
Adriana tells Gil she’s fallen madly in love with his book
MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND
Gil heads out with Hemingway, Picasso and Adriana
MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD
The Parisian girl tells antiques
MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE
Gil is happily lost in Cole Porters music (ROSE), but Inez interrupt him (THORN)
MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL
Inez shushes Gil—she’d rather hear Paul speak
MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2
Gil reveals his impressive inside information about the Picasso painting they’re looking at
MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS
Inez’s father wants to have Gil followed
MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY
Gil goes out of his way to find Adriana
MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION
Hemingway intends to steal Adriana away from Picasso, which Gil is jealous about
MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT
Adriana leads Gil on a walk by the river
MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE
Gil shares his knowledge of Paris’s specialness with Adriana
MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT
Drunk Zelda is about to throw herself into the water
MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT
Gil says he’s been taking valium since getting engaged to Inez
MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE
Adriana and Gil talk about his engagement
MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE
Gil gives in and sits with Salvadore Dali
MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION
Gil is suddenly surrounded by three great surrealists
MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB
Gil tells the surrealists he’s from another time in the future
MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE
Inez resists Gil’s sexual advances because Paul wants to take them to an Inn for lunch
MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT
Gil asks the tour guide if it’s possible to love two woman at once
MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS
Inez’s father hires a detective to follow Gil
MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT
Adriana has left Picasso and flown to Africa with Hemingway
MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION
Gil deceives Inez so he can get out of a weekend trip with her and her family
MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER
Gil sees the parisian antique dealer he saw before, and has a meaningful connection with her
And so on...
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Gil and Inez argue about Paris. He loves it, she doesn’t
MINUTE 2: THE BUILD
Gil chats with Inez’s parents, who aren’t fans of Paris either
MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET
Inez and her parents glare at Gil over his opposing political views
MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH
Gil doesn’t want to hang out with Inez’s friends Paul and Carol
MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER
Inez makes the jaw dropping statement that she had a crush on Paul in college
MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST
Gil and Inez hang out with Paul and Carol (FRIEND)
MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2
Inez and Paul make fun of Gil and his novel idea (FIST)
MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS
Paul makes the startling statement that Paul is flawed because he can’t cope with living in the present
MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT
The couples follow a tour guide as they pursue art knowledge
MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION
Gil and Inez discuss his lie about reading a biography on Rodin
MINUTE 11: THE WARNING
Paul warns Gil that alcohol “fuels the desire but kills the performance”
MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING
Inez warns Paul about getting lost if he walks alone
MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION
Paul gives in and realizes he’s lost
MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH
Drunk French strangers insist Gil jump in their car with them
MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE!
The French strangers turn out to be fun (Whew, that was close!)
MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN
Gil stares uncomfortabley at everyone dressed in ‘20s attire—something doesn’t seem right
MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
Gil meets a couple named Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald, which blows his mind
MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN
Gil is realizing that something really strange is going on
MINUTE 19: THE THREAT
The Fitzgerald’s invite Gil to a seedier party
MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK
At first freaked out, Gil now smiles and has a great time
MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT
Gil meets Hemingway!
MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED
Hemingway tells Fitzgerald that he’s a writer who needs time to write
MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF
Hemingway verbally attacks Fitzgerald and tries to get Gil in the middle of it
MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2
Hemingway says he hates Gil’s novel, even though he hasn’t read it
MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3
Gil doesn’t know where he’s supposed to meet Hemingway
MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED
The restaurant where Gil met Hemingway is no longer there! It’s a laundrymat!
MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST
Inez wants Gil to go to the furniture shop with her
MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP
Gil takes Inez to the spot where he had the amazing adventure
MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2
Gil and Inez wait for the old car to pick them up
MINUTE 30: THE NEED
Gil says to himself that “maybe I need to see a neurologist”
MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL
Hemingway tells a distressing story about war
MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP
Gil is anxious about meeting Gertrude Stein
MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO!
Gertrude Stein criticizes Picasso’s painting (Oh no!, he thinks)
MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT
Adriana says she likes Gil’s writing
MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH
Adriana tells Gil she loves the past, too (BAIT), but she loves a different time period (SWITCH)
MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK
Adriana is coy about talking about herself (HIDE), but Gil is interested (SEEK)
MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD
Gil is smitten with Adriana. He’s in over his head
MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT
Adriana tells Gil she’s fallen madly in love with his book
MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND
Gil heads out with Hemingway, Picasso and Adriana
MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD
The Parisian girl tells antiques
MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE
Gil is happily lost in Cole Porters music (ROSE), but Inez interrupt him (THORN)
MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL
Inez shushes Gil—she’d rather hear Paul speak
MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2
Gil reveals his impressive inside information about the Picasso painting they’re looking at
MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS
Inez’s father wants to have Gil followed
MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY
Gil goes out of his way to find Adriana
MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION
Hemingway intends to steal Adriana away from Picasso, which Gil is jealous about
MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT
Adriana leads Gil on a walk by the river
MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE
Gil shares his knowledge of Paris’s specialness with Adriana
MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT
Drunk Zelda is about to throw herself into the water
MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT
Gil says he’s been taking valium since getting engaged to Inez
MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE
Adriana and Gil talk about his engagement
MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE
Gil gives in and sits with Salvadore Dali
MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION
Gil is suddenly surrounded by three great surrealists
MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB
Gil tells the surrealists he’s from another time in the future
MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE
Inez resists Gil’s sexual advances because Paul wants to take them to an Inn for lunch
MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT
Gil asks the tour guide if it’s possible to love two woman at once
MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS
Inez’s father hires a detective to follow Gil
MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT
Adriana has left Picasso and flown to Africa with Hemingway
MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION
Gil deceives Inez so he can get out of a weekend trip with her and her family
MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER
Gil sees the parisian antique dealer he saw before, and has a meaningful connection with her
And so on...
To learn much more about all 120 minute-by-minute beats, and how to apply them to your screenplay, TV pilot, novel or graphic novel, order Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know at Amazon.com or Barnes & Nobles. http://shop.mwp.com/products/something-startling-happens-the-120-story-beats-every-writer-needs-to-know
And try the #1 Bestseller, The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories: http://www.amazon.com/The-Screenwriters-Fairy-Tale-ebook/dp/B007U6D0CM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1348519200&sr=1-1&keywords=the+screenwriter%27s+fairytale+the+universal+story+within+all+movie+stories
Todd Klick Writing Services: www.toddklick.com
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