Monday, January 14, 2013

THE AVENGERS Hit All 120 Universal Story Beats!

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

MINUTE  1:  AT-TENSION!     
"What can the humans do but burn?"  
MINUTE  2:  THE BUILD   
Evacuation begins        
MINUTE  3:  THE RATCHET       
Agent Hill: "Evacuation may be futile"   
MINUTE  4:  ANOTHER NOTCH      
The building shakes  
MINUTE  5:  JAW DROPPER     
Loki appears in a brilliant blue ball of dazzling light   
MINUTE  6:  FRIEND OR FIST     
Hawkeye saves Nick Fury   
MINUTE  7:  FRIEND OR FIST 2     
Nick Fury and Selvig band together to try to stop Loki   
MINUTE  8:  SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS  
Hawkeye shoots Nick Fury!  
MINUTE  9:  THE PURSUIT      
Agent Hill pursues Loki in a car chase   
MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION    
Agent Coulson to Nick Fury: "We're clear upstairs, sir. You need to go."   
MINUTE 11: THE WARNING    
Nick Fury: "Coulson, get back to base. This is a Level 7!"  
MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING    
Nick Fury: "As of right now, we are at war"   
MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION     
Natasha Romanoff sits helpless, tied up in a chair   
MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH    
Coulson: "The pardon's been compromised"   
MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE!    
The big Russian thug grabs Natasha, but she escapes (Whew, that was close!)   
MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN     
The little girl tells Bruce Banner that her father's eyes won't open    
MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN    
Natasha has tricked Bruce Banner—there is no sick father
MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN     
Black Widow: "Doctor, we're facing a potential global catastrophe"   
MINUTE 19: THE THREAT     
Bruce Banner yells at Black Widow: "Stop lying to me!"   
MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK      
Nick Fury talks back to the people in The Council  
MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT     
Nick Fury approaches Steve Rogers  
MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED     
Nick Fury to Steve Rogers: "We've made some mistakes along the way. Some very recently"   
MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF    
Nick Fury to Steve Rogers: "The world has gotten even stranger than you already know"   
MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2
Coulson wants to speak to elusive Tony Stark  
MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3     
Tony Stark refuses to speak to Coulson   
MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED    
Agent Coulson tricks Tony Stark—he exits the elevator  
MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST     
Coulson tries to convince Tony Stark to join the Avengers  
MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP     
Coulson preps Steve Rogers for the big task ahead   
MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2     
Coulson continues to prep Steve Rogers for the big task ahead    
MINUTE 30: THE NEED      
Loki needs to take over earth
The Avenger need to stop Loki  
MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL     
Loki is told: "If the tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm"   
MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP     
Loki is told: "You think you know pain? You will long for something sweet as pain"   
MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO!     
Natasha to Steve Rogers and Bruce Banner: "You might wanna step inside, it's going to get hard to breath"   
MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT     
Steve Rogers is impressed with the new technology  
MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH     
The aircraft carrier doesn't submerge (BAIT), it flies instead (SWITCH)   
MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK    
Where is the tesselact (HIDE)? Bruce Banner offers ideas on how to find it (SEEK)   
MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD     
Coulson makes a fool of himself by begging for an autograph  
MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT    
Steve Rogers looks at his old Captain America suit  
MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND    
Humans kneel before Loki 
MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD 
Humans now bow before Loki  
MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE     
An old man stands up to Loki (ROSE), but Loki points his staff at him (THORN)   
MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL     
Captain America comes out of nowhere to save old man  
MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2    
Iron Man comes out of nowhere to save Captain America  
MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS      
Thor takes Loki away
MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY    
Black Widow: "These guys are legends. They are basically gods." 
MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION    
Loki confesses his jealousy   
MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT    
Iron Man carries Thor away from Loki  
MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE    
Iron Man to Thor: "Stay out of the way"   
MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT     
Iron Man's power is weakening   
MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT     
Thor raises his hammer at Captain America   
MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE      
Loki grins at Bruce Banner  
MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE      
Loki outwits Nick Fury  
MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION     
Thor: "He {Loki} has an army"   
MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB     
The portal can stay open for Loki  
MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE      
The Avengers sideswipe Tony Stark with counterpoints   
MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT     
Fury wants to know how Loki changed Hawkeye & Selvig into his "personal flying monkeys"
MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS     
Captain America scolds Tony Stark  
MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT     
Tony Stark is hacking into Shield's computers   
MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION               
Loki is hiding something from them   
MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER
Iron Man suggests that Hulk saved David Banner's life   

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


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