Re: Midpoint
“Write drunk, edit sober.” — Peter De Vries
Yes, I think of a Midpoint when I concoct a feature film story, but first, a premise strikes me, then I figure out events for an Ending, then events for a Beginning, and then, last but not least, the highlights and significant action(s) or event(s) leading up to and including the Midpoint. The same after that, too, leading to the climax. Without a sea change somewhere in the middle, a movie would become either boring or predictable, or both.
Edit to add: ”It has more to do with how the sequences lay out and not an arbitrary rule or guideline.” Yes, it's only a ”Midpoint” after-the-fact and only because that's where ”the change” naturally occurs, as much as a midpoint of a 300-page novel occurs around page 150.
Originally posted by Cyfress
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Yes, I think of a Midpoint when I concoct a feature film story, but first, a premise strikes me, then I figure out events for an Ending, then events for a Beginning, and then, last but not least, the highlights and significant action(s) or event(s) leading up to and including the Midpoint. The same after that, too, leading to the climax. Without a sea change somewhere in the middle, a movie would become either boring or predictable, or both.
Edit to add: ”It has more to do with how the sequences lay out and not an arbitrary rule or guideline.” Yes, it's only a ”Midpoint” after-the-fact and only because that's where ”the change” naturally occurs, as much as a midpoint of a 300-page novel occurs around page 150.
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