tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54142016456966524872024-03-19T21:04:39.293-07:00SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENSIn the #1 Bestselling SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS: THE 120 STORY BEATS EVERY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW, author and screenwriter, Todd Klick, explores the universal minute-by-minute beats that unite all great stories.Todd Klickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020053213665956933noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414201645696652487.post-38711211290268187822013-04-18T10:06:00.000-07:002014-08-27T23:09:09.331-07:00SKYFALL Hits the 120 Universal Story Beats!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A minute-by-minute analysis of SKYFALL by Todd Klick,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">using the <i>Something Startling Happens</i> story beats:</span></div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b> </div>
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James Bond finds a gravely wounded MI6 agent/the hard-drive is gone </div>
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<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD</b> </div>
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Bond and his co-agent, Eve, chase the Bad Guy Agent </div>
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<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET</b> </div>
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Police chase after Bond/Bond crashes into Bad Guy Agent's car </div>
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<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH</b> </div>
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The Bad Guy Agent shoots at Bond and kills the police </div>
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<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER</b> </div>
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Bond chases the Bad Guy Agent on the rooftops of the Grand Bizarre and jumps his motorcycle through a stained glass window! </div>
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<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b> </div>
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Eve follows after Bond to help him </div>
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<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b> </div>
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Eve chases after the train Bond jumped on </div>
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<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS</b> </div>
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The Bad Guy Agent shoots Bond in the shoulder! </div>
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<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT</b> </div>
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Bond pursues the Bad Guy Agent with a backhoe/Eve tells M: "007 still in pursuit!" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION</b> </div>
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M asks Eve: "What's going on?" Eve gives M an update </div>
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<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING</b> </div>
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Eve warns M that she doesn't have "a clean shot" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING</b> </div>
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M warns Eve that she better "take the bloody shot"</div>
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<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION</b> </div>
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Dead James Bond falls over a waterfall and sinks into the river </div>
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<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH</b> </div>
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M writes dead Bond's obituary </div>
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<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b></div>
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As they walk into the Chairman's offices, M tells Turner: "It's like being summoned to the headmaster's study"</div>
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Turner assures her: "It's the new chairman. Standard procedure" (<i>whew, that was close!</i>) </div>
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<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b></div>
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The British government wants M to retire </div>
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<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN </b></div>
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A hacker has broken into MI6's computers </div>
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<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b></div>
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The hacker blows up MI6's offices! </div>
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<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b></div>
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A scorpion threatens to sting Bond's hand </div>
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<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK </b></div>
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Bond flicks off the scorpion and covers it with the shot glass </div>
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<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b></div>
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Bond learns that MI6 was bombed </div>
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<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b></div>
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M: "I'm going to find whoever did this" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b></div>
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Bond glares at M and says, "You should have trusted me to do the bloody job" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b></div>
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M tells Bond that they're under attack </div>
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<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b></div>
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Turner tells Bond that the hacker pulled off the impossible: hacked into their computers and turned on the gas </div>
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<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED </b></div>
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Bond stares at the new, impressive MI6 offices, which are now underground in Churchill's former bunker </div>
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<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b></div>
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Bond attempts to hit the target </div>
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<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b></div>
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A psychologist attempts to figure out if Bond is mentally stable enough to go back to work </div>
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<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b></div>
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A psychologist continues to attempt to figure out if Bond is mentally stable enough to go back to work </div>
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<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED </b></div>
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Bond needs to find out who the bullet fragments belong to </div>
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<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b></div>
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Bond spots Eve, the agent who shot him </div>
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<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b></div>
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Bond meets the new Chairman. Bond wonders if he'll be reinstated </div>
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<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b></div>
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Chairman Mallory tells Bond that "it's a young man's game" and that Bond has "lost a step." He suggests Bond retire </div>
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<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b></div>
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Turner finds out who the bullet fragments belong to. Turner: "Luckily we have one or two friends left in the CIA" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b></div>
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Turner to M: I didn't know Bond passed the tests" (BAIT)</div>
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M: "He didn't" (SWITCH)</div>
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<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK </b></div>
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Bond wonders who the young man is who sat beside him. It turns out to be the new Q. </div>
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<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b></div>
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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 </div>
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<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b></div>
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Q wishes Bond good luck out in the field </div>
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<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b></div>
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Bond follows the Bad Guy Agent while wearing a disguise </div>
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<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b></div>
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The Bad Guy Agent (Bond's ally to finding the Main Bad Guy) takes a taxi </div>
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<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE </b></div>
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Bond spots Bad Guy Agent (ROSE), but the agent shoots the security guard (THORN) </div>
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<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b></div>
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Bond nimbly bounds up and grabs hold of the bottom of the elevator, revealing that he is still surprisingly nimble for an old man </div>
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<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b></div>
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Bond's shoulder hurts him </div>
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<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b></div>
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Bond learns that the Bad Guy Agent is going to kill someone</div>
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<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY </b></div>
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The Bad Guy Agent uses a glass cutter for an assassination attempt </div>
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<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b></div>
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The Bad Guy Agent realizes Bond is there and fires at him </div>
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<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b></div>
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Bond finds a poker chip that leads him closer to his goal </div>
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<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b></div>
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M learns that the Bad Guy posted five agents' names and faces onto the internet </div>
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<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b></div>
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Someone knocks on Bond's door </div>
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<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT </b></div>
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Bond gives Eve the razor </div>
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<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b></div>
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Eve and Bond flirt heavily </div>
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<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b></div>
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Bond gives into Eve's flirtation </div>
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<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b></div>
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Bond tells Eve there's "lots of blind spots" in the casino </div>
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<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b></div>
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Bond learns that the woman who was at the assassination is at the casino </div>
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<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b></div>
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The woman tells Bond she doesn't gamble </div>
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<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b></div>
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The woman says to Bond: "Should we discuss your next performance over that drink?" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b></div>
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The woman asks Bond: "Do you mind if I ask you a business question?"</div>
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Bond: "Depends on the question"</div>
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Woman: "It has to do with death" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b></div>
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Bond tells the woman he wants to meet her employer</div>
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Woman: "Be careful what you wish for" </div>
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<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b></div>
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The woman acts brave, but Bond knows she's scared </div>
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<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b></div>
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Three bodyguards attack Bond </div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">A minute-by-minute analysis of THE AVENGERS by Todd Klick,</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">using the </span><i style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Something Startling Happens</i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> story beats:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What can the humans do but burn?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evacuation begins </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agent Hill: "Evacuation may be futile" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The building shakes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki appears in a brilliant blue ball of dazzling light </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hawkeye saves Nick Fury </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Fury and Selvig band together to try to stop Loki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hawkeye shoots Nick Fury! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agent Hill pursues Loki in a car chase </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agent Coulson to Nick Fury: "We're clear upstairs, sir. You need to go." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Fury: "Coulson, get back to base. This is a Level 7!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Fury: "As of right now, we are at war" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Natasha Romanoff sits helpless, tied up in a chair </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coulson: "The pardon's been compromised" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The big Russian thug grabs Natasha, but she escapes (Whew, that was close!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The little girl tells Bruce Banner that her father's eyes won't open </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Natasha has tricked Bruce Banner—there is no sick father</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black Widow: "Doctor, we're facing a potential global catastrophe" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bruce Banner yells at Black Widow: "Stop lying to me!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Fury talks back to the people in The Council </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Fury approaches Steve Rogers </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Fury to Steve Rogers: "We've made some mistakes along the way. Some very recently" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Fury to Steve Rogers: "The world has gotten even stranger than you already know" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coulson wants to speak to elusive Tony Stark </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tony Stark refuses to speak to Coulson </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agent Coulson tricks Tony Stark—he exits the elevator </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coulson tries to convince Tony Stark to join the Avengers </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coulson preps Steve Rogers for the big task ahead </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coulson continues to prep Steve Rogers for the big task ahead </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki <i>needs</i> to take over earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Avenger <i>need</i> to stop Loki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki is told: "If the tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki is told: "You think you know pain? You will long for something sweet as pain" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Natasha to Steve Rogers and Bruce Banner: "You might wanna step inside, it's going to get hard to breath" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve Rogers is impressed with the new technology </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The aircraft carrier doesn't submerge (BAIT), it flies instead (SWITCH) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where is the tesselact (HIDE)? Bruce Banner offers ideas on how to find it (SEEK) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coulson makes a fool of himself by begging for an autograph </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve Rogers looks at his old Captain America suit </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humans kneel before Loki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humans now bow before Loki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An old man stands up to Loki (ROSE), but Loki points his staff at him (THORN) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Captain America comes out of nowhere to save old man </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iron Man comes out of nowhere to save Captain America </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thor takes Loki away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black Widow: "These guys are legends. They are basically gods." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki confesses his jealousy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iron Man carries Thor away from Loki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iron Man to Thor: "Stay out of the way" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iron Man's power is weakening </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thor raises his hammer at Captain America </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki grins at Bruce Banner </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki outwits Nick Fury </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thor: "He {Loki} has an army" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The portal can stay open for Loki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Avengers sideswipe Tony Stark with counterpoints </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fury wants to know how Loki changed Hawkeye & Selvig into his "personal flying monkeys"</span><br />
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Captain America scolds Tony Stark </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tony Stark is hacking into Shield's computers </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loki is hiding something from them </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iron Man suggests that Hulk saved David Banner's life </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">A minute-by-minute analysis of HUNGER GAMES by Todd Klick,</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">using the </span><i style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Something Startling Happens</i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> story beats:</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A girl screams </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss runs through the depressed District 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss enters a Danger area </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss raises her bow and arrow to kill an animal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A massive spacecraft flies over them </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss and Gale debate about the TV show </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss and Gale talk about escape and eat a roll together </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Officers in space-like suits march through District 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss hears the whistle, she must hurry towards it soon </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prim wants to talk to Katniss about her fear of being selected </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss tells Prim they will prick her finger for blood </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The film Effie plays speaks of war and the uprising </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each District must offer one young man and woman to fight to the death. Katniss watches in silence and obedience </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The young men and woman watch Effie pick the first name </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss volunteers and saves Primrose's life (whew, that was close!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kantiss realizes the enormity of what she's done </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kantiss must now fight to the death </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss says goodbye to Prim for the last time </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss threatens her mom </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss glares at Effie </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Effie shows Katniss a bounty of food and wealth </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeta says: I don't think it's wrong to get a little bit of help </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Haymitch, Katniss's mentor, is a drunk </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Haymitch tells them there's nothing he can do to save them </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss watches a kid beat another with a brick on TV </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss stabs a knife next to Hamitch's hand </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss wants to learn a survival technique from Hamitch </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss steps off the train into the Capital, where the games are held </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They wash and shave Katniss for her training </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss needs to attract a sponsor </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The show is about to start </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss faces the crowd in her new fiery costume </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss must stand before the President </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cinni tells Katniss, "That was amazing" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eiffie enourages Katniss upstairs (BAIT), then shows her the opulent penthouse suite where she will be staying (SWITCH) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss stays alone in her bedroom (HIDES), then looks at the channels on her TV (SEEKS) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The coach tells them that most of them will be dead in two weeks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeta tells Hamitch that Katniss is a really good shot </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeta tells Katness encouraging things people say about her </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flashback to Peeta feeding bread to the hogs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeta falls off the ropes (THORN), but he can throw heavy objects (ROSE) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeta shows Katniss that he can camouflage himself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamitch tells Katniss and Peeta they will be evaluated tomorrow </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss realizes she must perform in front of the TV execs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss misses the target </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The TV execs realize Katniss is an extraordinary archer </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss is returned to her penthouse </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The TV host gives them their scores </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The President doesn't like the attention Katniss is getting </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The President tells Seneca to "contain the hope" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamitch tells Katniss that Peeta wants to train alone from now on </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss panics: "How do I get them to like me?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss must face the host on national TV </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss realizes the audience likes her </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The host sideswipes Katniss with questions she didn't see coming </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The host asks Katniss about her sister </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeta asks the host to smell him </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peeta tells the crowd that he likes Katniss </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss is pissed that Peeta deceived her about his true feelings </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katniss apologizes to Peeta </span><br />
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Todd Klickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020053213665956933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414201645696652487.post-88680311678373110102012-04-30T21:59:00.000-07:002012-04-30T21:59:16.129-07:00THE SCREENWRITER'S FAIRY TALE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Thought I'd share an excerpt from my International Bestselling eBook <i>The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories</i>:<br />
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<strong>PREFACE</strong></div>
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When my first book <em>Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Needs To Know</em>
hit Amazon's Top 5 for Film and Television books in December of 2011,
and then #1 on Kindle for Screenwriting, it blew my mind and humbled me.
You see, originally the information in that book wasn't meant for the
world at all. It was my own secret passion project to sharpen my writing
skills. When you see the book on the shelves now, it's all clean and
tidy, but in reality the research process accumulated messy reams of
dog-eared and tea-stained legal pads, a scratched stopwatch, a casualty
of spent pens, and piles of over 300 scuffed-up DVDs of classic films. <br />
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This new work you're about to read went through a similar process.<br />
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Why did I research so many movies? I wanted to get to the bottom of how
stories worked so I could tell better yarns. The process reminded me of
my teenage years. I loved peeking underneath the hood of my beat-ta-crap
Chevy to see how the heap was put together. I would disassemble the
individual parts that smelled of oil and gas, and study how they fit to
make the engine rumble. I'm that same way today with stories.<br />
<br />
When you immerse yourself that deeply into figuring things out, you
can't help but walk away with a few insights. When I emerged from those
four bleary-eyed years of story engine analysis, the knowledge I gained
helped propel my stories towards the top of major screenwriting
competitions, attracted options and script sales, and launched my book
into the bestseller list, which led to other writing deals. But the
coolest thing I gained from this whole journey, by far, was the
worldwide emails from screenwriters who loved the book and benefited
from it. It was those positive messages that inspired me to share even
more insights.<br />
Thus this new fable.<br />
<br />
I adore screenwriters — we noble story warriors who toil countless hours alone in our rooms and in coffeeshops because we <em>love movies so damn much</em>.
