Re: Central Dramatic Argument
That's why it's a fuzzy area for me.
Sticking with Book of Eli. It's a story about a guy who's taking a book west and another guy who'll stop at nothing to get that book for himself.
Faith is something that motivates both characters but I'm not putting 1 + 1 together. It's not clicking for me.
If I were given the logline for Book of Eli and hired to write a screenplay, I'm not sure what my CDA would be.
To me it's a very plot and event driven story. This happens, then this happens, then he goes here and this happens etc... Faith is just a reason to get the ball rolling. He could just as easily be delivering the last bottle of scotch and Carnegie really wants that bottle of scotch. It would still be the same story.
That's why I'm grasping at Faith as a Central Dramatic Argument.
That's also why I'm hacking away at this. Trying to elevate my game. To get a better understanding of something that makes as much sense to me as Chinese.
*btw, I am a fan of the movie so I'm not criticizing or knocking it.
If you wouldn't be thinking of faith as your CDA, what would be thinking of as your CDA? The CDA has an important purpose.
Sticking with Book of Eli. It's a story about a guy who's taking a book west and another guy who'll stop at nothing to get that book for himself.
Faith is something that motivates both characters but I'm not putting 1 + 1 together. It's not clicking for me.
If I were given the logline for Book of Eli and hired to write a screenplay, I'm not sure what my CDA would be.
To me it's a very plot and event driven story. This happens, then this happens, then he goes here and this happens etc... Faith is just a reason to get the ball rolling. He could just as easily be delivering the last bottle of scotch and Carnegie really wants that bottle of scotch. It would still be the same story.
That's why I'm grasping at Faith as a Central Dramatic Argument.
That's also why I'm hacking away at this. Trying to elevate my game. To get a better understanding of something that makes as much sense to me as Chinese.
*btw, I am a fan of the movie so I'm not criticizing or knocking it.
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