MILLION DOLLAR WEEKEND combines, comedy and drama with a love story. The goal is clear: raise a million dollars in one weekend. The idea of raising a million dollars in one weekend is an intriguing hook and it gives the script a natural ticking clock tension. The concept has merit.
One can envision how a million-dollar weekend could be a lot of fun and a great setup for comedy.
While the plot is workable, the script would benefit from more development.
The first act sets up the protagonist’s ordinary world and there’s a clear inciting event when Marie is told she must raise a million dollars in one weekend. The story is propelled forward when the idea of a “million dollar weekend” stunt.
The concern, however, regarding the structure
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It’s a bit unclear if each of the contestants pays a million dollars to participate, or if the winner pays a million dollars to be with the women.
Also, the idea of the contest, questions, race, and dance need to be more exciting and grow in intensity. The events need to be more connected. For example, make the entire weekend a physical contest or race, with the difficulties intensifying. Clarify the rules and how one wins.
As structured now, the million-dollar weekend has two major concerns. One the audience doesn’t know the contestants and there’s no investment with who wins. Consider revising this to have someone the audience knows competing against a rival. Thus, it could be Mitch competing against Vincent.
In addition, the outcome of the weekend doesn’t have a strong payoff. It would be more effective to have a stronger climax at the million-dollar weekend event, given that’s the hook and the title. Perhaps the contest finale is at the Santa Monica Pier.
The chase between the boarders, thugs, and Mitch at the pier becomes a bit challenging to follow or visualize until they get on the roller
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The entire “rod” subplot never fully feels appealing. However, Uncle Salvador is the most distinctive character. He’s very eccentric and his dialogue is the most compelling. He, unfortunately, also disappears. Furthermore, the flashback regarding the “rod” isn’t needed or essential.
Bonnie has spunk and she’s a good friend, but really doesn’t contribute much to the plot.
The dialogue reveals information about character and plot, although the dialogue isn’t always engaging. The dialogue on page 11 with the drummer feels a bit awkward. There’s simply too much dialogue about whether or not Marie wants to sing.
If the intention is to be a comedy, the humor really needs to be elevated. Marie makes some snarky remarks and tries to use humor to deflect Dario, but she’s not naturally funny. The best humor is derived from the flaws of the characters, as well as from physical and visual comedy.
Finally, the professional presentation can be enhanced. There’s a tendency to try to explain feelings vs. showing, and some of the narrative descriptions are vague. Here are some
These days the money and personnel that go into creating a movie is scandalous. It is almost unbelievable that every time they don’t come out with anything less than a classic. Luckily this is true in the case of "Ferris Buller’s Day Off", which features some of the best casted actors for a long time and costs in the region of $5.8 million. Luckily, it is fantastic - and this is why.
In this paper the reader will be able to find a variety of different areas covered. A detailed summary of the movie 28 days directed by Betty Thomas in 2000 will start the paper. The diagnostic criteria of a psychiatric disease will be included along with rationales why the main character fits the diagnosis of disease. Included is the effectiveness or non-effectiveness of coping mechanisms. Pharmacological with classification and non-pharmacological treatments will be included in addition to discussion of ethical and legal issues. This paper will include whether it would be an acceptable fit for patients or families with the same diagnosis. Lastly, will be an overall conclusion of the information provided in the paper.
On the Sunday afternoon paul and his family were talking the young man about his work and about the exciting and exuberant life of his boss, paul sited that he wanted all the same experiences as the man's’ boss but he had no desire for part where one had to work hard for such lifestyle,wants to be rich without actually working hard and earning it for himself, “yet he rather liked to hear these legends of the iron kings that were told and retold on Sundays and holidays; these stories of palaces in Venice, yachts on the Mediterranean, and high play at Monte Carlo appealed to his fancy, and he was interested in the triumphs of these cash boys who had become famous, though he had no mind for the cash-boy stage”(paragraph 25).He believes that one can not climb up higher in life, but that one can only be born into that society. When he had the opportunity to steal the money from the company he was working, Paul did not think twice about taking the money and running away with it “Not once, but a hundred times, Paul had planned this entry into New York. He had gone over every detail of it with Charley Edwards, and in his scrap book at home there were pages of description about New York hotels, cut from the Sunday papers”(paragraph
At first glance the title “The Lottery” could be seen as an opportunity to win something of value. Once read title is deceptive and dark with the titles true essence being the winner of the lottery ‘wins’ the loss of his or her life.
Ben Affleck, director, does an excellent job with the movie Argo. Being able to find the fear and suspension in every scene is difficult to do, yet Affleck does so seamlessly. Based off a true historical event that happened in 1979, Affleck choses to pick the Iranian Hostage Crisis. He starts out the movie with some background information, so that viewers are able to have some understanding of what has happened and why this is happening. He then merges into a heartbreaking scene, where a mob of Iranians have bombarded their way into the American Embassy. Screaming and shouting at the top of their lungs, the actions happening outside are horrific. Showing the fear in every American’s eyes in the building pulls at every heart
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The Fast and Furious franchise has been going on since 2001. Since then there have been seven movies to come out. Fast and Furious 7 may be the last movie in this series. With the actor Paul Walker, Bryan in the movie dead, there may not be any other way to produce another film. With that said, I thought the movie was very good and well thought of when coming to filming the rest of movie without Paul Walker and digitally having his face put in. In some scenes near the end of the movie you can tell that something is off and seems a little weird when looking at Paul’s character but aside from that it was a brilliant job done by the
The movie Freaky Friday explores the extent to which a parent and a child understands each other while maintaining a healthy relationship. The movie begins with the mother-daughter relationship between fifteen year old, Anna and her mother Tess who seem to have a rough time understanding each other’s differences. However, after a harsh argument in a Chinese restaurant, they receive strange fortunes that causes an illusion of an earthquake. As a result of these fortunes, when they wake up the next morning, it appears that Anna and Tess have switched bodies. Unable to switch back, they are forced to act as one another until they can accomplish what their fortune read which leads them to better understand each other’s lives. Overall, Freaky Friday focused on parenting styles, types of families and socialization through the process of Anna and Tess trying to comprehend one another.
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Wall Street is a movie that exposes corruption and disguises all values, beliefs, and other ethical philosophy. Throughout the movie, Wall Street shows how ethics adapts to a person’s personality by power and wealth alongside honesty and truth. Bud Fox, a young stockbroker is looking for a way to make a name for himself. He is determined to get as many clients as he can to become successful. He later meets a ruthless man named Mr. Gekko where learns how to reach to the top by illegal actions such as insider trading. Bud Fox was an honest living man who had good ethics but was later showed what true power is became money hungry. The power of greed is fascinating the code that everyone lives by is inevitable once money comes into play. There are five types of interpersonal power; reward power, coercive power, legitimate power, referent power, and expert power. These types of power will be used to correspond relationships throughout the movie. In Wall Street we realize how Gordon Gekko uses Bud Fox for his benefit. In this paper I will show the types of powers that are used by Gordon Gekko and how they are used. One clear type of power that Gordon Gekko uses in his relationship with Bud Fox is the Referent power base. This power stands out because it is clear that Bud wants to become a top notch in the industry. Bud is striving to be successful when he exposes what he’s able to do at the meeting with Gordon Gekko he instantly become closer to his goals. There were scenes where Gordon had legitimate power. His knowledge and information was what made him rich. Bud Fox had to listen to what Gordon was telling him in order to become successful. This was an example of Gekko having legitimate power over Bud Fox. Expert power which is an ...
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