I've got a story where a good portion of the picture is in a dream state, which is a twist revealed in the middle of the 3rd act. Pretty standard structure -- some people love it, some people hate it.
I'm trying to figure out why this trope sometimes works really well:
Jacob's Ladder
Incident at Owl Creek
Mulholland Drive (debatable I know)
even Point Blank by John Boorman
Wizard of Oz
lots of other examples here --
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph.../AllJustADream
and other times, it doesn't work at all:
Dallas season ??
every bad, cheesy soap opera using the device to get out of a fix
numerous examples I actually can't think of, but must exist because most people's initial reaction to the trope is to roll their eyes...
Would love your opinions from a craft point of view of how you think this trope works, and what you'd do to make sure the audience didn't feel cheated by this twist...
I'm trying to figure out why this trope sometimes works really well:
Jacob's Ladder
Incident at Owl Creek
Mulholland Drive (debatable I know)
even Point Blank by John Boorman
Wizard of Oz
lots of other examples here --
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph.../AllJustADream
and other times, it doesn't work at all:
Dallas season ??
every bad, cheesy soap opera using the device to get out of a fix
numerous examples I actually can't think of, but must exist because most people's initial reaction to the trope is to roll their eyes...
Would love your opinions from a craft point of view of how you think this trope works, and what you'd do to make sure the audience didn't feel cheated by this twist...
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