We savor how the stories make us feel, and we want — so desperately —
to make others feel that same way. What a beautiful, precious cause. <br />
<br />
This fable is dedicated to you.<br />
<br />
In just a bit, you'll be reading the exact same four-act fairy tale I
wrote for myself to help me assemble the bare bones of a story; it's
also the template I use to write all my treatments. It's a distillation
of what I've found to be common in all successful movies — an
archetypal story pattern used since the ancient Greeks. To help you even
further, I included a matching paragraph-by-paragraph example of the
Academy Award-winning film, <em>The King's Speech</em>.<br />
<br />
All the very best, Noble Warrior.<br />
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<strong>CHAPTER ONE</strong></div>
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Once upon a time, in every great movie ever made, there was an
incomplete Boy who lived his normal everyday life in his normal everyday
world. This Boy, who was orphaned in some way, desperately wanted
something and thought that if he got that particular something, it would
fix his incompleteness. He didn't realize, however, that he had a much
deeper problem on his hands -- he possessed a stubborn flaw, which he
was blind to. In fact, this flaw prevented him from getting what he <em>really</em> needed in his life: true happiness or enlightenment.<br />
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Going about his usual business, the Boy interacted with friends or a
love interest and discussed that thing he desperately wanted. Some of
his friends were nice and helpful, while others were mean. But just when
the Boy was going to continue on repeating his same ol' everyday
habits, a predicament interrupted his life — a predicament that would
eventually lead to the exposure of his flaw. The Boy found this
predicament unsettling and feared it. In some cases, however, the
predicament <em>thrilled</em> the Boy — he saw it as an opportunity. In this circumstance, his disquieted friends expressed fear for the Boy instead.<br />
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Soon after, the Boy met with a mentor. Sometimes the mentor was older
and wiser and offered words of wisdom. Other times, the mentor appeared
wise, but offered the wrong advice. Mulling over his chat with his
mentor, the Boy realized that he still lacked something in his life. But
the Boy didn't understand why he lacked this something because his flaw
still blinded him. In the midst of all these happenings, a bully made
his presence known — a powerful adversary who would eventually find a
way to exploit the Boy's flaw in order to defeat him. As the Boy tried
to maintain his bearings within his unraveling world, a startling
life-changing event propelled him into uncharted territory.<br />
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<em>End of excerpt</em>.<br />
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<em>Buy today for only $2.99 at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Screenwriters-Fairy-Tale-ebook/dp/B007U6D0CM" target="_hplink">http://www.amazon.com/The-Screenwriters-Fairy-Tale-ebook/dp/B007U6D0CM</a></em></div>Todd Klickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020053213665956933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414201645696652487.post-73061598114737798002012-03-12T12:52:00.000-07:002013-08-31T22:54:08.347-07:00How Steven Spielberg's Movies Follow The Universal Story Beats!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A minute-by-minute analysis of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, WAR OF THE WORLDS and SCHINDLER’S LIST by Todd Klick</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Subtitles tell us German forces defeated Poland in two weeks<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Intelligent beings watch our planet with envious eyes <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indiana Jones and his crew head deep into a dangerous jungle <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Lines of displaced Jews register amid crying babies <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The aliens “drew their plans against us”<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy finds a deadly arrow <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: A man (Schindler) pins a Nazi symbol to his lapel<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray drives his Mustang down the street at high speeds <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Satipo says, “The Hovitos are near. The poison is still fresh”<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler’s eyes study Nazi officers<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray’s ex-wife and husband glare at him for being late <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: A man pulls a gun on Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler gives the stunned waiter $50 to buy the Nazi’s a round of drinks (the equivalent of $782 today, a jaw-dropping amount)<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray’s ex-wife’s jaw drops when she sees that Ray is not helping their daughter; There’s a car engine in Ray’s kitchen <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: A jaw dropping number of spiders crawl onto Indy and his ally’s back <br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler invites the Nazi officers to sit at his table (FRIEND)<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray and his wife argue (FIST) <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy saves Satipo from falling (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler dines and drinks with a large table of Nazis and their dates (FRIEND)<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray and his wife share a tender moment and a laugh (FRIEND)<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy saves Satipo’s life again (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Nazi officer says, “This is not the Romans, this storm is the SS”—a startling comment, suggesting that the Nazi’s are superior to the Roman Empire<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Anchorwoman says “Freakish lightning of catastrophic proportion struck the Ukraine”<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: The crumbling temple startles Indy!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The newly-arrived Nazi officer gestures towards Schindler and asks the waiter, “Who is that man?” <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray pursues a civil conversation with his son, but fails<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy pursues Satipo who stole the idol <br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Disgruntled Jews discuss their concerns with the council <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray and Rachel discuss how to get through to Robbie<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Belloq and Indy discuss the idol<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish man warns the Jewish woman that the Germans will shoot her<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: News warns of more storms<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Belloq warns Indy to hand over the gun or the Hovitos will kill him<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler wants to hire Itzhak Stern, a request Jewish-Stern feels threatened by <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray sees that his car is gone—a warning that his son took it <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Hovitos try to kill Indy <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Silent Stern stares at Schindler for a long time<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray stops and stares at the black sky<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy remains seated as a snake slithers in his lap<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler stares at Stern and says, “{The Jews} should be interested {in my business venture},” suggesting that their lives are at stake<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Wind blows towards the ominous-looking black sky<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy watches Marcus approach with ominous news<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Jewish men scatter when they hear Schindler talking with their friends in the temple (Whew, that was close!)<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Lightning strikes dangerously close—Whew, that was close <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy explains to Marcus that he had the idol in his hand — it was this close <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish men are deeply concerned about Schindler’s inquiries<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray and Rachel hide under the table to protect themselves from the intense storm <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Concerned Indy learns that army intelligence has come to see him. “Am I in trouble?” he asks<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jews are forced from their homes and ordered into the ghetto<br />
War of the Worlds: Everything has shut off—electricity, phone and wristwatch <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Government agents tell Indy that Hitler is looking for an important artifact<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: German kids throw rocks at the Jews<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: All vehicles have stopped working <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy learns that Hitler wants the ark so he can obtain great power<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The wealthy Jewish family moves into a slum apartment<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Neighbors surround a threatening-looking hole <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Nazis (obvious bad guys) threaten to find the Ra headpiece first<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish man yells at his wife, “How could it be worse?!!”<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray picks up one of the broken street chunks<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy — who was intimidated by Belloq, the snakes, and now the agents — pushes back with his superior knowledge of the ark <br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler meets with wealthy Jewish men<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The street splits and the building breaks <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marcus tells Indy that the government wants him to find the ark<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler says, “I said what I’ll do, that’s our contract”<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Cop says, “We gotta clear this area!” <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marcus tells Indy: “Faith is the path of least resistance”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jews have to give their wage to the SS<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: A car spits out of the hole <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy shows Marcus his (scary) gun <br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jews talk about places to hide<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: A giant alien tripod rises out of the earth<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marion plays an intense drinking game with a scary looking local <br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: A Jewish man is taken to the condemned line because he is not “an essential worker”<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The tripod revs up its engine <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marion almost passes out and loses the drinking game<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Stern saves the condemned man with forged papers<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The tripod starts killing people! <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marion punches Indiana Jones in the face!<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Stern leads Jews to the registration table<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray hides from the tripod <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy tells Marion that he needs the bronze medallion (Indy’s Mini-Quest before searching for the ark)<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish workers learn how to make pots for the Germans<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray and his kids prepare to leave<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy gives Marion money to get the medallion<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler interviews possible typists for office work<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray and his kids gather supplies to take with them <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Nazis enter Marion’s bar (preparing to take over the medallion so they can find the ark)<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: “We’re going to need several boxes of Cuban cigars,” Schindler says (he needs to impress Nazi officers<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray needs to leave immediately <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: The Nazi needs the medallion<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Jewish workers burn their hands on the pots<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The tripod fires lasers all around Ray’s car<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy sees the red-hot poker moving toward Marion’s face<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
<i>Schindler:</i> Irritated Schindler wants Stern to toast, but he won’t<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Rachel freaks out<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Bad guys shoot at Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler wants Stern to acknowledge his thanks, but he doesn’t want to<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray thinks that the attackers might be from “somewhere else” (oh no!) <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: A flame races toward Indy’s face<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler’s wife shows up<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray finds his ex-wife’s house<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Sallah brings Indy and Marion to his home<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b> </div>
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<i>Schindler</i>: "Three hundred and fifty worker with one purpose,” Schindler says (BAIT). “To make pots and pans?” His wife asks. “To make money for me,” Schindler replies (SWITCH)<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray grabs the box of food (BAIT), but all that’s inside are condiments (SWITCH)<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marion befriends a monkey (who will later betray her)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: “There was always something missing,” Schindler says“<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray tries to make food for his kids (SEEKS), but they refuse to eat (HIDE)<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: The ark stays hidden, not found yet by Belloq or Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
<i>Schindler:</i> A girl casts a flirting gaze at Schindler as he dances with his wife—he can’t resist flirting back (he is in over his head with women)<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Overwhelmed Ray stares out the window<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Sallah thinks the ark should remain undisturbed (they may be in over their heads)<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler and his wife talk in bed<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Robbie tells Rachel that he loves her <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy and Marion joke together at the market<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: An elderly worker thanks Schindler for giving him a job<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray, Robbie and Rachel hide in a deeper part of the basement<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy helps Marion fend off the bad guys <br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Stern hires handicapped workers to save their lives<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Rachel whispers “Are we still alive?”<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marion clanks the guy over the head with a pan<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jews sing a happy song on the way to somewhere (ROSE), but a German soldier starts yelling at them (THORN)<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray reaches the upstairs (ROSE), but it is completely destroyed (THORN)<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy shoots sword-guy and is temporarily safe (ROSE), but he still has to find Marion (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The German soldier kills the one-armed Jew <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray sees a man climbing out of the wrecked plane <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marion is hiding inside the basket <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish worker discovers Schindler having sex<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The news lady tells Ray there’s more than one tripod<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Marion dies! <br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler learns they’ve taken Stern<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The news’ lady shows Ray how aliens rode the lightning into the ground <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy learns Belloq is in town <br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler boldly lies to the soldiers and orders them around<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Selfish Ray acts really caring towards his daughter<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy threatens to kill Belloq in a public place<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Schindler finds Stern in one of the train cars<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Robbie wants to go back and fight the aliens <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Sallah reveals that he is willing to risk his children to save Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Soldiers escort Schindler off the train platform<br />
War of the Worlds: Ray pulls over so his daughter can go to the bathroom <br />
Raiders: Sallah says he will take Indy to the old man<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish man learns the Germans yanked dead Jew’s teeth for the gold fillings<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray learns Robbie wants to join the military<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Sallah tells Indy the Nazis had a headpiece <br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish woman in the ghetto says, “This is it, this is the bottom”<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Robbie tells Ray that he only wants to dump them on his ex-wife<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: The old man cautions Indy that the medallion warns against disturbing the ark<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Amon Goeth, the head German officer, arrives<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Emergency broadcast system plays on the radio<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Sallah spots the dead monkey and catches the poisoned date before Indy eats it<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Schindler: Goeth looks over the Jewish woman; he needs a maid<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray and his kids engage the angry crowd<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: The Nazis yell at Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Goeth stares at Helen; she can’t meet his gaze <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray puts on his seatbelt <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Nazis take Sallah away from the well opening, leaving Indy stuck inside <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Goeth orders the Jewish engineer to be shot <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: The angry mob breaks through the car windows <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Nazis keep Sallah away from the well hole — Indy can’t get out <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Helen realizes that Goeth is an evil man <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Ray realizes that a man has a gun to his head<br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy discovers that the sun’s rays really do work through the medallion <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Goeth tells his men that they’ve wiped out the Jew’s history in Krakow <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Rachel runs to Robbie for comfort, not her dad, which makes Ray cry <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Sallah drops the Nazi flag onto a surprised Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: Nazis talk about invading the ghetto Jews <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Man in the crowd says, “If they’re all over the place, we’re dead” <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy is excited to find Marion, but then he re-gags her <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: A Jewish father tells his children the Germans are coming <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Woman with bullhorn says they have “more blood than they can use” <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy to Marion: “I’ll come back to get you”<br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The soldiers order the Jews out of their homes and shoot a man <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: A tripod walks towards them <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Major Toht shows the medallion impression burned into his palm <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The Jewish man tells his wife they will hide in the sewers <br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: Boat worker says they’re not going to take any more people (but the crowd doesn’t know it) <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: Indy and the workers dig at nightfall to avoid detection <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
<i>Schindler</i>: The soldier shoots a boy!<br />
<i>War of the Worlds</i>: They won’t let Ray and his kids on the boat! <br />
<i>Raiders</i>: The monster-like statue scares Sallah! <br />
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A minute-by-minute analysis of AVATAR and THE TERMINATOR by Todd Klick,<br />
