Chapter 1: "What Is It?"
Synder starts off with one of the biggest things pounded into our heads during this class: HAVE A GOOD PITCH/LOGLINE! Blake outlines the 4 elements of a good logline: Irony, A Compelling Mental Picture, Audience & Cost, and . . . A "Killer" Title.
Chapter 2: "Give Me The Same Thing...Only Different!"
This chapter is all about genres. Blake categorizes them in a rather original "Blake Snyder-ish" way, which is both cool and kind of annoying cuz he seems do damn smug about it all. He also delights in pigeon-holing movies into these categories (many of them do fit, but I'm starting to get the impression that he just really loves categorizing things cuz that's what he does for much of this book).
Chapter 3: "It's About a Guy Who..."
Finding the hero of your story is almost as important to Blake Snyder as coming up with a winning concept (and by winning he means one that will "sell"...cuz Blake Synder seems predominately in it for the money here). He stresses that every hero and protagonist must have an adjective attached to them in the logline. The best heroes have the most conflict in the situation that makes up your story.
Chapter 4: "Let's Beat It Out!"
Ah, the Blake Synder beat sheet. Very helpful actually, if somewhat restrictive when he gets as specific as "BY THIS PAGE YOU MUST DO THIS!" This chapter is pretty self-explanatory. We've done the beat sheet in class, and it is very nice to have a map of your story like that before diving into it full-force.
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