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Favorite films

  • The Departed
  • TÁR
  • Ex Machina
  • Akira

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  • Aliens

  • Prisoners

  • Notting Hill

  • Collateral

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  • Aliens

    Aliens

    Opener:

    Ripley’s Spacecraft travels through desolate space, directly after the end of Alien, and arrives at another space craft. Ripely is in hypersleep and is found by a human space colony. She is approached by the company she was running for and learns that she has been asleep for 57 years.
    Ripley has a freak out that she has an alien emerging from inside her - it turns out to be a dream.

    Inciting incident

    Ripely is interrogated by the…

  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

    Opener:

    Vo if “our father” prayer and father son hunt and kill a deer.
    dad tells son a story about the values of hunting and how killing, possessing that ability, will allow you to survive - theme for story?

    Set up:

    Midwest family spends thanksgiving with close friends. Wholesome get together. Eerie tone of somebody lurking, from the trailer, at the front door.
    scene notes: trumpet

    inciting incident:

    The kids go missing. 
    interesting scene notes: Gas mask in the basement,…

  • Collateral

    Collateral

    Opener

    Package switch between two sharply dressed men, a taxi driver who is committed to his job and really good at it has an external motivation that keeps him going. Max unloads his motivations and ability to read people and be charismatic with his passenger.

    inciting Incident 

    Vincent gets in the car and offers him cash to be his personal driver for the night.

    pinch

    A dead body falls on the car and Max is an accomplice in the crime.

    Act 1 break

    Undercover Detective calls it in kicking off the investigation

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    Opener

    Wife is found dead and Dr Kimble is taken into custody and he recalls the nights events during questioning flashback style). He is being charged for the murder of his wife. As the audience, don’t know whether or not he did it or not.

    inciting incident 

    The bus crashes and Dr Kimble escapes (he saves a CO and convict - showing his good moral character)

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