![]() ![]() ![]() The camera pulls back and we move through peaceful vignettes of autumn trees and the manicured lawns of upper-class neighborhoods. ORDINARY PEOPLE: The opening image of the film is an establishing shot of a lake. “The very first impression of what a movie is - its tone, its mood, the type and scope of the film - are all found in the opening image….” - Blake Snyder His first Beat Snyder calls the OPENING IMAGE, and happens on page 1. Dick), seem worlds apart, but lets see if they both adhere to the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet. Maybe we’ll stump Save the Cat! Maybe we’ll find that it’s right on the nose. ORDINARY PEOPLE (screenplay by Alvin Sargent, based on the Novel by Judith Guest), and MINORITY REPORT (screenplay by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen, based on the short story by Philip K. I’m going to be applying this system to two films that could not be further apart in style and tone (though both, coincidently, deal with the same theme - the death of a child). While it doesn’t write the script for you, it does make you feel less alone during what is an otherwise solitary process. I’m using the sheet myself to help keep me on track with the screenplay I’m currently writing. ![]() These beats are described in Blake Snyder’s BEAT SHEET, and are laid out in the last post. Today we’re going to look at the first three BEATS, or mini-acts, he has identified within all good screenplays. Blake Snyder’s book Save the Cat! gets a little more detailed than most manuals about what should happen minute-for-minute in a compelling film. ![]()
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