tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post984456752179033496..comments2024-03-27T12:13:34.159-05:00Comments on The Moral Premise Blog: Story Structure Craft: Expanded Conflict of Values and The Moral PremiseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-25057316600998319992010-02-26T22:49:29.353-05:002010-02-26T22:49:29.353-05:00George. A couple of notes.
1. Very good example o...George. A couple of notes.<br /><br />1. Very good example of how the vice can be at both ends of the continuum, and necessarily so. Thanks for this addition.<br /><br />2. I'll try to post something along your question about coming up with meaningful scenes in a future post. It's a good question. <br /><br />3. Most of the films I work on in L.A. have not been announced, some have of course. When they get released I'll post on them, unless there's a confidentiality issue, and usually there is. See this on Seven Pounds. I need to write something on it, someday. http://moralpremise.blogspot.com/2008/09/moral-premise-makes-it-to-sony-lot.htmlStan Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084603289444240062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-42973603953403222222010-02-26T19:28:43.247-05:002010-02-26T19:28:43.247-05:00Yes Stan, I also find this is a good way to integr...Yes Stan, I also find this is a good way to integrate the villain into the moral premise, when you have a protag whose vice is related to passivity. I'm working on a script in which my protag starts out as unassertive and mousy (vice side). Now I couldn't make the antagonist unassertive -cause he wouldn't be much of an antagonist- so I opted to have him expressing the vice side by being assertive to the point of hurting others to get what he wants, and not caring about justice.<br /><br />I was wondering if you could explore in a future post how do we go about coming up with meaningful scenes, scenes that are connected with the moral premise, and with the hero's gradual journey from vice to the embrace of the virtue (in comedies). I've recently watched Zombieland, and I admired how each scene is connected with the moral premise and the hero's arc in a meaningful way, without being preachy...<br /><br />P.S. I don't know what movie you and Smith were working on, but I have a Suspicion... :-)Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-33174200105110955982010-02-15T14:16:58.420-05:002010-02-15T14:16:58.420-05:00...Slide J suggests a structure I'm not sure h...<i><b>...Slide J suggests a structure I'm not sure has been made. A tragic film where the characters, at their moments of grace, let their pride get the best of them, and refuse to move toward truth, manically displacing themselves toward their respective vices of deception and scrupulosity.</b></i> <br /><br />Well, I'm not sure they qualify, but I immediately remembered examples from two of my favorite movies of all time. In <i>Sunset Blvd.</i>, William Holden ends up rejecting his last opportunity of redemption from Nancy Olson because he feels that his erros got him way past the point of no return. If Gloria Swanson may be considered also a protagonist (which I'm not sure), she also ends up completely alienated from reality when her delusions of success are taken to the extreme.<br /><br />Also, in <i>Badlands</i> both Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek insist on their erros after their moment of grace, but then I don't think they are at opposite ends of the moral spectrum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com