A minute-by-minute analysis of SKYFALL by Todd Klick,
using the Something Startling Happens story beats:
MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION!
James Bond finds a gravely wounded MI6 agent/the hard-drive is gone
MINUTE 2: THE BUILD
Bond and his co-agent, Eve, chase the Bad Guy Agent
MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET
Police chase after Bond/Bond crashes into Bad Guy Agent's car
MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH
The Bad Guy Agent shoots at Bond and kills the police
MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER
Bond chases the Bad Guy Agent on the rooftops of the Grand Bizarre and jumps his motorcycle through a stained glass window!
MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST
Eve follows after Bond to help him
MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2
Eve chases after the train Bond jumped on
MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS
The Bad Guy Agent shoots Bond in the shoulder!
MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT
Bond pursues the Bad Guy Agent with a backhoe/Eve tells M: "007 still in pursuit!"
MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION
M asks Eve: "What's going on?" Eve gives M an update
MINUTE 11: THE WARNING
Eve warns M that she doesn't have "a clean shot"
MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING
M warns Eve that she better "take the bloody shot"
MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION
Dead James Bond falls over a waterfall and sinks into the river
MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH
M writes dead Bond's obituary
MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE!
As they walk into the Chairman's offices, M tells Turner: "It's like being summoned to the headmaster's study"
Turner assures her: "It's the new chairman. Standard procedure" (whew, that was close!)
MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN
The British government wants M to retire
MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
A hacker has broken into MI6's computers
MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN
The hacker blows up MI6's offices!
MINUTE 19: THE THREAT
A scorpion threatens to sting Bond's hand
MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK
Bond flicks off the scorpion and covers it with the shot glass
MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT
Bond learns that MI6 was bombed
MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED
M: "I'm going to find whoever did this"
MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF
Bond glares at M and says, "You should have trusted me to do the bloody job"
MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2
M tells Bond that they're under attack
MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3
Turner tells Bond that the hacker pulled off the impossible: hacked into their computers and turned on the gas
MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED
Bond stares at the new, impressive MI6 offices, which are now underground in Churchill's former bunker
MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST
Bond attempts to hit the target
MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP
A psychologist attempts to figure out if Bond is mentally stable enough to go back to work
MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2
A psychologist continues to attempt to figure out if Bond is mentally stable enough to go back to work
MINUTE 30: THE NEED
Bond needs to find out who the bullet fragments belong to
MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL
Bond spots Eve, the agent who shot him
MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP
Bond meets the new Chairman. Bond wonders if he'll be reinstated
MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO!
Chairman Mallory tells Bond that "it's a young man's game" and that Bond has "lost a step." He suggests Bond retire
MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT
Turner finds out who the bullet fragments belong to. Turner: "Luckily we have one or two friends left in the CIA"
MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH
Turner to M: I didn't know Bond passed the tests" (BAIT)
M: "He didn't" (SWITCH)
MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK
Bond wonders who the young man is who sat beside him. It turns out to be the new Q.
MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD
Witty Q says he can do more damage with his laptop in his pajamas than Bond can do out in the field -- Bond may be outdated
MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT
Q wishes Bond good luck out in the field
MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND
Bond follows the Bad Guy Agent while wearing a disguise
MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD
The Bad Guy Agent (Bond's ally to finding the Main Bad Guy) takes a taxi
MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE
Bond spots Bad Guy Agent (ROSE), but the agent shoots the security guard (THORN)
MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL
Bond nimbly bounds up and grabs hold of the bottom of the elevator, revealing that he is still surprisingly nimble for an old man
MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2
Bond's shoulder hurts him
MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS
Bond learns that the Bad Guy Agent is going to kill someone
MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY
The Bad Guy Agent uses a glass cutter for an assassination attempt
MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION
The Bad Guy Agent realizes Bond is there and fires at him
MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT
Bond finds a poker chip that leads him closer to his goal
MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE
M learns that the Bad Guy posted five agents' names and faces onto the internet
MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT
Someone knocks on Bond's door
MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT
Bond gives Eve the razor
MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE
Eve and Bond flirt heavily
MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE
Bond gives into Eve's flirtation
MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION
Bond tells Eve there's "lots of blind spots" in the casino
MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB
Bond learns that the woman who was at the assassination is at the casino
MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE
The woman tells Bond she doesn't gamble
MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT
The woman says to Bond: "Should we discuss your next performance over that drink?"
MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS
The woman asks Bond: "Do you mind if I ask you a business question?"
Bond: "Depends on the question"
Woman: "It has to do with death"
MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT
Bond tells the woman he wants to meet her employer
Woman: "Be careful what you wish for"
MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION
The woman acts brave, but Bond knows she's scared
MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER
Three bodyguards attack Bond
And so on...
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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
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