Title: Logline: Genre

TITLE: LOGLINE: GENRE:

SNYDER BEAT NOTES OPENING IMAGE First impression of what a move is – its tone, its mood, the type and the scope of the film. The opening and final image should be opposites. Make the reader or watcher scrunch down and say “This is gonna be good’…. Also gives a starting point of the hero.

BEATS

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SPECIAL NOTES IN RED

MY OUTLINE SCENE 1

OPENING IMAGE

SCENE 1 OPENING IMAGE

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SCENE 2 SETUP

SETUP The first 10 pages of the script or first dozen at most is called the set-up. This also where we start to plant every character tic, every behavior that needs to be addressed later on and show how and why the hero will need to change in order to win.

SCENE 2 SETUP

1.5 TO 3

SCENE 3 SETUP

3 TO 4.5

SETUP / THEME

4.5 TO 6

SCENE 3 SETUP THEME

This is the place to stick the 6 things that need fixing. 1. Physical - the obvious problem that the story is all about. Someone is trying to kill me, I am in great debt, my family has been kidnapped etc.

THEME

2. Emotional - the inner problem with the hero. He is depressed, hates himself, and regrets the past too much. 3. Social - the hero's relationship problem. He is lonely, doesn't appreciate his family or partner, or is unpopular.

ACT 1 SETUP (1-10) CATALYST (12) DEBATE (12-25) BREAK INTO 2 (25)

Lifestyle - the wrongs of the hero's daily routine. He is lazy, unhelpful, and greedy.

In the first 5 minutes, someone (not main C), will ask a question or make a statement that is the theme of the movie. It won’t be obvious but it will be conversational, an off hand remark that the main C does not quite get at the moment but will have far reaching and meaningful impact later, This statement is the thematic premise.

SETUP

4. Beliefs - what the hero (wrongly) thinks. He is racist, sexist, prejudiced, uses fate as an excuse for his bad lifestyle. 5. Habitual - the hero has a vice that he must overcome He is an alcoholic, drug addict, nymphomaniac, overeats…

5

SCENE 4 SETUP / THEME

SCENE 4

6 TO 7.5

SCENE 5 SETUP

7.5 TO 9

SCENE 6 SETUP

9 TO 10.5

SCENE 7 SETUP

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SCENE 8

CATALYST SETUP / CATALYST

10.5 TO 12

CATALYST

12

DEBATE

12-13.5

SCENE 8 SETUP / CATALYST

Life changing events often come as bad news. The catalyst is not what it seems. The catalyst point is the first moment when something happens. The first whammy.

SCENE 9 SCENE 9

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25.5 TO 27

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27.5 TO 29

B STORY

29 TO 30.5

B STORY B STORY

30

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SCENE 20 B STORY

? ? B STORY Begins on page 30. The story that carries the theme of the movie. It is a little booster rocket that helps smooth over the shockingly obvious. The b story gives us a breather. Often a brand new set of characters.

30.5 TO 32

SCENE 21 FUN AND GAMES

32 TO 33.5

SCENE 22 FUN AND GAMES

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FUN AND GAMES It provides the promise of the premise. The core and essence of the movie poster. Where the trailer moments of a movie are found. Here we aren’t as concerned with the forward progress of the story. The stakes won’t be raised until the midpoint. We are concerned with having fun. Answers the question “why did I come to see this movie?

FUN AND GAMES

33.5 TO 35

SCENE 23 FUN AND GAMES

35 TO 37.5

SCENE 24 FUN AND GAMES

37.5 TO 39

SCENE 25 FUN AND GAMES

39 TO 40.5

SCENE 26 FUN AND GAMES

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SCENE 27

40.5 TO 42

SCENE 27 FUN AND GAMES

SCENE 28

42 TO 43.5

SCENE 28 FUN AND GAMES

SCENE 29

43.5 TO 45

SCENE 29 FUN AND GAMES SCENE 30 FUN AND GAMES

SCENE 30

45 TO 46.5

SCENE 31 FUN AND GAMES

SCENE 31

46.5 TO 48

SCENE 32 FUN AND GAMES

SCENE 32

48 TO 49.5

SCENE 33 FUN AND GAMES

SCENE 33

49.5 TO 51

SCENE 34 FUN AND GAMES

SCENE 34

51 TO 52.5

ACT 3

FINALE The finale is act 3. This is where we wrap it up. It’s where the character tics are mastered. It’s the turning over of the old world and a creation of the new world order… All thanks to the hero, who leads the way based on what he experienced in the upside down, antithetical world of Act 2.

FINALE

FINALE (85-110) FINAL IMAGE (110)

FINAL IMAGE The final image in a movie is the opposite of the opening image. It is the proof that change has occurred and that it’s real. If you can’t have that final image or you can’t see how it applies, then something is not adding up in Act 2.

FINALE IMAGE

SCENE 56 FINALE

SCENE 56

85 TO 86.5

SCENE 57 FINALE

SCENE 57

86.5 TO 88

SCENE 58 FINALE

SCENE 58

88 TO 89.5

SCENE 59 FINALE

SCENE 59

89.5 TO 91

SCENE 60 FINALE

SCENE 60

91 TO 92.5

SCENE 61

92.5 TO 94

SCENE 61 FINALE

SCENE 62

94 TO 96.5

SCENE 62 FINALE

SCENE 63

96.5 TO 98

SCENE 63 FINALE

SCENE 64

98 TO 99.5

SCENE 64 FINALE

SCENE 65

99.5 TO 101

SCENE 65 FINALE SCENE 66 FINALE

SCENE 66

101 TO 102.5

SCENE 67 FINALE

SCENE 67

102.5 TO 104

SCENE 68 FINALE

SCENE 68

104 TO 105.5

SCENE 69 FINALE

SCENE 69

105.5 TO 107

SCENE 70 FINALE

SCENE 70

107 TO 109.5

SCENE 71 FINALE IMAGE

SCENE 71

109.5-110