THE 4-HOUR ZONE presents as an intriguing time-travel psychological, conspiracy thriller. The concept of a woman falsely accused of murder, who then travels back in time to clear her name, is a solid premise. The protagonist is put into a life and death situation with high stakes. The premise has good potential to create a tense thriller. The goal is clear. The tone is dark, fitting for a thriller. The opening establishes the tone and there’s a strong backstory involving the murder of the heroine’s father. The first act nicely sets up the ordinary world of Megan, establishing her role as a civil rights advocate and her personal life with her lover. There are several good plot beats in the first act that move the story forward: the release …show more content…
It’s mainly in the second and third act that the structure begins to falter. The second act should be the promise of the premise in which Megan goes after her goal to clear her name, but the series of events become fragmented and they do not always flow fluidly. In addition, the tone and the events become too surreal, and the plot becomes challenging to follow. The story is a bit too ambitious and becomes misdirected when the plot focuses too much on Lucy Mann and several conspiracy theories of past historical events, like the assassination of JFK. The script also focuses too much on the idea that Megan might be hallucinating and psychotic. These scenes becomes too dreamlike vs. realistic. It would benefit the script to stay focused on the goal: unraveling who killed Josh and proving her innocence. The scene in which she tries to stop the assassination of the President really isn’t well connected to the goal of Josh’s …show more content…
This slows the pace and doesn’t feel credible that she would immediately paint. The idea of Lucy being involved in the conspiracy isn’t well understood. It’s also not needed. Her motivation isn’t well understood about the media. The script already offers Denisovich and Collins in the conspiracy. There’s no need for another conspirator. Also, the theme about the manipulation of the media distracts from the real goal. In addition, several conversations are not well focused when they discuss various conspiracy theories etc. Page 10 is a good example of this. On page 54, Megan says she can’t deal with the “stigmatization,” but it’s not clear what she’s talking about. Her VO on page 91 feels out of place. There’s a repetitive feel with the action: there are too many gun battles. Several times Megan gets shot, along with other characters. The repetitive theme of getting shot actually dilutes the tension vs. intensifies it. These scenes blend too much together and remain
Little Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors is the third – longest- running musical comedy in off- Broadway shows. Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. I watched the movie version from 1960 with Rick Moranis as Seymour. “Little Shop of Horrors” has become a highly successful film version.
It generally gives no sense of what the story is about and is just plain confusing. However, I thought I may as well give it a go, because I have absolutely loved all of the upcoming Entangled Teen books. Despite my reservations, The Foxglove Killings nailed it. Kelly was great at creating a tense and frightening atmosphere while also maintaining minimal consistency errors. From the start of the novel, she is building the action.
Vigilantism and The Boondock Saints Vigilante justice is the popular theme of many movies, books, television shows and other social medias. It is often portrayed as something that is both necessary and moral, in many situations where the state run legal systems have failed to serve justice to the people involved. The movie The Boondock Saints, released in 1999, written and directed by Troy Duffy, is filled with constant references to the justification of such justice. The movie centers around two Irish brothers, Connor and Murphy McManus, who, believing that God is leading them, begin a campaign of killing against the many “evils”, in the form of mafia leaders and gang members, that occupy their hometown, Boston.
Literary Critique In the story ”Who Am I Without Him” written by Sharon Flake, I Felt the author expressed the scene very well by bringing the situation to life through the characters actions. In the story ”Who Am I Without Him” the main Character was bad because that is who she is, and she thought to herself if there is something wrong with being herself. The main character can’t tell if Raheem likes her because he is always shady in every scene especially in the last few. She hates the good girls because one of them stole Raheem away from her but the good girl moved away to another house.
I dislike the sequence of the novel because when I’m concentrated reading one of the stories and then suddenly changes to another story. I find it very annoying because you moving from one to another and then going back. 3 Would you
Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a play based on the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, who are rivals who use sex as a weapon. The two set their sights on a married woman and a very young girl who is already in love with her music teacher. The main story follows the character’s attempts to gain other character’s trust for their own ulterior motives, which sickeningly seem to go according to plan for the most part. Les Liaisons Dangereuses is currently running on Broadway after an initial out of town run in London. As of now, it is at the Booth Theatre, a well known theatre that is a part of the Shubert Organization and has housed many successful revivals, such a The Elephant Man, The Glass Menagerie, and Hughie.
In Spike Lee’s film Inside Man, Detective Keith Frazier matches wits against Dalton Russell, a mastermind who holds numerous people hostage in order for his gang to rob a bank. Shortly after Dalton’s gang takes control of the bank, Detective Frazier arrives to negotiate with Russell. Madeline White, a power broker the bank’s owner, Arthur Case, hires to retrieve and destroy his secret safe deposit box, appears to demand a meeting with Dalton. Russell reveals that Case foundered the bank with jewels he received for telling Nazis where Jews were hiding during World War II. In the meantime, Frazier realizes that Dalton is stalling for an unknown reason, and the mastermind allows him inside to see that the hostages are safe.
Before reading this musical, I did not have good idea of what it was about. I thought it was a comedy in some ways, but I did not except it to be so dramatic. This musical touches on subjects that are very fragile. I did not expect the son to be a ghost, and to have died when he was younger, and he is a ghost in the musical. With the musical being so emotional, there is a lot of adult content.
The New York Times claims that Snow Falling on Cedars is “is an almost heartbreaking example of what can happen when a filmmaker becomes so overawed by his source that he confuses dramatic storytelling with the production of mammoth coffee-table art books.” The confusing structure, dialogue, and constant ethical questioning combine to create a film that rarely appeals to the logic, ethics, and emotions of the audience. Firstly, viewers may struggle to follow the story. There are so many flashbacks that at times it is difficult to figure out what is going on.
The Story has a man daydreaming in his car, while the movie has a man going on a worldwide quest for a negative photo. This intrigues the audiences with a feel for adventure. The movie also Introduces the love interest of Walter, Cheryl. This adds the extra suspense in the movie. This is because the audience doesn't get to know if they get together.
The three reasons about this story I do or do not like, the first one is how Molly develops in the story. The second one
Most of the plot line in extremely rushed and the moral isn't clear. The storyline is very confusing and caused parts of the story to be misunderstood. The author wanted the moral to be “Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it (p. 141)," but it began to be more about Madeline risking even her life for a boy she met fairly recently because according to her “Love is worth everything. Everything (p. 61).
The editing used in this scene is very effective in adding pressure to the scene. Quick cutting between scenes emphasises the fast pace of the action whilst back and forth cuts from the control room to are used to heighten tension. Additionally, clever editing is used to mask the fact that the same plane is shot down several times by showing the footage from different angles. The soundtrack for this scene consists of fast-paced action music to further raise tension.
1.ISIS 2. NIA 2.LOVE The saga from a indent lover to a IS terrorist You never know what love can endure rather what one can do in pursuit of love ; it can make one do poppy cultivation to plastic surgery in pursuit of love..... This is the story of Ashiq Ahmed, a 19 year old student of mechanical engineering arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on charges of his alleged link up with IS outfit.
The camera was rotating around her, which built the intensity of the scene and symbolized Katherine’s emotions, that everything was spinning out of control. Spielberg finally ended the movie with a powerful and intriguing cliffhanger which leads to the possibility of a sequel. This film also presented the viewers with a variety of themes. There was strong sense of feminism through Katherine Graham.