using the <i>Something Startling Happens</i> story beats:</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
AVTR: Jake says, “When I was lying in the VA hospital, with a big hole blown through my life...” <br />
TERM: Strange lightning frightens a garbage man <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
AVTR: Jake sees his dead twin brother <br />
TERM: Roughhousing punks see a naked man walk towards them <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
AVTR: They want underqualified-Jake to take over for his scientist-brother<br />
TERM: The Terminator kills a punk <br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
AVTR: The sergeant says, “If you lose your masks, you’ll be dead in four minutes”<br />
TERM: Strange lightning scares a homeless man; a naked man, in pain, appears <br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
AVTR: Jake rolls onto the new planet for the first time—a jaw dropping experience for him<br />
TERM: The naked man asks what year it is, which makes the cop’s jaw drop <br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
AVTR: Jake depends on his wheelchair to get around (object as FRIEND)<br />
TERM: The naked man keeps the gun (object as FRIEND) <br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
AVTR: Norm shows Jake around (FRIEND)<br />
TERM: The naked man finds clothes to wear (object as FRIEND) <br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
AVTR: Jake see his own Avatar for the first time, which looks like him!<br />
TERM: The naked man (Kyle) steals a shotgun and eludes the cops! <br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
AVTR: Jake asks the other scientists a question (pursuit of knowledge)<br />
TERM: Kyle and The Terminator pursue Sarah Connor <br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
AVTR: Norm discusses Na’vi with Grace<br />
TERM: Sarah chats with her disgruntled customers <br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
AVTR: The scientist warns grunt-Jake to “try and use big words” around Grace<br />
TERM: The Terminator grabs a bullet—a warning that he’s about to do something bad <br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
AVTR: Grace warns Parker, “I need a researcher, not a jarhead dropout!” <br />
TERM: The Terminator shoots the gunshop owner <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
AVTR: Grace submits to Parker’s demand to “get results”<br />
TERM: The Terminator shoots a woman; she falls dead <br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
AVTR: Angry Grace approaches Jake<br />
TERM: Sarah watches the news, which says someone with her name was murdered <br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
AVTR: The scientist says grunt-Jake’s brain has “gorgeous activity” (whew, that was close—he’s not dumb after all) <br />
TERM: A machine rolls right passed Kyle (Whew, that was close—it didn’t see him) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
AVTR: Handicapped Jake, in his new avatar-body, hopes his new legs work ok<br />
TERM: Kyle’s friend is killed <br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
AVTR: Handicapped Jake can wiggle his toes and stand in his avatar body!<br />
TERM: Kyle’s car turns upside and starts on fire! <br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar heads out the door, which is big trouble for the scientists!<br />
TERM: Sarah gets an obscene fall call <br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar runs into threatening Grace/avatar<br />
TERM: Ed the cop finds out two women by the name of Sarah Connor were killed <br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
AVTR: “I thought you’d never ask,” tough Jake says to Trudy, when she asks for a door-gunner<br />
TERM: Sarah gets ready for a date <br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
AVTR: Jake talks with tough Colonel Quaritch for the first time<br />
TERM: Sarah’s date cancels on her <br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
AVTR: Col. Quaritch: “A recon gyrene in an avatar body is a potent mix. Such a marine can provide the Intel I need” <br />
TERM: A reporter says: “These two killings occurred in the same order listed in the phone book” <br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
AVTR: Col. Quaritch wants Jake to go undercover for him<br />
TERM: No one’s answering at Sara’s place <br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
AVTR: Grace tells Jake to “keep his mouth shut and let Norm do the talking”<br />
TERM: Sarah hears that another woman by her name was killed <br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
AVTR: They land in the “hostiles’ territory”<br />
TERM: Sarah finds out she’s the next name on the list <br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar swings his gun towards the lemurs who suddenly appear <br />
TERM: Sarah sees a man following her! <br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar takes a look around while the scientists do their thing<br />
TERM: Sarah tries to call the police <br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar runs at the rhinoceros-looking animal, showing he has courage for the big quest ahead<br />
TERM: The boyfriend grabs a lamp to fight The Terminator <br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar learns that some animals are hostile as he prepares for the big quest ahead<br />
TERM: Sarah calls her roommate for help <br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar needs to survive the attacking animal<br />
TERM: Sarah says, “I need you and Matt to come and pick me up” <br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
AVTR: The attacking animal closes in on Jake/avatar!<br />
TERM: Sarah spots the strange man who was following her earlier! <br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar is in the jungle by himself with no gun<br />
TERM: The Terminator closes in on Sara <br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
AVTR: The scientists can’t find Jake/avatar—oh no!<br />
TERM: The Terminator points the gun at Sarah’s forehead (Oh no!) <br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar uses a torch to ward off the pursuing animals<br />
TERM: Kyle shoots The Terminator <br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar fends off animals with his torch (BAIT), as other animals sneak around him (SWITCH)<br />
TERM: We think The Terminator died in the explosion (BAIT), but he leaps out of the flames (SWITCH) <br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
AVTR: Neytiri, who had been hiding, seeks to kill the pursuing animals<br />
TERM: Kyle and Sara drive away (HIDE), while The Terminator SEEKS them <br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar realizes he’s in way over his head in the jungle<br />
TERM: Sarah finds out she’s been “targeted for termination”—she’s in over her head <br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar thanks Neytiri for saving him<br />
TERM: Kyle saves Sara from the cops, and then continues telling her what’s going on <br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar and Neytiri bond because Jake has “a strong heart.” They walk together further into the jungle<br />
TERM: Kyle pulls over the car and tells Sara more about what’s going on <br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
AVTR: We see that Neytiri is used to running along high tree limbs<br />
TERM: Reese says he feels pain, and he’s not sure if he can stop The Terminator <br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
AVTR: Seeds of the Sacred Tree float towards Jake (ROSE), but he swats them away because he thinks they’re dangerous (THORN)<br />
TERM: Cops search for Kyle and Sara (THORN), but Kyle and Sara find a car to hide in (ROSE) <br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
AVTR: Armed Na’vi warriors surprise Jake/avatar <br />
TERM: Kyle reveals that a nuclear war destroyed everything <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
AVTR: They take Jake/avatar towards the Sacred Tree<br />
TERM: Kyle says that the machines decided humans’ fate in a microsecond <br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
AVTR: Jake is taken into the heart of the Na’vi tribe<br />
TERM: Sarah learns that her son, John Connor, saved the human race <br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar offers to shake the chief’s hand<br />
TERM: Kyle shoots at The Terminator while driving <br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
AVTR: The Na’vi find out Jake is a warrior<br />
TERM: Sarah realizes they’re driving towards a wall! <br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
AVTR: Neytiri leads Jake to a tribal campfire<br />
TERM: The police escort Sarah to the station <br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
AVTR: Neytiri shows Jake where they sleep for the night<br />
TERM: The police let Sarah know that her roommate was killed <br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
AVTR: Parker wants Jake to find out what “the blue monkeys want”<br />
TERM: The Terminator doesn’t feel pain <br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
AVTR: The Nav’i’s tribe lives right above the richest unobtainium deposit and the corporation wants it<br />
TERM: The cops think Kyle is crazy <br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
AVTR: Parker chats with Jake and wins him over to his way of thinking<br />
TERM: Kyle engages the enemy: the disbelieving psychologist <br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
AVTR: Jake submits to Grace’s request to “not do anything stupid”<br />
TERM: The Terminator takes out his damaged eye <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
AVTR: Tsu’tey tells Jake/avatar to “go away” <br />
TERM: The Terminator grabs guns and continues his hunt for Sarah <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
AVTR: The scientist realizes Col. Quaritch and Parker are conspiring with Jake <br />
TERM: It dawns on Sarah that Kyle might be crazy <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
AVTR: The scientists are moving Jake further away so Col. Quaritch can’t micro-manage him<br />
TERM: Sarah learns that Kyle is definitely crazy <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
AVTR: Norm: “We can’t see anything. Trudy: “Ain’t that a bitch”<br />
TERM: The Terminator says he’s looking for Sarah Connor (so he can kill her) <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
AVTR: Jake: “Grace didn’t miss a thing. She knew I was talking to the Colonial” <br />
TERM: The cop yells “Gunshots!” <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
AVTR: Jake/avatar meets his first dragon-like predator (banshee) <br />
TERM: The Terminator is killing all the cops inside the police station <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
AVTR: Jake is deceiving the scientists by withholding his true military intentions <br />
TERM: Sarah hides under the table <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
AVTR: Neytiri calls Jake/avatar a “moron”<br />
TERM: It’s not The Terminator coming through the door—it’s Kyle! <br />
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And so on... <br />
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A minute-by-minute analysis of <i>UP</i> by Todd Klick, using the Something Startling Happens' story beats.</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
The narrator says, “Who would dare set foot on this inhospitable summit?” <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Scientists accuse Muntz of fabricating the skeleton and strip him of his membership <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Carl slams into the stump<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Ellie yells at Carl for trespassing<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Carl falls through the floor, and breaks his arm!<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Ellie shows Carl her adventure book (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Ellie and Carl get married and work on their house (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
All the clouds turn into babies!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Ellie and Carl put money in the jar so they can go to Paradise Falls<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Carl thanks the travel agent for the tickets she sold him<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Ellie dies<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Carl lives a lonely existance without Ellie <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Carl gives up all his efforts of leaving the house and sits on the porch instead<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Carl receives an ad from Shady Oaks retirement home<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Carls expects to open the door to the construction company boss, but it’s a boy scout instead (Whew!) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
The boy scout won’t leave Carl’s porch<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
The truck backs into Carl and Ellie’s mailbox<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Carl strikes the construction worker and it draws blood<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
A police car shows up; the judge orders Carl into a retirement home<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Carl makes a promise to himself and crosses his heart<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Thousands of balloons spring out of Carl’s house and lift it into the air<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Carl says, “I’ll send you a postcard from Paradise Falls!”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
The house flies at a dangerous height<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Carl hears a knock on the door—Scared Russell is on the porch!<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Scared Russell runs into the house<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
They’re headed towards a big lightning storm!<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Carl tries to steer away from the storm<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Carl and Russell prep for their trip to South America<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Carl wants to drop off Russell so he {Carl} can continue on<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Carl needs to go higher or they will wreck!<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Carl and Russell dangle over a cliff!<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Russell can’t climb the rope, which causes Carl great anxiety<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Carl is stuck on the wrong side of the rock (oh no!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Russell walks along with Carl<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Dogs chase the bird (BAIT), but Carl’s hearing aide scares them away (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Russell spots an animal’s tracks (HIDE), and Russell goes looking for it (SEEK)<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
The bird is HUGE. Russell may be in over his head<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Russell and the bird play<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
The bird follows Carl and Russell<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
Russell secretly feeds the bird chocolate so it keeps following<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
The dog has a talking collar (ROSE), but Carl thinks it might be radioactive (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
The hidden bird tackles the dog <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
“Squirrel!”<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
The dogs discover that there’s a boy with their dog friend<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Russell yells at everyone<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Carl realizes he can’t escape the dog and bird<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
Russell points to the tent he made for Carl<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Carl learns that Russell’s dad and stepmom don’t care for him<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
“What have I gotten myself into?” Carl asks Ellie <br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
The bird is taking the food<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
The mean dog asks Dug where the bird is<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Carl gives into the dogs <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Many mean dogs surround Carl <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Russell realizes the old man is his hero, Charles Muntz! <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
The mean dogs put “the cone of shame” on Dug <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Muntz played gin rummy with President Roosevelt, but he would cheat <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Muntz says thieves have come to steal what’s rightfully his <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Muntz learns that Russell lured the bird with chocolate <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Muntz believes Carl is decieving him about why he’s here <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Muntz sees the bird on Carl’s house and sets the dogs on them! <br />
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<i>And so on...</i><br />
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Minute-by-minute analysis of STAR WARS and HARRY POTTER by Todd Klick.</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
SW: Text informs us that “Its a period of civil war...”<br />
HP: An old wizard walks alone on a spooky night and steals lantern light <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
SW: Space ships fire at each other <br />
HP: Dumbledore says “the bad” rumours are true <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
SW: C3PO says, “We’re doomed”<br />
HP: The baby will be left with “the the worst sort of muggles imaginable”<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
SW: Stormtroopers burst through the door<br />
HP: Harry’s mean aunt screams at him to get up<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
SW: Darth Vadar, a striking dark figure, boards the alliance ship <br />
HP: The relative’s treatment of Harry is stunningly mean </div>
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<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
SW: C3PO and R2D2 argue (FIST)<br />
HP: Harry’s uncle scolds him (FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
SW: C3PO and R2D2 argue even more (FIST)<br />
HP: Harry talks with a snake (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
SW: Darth Vadar accuses Princess Leia of being traitor!<br />
HP: The escaping snake makes all the children scream!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
SW: “Send a detachment to retrieve {the plans},” Darth says<br />
HP: Harry pursues the letter that his cousin stole from him<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
SW: R2D2 and C3PO discuss the “mission” R2D2 is on<br />
HP: Harry’s aunt and uncle chat outside the house<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
SW: C3PO walks alone in the hot dry desert (a warning that he might rust)<br />
HP: Hundreds of owls land outside Harry’s relative’s house—a warning that they better let Harry open the letters<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
SW: Sand creatures shoot R2D2 <br />
HP: Hundreds and hundreds of letters pour into the house—a harsher warning that they better let Harry open his letters <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
SW: Sand creatures carry the immobilized R2D2 away<br />
HP: Harry’s family submits and moves to a secluded island<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
SW: R2D2 sits helplessly as a vacuum tries to suck him inside<br />
HP: Harry’s uncle points his shotgun at Hagrid<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
SW: C3P0 finds R2D2 (whew, that was close—he thought he’d never see him again) <br />
HP: Hagrid pulls something out of his coat, but it’s only an umbrella (whew!) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
SW: C3PO says, “We’re doomed.”<br />
HP: Hagrid wants to take Harry to the wizardry school, which causes Uncle Vernon great concern<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
SW: Sand creatures lead droids outside to be sold<br />
HP: Harry learns that his parents didn’t, in fact, die in a car crash<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
SW: Luke meets the trouble-making duo, R2D2 and C3PO <br />
HP: Hagrid puts a piggy tail on Harry’s cousin<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
SW: Uncle Owen threatens Luke to get his chores done<br />
HP: Harry enters a threatening bar<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
SW: Luke works hard to fix the droid<br />
HP: Harry urges Hagrid to tell him why he’s famous<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
SW: Princess Leia’s hologram message carries bad news<br />
HP: Hagrid taps the wall and the bricks reconfigure to show Harry Diagon Alley!<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
SW: “She’s a person of some importance,” C3PO says to Luke about Leia<br />
HP: The “Nimbus 2000 is the fastest model yet!”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
SW: The hologram disappears! <br />
HP: The ugly looking goblin shoots Harry a scary look<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
SW: Uncle Owen and his wife exchange concerned glances when Luke mentions Obi-Wan (they’re scared Luke might find out who he is)<br />
HP: The goblin leads Harry into the bowels of a scary cavern<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
SW: Uncle Owen tells Luke he must stay for another year, which causes Luke great distress<br />
HP: Harry stares at the ominous looking package<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
SW: Luke discovers that R2D2 has left!<br />
HP: Harry waves his new wand and the files fly out!<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
SW: Luke has to find R2D2 (Luke’s Mini-Quest before he heads off to battle the Death Star)<br />
HP: Mr. Ollivander tries to find the correct wand for Harry<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
SW: Luke drives the land cruiser to look for R2D2 (he needs him for the Big Quest)<br />
HP: Mr. Ollivander preps Harry for his life as a wizard<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
SW: Ben Kenobe saves Luke (he needs him for the big quest)<br />
HP: Hagrid preps Harry about Voldemort<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
SW: Injured Luke needs help<br />
HP: Harry needs to know what Voldemort did<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
SW: Ben shows distress when he hears Luke say “Obi-Wan”<br />
HP: Evil Voldemort is still out there<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
SW: C3PO shows great anxiety when he discovers that his arm is ripped off<br />
