4/29/2023 0 Comments Subplot examples in moviesSleuth’s Character Arc (Subplot 3): Sleuth and husband moved to the idyllic small town to pursue her dream retirement activity.Midpoint Shift: Orders sleuth to stop her investigation.Starting Value: Encourages sleuth to bring forth clues.Community Conflict (Subplot 2): The town’s police chief gives sleuth mixed signals.Midpoint Shift: Boosts Sleuth’s courage.Starting Value: Feeds Sleuth’s fears (friend has troubled past).Sidekick (Subplot 1): Best friend serves as friendly ear but a poor guide for change.Midpoint Shift: Embraces the call to sleuth.Starting Value: Resists the call to sleuth.Murder (Main Plot): Amateur sleuth strives to identify the killer and bring to justice, showcasing a clever puzzle for readers to solve.In my current murder mystery, I’ve settled on one main plot and four subplots within the structure of the Global Story Beats: Applying the Lessons from Arndt and Harrington Arndt prioritized the order of showing the reversals from the shortest to the lengthiest change (i.e., Woody’s value shift). He also emphasized prioritizing the reversal of values so that there are no lulls in the story and all shifts occur within the shortest possible span of story. To avoid getting caught up in the intricacies of plot and subplots, Arndt recommended zooming out and looking at the big picture to determine the Midpoint value switch for each story thread. Woody thinks the Toys are in a good place and leaves to go with Andy.Īccording to Arndt, even though the threads start at different points in the story, all values change at the Midpoint.Based on first impressions, Sunnyside seems like the perfect new home for Toys.At Sunnyside, Barbie falls in love with Ken. With Woody gone, Buzz Lightyear becomes the new leader of Toys.When the Toys arrive at their new home, they meet friendly Lotso Bear.Andy’s mom mistakenly puts the sack filled with toys out for garbage collection, and the Toys need a new home.As Andy prepares for college (main plot), he puts Woody in box marked for his dorm and places the other toys in a black plastic sack for storage in the attic.In Michael Arndt’s video about editing the Midpoint of Toy Story 3, he identified seven different story threads (i.e., the main plot and six subplots): The subplots are woven around the main plot, setting up value reversals as the story progresses. Setting and Storyworld Subplot (e.g., unique setting, characters).
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