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Ron Mita is known for S.W.A.T. (2003), Robots (2005) and 24 Hours to Live (2017).
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Everything in life can be broken down into three parts. We are born, we live, we die. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. A beginning, a middle and an end. Three simple categories that can sum up the most complex life story or the simplest adventure. While all forms of storytelling subscribe to some form of three-act structure, it i...
A plot point is a beat in a movie that propels the story forward. A motion picture screenplay is a collection of short scenes that propel the story onward. Modern motion pictures usually have about 24 big events in their story, each written to advance the story further ahead and closer to its completion. These “events” are known as PLOT POINTS. Not...
INDEPENDENCE DAY
1. Aliens arrive and hover over the Earth’s big cities. 2. Humans infect the mother ship with a virus.
MATRIX
1. Neo is chased by the agents while at work. 2. Neo takes a red pill and can now see the Matrix. 3. Neo and Trinity rescue Morpheus
WIZARD OF OZ
1. Dorothy runs away from home 2. Dorothy is taken over the rainbow 3. Dorothy meets the Wizard
You probably got into writing because you suck at math. Well, there is some math in movies (not much) so please pay attention. There are 24 Plot points in a movie. 1. ACT I: Six Plot Points - 30 minutes long 2. ACT II: Twelve Plot Points - 60 minutes long 3. ACT III: Six Plot Points - 30 minutes long Each page of a screenplay = 1 minute of screen t...
Plot Point #2 Inciting Incident
The inciting incident can actually occur BEFORE your movie starts but usually, your inciting incident occurs within the first ten pages of your screenplay after you’ve introduced your hero and shown what his everyday life is like. When the inciting incident occurs it starts to change your hero’s life. The hero will react to the inciting incident; maybe even resist it for the rest of your first act until your act one break occurs. At the first act break the hook kicks in and your hero commits...
Examples of an Inciting Incident:
1. LEGALLY BLOND - Warner dumps Elle, instead of proposing to her. 2. DIE HARD - Terrorists/thieves show up at the Nakatomi Tower. 3. TOY STORY – Buzz Lightyear is bought into Andy’s room.
Plot Point #6: The 1st Act Break
The first act break is always the 6th plot point. It occurs at or near page 30 of a screenplay which is about 30 minutes into the movie. This is easily the most important plot point in a movie as it tends to announce to the audience what the movie is about. In monomyth theory this is often known as Crossing the Threshold. It tends to be the moment the hero agrees to go on a journey (actual or emotional). It’s when the audience becomes aware of what the movie is about. For example, Luke Skywal...
Below are several examples of popular movies broken down into 24 Plot Points. I realize some of these plot points may be weaker than others. At times finding a plot point is like putting a square peg in a round hole. My advice is put something in for the plot point and fix it later. In the case of plotting out someone else's screenplay as we are do...
Now that you understand plot points, the time has come to plot out your own original idea. To begin you’ll want to write down the plot points you know and place them approximately in the area of the story where you think they will occur. This will begin to create the backbone for your screenplay, but you’ve got a lot of work to go. At this point yo...
Ok, you’ve completed your plot points, you’ve added in every bullet point you can imagine. One last step before you start writing is to write a brief character outline for all the major players. Some writers do huge detailed studies of their character’s lives, but I tend to just go a few paragraphs. We know Indiana Jones is afraid of snakes in Raid...
Your Plot Point outline can help you if you would rather pitch the idea rather than write it. The outline will give you all the big beats you’ll want to hit in your limited time in the room. Don’t plan to recite everything, just major plot points that move the story forward best and engage the listener. Also, never simply read the plot points to th...
On the following pages you will find detailed plot points for a project we sold years ago at Amblin (just before it became part of DreamWorks). This was an idea we pitched directly to Steven Spielberg and he bought it in the room the project was called THE URBAN LEGEND (no, not the horror movie of the same name) and was a fun adventure about a man ...
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Apr 26, 2023 · On today's podcast, we have our screen writing/ filmmaking college professor, Ron Mita! He was the writer of Netflix's 24 Hours to Live, Robots, S.W.A.T, and...
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May 26, 2022 · MEA 108 - Scriptwriting Fundamentals - Ron Mita. Introduction. Ron Mita graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a Master’s degree in screenwriting.
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Ron Mita is known as an Story and Writer. Some of their work includes Robots, S.W.A.T., 24 Hours to Live, and Sniper 2.
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