HP: Harry realizes Hagrid’s no longer there to help him<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
SW: Luke wishes he could’ve met his father (which concerns Obi-Wan, who knows the truth)<br />
HP: Harry has to somehow run through a solid wall (oh no!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
SW: Luke’s friend Obi-Wan tells him about the Dark Side<br />
HP: Harry makes friends with Ron<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
SW: Princess Leia’s hologram pops up (BAIT), but she carries bad news (SWITCH)<br />
HP: Ron thinks he’s sitting with a regular boy (BAIT), but discovers it’s the famous Harry Potter (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
SW: Luke wants to go home (HIDE), but Obe-Wan (SEEKS) his help<br />
HP: Harry wonders (SEEKS) where the picture of Dumbledore went (HIDES)<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
SW: Luke realizes he must learn the ways of the force (he may be in over his head)<br />
HP: Ron can’t make his magic spell work—he’s in over his head<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
SW: Darth Vader reconnects with Tarkin<br />
HP: Harry reconnects with his friend Hagrid<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
SW: Darth Vader and Tarkin agree on a plan of attack<br />
HP: The boats take the kids towards the school<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
SW: Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru’s house is on fire<br />
HP: We see that Professor McGonagall has authority at the school<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
SW: Luke finally reaches home (ROSE), but finds his aunt and uncle burned to death (THORN)<br />
HP: Harry likes the school (ROSE), but dislikes unsavory students like Malfoy (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
SW: Luke tells Ben he wants to become a Jedi<br />
HP: The opening doors reveal a surprisingly huge hall filled with young wizards and floating candles! <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
SW: Obi-Wan tells Luke (about Mos Eisley Spaceport), “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious” (they may die there)<br />
HP: Dumbledore reveals that the 3rd floor will cause “a most painful death”<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
SW: Obi-Wan can change stormtroopers’ minds with the force<br />
HP: Harry feels pain in his scar when Snape looks at him<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
SW: Luke enters the dangerous cantina with Obi-Wan<br />
HP: Loner Harry stands in front of the entire student body<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
SW: The bartender reveals his prejudice by telling Luke (concerning the droids), “we don’t serve their kind here”<br />
HP: Harry learns that Dumbledore approves of him going to Gryffindor<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
SW: Obi-Wan takes Luke away from the fight<br />
HP: Percy gives Harry information about Snape (Harry’s escort towards useful information)<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
SW: Han tells Obi-Wan and Luke that his spaceship is fast<br />
HP: Harry is told about the changing stairs<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
SW: Han wants way too much money to fly Luke and Obi-Wan to Alderaan<br />
HP: The scary pictures move<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
SW: Weapon-carrying Stormtroopers look for Obi-Wan and Luke<br />
HP: Harry sits by himself, still the outsider<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
SW: Han shoots Greedo, which draws the attention of the other bad guys<br />
HP: Professor McGonagall scolds Harry and Ron for being late<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
SW: R2D2 and C3PO hide from the Stormtroopers<br />
HP: The students listen quietly to intimidating Snape <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
SW: Jabba wants his money from Han <br />
HP: Snape intimidates Harry with questions he doesn’t know the answers to <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
SW: Han learns that Jabba will give him more time to pay his debt<br />
HP: Harry and Ron realize that the “mail’s here” <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
SW: Stormtroopers fire at Han Solo <br />
HP: Harry learns that someone broke into Gringotts <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
SW: Han talks with Chewbacca while Imperial Troopers chase them<br />
HP: Ron says “up” but the broom whacks him in the face instead <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
SW: Obe-Wan: “I felt a great disturbance in the force”<br />
HP: The teacher says to the wounded student: “Oh dear, it’s a broken wrist” <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
SW: Tarkin says he will blow up Alderaan<br />
HP: Harry and Malfoy duel on their brooms <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
SW: Tarkin deceives Leia into thinking he won’t blow up Alderaan if she tells him the rebel <br />
base’s location<br />
HP: Malfoy spins and keeps the object from Harry <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
SW: Tarkin blows up Alderaan!<br />
HP: Harry learns that he’s the new “Seeker”! <br />
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And so on...<br />
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A minute-by-minute story beat analysis of MIDNIGHT IN PARIS by Todd Klick</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
Gil and Inez argue about Paris. He loves it, she doesn’t <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Gil chats with Inez’s parents, who aren’t fans of Paris either <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Inez and her parents glare at Gil over his opposing political views<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Gil doesn’t want to hang out with Inez’s friends Paul and Carol<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Inez makes the jaw dropping statement that she had a crush on Paul in college<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Gil and Inez hang out with Paul and Carol (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Inez and Paul make fun of Gil and his novel idea (FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Paul makes the startling statement that Paul is flawed because he can’t cope with living in the present<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
The couples follow a tour guide as they pursue art knowledge<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Gil and Inez discuss his lie about reading a biography on Rodin<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Paul warns Gil that alcohol “fuels the desire but kills the performance”<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Inez warns Paul about getting lost if he walks alone <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Paul gives in and realizes he’s lost<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Drunk French strangers insist Gil jump in their car with them<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
The French strangers turn out to be fun (Whew, that was close!) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Gil stares uncomfortabley at everyone dressed in ‘20s attire—something doesn’t seem right<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Gil meets a couple named Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald, which blows his mind<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Gil is realizing that something really strange is going on<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
The Fitzgerald’s invite Gil to a seedier party<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
At first freaked out, Gil now smiles and has a great time<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Gil meets Hemingway!<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Hemingway tells Fitzgerald that he’s a writer who needs time to write<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Hemingway verbally attacks Fitzgerald and tries to get Gil in the middle of it<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Hemingway says he hates Gil’s novel, even though he hasn’t read it<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Gil doesn’t know where he’s supposed to meet Hemingway<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
The restaurant where Gil met Hemingway is no longer there! It’s a laundrymat!<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Inez wants Gil to go to the furniture shop with her<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Gil takes Inez to the spot where he had the amazing adventure<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Gil and Inez wait for the old car to pick them up<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Gil says to himself that “maybe I need to see a neurologist”<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Hemingway tells a distressing story about war<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Gil is anxious about meeting Gertrude Stein<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Gertrude Stein criticizes Picasso’s painting (Oh no!, he thinks)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Adriana says she likes Gil’s writing<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Adriana tells Gil she loves the past, too (BAIT), but she loves a different time period (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Adriana is coy about talking about herself (HIDE), but Gil is interested (SEEK)<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
Gil is smitten with Adriana. He’s in over his head<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Adriana tells Gil she’s fallen madly in love with his book<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Gil heads out with Hemingway, Picasso and Adriana<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
The Parisian girl tells antiques<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Gil is happily lost in Cole Porters music (ROSE), but Inez interrupt him (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Inez shushes Gil—she’d rather hear Paul speak <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Gil reveals his impressive inside information about the Picasso painting they’re looking at<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Inez’s father wants to have Gil followed<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Gil goes out of his way to find Adriana<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Hemingway intends to steal Adriana away from Picasso, which Gil is jealous about<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
Adriana leads Gil on a walk by the river<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Gil shares his knowledge of Paris’s specialness with Adriana<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
Drunk Zelda is about to throw herself into the water<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Gil says he’s been taking valium since getting engaged to Inez<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Adriana and Gil talk about his engagement<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Gil gives in and sits with Salvadore Dali <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Gil is suddenly surrounded by three great surrealists <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Gil tells the surrealists he’s from another time in the future <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Inez resists Gil’s sexual advances because Paul wants to take them to an Inn for lunch <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Gil asks the tour guide if it’s possible to love two woman at once <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Inez’s father hires a detective to follow Gil <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Adriana has left Picasso and flown to Africa with Hemingway <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Gil deceives Inez so he can get out of a weekend trip with her and her family <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Gil sees the parisian antique dealer he saw before, and has a meaningful connection with her <br />
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A minute-by-minute story beat analysis of <i>MONEYBALL</i> by Todd Klick</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
Tense playoff game. A’s take 1-0 lead <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
The As cause two errors <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Billy Beane listens to the tense game alone<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Billy’s team loses<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Billy freaks out and stomps his radio<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Billy and the team owner commiserate (KISS)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Billy and the owner fight about money (FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Billy's friend screws him over and he looses a key player<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
The A’s scouts pursue cheap but good players<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Billy says, “Guys, you are just talking—la, la, la” (they’re discussing which player to pick<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Billy warns the scouts—they don’t know what the problem is<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Billy warns the scouts again, saying: “The runt of the litter dies” <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Billy submits to his scouts’ request to let them do their job<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
The Indian’s secretary comes to get Billy for a key meeting<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Billy chuckles when the negotiator takes a dig at him (Whew, that was close—he could have lost the other execs’ respect) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
The execs reject all Billy’s offers, which causes him deep concern<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Billy can’t get one deal make, which turns his world upside down<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Billy confronts Peter<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
Billy says to Peter, “I don’t give a rat’s ass what your name is”<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Meek Peter speaks his mind to Billy<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Peter tells Billy that losing Damen opens up a lot of interesting possibilities<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
The scout says, “Very rare do you come upon a young man like Billy...”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Young Billy will have to pick between college and pro ball<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Billy’s parents put the big decision on his shoulders<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Billy takes a big risk by buying Peter from the Indians<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
Peter evaluates 51 players instead of the expected 3<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Peter sets up his computer and goes to work<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Peter prepares Billy for finding value in players nobody wants<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Peter continues to prepare Billy for finding undervalued players<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Art needs to talk to Billy<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Art wants his contract extended<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Billy rejects his scouts’ choices, which ups their anxiety<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
“Billy, that’s trouble,” the scout says to Billy’s player choice <br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Peter gets Billy’s back by saying: “Because he {the player Billy chose} gets on base”<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Billy says, “He can’t throw and he can’t field (BAIT), “but what can he do? He gets on base (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Billy says, “This is not a discussion (HIDES), but his scout SEEKS to change his mind<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
None of the guys Billy chose can play first base (he may be in over his head)<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Billy says to out-of-work Scott, “The good news is, we want you at first”<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Billy tells Scott that they’re going to teach him to play first base<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
Scott hugs his wife and daughter, happy to be hired<br />
We see how Billy’s ex-wife lives with her new husband<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Billy chats politely with his ex-wife and her husband (ROSE), but it’s extremely uncomfortable for all of them (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Billy is surprised to hear that his daughter has a cell phone <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Billy’s daughter’s beautiful guitar playing surprises him<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Billy’s learns that his daughter is a great singer<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Young Billy strikes out and fails as a player<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Peter tells Billy about “The Greek God of Walks”<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
The head scout escorts Billy to the conference room to talk<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
The head scout is telling Billy that he’s discounting what scouts have done for 150 years<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
Billy informs his head scout that he doesn’t know if a kid is gonna be a good or bad player<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Billy fires his head scout<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Billy’s new players look bad, and Art the coach isn’t happy<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Art gives into Billy <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Billy says to Peter: “This better work” <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
One player has knee braces, one’s a partier, one’s old and one lacks confidence—this doesn’t appear to be a good team <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Chad sideswipes Billy by saying he’ll be praying for him <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Billy tells Peter that he’s going into the clubhouse—he doesn’t watch the games <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
The radio announcer says, “It’s the third Ranger to be hit today”—difficult words for Billy to hear on opening day <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Art and Billy butt heads over the team’s direction <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Billy lies when he tells Art: “Good talk. Every time we talk I’m reinvigorated by my love of the game” <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
The guy who came up with the Moneyball theory was a security guard at a pork and beans company <br />
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And so on...<br />
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A minute-by-minute story beat analysis of <b><i>RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES</i></b> </div>
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by Todd Klick <br />
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
Men attack apes with machetes <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Men capture an ape <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Stephen tells Will he’ll need the boards approval to continue his experiments<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Will presents his argument to the board<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Bright Eyes violently attacks the scientist!<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Stephen smiles at Will’s proposal to the board (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Stephen stands side by side with Will (FRIEND)<br />
Stephen scolds Franklin (FIST) <br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Stephen threatens to fire Will!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Will looks for Franklin<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Will and Franklin discuss “putting down” Bright Eyes’ newborn<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Will’s father mistakes Will’s work proposal as a chemistry test (a warning to Will that his father’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse)<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Will’s father is angry about losing his car keys (a harsher warning that his Alzheimer’s is worsening) <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Will reminds his father that he doesn’t drive anymore. “I know that,” his father says, looking down<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Caesar’s intelligence increases at a rapid rate (dangerous to the human race)<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Will’s dad almost hurts the nurse <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Will is concerned he might get caught for stealing the Alzheimer’s drug<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Will’s father is back to normal after taking the drug!<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Caesar escapes out the window!<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
The neighbor swings a bat at Caesar<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Will boldly asks Caroline for a date<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Caroline comes over to Will’s house for the date<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Caroline says (about Caesar): “You should give him open space”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Will loses Caesar<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Caesar walks to the end of a thin branch, which scares Will<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
A German Shepherd attacks Caesar<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
Caesar asks Will (through sign language) if he’s “a pet”<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Will shows Caesar where he was born<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Will explains why Caesar is so smart (to prepare him for being different)<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Will explains to Caroline about Caesar’s unusual rise in intelligence, to prepare her for what Caesar may become<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Will asks his dad if he’s ok—he needs to know if his father is relapsing<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Will’s forgetful father wrecks the car, which causes the neighbor great distress<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Caesar attacks the neighbor because he screamed at Will’s father<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
