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Dead Poets Society is a great model for multiple story lines and the development of friendships.
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.
(hide)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.
(hide)A well-structured Flashback-Present framework of a murder investigation and love story.
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.
(hide)The Conversation is an ideal example of an action film magnified in impact by the deep character development of the main character, Harry Caul.
(hide)Cast Away demonstrates a screenplay construction through a series of distinct Sequences delineated by changes in location and purpose in the story narrative.
(hide)Excellent Rescue-Escape screenplay template. A scientist cannot persuade a town's inhabitants there is a real danger and they should leave. When the volcano erupts, the scientist must rescue the woman he loves and her children.
(hide)This screenplay uses short vignette Sequences to subtly advance the story.
An ideal character study structure within a love story. Note how individual scenes are created by the specific plot points.
This remarkable film is an ideal model of the Sequence structure for a maniacal, futile journey.
The Bank Job is based on real events and models a complex storyline with multiple characters. Note how each Scene sets-up or foreshadows a specific plot point.
(hide)Chain Reaction has the classic Sequence structure of a Chased and Solve a Mystery format.
A circle-of-life and coming-of-age sequence structure filled with all of life's experiences. Appropriate for audiences at all stages of life. Plot points are the events associated with life's turning points.
(hide)The Screenplay Summary shows how the Sequence structure escalates tension throughout this well-constructed screenplay of lies, deception and murder.
(hide)The Act III courtroom confrontation is preceded by two acts that demonstrate why Lieut. Maryk led the mutiny.
A comedy screenplay with a strong social undertone of 'tolerance' to people who are different.