Thursday, February 19, 2015

film outline of Apocalatte


ACT 1: (25% of your film's runtime)
  1. Who is(are) the protagonist(s)?
    1. She is the boss's aid or secretary 
  2. What is the setting of the film?
    1. In an office building 
  3. How does the film begin?
    1. In an office buliding a disgruntled employee tries to get coffee from an machine and finds out its out of order he then gets mad and fights the machine.  Establishing that the office building has a coffee shortage. 
  4. What is the inciting incident? (What triggers the main plot of the story?  What is the protagonist looking for?) 
    1. The boss calls down angrily for a his daily cup of coffee and threatens to fire her if she doesn't bring him one. She seems disappointed or bored by this request. 
  5. What is the major first plot point that moves the story into act II?
    1. The transition of the female character making the coffee starting to go toward her bosses office going pass the thirst employees . 
ACT 2: (50% of your film's runtime)
  1. What setbacks does the protagonist face in Act II?
    1. One of the employees realized that the secretary has a hot cup of coffee and they go to surround her. She faces the other employees in the office who wants coffee badly that they begin to attack her for the coffee she made for her boss. 
  2. How does the protagonist deal with those major plot points?
    1. She begins to attack the other employees to keep her boss's coffee safe so she can keep her job. 
  3. What is the second major plot point that finally kicks the protagonist's butt in gear? What is the jumping off point for Act 3?
    1. After killing her fellow employees she looks into the eye of the last one she killed with an sadden expression. 
ACT 3: (25% of your film's runtime)
  1. What is the climax of the film? Does the protagonist get what is wanted, what is needed, or something else entirely?
    1. The secretary busts into her boss's office door with the body of an employee so she makes it to her boss's office successful with the cup of coffee she throws/ slides the cup of coffee towards her boss who sits intimidating across an long table. 
  2. In the Denouement, how does the film relax itself back to a state of equilibrium? How is everything resolved?
    1. She successful makes it to her bosses office with the cup of coffee and throws/ slides it towards him. 
  3. How does the film end?
    1. It ends with the coffee cup falling over the edge of the table

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