The scared neighbor runs from Caesar, but Caesar chases him (Oh no!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Will’s father hugs Caesar<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Will tells Caesar to follow him inside the building (BAIT), but the building is really a prison for chimps (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Will stays behind the glass (HIDES), while Caesar tries to get to him (SEEK)<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
Caesar is tricked into a cage by a mean worker (he’s in over his head)<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Will promises his dad he will get Caesar back soon<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Will puts him arm around his dad and then he looks for a more aggressive virus strain<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
Stephen is going through a roller coaster emotionally over Will’s behavior<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Caesar laughs at the worker (ROSE), but the mean worker sprays him with water (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Caesar draws an exact replica of his window at home <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Stephen surprises Will and Franklin. He wants to watch their progress<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
The chimp has a violent reaction to the drug<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Caesar joins the other apes in the playpen<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Caesar realizes the other apes want to kill him<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
The ape shows Stephen that he’s getting more intelligent<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Caesar learns that the orangutan can speak sign language<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
The mean worker and boss are shooting chimps with drugs and carrying them somewhere<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
The boss of cages tells Will he can’t have Caesar without a court order<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
The orangutan watches Caesar<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Caesar wipes the dirt from the window, and realizes he can’t get out <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
The mean worker yells at his coworker<br />
Caesar stares down mean worker <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Caesar realizes his can pick the lock with the knife <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Caesar frightens the gorilla <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Caesar releases the mean chimp, but then communicates that he better submit or else the gorilla will tear him apart <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Will’s father shakes his head “no”—he doesn’t want the drugs anymore <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Will’s father is dead <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Will’s been deceived—Stephen has authorized testing behind his back <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Will quits his job!<br />
Franklin is terribly sick with a deadly virus <br />
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Did you know that during minute 5 of any great movie, there's a <b>Jaw Dropper</b> moment? Something happens to the characters (or the audience) that they've never seen or heard before. It grabs attention and dazzles. Great writers instinctively know that on page 5 of their screenplay—midway to the Inciting Incident—that something extraordinary needs to occur to keep the audience watching. Here are a few examples: <br />
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What's the Jaw Dropper during Minute 5 in <b><i>The Sixth Sense</i></b>? Anna and Malcolm see a half-naked man standing in their bathroom. </div>
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What's the Jaw Dropper in <b><i>Top Gun</i></b>? Maverick flies upside down and overtop the enemy’s fighter plane—an extraordinary flying feat! </div>
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<span id="goog_1977779818"></span>What about <i><b>Star Wars</b></i>? Ominous Darth Vadar enters the story for the first time, a Jaw Dropping moment in movie history. </div>
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<b><i>The Godfather</i></b>? Bonasera asks Godfather to murder the men who beat up his daughter—a jaw dropping request to make of someone.</div>
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<b><i>Tootsie</i></b>? Michael storms out of a play because he disagrees with the director—an extraordinary thing for a struggling actor, who hasn't worked in two years, to do.</div>
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<b><i>Raiders Of The Lost Ark</i></b>? An astonishing amount of spiders crawl onto Indy and his ally's backs. </div>
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In <i><b>The Matrix</b></i>, Trinity executes an extraordinary, superhuman leap into a far away window, which literally makes the cops' jaws drop!</div>
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<b><i>Juno </i></b>tells Leah her extraordinary news—she's pregnant (Leah's mouth drops open in astonishment, another literal "Jaw Dropper").</div>
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In <b><i>Halloween</i></b>, we find out that the person who stabbed the naked girl is a little boy!</div>
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In <i><b>Pulp Fiction</b></i>, Pumpkin and Honey Bunny hold up the restaurant, a Jaw Dropping moment in the patrons' lives.</div>
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Todd Klickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020053213665956933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414201645696652487.post-64051744065769042702012-01-16T21:57:00.000-08:002013-08-31T22:56:28.794-07:00HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Follows the 120 Beats!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A minute-by-minute analysis of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON by Todd Klick</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
Dragons attack the village <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Stoick yells at Hiccup to “get inside” <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
A big fire starts<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Dragons land in the village and pillage<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
The legendary and infamous Night Fury screeches and blows up the tower<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Hiccup fires his catapult (his ally in this case) at the Night Fury (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Stoick saves Hiccup’s life (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Hiccup makes the startling claim that he hit a Night Fury<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Hiccup says to Gobber: “I just want to be one of you guys” (his pursuit)<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
The Vikings discuss doing one more search for the dragons before the ice sets in<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Gobber warns Stoick that he won’t always be around to protect Hiccup<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Hiccup sees a broken tree and a giant groove in the dirt (a warning of nearby danger)<br />
<i>*INCITING INCIDENT: Hiccup finds the bound Night Fury </i><br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
The Night Fury slaps Hiccup against the rock, where he’s temporarily stunned<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
The Night Fury pins frightened Hiccup<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
The Night Fury screeches at Hiccup, then leaves (Whew, that was close) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Stoick wants Hiccup to start dragon training in the morning, a big concern for Hiccup<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Hiccup reluctantly starts dragon training<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
The Gronckle attacks the trainees<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
The Gronckle threatens Hiccup’s life<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Hiccup goes looking for the Night Fury<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Hiccup sees that the Night Fury is stuck in a gully with a broken wing<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Astrid: “{Hiccup} is never where he should be”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Hiccup reads about a dragon that can kill a man with a “concussive sound”<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
...Another dragon has “razor sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees”<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Hiccup reads: “Hide and pray it does not find you” (referring to the Night Fury)<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
A dragon’s fireball explodes next to Hiccup’s head<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
The trainees try to stop the dragon in the maze<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Hiccup returns to the gully with a fish (preparing to bond with the Night Fury)<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Hiccup feeds the fish to the Night Fury (preparing to bond with the Night Fury)<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Hiccup needs to gain the dragon’s full trust<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
The Night Fury freaks out when Hiccup gets too close<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
The Night Fury growls at Hiccup when he touches the line<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Gobber explains how the dragon took his leg (oh no!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Gobber mentions that “a downed dragon is a dead dragon,” which affects Hiccup<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Hiccup brings the Night Fury food (+), but he doesn’t like the eel (-)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Hiccup sneaks behind the Night Fury and seeks out his tail<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
Hiccup hangs on to the Night Fury for dear life<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Hiccup impresses everyone by the way he handles the training dragon<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Hiccup flies with the Night Fury as he continues to work on its wing<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
Astrid slams down her drink -- she’s angry at the attention Hiccup is getting<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Hiccup makes his way back to the Night Fury (the Rose), but Astrid spots him (the Thorn)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Astrid hears a noise, which reveals Hiccup’s whereabouts <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Stoick is surprised to hear that his son is a village celebrity<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Hiccup learns that his foot pedals work in different ways<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Hiccup falls at great length and reattaches himself to the Night Fury<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Hiccup realizes he can fly without his cheat sheet<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
The little dragon’s behavior (escorts) Hiccup towards the truth<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Stoick tells Hiccup that he’s heard what he’s been doing in the ring<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
We learn that Hiccup’s mother is dead<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Astrid wants to know what Hiccup is “late for exactly”<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Astrid follows Hiccup and wants to know what he’s up to<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Hiccup says he’s “through with the lies” <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
The Night Fury grabs a frightened Astrid <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Astrid realizes the dragon’s not out to kill her <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Astrid is blown away by how amazing it is to fly on a dragon’s back <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Astrid: “What’s going on?”<br />
Hiccup: “I don’t know” <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Hiccup: “It looks like they’re hauling in their kill”<br />
Astrid: “What does that make us?” <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Hiccup and Astrid find the dragons’ lair <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Hiccup doesn’t want Astrid to tell his dad about what they found <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Stoick tells everyone how proud he is of Hiccup <br />
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A minute-by-minute analysis of HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer’s Stone:</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT-TENSION! </b><br />
An old wizard walks alone on a spooky night and steals lantern light <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Dumbledore says “the bad” rumours are true <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
The baby will be left with “the the worst sort of muggles imaginable”<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Harry’s mean aunt screams at him <br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
The relatives' outrageous behavior towards Harry is jaw-droppingly rude (Professor McGonagall was right!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Harry’s uncle scolds him (FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Harry talks with a snake (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
The escaping snake talks to Harry then makes all the children scream!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Harry tries to retrieve the letter that his cousin stole from him<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Harry’s aunt and uncle chat outside the house<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Hundreds of owls land outside Harry’s relative’s house—a warning that they better let Harry open the letters<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Hundreds and hundreds of letters pour into the house—a harsher warning that they better let Harry open his letters <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
The family submits and moves to a secluded island<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Harry’s uncle points his shotgun at Hagrid<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Hagrid pulls something out of his coat, but it’s only an unbrella (whew!) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Uncle Vernon is concerned that Hagrid wants to take Harry to the school of wizardry<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Harry learns that his parents didn’t, in fact, die in a car crash<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Hagrid puts a piggy tail on Harry’s cousin<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
Harry enters a threatening looking bar<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Harry wants Hagrid to tell him why he’s famous<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Hagrid taps the wall and the bricks reconfigure themselves to show Harry Diagon Alley!<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
A boy declares that the Nimbus 2000 "is the fastest model yet!”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
The ugly looking goblin gives Harry a scary look<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
The goblin takes Harry into the bowels of a scary cavern<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Harry stares at an ominous looking lone package<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
Harry waves his new wand and the files fly out!<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Mr. Ollivander tries to find the correct wand for Harry<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Mr. Ollivander preps Harry for his life as a wizard<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Hagrid preps Harry about Voldemort<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Harry needs to know what Voldemort did<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Evil Voldemort is still out there<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Harry realizes Hagrid’s no longer there to help him<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Harry realizes that he has to somehow run through a solid wall (oh no!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Harry makes friends with Ron<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Ron thinks he’s sitting with a regular boy (BAIT), but discovers it’s the famous Harry Potter (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Harry wonders where the picture of Dumbledore went<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
Ron can’t make his magic spell work—he’s over his head<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Harry reconnects with his friend Hagrid<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Boats take the bonding children towards the school<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
We see that Professor McGonagall has authority at the school<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Harry likes the school (ROSE), but dislikes unsavory students like Malfoy (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Opening doors reveal a surprisingly huge hall filled with young wizards and floating candles! <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Dumbledore reveals that the 3rd floor will cause “a most painful death”<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Harry feels pain in his scar when Snape looks at him<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Loner Harry stands in front of the entire student body<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Harry sees that Dumbledore approves of him going to Gryffindor<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
Percy gives Harry information about Snape (Harry’s escort towards useful information)<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Harry is told about the stairs, which change direction<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
The scary pictures move<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Harry sits by himself, still the outsider<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Professor McGonagall scolds Harry and Ron for being late<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Students listen quietly to intimidating Snape <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Snape intimidates Harry with questions he doesn’t know the answers to <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Harry and Ron realize that the “mail’s here” <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Harry learns that someone broke into Gringotts <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Ron says “up” but the broom whacks him in the face <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
The teacher says to the wounded student, “Oh dear, it’s a broken wrist” <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Harry and Malfoy duel on their brooms <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Malfoy spins and keeps the object from Harry <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Harry learns that he’s the new “Seeker”! <br />
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And so on... <br />
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Minute-by-minute story beat analysis of <i><b>FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS</b></i>.</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
“Much is lost,” the narrator says <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Dark Lord Sauron forges a master ring, which he pours his cruelty and malice into <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Men and Elves fight for the freedom of Middle Earth<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Sauron wipes out many soldiers with the ring’s power<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Isildur is murdered and thrown into the river! The ring is lost!<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
The ring consumes Gollum (FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Bilbo finds the ring (FRIEND and FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Frodo hears Gandalf coming!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Frodo asks Gandalf news of the outside world (he pursues knowledge)<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Gandalf and Frodo discuss Bilbo Baggins<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
A hobbit’s wife glares at her husband<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Bilbo yells that he doesn’t want any visitors! <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Gandalf bumps his head and ducks<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Bilbo doesn’t want to answer the knock on the door<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Bilbo almost touches the ring in his pocket <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Sam is concerned about asking the girl to dance<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Bilbo tells the children a gruesome tale, which turns their protected world upside down<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
The dragon firework swoops down on the villagers<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
Bilbo reaches for the ring in his pocket<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Gandalf scolds Bilbo<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
The ring’s power affects Bilbo with its power<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Gandalf to Bilbo: “You’ve had the ring long enough”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
The scary ring draws Bilbo in<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Gandalf looks at the scary ring<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Gandalf acts oddly<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
Gandalf leaves unexpectedly<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Gandalf rides towards his destination<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Gandalf reads about the ring in the ancient scrolls<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Gandalf reads more about the ring in the ancient scrolls <br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Gandalf needs to know if the ring is kept secret and safe<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Gandalf realizes the language on the ring is from evil Mordor<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Gandalf says that evil Sauron has returned<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
