Thursday, January 10, 2013

See How HUNGER GAMES Uses the 120 Universal Story Beats!

A minute-by-minute analysis of HUNGER GAMES by Todd Klick,
using the Something Startling Happens story beats:


MINUTE  1:  AT-TENSION!     
A girl screams   
MINUTE  2:  THE BUILD   
Katniss runs through the depressed District 12        
MINUTE  3:  THE RATCHET       
Katniss enters a Danger area  
MINUTE  4:  ANOTHER NOTCH      
Katniss raises her bow and arrow to kill an animal  
MINUTE  5:  JAW DROPPER     
A massive spacecraft flies over them  
MINUTE  6:  FRIEND OR FIST     
Katniss and Gale debate about the TV show   
MINUTE  7:  FRIEND OR FIST 2     
Katniss and Gale talk about escape and eat a roll together  
MINUTE  8:  SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS  
Officers in space-like suits march through District 12   
MINUTE  9:  THE PURSUIT      
Katniss hears the whistle, she must hurry towards it soon   
MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION    
Prim wants to talk to Katniss about her fear of being selected   
MINUTE 11: THE WARNING    
Katniss tells Prim they will prick her finger for blood  
MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING    
The film Effie plays speaks of war and the uprising   
MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION     
Each District must offer one young man and woman to fight to the death. Katniss watches in silence and obedience   
MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH    
The young men and woman watch Effie pick the first name   
MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE!    
Katniss volunteers and saves Primrose's life (whew, that was close!)   
MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN     
Kantiss realizes the enormity of what she's done   
MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN    
Kantiss must now fight to the death  
MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN     
Katniss says goodbye to Prim for the last time  
MINUTE 19: THE THREAT     
Katniss threatens her mom   
MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK      
Katniss glares at Effie  
MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT     
Effie shows Katniss a bounty of food and wealth  
MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED     
Peeta says: I don't think it's wrong to get a little bit of help  
MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF    
Haymitch, Katniss's mentor, is a drunk   
MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2
Haymitch tells them there's nothing he can do to save them  
MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3     
Katniss watches a kid beat another with a brick on TV   
MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED    
Katniss stabs a knife next to Hamitch's hand   
MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST     
Katniss wants to learn a survival technique from Hamitch  
MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP     
Katniss steps off the train into the Capital, where the games are held  
MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2     
They wash and shave Katniss for her training 
MINUTE 30: THE NEED      
Katniss needs to attract a sponsor  
MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL     
The show is about to start  
MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP     
Katniss faces the crowd in her new fiery costume  
MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO!     
Katniss must stand before the President  
MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT     
Cinni tells Katniss, "That was amazing"   
MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH     
Eiffie enourages Katniss upstairs (BAIT), then shows her the opulent penthouse suite where she will be staying (SWITCH)    
MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK    
Katniss stays alone in her bedroom (HIDES), then looks at the channels on her TV (SEEKS)   
MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD     
The coach tells them that most of them will be dead in two weeks  
MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT    
Peeta tells Hamitch that Katniss is a really good shot   
MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND    
Peeta tells Katness encouraging things people say about her  
MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD 
Flashback to Peeta feeding bread to the hogs   
MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE     
Peeta falls off the ropes (THORN), but he can throw heavy objects (ROSE)   
MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL     
Peeta shows Katniss that he can camouflage himself   
MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2    
Hamitch tells Katniss and Peeta they will be evaluated tomorrow   
MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS      
Katniss realizes she must perform in front of the TV execs   
MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY    
Katniss misses the target  
MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION    
The TV execs realize Katniss is an extraordinary archer  
MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT    
Katniss is returned to her penthouse   
MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE    
The TV host gives them their scores  
MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT     
The President doesn't like the attention Katniss is getting   
MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT     
The President tells Seneca to "contain the hope"   
MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE      
Hamitch tells Katniss that Peeta wants to train alone from now on   
MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE      
Katniss panics: "How do I get them to like me?"   
MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION     
Katniss must face the host on national TV  
MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB     
Katniss realizes the audience likes her   
MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE      
The host sideswipes Katniss with questions she didn't see coming 
MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT     
The host asks Katniss about her sister  
MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS     
Peeta asks the host to smell him  
MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT     
Peeta tells the crowd that he likes Katniss   
MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION               
Katniss is pissed that Peeta deceived her about his true feelings  
MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER
Katniss apologizes to Peeta  

And so on...

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