Plainview Productions

A. Identify the genre and list five indicators of genre 

Genre: Action/Crime/Film-Noir

 Action                                                                                                                                                  - big action sequences with car chases, shoot-outs, gunplay                                                              

Crime:                                                                                                                                                           - Lujack is undercover cop who fights crime, involvement 

with bookies and Las Vegas mob boss, Frank Nimmo

Film-Noir:

- Lane is a femme fatale who uses her looks to

try to seduce and betray Lujack, sexually-magnetic

relationship.

B. Beside the Hero, identify 5 key Archetypes in

the script (which character fits which archetype) 

- Ally: Tommy Chin

- Thresh hold Guardian(s): Ernie B. and Phil

- Herald: Capt. Waters

- Shapeshifter: Lane

 - Trickster: Phyllis, Mitch Mayfield 

C. 8 Notes to Strengthen the Dialogue 

- Overall, voice-over can be trimmed or deleted

all-together

- Lujack-Lane scenes can dispense with lame/cut clines,

such as “Lady, I like innuendo as much as the next guy

but the suspense is really killin’ me.”,

- Less dialogue for Tommy Chin and not as hysterical.   

D. 6 Notes to strengthen the Archetypes 

- Ally: Tommy Chin should help Lujack more, especially

in tenser scenes with Frank Nimmo and the Blue Fox

strip club. Not complain as much.

- Herald:

- Shapeshifter:

- Trickster: Phyllis, shouldn’t be revealed so early that she

is involved in the murders of her husband and son. Also,

adapt quality of a shape-shifter.

- Shape-shifter:  It’s not much of a surprise when Lane pulls

a gun on Lujack. Her motives are not hidden well enough.       

E. Provide 8 notes to strengthen the Character 

- Make Tommy Chin more of a bad ass

- Capt. Waters, should not be the typical cynical police

superior who chews out Lujack. Maybe should be more of a mentor.  

F. Provide 8 notes to strengthen the Story 

G. Provide 6 notes to strengthen the Structure 

- Map out the actual Story Structures and Plot Structures

- Identify 10 key plot points, including I.I., TP, and CX

- In a short paragraph (not a log line), summarize the

Protagonist’s Arc (or Journey), including mention of

his/her struggle with the Antagonist.

- Indentify and explain two key metaphors in the script

and explain how they help to tell the story.

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