The ring wants to return to its master—oh no!<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Gandalf refuses to take the ring from his friend Frodo<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Frodo thinks the ring might be safe at the inn (BAIT), but Gandalf is not sure it will (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Someone HIDES outside Frodo’s window and Gandalf SEEKS who it is<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
“The agents of the dark lords” are looking for the ring. Frodo may be in over his head.<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Frodo encourages Samwise<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Gandalf meets up with his old friend Saruman to discuss what to do<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
Distraught Gandalf, Frodo’s ally, learns about Sauron’s evil plans<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Saruman uncovers the seeing stone (ROSE), but Gandalf sees Sauron’s eye when he covers it back up (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Gandalf realizes he’s been betrayed—his friend Saruman wants him to join with Sauron <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Saruman steals Gandalf’s staff and shows him that he (Saruman) is more powerful<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Merry and Pippin crash into Frodo and Samwise—they are stealing from the farmer<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Frodo yells at his companions to “get off the road!”<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Frodo realizes a Dark Rider is right above him!<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
Samwise grabs Frodo and drags him towards the woods<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Merry tells Frodo about Bucklebury Ferry—what they need to escape<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
There are more Dark Riders now chasing Frodo<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
The Gatekeeper warns Frodo that “there’s talk of strange folk abroad” <br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Frodo chats with the suspicious bartender<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
A Ranger stares at Frodo from across the room. Frodo stays put in his seat <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
The ring tries to seduce Frodo <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Frodo realizes that when he puts on the ring, Sauron sees him <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
The Dark Riders burst through the town’s gate <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Frodo: What are they? (Referring to the Dark Riders)<br />
Strider: They were once great men...blinded by greed <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Strider to Frodo: They will never stop hunting you <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
They are going to Rivendell to see the elves <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Saruman secretly builds an army on Sauron’s orders <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Gandalf realizes he’s being held captive on the tower roof <br />
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As do all great movies, <i>The Matrix</i> follows the 120 universal minute-by-minute story beats to a tee!</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
Cypher tells Trinity, “We’re going to kill him.” <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Agents show up and argue with the Police Chief <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Morpheus tells Trinity that they’ve been compromised — agents are outside!<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
The cops and agents chase Trinity on the rooftops<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Trinity executes a jaw dropping superhuman leap through a far away window <br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Trinity’s friends save her life by ringing her into the phone (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Trinity sends Neo an email, telling him The Matrix has him (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
The loud knock on the door startles Neo<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Neo pursues the girl with the white rabbit tattoo to see where she leads<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Trinity discusses The Matrix with Neo<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Trinity warns Neo: “They are watching you”<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
The boss warns Neo not to be late again or he’ll be fired <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Neo submits to his boss’s threat<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Neo sees agents looking in his direction<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Neo barely dodges the agents as he scurries toward the empty office (<i>Whew, That Was Close!</i>) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Neo is concerned that he might go to jail<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Agents handcuff Neo and force him into their car<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Agent Smith tells Neo they know he’s a computer hacker<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
Agent Smith warns Neo that he’d better help them bring Morpheus to justice<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Neo gives the agent the finger<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
The agents insert an electronic bug into Neo’s navel<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Morpheus calls Neo “The One”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Switch points a gun at Neo<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Trinity pulls out a scary contraption and presses it onto Neo’s navel<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Trinity’s scary contraption sucks the electronic bug out of Neo’s navel<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
Neo meets the legendary Morpheus in person!<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Neo wants to be told what The Matrix is (Neo’s Mini-Quest before he actually sees it)<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Morpheus explains to Neo that he has to see The Matrix (preparing him to be The One)<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Morpheus offers Neo the red or blue pill (preparing him to see The Matrix)<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Neo needs to see what swallowing the red pill means<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
The liquid mirror, attached to Neo’s fingertip, causes him distress<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
The liquid mirror creeps up Neo's arm and into his throat. He screams!<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Neo sees that he’s naked inside a glass pod — and so are millions of others!<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Morpheus’s machine grabs Neo </div>
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<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Neo is welcomed to the real world (BAIT), but he’s stuck with hundreds of acupuncture needles (SWITCH)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Neo’s true potential remains hidden within his doubting mind<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
Neo realizes that there is something attached to the back of his head. He may be in over his head<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Neo is re-introduced to Trinity, Apoc, Switch, Tank, Dozer and Mouse — his new friends<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Neo bonds further with the Nebuchadnezzar crew as they prepare to defeat the Matrix<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
Morpheus explains more about his world inside the computer program<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
The world Neo lived in was nice (ROSE) compared to its ugly reality (THORN)</div>
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<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Morpheus reveals that humans are used as batteries <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Morpheus reveals that there are human crops used for harvesting<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Neo throws up after experiencing all this overwhelming new information<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Neo has his mind freed at an older-than-usual age<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Morpheus reveals that he believes Neo will lead humanity to freedom<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
Tank says he will take Neo to his training<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Tank inputs combat knowledge directly into Neo’s brain — Needed Knowledge<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
Tank gives Neo deadly fighting knowledge (if he doesn’t have this knowledge he will die in The Matrix)<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Morpheus tells Neo, “Your weakness is not your technique” (if Neo doesn’t overcome his weakness he will die)<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Morpheus intimidates Neo with his superior fighting skills<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Morpheus beats Neo in the fight <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Morpheus (Neo’s enemy in the dojo) tells Neo to know he is faster. <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Neo realizes he can’t jump from one building to the next <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Neo’s failed jump stuns Mouse <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Trinity and Cypher chat, but then Cypher expresses jealousy <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
“Were you listening to me or looking at the woman in the red dress?” Morpheus asks Neo <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Morpheus tells Neo that when he’s ready he won’t need to dodge bullets (vital information for Neo) <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Morpheus tells the crew to set down the ship (to deceive the Sentinels) <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
The sentinel approaches the Nebuchadnezzar! <br />
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And so on...<br />
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<b><span id="goog_1553278469"></span>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
Indiana Jones and his crew head deep into a dangerous jungle. <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Indy finds a deadly arrow <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Satipo says, “The Hovitos are near. The poison is still fresh”<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
A man pulls a gun on Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
A jaw dropping number of spiders crawl onto Indy and his ally’s back<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Indy saves Satipo from falling (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Indy saves Satipo’s life again (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
The crumbling temple startles Indy!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Indy pursues Satipo who stole the idol<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Belloq and Indy talk about the idol<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Belloq warns Indy to hand over the gun or the Hovitos warriors will kill him<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
The Hovitos try to kill Indy <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Indy remains seated as snake slithers in his lap<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Indy watches Marcus approach with ominous news<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Indy explains to Marcus that he had the idol in his hand — it was this close (and we know, from having seen it, that Indy experienced a close call when the Hovitos warriors almost kill him <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Indy shows concern when he learns that army intelligence has come to see him. “Am I in trouble?” he asks Marcus<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Government agents tell Indy that Hitler is looking for an important artifact<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Indy learns that Hitler wants the ark so he can obtain great power (which will get Indy into trouble later)<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
The Nazis (obvious bad guys) threaten to find the Ra headpiece first<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Indy — who was intimidated by Belloq, the snakes, and now the agents — pushes back intellectually with his superior knowledge of the ark<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Marcus tells Indy that the government wants him to find the ark, which greatly affects Indy’s life<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Marcus tells Indy: “Faith is the path of least resistance”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Indy shows Marcus his (scary) gun<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Marion is involved in an intense drinking game with a large local (scary for her because she might lose her reputation as a woman who can hold her liquor)<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Marion almost passes out and loses the drinking game<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
Marion punches Indiana Jones in the face<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Indy tells Marion that he needs the bronze medallion (Indy’s Mini-Quest before searching <br />
for the ark)<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Indy gives Marion money to get the medallion<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Nazis enter Marion’s bar (in preparation to take over the medallion so they can find the ark)<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
The Nazi needs to see the medallion<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Indy sees the red-hot poker moving toward Marion’s face.<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
The bad guys shoot at Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
A flame races toward Indy’s face (<i>Oh no!</i>)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Sallah brings Indy and Marion to his home<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Marion befriends a monkey (who will later betray her)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
The ark stays hidden, not found yet by Belloq or Indy.<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
Sallah realizes the ark should remain undisturbed (they may be in over their heads)<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Indy and Marion joke together at the market<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Indy helps Marion as they fend off the bad guys<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
We learn that Marion will hurt someone to defend herself — she clanks the guy over the head with a pan (this plays out later when she pulls a knife on Belloq)<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Indy shoots sword-guy and is temporarily safe (ROSE), but he still has to find Marion (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Marion reveals she’s hiding inside the basket <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
Marion dies! <br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Indy learns Bellog is in town<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Indy threatens to kill Belloq in a public place<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Sallah reveals that he is willing to risk his children to save Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
Sallah says he will take Indy to the old man<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Sallah tells Indy the Nazis had a headpiece<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
The old man cautions Indy that the medallion warns against disturbing the ark<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Sallah spots the dead monkey and catches the poisoned date before Indy eats it<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
The Nazis yell at Indy<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Nazis take Sallah away from the well opening, leaving Indy stuck inside <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Nazis keep Sallah away from the well hole — Indy can’t get out <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Indy discovers that the sun’s rays really do work through the medallion <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Sallah drops the Nazi flag onto a surprised Indy <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Indy is excited to find Marion, but then he re-gags her <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Indy to Marion: I’ll come back to get you <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Major Toht shows the medallion impression burned into his palm <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Indy and the workers dig at nightfall to avoid detection <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
The monser-like statue scares Sallah! <br />
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Todd Klickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020053213665956933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414201645696652487.post-29657002748594381612011-11-28T00:32:00.001-08:002013-08-31T22:58:28.981-07:00SHREK 1&2 FOLLOW THE BEATS!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SCREENWRITING INSIGHT!: <i>SHREK</i> and <i>SHREK 2</i>, which grossed of over 1.4 billion dollars, faithfully follows the <i>Something Startling Happens</i> minute-by-minute story beats! To prove my point, I placed their stories side-by-side:</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
SHREK: The narrator says, “The Princess had “an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort” <br />
SHREK 2: The narrator says, “They saw that she was cursed with a frightful enchantment” <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek makes a “Beware Ogre” sign <br />
SHREK 2: The Prince finds a wolf in the Princess’s bed <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
SHREK: Villagers hunt for Shrek<br />
SHREK 2: Little Red Riding hood screams when she sees Shrek and Fiona<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek scares away the villagers<br />
SHREK 2: Villagers try to kill Shrek and Fiona<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
SHREK: A donkey speaks!<br />
SHREK 2: The sign says, “Beware Ogres”—jaw dropping words to read<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
SHREK: Donkey and his mean master fight (FIST)<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek tells Donkey that he’s bothering him (FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
SHREK: Shrek protects Donkey from the knights (FRIEND)<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek yells at Donkey (FIST)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey startles Shrek<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek startles Fiona by saying, “And who says I want to be a part of this family?”<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey pursues Shrek through the woods<br />
SHREK 2: Donkey keeps asking if they are “there yet” (he pursues an answer)<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey and Shrek discuss whether Donkey can stay at his place<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek and Donkey discuss “Far, far away”<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek slams the door (a warning to Donkey that he’s not allowed to sleep inside)<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek warns Donkey not to make noise<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek gives Donkey a harsher warning: “I thought I told you to stay outside”<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek says, “We are definitely not in the swamp anymore” (a warning to Fiona that he is uncomfortable in this strange new city) <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek sighs and lays down his fork and knife<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek stands there helplessly while everyone stares at him<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek sees many unwanted visitors outside his house<br />
SHREK 2: Fiona’s disaproving parents approach Shrek<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
SHREK: The visitors applaud when Shrek says he will help them (Whew, that was close if he didn’t) <br />
SHREK 2: Fiona belches at the table, but Shrek laughs (Whew, that would’ve been embarrassing if he didn’t laugh)<br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
SHREK: Gingerbreak man is concerned about what Farquaad might do to him<br />
SHREK 2: Fiona’s parents are concerned about her living in a swamp<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
SHREK: The soldiers have found the mirror<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek and Fiona’s father argue<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
SHREK: The mirror tells Farquaad he’ll become king if he marries a princess<br />
SHREK 2: Fiona runs out<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
SHREK: Farquaad picks Fiona to marry<br />
SHREK 2: Fiona’s happiness is threatened<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
SHREK: Brave Shrek approaches Farquaad’s castle<br />
SHREK 2: Fiona orders the Fairy Godmother’s creatures to “Let go!”<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek notices that the castle is “Too quiet”<br />
SHREK 2: The Fairy Godmother says it can’t be right that Shrek is Fiona’s husband<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek to Donkey: “You’re going the right way for a smacked bottom”<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek: “I told you coming here was a bad idea”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
SHREK: The soldiers point their sharp swords at Shrek<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek growls at the dog<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
SHREK: The soldiers try to kill Shrek<br />
SHREK 2: The King says their daughter married a monster<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
SHREK: The soldiers point their crossbows at Shrek<br />
SHREK 2: The Fairy Godmother and the Prince yell at the King<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
SHREK: Farquaad orders Shrek to find Fiona<br />
SHREK 2:The Fairy Godmother says that Fiona and the Prince will be together<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek and Donkey walk through the sunflowers to get to the road<br />
SHREK 2: The King rides his horse towards the tavern<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek and Donkey prepare for the long journey ahead<br />
SHREK 2: The King looks for someone to kill Shrek<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek and Donkey prepare to enter the castle<br />
SHREK 2: The King hires Puss N’ Boots to kill Shirek<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
