Friday, 14 September 2012

Further Work on Film Plot

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       Military family – father, mother, two sons.
       Father is very dedicated to the military, runs his family as if they were in the army. Assumes both sons will also become soldiers. Older brother already is, younger brother about to.
       Younger brother has a best friend who is about to travel the world – brother is jealous, is not sure about a military career. Lots of family arguments.
       Younger son runs away to travel with best friend.
       While away, the news comes that the older brother has been killed in action.
       Big argument between parents – mother blames father for loss of both of the sons. Father accidentally kills mother in argument.
       Younger son comes home because of this and…

Issues to resolve
       What is the cliffhanger? What don’t we know that we want to find out?
       Where does the story go from here that we are hinting at?
       What is the end point of the trailer? Does the older son die quite early in the film so it’s ok to show this? Do we show the accidental murder? If so, there needs to be a lot of action after this or there will be no tension in watching.

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