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Socially ostracized Finbar moves to a rural train station. There he meets insistent friend Joe and saddened Olivia. A perfect model (read more)

Socially ostracized Finbar moves to a rural train station. There he meets insistent friend Joe and saddened Olivia. A perfect model screenplay of beautiful relationships. 

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This is an excellent 'trapped-rescue-escape' template that directly links the efforts of the trapped with the efforts of (read more)

This is an excellent 'trapped-rescue-escape' template that directly links the efforts of the trapped with the efforts of the rescuers. Distinct sequence structure.

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This is a classic script to emulate for a, 'What if.....' premise. In this story, a boy wishes that his lawyer father would (read more)

This is a classic script to emulate for a, 'What if.....' premise. In this story, a boy wishes that his lawyer father would become unable to lie. We find out what happens.

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Use the Screenplay Summary to see how Double Indemnity establishes the classic femme fatale-betrayal structure of a film noir. (read more)

Use the Screenplay Summary to see how Double Indemnity establishes the classic femme fatale-betrayal structure of a film noir. It is a lesson on the use of a voice-over narrative and making the flashback structure fit into the story conclusion.

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A well thought out plot with well positioned sub-plots. The diffuse Scene topics are clearly groups by the Sequence structure. The (read more)

A well thought out plot with well positioned sub-plots. The diffuse Scene topics are clearly groups by the Sequence structure. The published screenplay is also available.

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Two superpowers are almost fooled into annihilating each other by a neo-Nazi industrialist. Jack Ryan must prove the industrialists (read more)

Two superpowers are almost fooled into annihilating each other by a neo-Nazi industrialist. Jack Ryan must prove the industrialists involvement.

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Charles chooses a femme fatale with whom to have an affair. Ideal set-up of the double cross. Sequences create empathy for Charles (read more)

Charles chooses a femme fatale with whom to have an affair. Ideal set-up of the double cross. Sequences create empathy for Charles (despite infidelity and loss of his daughters transplant money) through blackmail and becoming a murder suspect.

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Ordinary People is about healing and hope, so the screenplay begins after the primary trauma - Buck's death and Conrad's (read more)

Ordinary People is about healing and hope, so the screenplay begins after the primary trauma - Buck's death and Conrad's attempted suicide. 

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The script utilizes both the death of Jo's father from a tornado, and the estrangement of Jo and Bill as emotional backdrops (read more)

The script utilizes both the death of Jo's father from a tornado, and the estrangement of Jo and Bill as emotional backdrops to their scientific pursuit of tornadoes.

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