SHREK: Shrek needs to get across the bridge<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek needs to know how Fiona feels<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey is distress about the lava<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek is distressed to find out that Fiona obsessed over Prince Charming<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
SHREK: The spooky place scares Donkey<br />
SHREK 2: The King is at the door and wants to talk to Shrek<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
SHREK: A dragon chases Donkey! (Oh no!)<br />
SHREK 2: A sword-bearing cat comes to kill Shrek! (Oh no!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey charms the dragon<br />
SHREK 2: Donkey kicks Shrek in the groin<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
SHREK: The dragon doesn’t kill donkey (+), but she carries donkey away (-)<br />
SHREK 2: Puss N’ Boots doesn’t kill Shrek (+), but Shrek learns that the King paid to kill him (-)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
SHREK: Fiona wants to know Shrek’s name, but he doesn’t tell her<br />
SHREK 2: The Fairy Godmother remains hidden inside the card until a tear is shed<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
SHREK: Fiona is a handful (Shrek may be in over his head)<br />
SHREK 2: Puss N’ Boots shows Shrek his big eyes (Shrek’s over his head)<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek saves Donkey from the dragon<br />
SHREK 2:Shrek and Puss N’ Boots become friends<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek carries Donkey and Fiona as they try to escape from the dragon<br />
SHREK 2: Fiona and her father talk about her being with Prince Charming<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
SHREK: Fiona thinks Shrek is wonderful for rescueing her<br />
SHREK 2: Donkey is jealous that Shrek likes Puss N’ Boots<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
SHREK: Fiona wants to kiss Shrek (ROSE), but he doesn’t want to show her his face (THORN)<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek finds the Fairy Godmother’s castle (ROSE), but she’s not taking any visitors (THORN)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek removes his helmet and reveals his ugly face to a surprised Fiona <br />
SHREK 2: Shrek surprises the Fairy Godmother<br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek throws a surprised Fiona over his shoulder<br />
SHREK 2: A cart pushing worker surprises Shrek and the Fairy Godmother<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
SHREK: Fiona learns she will meet Lord Farquaad tomorrow<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek finds the potion room<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
SHREK: Shrek gives in to Fiona<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek asks for a Handsome potion<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey realizes Shrek doesn’t want him to live with him<br />
SHREK 2: An alarm goes off. Shrek realizes he’s in trouble<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey forces Shrek to admit what’s wrong (he escorts Shrek towards the truth)<br />
SHREK 2: The hook escorts Shrek across the room<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey tells Shrek he didn’t think he was a “big ugly ogre” (Shrek needed to hear this)<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek learns that if he drinks the potion he and Fiona will be happy<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
SHREK: Farquaad is falling for Fiona<br />
SHREK 2: Donkey tells Shrek that once he drinks the potion there’s no going back<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
SHREK: Fiona’s singing blows up the bird<br />
SHREK 2: Dark clouds approach<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
SHREK: Robin Hood grabs Fiona<br />
SHREK 2: The potion knocks out Shrek<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek watches helplessly as Robin Hood sings at him <br />
SHREK 2: Fiona passes out <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
SHREK: An arrow strikes Shrek’s butt <br />
SHREK 2: Beautiful women surround Shrek<br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek realizes that Fiona tricked Donkey<br />
SHREK 2: Shrek finds out he must kiss Fiona by midnight to make the potion permanent <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
SHREK: Donkey sees blood and faints <br />
SHREK 2: Shrek’s pants fall down <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek (to Fiona about the castle): “There is it, Princess. You’re {dark} future awaits” <br />
SHREK 2: Shrek says he will repay the traveler, unless he can’t find them or he forgets <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
SHREK: Shrek (to Donkey): “You look awful” <br />
SHREK 2: Shrek hears his wife scream. “Fiona!” he says <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
SHREK: Fiona and Shrek fall in love <br />
SHREK 2: Prince Charming approaches Fiona <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
SHREK: Fairy Godmother locks Shrek in the room <br />
SHREK 2: Prince Charming pretends he’s Shrek <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
SHREK: Fiona’s not there! (10 seconds later in this case) <br />
SHREK 2: Shrek has lost Fiona to Prince Charming!<br />
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And so on...<br />
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Todd Klickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020053213665956933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414201645696652487.post-38942573176489152842011-11-19T09:23:00.001-08:002013-08-31T22:58:40.535-07:00CONTAGION Uses the Minute-by-Minute Beats!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SCREENWRITER ALERT: Whether it’s a horror classic like John Carpenter’s <i>Halloween</i>, a Disney favorite like <i>Lion King</i>, or Stephen Soderberg’s newest thriller, <i>Contagion</i> (which grossed over $120 million so far), every genre uses <b><i>Something Startling Happens</i></b>’ universal minute-by-minute beats. All successful stories do. See how here: </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sexual tension between Beth and her lover over the phone </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An Asian man, and young woman are extremely sick </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A young woman dies</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A bus strikes the sick Asian man</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alan Krumwiede makes the jaw dropping comment that this may be a government cover-up</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alan and a pregnant journalist debate about the outbreak (FIST)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch takes care of his stepson (FRIEND)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beth collapses and convulses in the kitchen!</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When Mitch learns that Beth died, he pursues why</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch and the doctor discuss what happened to Beth</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clark’s stepson dies, too—a warning that this disease is contagious</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The virus spreads in the most populated city on earth </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beth lays dead while the coroners drill open her skull</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The doctors see that the virus “obliterated” Beth’s brain</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Ellis is relieved to know that Dr. Elin is prepared (Whew, that was close) </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch’s daughter is concerned that he’s sick</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch’s daughter learns that her brother died</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The staff Dr. Erin works with want to keep the schools and stores open</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">People can be contagious without showing symptoms </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin debates with the mean staff lady</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The virus seems to be “amplified”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alan says: “This is a biological weapon”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Homeland Security wonders if someone “weaponized the bird flu”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reports say a teacher and students died from the virus</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin tells Beth’s sick coworker to get off the bus immediately</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beth’s coworker learns that he has an infectious disease and is highly contagious</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin tries to find out where Beth travelled</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Ally Hextall and Dr. Ellis study the virus (preparing to find out how to stop it)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The researcher and Dr. Ellis study the virus even more (preparing to find out how to stop it)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 30: THE NEED</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Ally Hextall tells Dr. Ian Sussman: “We need to shut you down”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Ellis holds a distressing news conference about the spreading virus</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They believe there are 89,000 cases at this point and rising</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The virus kills every animal the doctors experiment with</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A coworker’s comment about his sick mother affects Dr. Leonora Orantes</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Sussman is supposed to destroy the samples, but he keeps working on them</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The doctors SEEK to distribute the vaccine, but that’s still months away (HIDE)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A hedge fund man wants to pay Alan for his information (he may be in over his head)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin tells Mitch he is immune</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin and Dave find an arena to bring patients</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin is sad she had to tell Mitch his wife was cheating on him</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch’s daughter’s boyfriend brought flowers (ROSE), but Mitch won’t accept them (THORN)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The virus spread to first victim when she blew on a poker chip </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin wakes up sick</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Ellis learns that Dr. Erin is sick</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strong Dr. Ellis puts his head in his hands</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch learns that the funeral home refuses to bury Beth</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beth leaves a message for her lover -- she wants to take him to bed</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Leonora Orantes learns that Beth and three other victims intersected at the casino</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Orantes learns her coworker’s mother died</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Orantes makes a strange call -- he’s up to something bad</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Orantes’s coworker kidnaps her</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Erin lays in bed, extremely sick </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lyle, the military man, tells Ellis there will be a run on the banks </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alan tells his internet followers that he’s using a possible cure </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Ellis tells Aubrey he wants her to leave Chicago (sideswiping news to her) </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The janitor and Dr. Ellis talk about Dr. Ellis’s unethical phone conversation </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aubrey tells her friend: “I’m going to tell you something, and you’re not going to repeat it” </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The crowd breaks through the pharmacy window </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch and his daughter sneak into the unmanned grocery store </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mitch learns that the border is sealed and the governor declared a quarantine </span><br />
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Whether it's a time-honored film like <b><i>Casablanca</i></b> (see last post), a horror classic like John Carpenter's <b><i>Halloween</i></b>, or the hugely popular re-released Disney feature <i><b>Lion King</b></i>, all three stories share the same universal minute-by-minute beats. All successful movies do!: </div>
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<i>*NOTE: The story begins after the big musical opening</i><br />
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
Scar’s foot stomps on a tiny mouse <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Scar warns Mufasa that he better not turn his back on him <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Scar warns Mufasa that he (Scar) has the brains<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Simba wakes his sleeping father<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Mufasa shows Simba the jaw dropping sunrise and the vast kingdom he will inherit<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Mufasa tells Simba about the cycle of life (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Mufasa shows SImba how to hunt (FRIEND)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Zazu screams “Sire! Hyenas in the Pridelands!”<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Simba wants to go to the elephant graveyard<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Simba and Nala discuss going to a “great place” with their mothers<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Simba shushes Nala, warning her not to talk so loudly<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Simba (warning Zazu): I’m gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware!” <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Zazu says, “If this is where the monarchy is headed, count me out”<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Large animals fall towards little Zazu<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Zazu thwarts Simba’s attempt to check out the elephant grave (<i>Whew, that was close!</i>) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Simba, Zazu and Nala see hyenas approaching!<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Hyenas threaten to eat them<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Hyenas corner Simba and Nala<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
Scar watches in the shadows (a threat to Simba’s future safety)<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Mufasa scolds Simba<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
Simba and Mufasa bond as father and son<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Mufasa: “Whenever you feel alone, those kings will be there to guide you, and so will I”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Scar shows up in the cave<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Scar wants the hyenas to kill Mufasa<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Scar says they will kill Mufasa, and Simba too<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
An army of hyenas line up to help Scar<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Scar leads Simba to a rock under a tree<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Scar asks Simba to stay on the rock (so hyenas can kill him)<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Hyenas wait until Scar gives them the signal<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Simba needs to escapes the stampeding wildebeests<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Distressed Mufasa sees Simba slipping from the tree branch<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Simba sees his father fall into the stampede!<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Simba finds his dead father (<i>Oh no!</i>)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Simba cries over his father’s lifeless body<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Scar tells Simba to run away, but then he tells the hyenas to kill him<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Simba hides from the hyenas while they seek to kill him<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD</b><br />
The lionesses cry over Simba’s death<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Pumbaa and Timon find a barely-alive Simba<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Pumbaa and Timon carry Simba to safety<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
We find out Pumbaa and Timon are “outcasts”<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Pumbaa and Timon teach Simba the positive phrase “Hakuna Matata” (<i>the rose</i>), but he’s still without a father and a kingdom (<i>the thorn</i>)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Pumbaa’s surprise fart scares away all the animals <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
The leaves part, revealing the surprisingly beautiful place where Pumbaa and Timon live<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Timon tells Simba: “If you live with us, you have to eat like us”<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Simba eats a grub<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Scar holds Zazu captive<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT</b><br />
The hyenas escort Shenzi to Scar<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Pumbaa reminds Simba about the stars (which Simba needs to know to remember what his father said to him)<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
Sad Simba remembers what his father told him about the stars </div>
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<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Simba collapses at the cliff’s edge, deeply saddened<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
A lion charges after Pumbaa<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Pumbaa gets stuck in the tree roots <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
The lion pins Simba onto his back <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
Simba learns that everyone thinks he’s dead <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE</b><br />
Nala can’t believe that Simba is alive <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Timon says Simba and Nala will fall in love (+), but their trio will now be down to two (-) <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Simba sings: “So many things to tell her, but how to make her see?” <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Simba and Nala fall in love <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Simba lies to Nala and said he disappeared because he wanted to live on his own <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Simba and Nala have a big fight <br />
