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The prototype James Bond screenplay and a classic structure for a mystery investigation. The audience knows things before Bond as a way to create a sense of impending danger for him.
(hide)Thunderball is an ideal screenplay to follow a main character conducting an investigation.
A strong Sequence structure keeps the plot points of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on track.
An excellent model of flashback structure. The screenplay uses flashback sequences to explain how Tom comes to reject his privileged status at a British borstal - to his detriment.
(hide)This is a classic structure of a three-character love-triangle drama taking place in a very restricted set of locations (originally a play by John Osbourne).
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A safe straightforward screenplay of the exploration of an unknown threat.
A love story and forbidden love complicated by religious faith and doctrine.
Excellent Mission - Quest Structure set in 'Real-Time', with terrifying consequences for failure. The two British Privates, Tom and Will, face credible obstacles and unforeseen challenges. The startling death in Sequence 6 sets up the emotional resolution of the mission in Sequence 19. Sequence 9 establishes the distinct possibility that the mission will fail - with dire consequences. The story is a metaphor of War.
(hide)Excellent Mentor-Student structure with three separate storylines that merge in the final climax of villains and heroes.
Excellent conflict structure with three separate storylines that merge in the final climax of villains and heroes.
Kurasawa's early classic of escape-pursuit and camraderie honor and sacrifice which helped inspire the Star Wars series.
The Hill is a taught character play of a man pitted against an unjust brutal system determined to break and destroy him.
A straightforward and beautiful love story set in an environmental escape and mission plot.
A systematic progression through formulaic Sequences that follow clues to the villain, motive and means to execute the plan Bond will thwart.
(hide)A systematic progression through formulaic Sequences that follow clues to the villain, motive and means to execute the plan Bond will thwart.
(hide)A systematic progression through formulaic Sequences that follow clues to the villain, motive and means to execute the plan Bond will thwart.
(hide)Into the Blue shares structure and plot-point similarities to A Simple Plan. Both take a simple goal (keep the money) and escalate the complications and cost of failure.
(hide)This Bond story follows a series of clues of double cross defections and false loyalties to establish the villain's real goals.
See how close the 19-Sequence Model correlates with Shakespear's Act - Scene structure. Maybe the model was first developed by Shakespeare...?
(hide)A straightforward and beautiful love story set in an environmental escape and mission plot.
November Man has a well-Sequence structured Mystery-Quest-Betrayal design.
A systematic progression through formulaic Sequences that follow clues to the villain, motive and means to execute the plan Bond will thwart.
(hide)Excellent Sequence Stucture following multiple charaters and storylines.
Probably one of the best Pursuit-Escape screenplays to emulate, especially if you have multiple groups to keep track of (i.e. people on submarines, ships, aircraft carriers and in government agencies).
(hide)Well Sequence-structured mystery and character study set at sea.