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Todd Klickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020053213665956933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414201645696652487.post-2738975806010772202011-11-08T01:32:00.000-08:002013-08-31T22:59:06.314-07:00Casablanca Follows the Universal Beats!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>SCREENWRITERS</b>: Casablanca faithfully follows the <i>Something Startling Happens</i> minute-by-minute story beats. Whether it's a 69-year old classic, a brand new Hollywood blockbuster, or a sleeper independent hit, every successful movie applies the universal beats.</div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The narrator warns us about the coming of World War 2 </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The telegraph operator says that a murderer is headed for Casablanca </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Officers shoot a suspicious man</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A German plane approaches</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nazi’s exit the plane</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Captain Renault has a friendly chat with the German officer (FRIEND)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Friends chat in Rick’s Bar about ways to get transit papers (FRIEND)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The waiter tells the shocked owner of Amsterdam’s second largest banking house that Rick will <i>not</i> drink with him (a startling rejection of a very important person)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick sees a man trying to get into his bar, he heads him off at the door</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ugarte sits and discusses the dead German couriers with Rick, and his exit visas</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick warns Ugarte that he doesn’t want to keep his exit visa overnight</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick warns Ugarte that he knows he got the transit papers off the dead German </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bad guy Ferrari approaches quiet Rick</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Friendly bartender sees Rick approaching and says, “Oh oh”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick manages to pull his angry ex-girlfriend out of the bar before she makes a scene (<i>Whew!</i>) </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The waiter is concerned because a patron won $20,000 francs</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Renault tells Rick that Major Strasser of the Third Reich is coming to his bar</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Renault tells Rick that famed Victor Laslo is coming to Casablanca and must stay in Casablanca</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Renault threatens Rick not to give Laslo an exit visa</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick chuckles at the threatening Renault</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Gestapo come for Ugarte (Rick now owns the transit papers)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick: “I stick my neck out for nobody”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nazi Strasser wants to ask Rick questions</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strasser has a dossier on Rick</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam sees Ilsa enter the bar</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A man begging for money turns out to be a secret associate of Victor Laslo</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa wants to know more about the “boy at the piano”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laslo prepares to outwit Strasser who wants to stop him from leaving Casablanca</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laslo “must find out what Berger know” (Preparing to leave Casablanca)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 30: THE NEED</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laslo needs to find Ugarte’s transit papers</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa asks a distressed Sam where Rick is</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa asks an anxious Sam to play “As Time Goes By”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick sees Ilsa (<i>Oh no!</i>)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa’s remembrances of Paris affects Rick deeply</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It seems that seeing Ilsa is good (+), but it saddens Rick (-)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick’s wants Ilsa, but she’s with Laslo</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Drunk Rick slams his fist—”Of all the gin joints and towns in the world, she walks into mine”</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam plays piano for Rick</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick and Ilsa bond in a Paris flashback</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa tells Rick the other man in her life is dead</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick and Ilsa kiss (+), but the Nazi planes fly overhead (-)</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We see Sam play for Rick and Ilsa in Rick’s bar in Paris </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Gestapo is expected in Paris tomorrow</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Germans are 35 miles away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam says there’s a price on Rick’s head</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bachelor Rick asks Ilsa to marry him</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa’s not at the train station</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam escorts Rick to the train</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The train escorts Rick out of Paris</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa tells Rick she wouldn’t have come if she knew he was here</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa tells Rick about being with wonderful Laslo before she met Rick</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick says hurtful things to Ilsa, she leaves</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strasser tells Laslo that he must stay in Casablanca</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laslo listens to Strasser </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strasser tells Laslo that Ugate’s dead (his connection out of Casablanca) </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A local says that Ferrari is “a good man to know” </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ferrari makes a generous offer to Rick for the transit papers </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick talks with Ilsa, but she doesn’t want to talk with him </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa tells Rick that she will be “leaving Casablanca soon and they will never see each other again” </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa confesses that Victor Laslo is her husband, and was when she knew Rick in Paris </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laslo tells Ilsa that he would take the visa if there was only one, but he’s lying </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ilsa and Laslo are shocked to find out that Rick has the transit papers </span><br />
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Whether you're writing for the big screen or small, if it's a good story, it will faithfully follow the <i>Something Startling Happens</i>' universal minute-by-minute beats. Let's examine <i>Twilight Zone</i>'s classic episode, <i>To Serve Man</i>:</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
Mr. Chambers argues with the speaker Voice <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
“This is the way nightmares begin,” the narrator says <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
The narrator warns of something ominous in mankind’s future<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
Humans spot a UFO<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
A 9-foot tall space representative enters the conference!<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
The spaceman greets the council with “peace and friendship” (Friend)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
The spaceman wants to help the people of earth (Friend)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
The spaceman claims he can prevent earth’s natural and unnatural catastrophes (a startling claim to make!)<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
The Russian councilman pursues the truth, by questioning the spaceman<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Russian councilman: Is there an ulterior motive?<br />
Spaceman: There is nothing ulterior in our motives, nothing at all”<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
The narrator warns us about the spacemen’s real intentions<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
“This is a tough nut,” says the decoding specialist, “a real tough nut” <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
The decoding specialist admits that they might be out of a job<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
The General orders the decoding specialist to figure out what the book says<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
The lie detector detects when the spaceman is lying and telling the truth (Whew, that was close—there was a chance it might not work on him)<br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
The council is concerned whether or not the spaceman is lying<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
The spaceman promises no more war or suffering for mankind, which would turn their world upside down<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
The narrator suggests that the spaceman’s promises came true, but it may have been a set up<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
The Russian councilman threatens another man in line<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
The assistant says that things seem “odd”<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
The ease at which man complies to the spacemen baffles the decoding specialist<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
“The capital letters {the spacemen} use are different than ours” says the assistant<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
The frightened assistant tells the decoding specialist not to get on the ship—the book is a cookbook!<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
The spacemen tell the decoding specialist to “eat hardy” (they want him to be plump for when they eat him)<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Rod Serling says that we will be “the ingredient in someone else’s soup”<br />
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<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
Michael Jackson acts weird when the full moon appears </div>
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<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
Michael turns into a werewolf and chases the girl<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
The werewolf catches the girl and raises his deadly claws<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
Michael Jackson breaks into a song and performs jaw dropping dance moves<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Michael and his girlfriend laugh and joke around (Friend)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Michael Jackson and his girlfriend enjoy each others’ company some more ((Friend)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Zombies crawl from the graves!<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Zombies pursue Michael and his girlfriend<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Michael sings (tells) his girlfriend that this is “Thriller Night” </div>
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<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
Zombies chase the girl to the house (a warning that her life is in danger) </div>
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<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Zombies break into the house and close in on her!<br />
Michael Jackson’s eyes turn a sinister yellow! <br />
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In honor of Halloween, I did a minute-by-minute analysis of John Carpenter's horror classic, HALLOWEEN, to prove that the <i>Something Startling Happens</i>' universal story beats work in any genre, including horror:</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION!</i> </b><br />
A stranger peers into a window and watches teenagers make out <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
The stranger sneaks in and grabs a knife <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
The stranger sneaks upstairs with the knife<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
The stranger stabs the girl</div>
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<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER </b><br />
We find out the killer is a little boy<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Dr. Loomis chats with the nurse on their drive toward the mental hospital (Friend).<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Dr. Loomis and the nurse discuss Michael Myers even more (Friend)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
An escaped mental patient leaps onto the car and startles the nurse<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Dr. Loomis discovers that Michael Myers has escaped. He must pursue him at all costs<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Laurie’s Dad tells her to drop the key off at “the Myers place.” (Significant because this is where Michael Myers, the killer, first sees her.)<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
The ominous atmosphere warns of an upcoming threat<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
The boy warns Laurie not to go toward the Myers’ house <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Michael Myers steps outside, and Laurie walks away<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b> </div>
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<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Michael Myers follows the boy, but luckily for the boy, Michael doesn’t attack him (<i>Whew!</i>) <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
The boy shows deep concern over the bullies<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Michael Myers pulls his car next to the boy and watches him walk.<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Dr. Loomis doesn’t notice the dead body in the grass<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
Michael Myers drives his car slowly past Laurie and her friends<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Annie shouts at Michael Myers as he drives slowly by<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
The girls talk about keeping each other company tonight—this sounds great to Laurie now, but later Michael Myers will attempt to kill them all<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Laurie to Annie: "The guy you yelled at is behind the bush”<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
Laurie walks toward Annie to see if scary Michael Myers is hiding behind the bush<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
Laurie bumps into Sheriff Brackett and screams<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
Laurie sees scary Michael Myers outside<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
The killer calls Laurie<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Laurie waits for Annie to pick her up (Laurie’s Mini-Quest before she starts her babysitting job)<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Dr. Loomis searches for Judith Myers’ grave (preparing himself to find Michael Myers)<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Dr. Loomis discovers that Judith Myers’ headstone is gone (preparing himself to find Michael Myers)<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Michael Myers follows Laurie and Annie (he needs to kill them)<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Laurie hears the store alarm and sees the police<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
The burglarized store causes Dr. Loomis great anxiety<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Laurie doesn’t notice that Michael Myers is watching her (<i>Oh no!</i>)<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
The girl’s parents—who Annie is babysitting for—leave for the night<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Happy Annie walks inside with the little girl (+), not knowing Michael Myers is watching her (-)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
Dr. Loomis searches for Michael Myers at his old house, but he’s not there (he remains hidden)<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
Dr. Loomis realizes he may be in over his head pursuing Michael Myers<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Dr. Loomis reconnects with Sheriff Bracken<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Laurie reads to the boy she’s babysitting, preparing him for bed<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
Annie babysits across the street <br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Laurie laughs with Annie on the phone (<i>the Rose</i>), but the little boy interrupts and says the boogie-man is outside (<i>the Thorn</i>)<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
The dog barks when he sees Michael Myers (<i>Negative Surprise</i>) <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
The boy says that the boogie-man is after him<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Annie reacts when the light switch doesn’t work<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Despite Michael Myers being outside, Annie leaves the door open as she does the laundry<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Annie can’t hear the girl calling for her<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
The girl leads Annie toward the house<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Paul tells horny Annie he wants to come over and have sex with her<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
Michael Myers appears, giving the audience (the hero in this case) the Foreboding Fact that he is watching Annie go to Laurie’s house<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
The TV forewarns of impending doom: “And now, the horrifying conclusion...”<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Annie discovers that the door is locked (Michael Myers locked it from the inside), she must return to get the key<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Michael Myers chokes Annie in the car <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Michael Myers kills Annie <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
The boy sees Michael Myers carrying a body toward the neighbor’s house (-) <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Sheriff Bracken surprises Dr. Loomis <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Dr. Loomis tells Sheriff Bracken, “Death has come to your town” <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
Sheriff Bracken says to Dr. Loomis, “Damn you for letting him go” <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Lynda and her boyfriend make out, not knowing that Michael Myers is nearby <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Michael Myers secretly watches the couple making out <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Lynda tells her boyfriend that “Lindsey is gone for the night,” which means they can have sex in the house <br />
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And so on...<br />
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THOR, which grossed $448 million at the box office, hits all the <b>Something Startling Happens</b>' minute-by-minute beats. Whether you're writing a superhero movie, drama, thriller, horror or romantic comedy—of any length—the universal minute-by-minute beats work! </div>
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Here's my minute-by-minute analysis of THOR:</div>
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<b>MINUTE 1: AT<i>TENSION</i>! </b><br />
Jane stresses because her atmospheric prediction didn’t come true <br />
<b>MINUTE 2: THE BUILD </b><br />
A threatening bright light in the sky explodes into the ground <br />
<b>MINUTE 3: THE RATCHET </b><br />
They find a possible dead man<br />
<b>MINUTE 4: ANOTHER NOTCH </b><br />
The Frost Giants threated to plunge the mortal world into a new ice age<br />
<b>MINUTE 5: JAW DROPPER</b><br />
A jaw dropping “Great War” erupts<br />
<b>MINUTE 6: FRIEND OR FIST</b><br />
Odin tells Thor and Loki the story of the war (Friend)<br />
<b>MINUTE 7: FRIEND OR FIST 2</b><br />
Thor and Loki hold Odin’s hands (Friend)<br />
<b>MINUTE 8: SOMETHING STARTLING HAPPENS </b><br />
Thor winks at his Queen, a startling gesture to her<br />
<b>MINUTE 9: THE PURSUIT </b><br />
Thor pursues the throne<br />
<b>MINUTE 10: THE DISCUSSION </b><br />
Odin: “Do you swear to guard the Nine Realms?”<br />
Thor: “I swear”<br />
<b>MINUTE 11: THE WARNING </b><br />
The Front Giant attack the Asgard guards<br />
<b>MINUTE 12: HARSHER WARNING </b><br />
Odin tells Thor that he is not king, yet <br />
<b>MINUTE 13: THE SUBMISSION </b><br />
Thor sits on the steps, feeling defeated<br />
<b>MINUTE 14: DANGER WATCH </b><br />
Fandral, Hogun, Volgstaff and Sif (the heroes during this minute) watch as Thor proposes a dangerous proposition<br />
<b>MINUTE 15: WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! </b><br />
Heimdall almost doesn’t let them pass <br />
<b>MINUTE 16: THE BIG CONCERN </b><br />
Thor and his friends might be left to die in Yodenheim’s cold wasteland<br />
<b>MINUTE 17: WORLD UPSIDE DOWN</b><br />
Thor and his friends are sucked into the bifrost and travel at lightning speed<br />
<b>MINUTE 18: TROUBLE TURN </b><br />
Thor and his friends have landed on Yodenheim’s ominous, cold planet<br />
<b>MINUTE 19: THE THREAT </b><br />
A voice says, “You’ve come a long way to die, Asgardians”<br />
<b>MINUTE 20: PUSH BACK</b><br />
Thor talks back to the Frost Giant’s leader<br />
<b>MINUTE 21: THE GREAT AFFECT </b><br />
The Frost Giant’s leader says, “Run back home, Little Princess,” which sparks Thor to fight<br />
<b>MINUTE 22: TRUTH DECLARED </b><br />
Volgstaff says, “Don’t let them touch you!” (the Frost Giant’s touch freezes them)<br />
<b>MINUTE 23: SCARY STUFF </b><br />
The Frost Giants outnumber Thor and his friends<br />
<b>MINUTE 24: SCARY STUFF 2</b><br />
A giant beast gallops after Thor and his friends<br />
<b>MINUTE 25: SCARY STUFF 3 </b><br />
The giant beast blocks Thor’s path<br />
<b>MINUTE 26: THE BIG UNEXPECTED</b><br />
Odin arrives on his horse to save them<br />
<b>MINUTE 27: THE MINI-QUEST </b><br />
Odin brings them back to Asgard<br />
<b>MINUTE 28: BIG QUEST PREP </b><br />
Odin prepares Thor for a lesson in humility<br />
<b>MINUTE 29: BIG QUEST PREP 2 </b><br />
Odin prepares Thor for a lesson in humility by taking his hammer<br />
<b>MINUTE 30: THE NEED</b><br />
Thor calls out for his hammer—he needs his hammer<br />
<b>MINUTE 31: DISTRESS SIGNAL </b><br />
Thor gets zapped by a taser<br />
<b>MINUTE 32: ANXIETY AMP </b><br />
Thor thinks the doctors are attacking him so he fights them<br />
<b>MINUTE 33: OMINOUS OH NO! </b><br />
Jane thinks she’s found a wormhole to someone else’s constellations<br />
<b>MINUTE 34: FRIEND AFFECT </b><br />
Jane discovers that Thor escaped<br />
<b>MINUTE 35: BAIT & SWITCH </b><br />
Locals are excited about finding the hammer (+), but it breaks the truck (-)<br />
<b>MINUTE 36: HIDE & SEEK</b><br />
The hammer remains hidden from Thor<br />
<b>MINUTE 37: OVER HIS HEAD </b><br />
“This mortal form has grown weak,” Thor says (he’s over his head physically)<br />
<b>MINUTE 38: POSITIVE RECONNECT </b><br />
Fandral, Hogun, Volgstaff and Sif try to figure out what to do about Thor<br />
<b>MINUTE 39: NEW JOURNEY BOND </b><br />
Odin calls Loki his “son”<br />
<b>MINUTE 40: ALLY’S WORLD </b><br />
We see that Loki was really a Frost Giant who was abandoned, and Odin saved him<br />
<b>MINUTE 41: THORNY ROSE</b><br />
Odin hoped Loki would unite Asgard with Yodenheim, but Loki resists<br />
<b>MINUTE 42: SURPRISE REVEAL </b><br />
Odin collapses, revealing his failing health <br />
<b>MINUTE 43: SURPRISE REVEAL 2 </b><br />
A local tells Thor where the hammer is<br />
<b>MINUTE 44: NEW NEWS </b><br />
Thor kisses Jane’s hand, she giggles—they like each other<br />
<b>MINUTE 45: OUT OF THE ORDINARY</b><br />
Jane yells at Agent Coulson, a government official<br />
<b>MINUTE 46: THE REVELATION </b><br />
Jane realizes she’s screwed—the government took all her equipment<br />
<b>MINUTE 47: THE ESCORT </b><br />
Sif leads the others to Odin’s throne<br />
<b>MINUTE 48: NEEDED KNOWLEDGE </b><br />
Loki tells them that Odin might not ever wake again<br />
<b>MINUTE 49: FOREBODING FACT </b><br />
Fandral, Hogun, Volgstaff and Sif realize that Loki won’t listen to reason<br />
<b>MINUTE 50: THE PORTENT</b><br />
Erik finds a book that possibly explains the legend of Thor<br />
<b>MINUTE 51: THE ENGAGE </b><br />
Jane almost drives off the road, but recovers<br />
Jand and this strange new guy (Thor) connect<br />
<b>MINUTE 52: SAY UNCLE </b><br />
Jane gives in to Thor: “God, I hope you’re not crazy” <br />
<b>MINUTE 53: THE INTIMIDATION </b><br />
Government official have the hammer surrounded <br />
<b>MINUTE 54: THE LIGHTBULB </b><br />
The government officials realize they have a breach <br />
<b>MINUTE 55: SIDESWIPE </b><br />
Guards rush at Thor <br />
<b>MINUTE 56: DARK TWIST CHAT </b><br />
Agent Coulsin tells the guards to get rifles <br />
<b>MINUTE 57: DIFFICULT WORDS </b><br />
“You’re big,” Thor says to the huge guard <br />
<b>MINUTE 58: VITAL EVENT </b><br />
Thor can’t budge the hammer <br />
<b>MINUTE 59: THE DECEPTION </b><br />
Thor’s been deceived—the hammer doesn’t work for him anymore <br />
<b>MINUTE 60: THE SHOCKER</b><br />
Jane is shocked to see the hammer in a children’s book <br />
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And so on...<br />
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