Film title: American Driver
Written by Patrick Nnamani
Directed by Moses Inwang
I honestly don't know why the movie was produced. Film production is very hectic and it seem ridiculous to me that someone will just gather actors together, spend money and produce a ridiculous film. Although I have to admit there were some people laughing in the cinema hall but I guess they are people who are easily amused.
Moses Inwang is the type that makes me fear going to cinema to spend hard earned money on a Nigerian film. Needless to say it is a ridiculous film. Nothing coherent. Just a bunch of senseless series of events. To add insult to injury I went to watch it on my birthday so you can imagine how disappointing it is for me.
A story structure has the beginning, middle and end.
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1st act/The
beginning/set up must haves:
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American Driver |
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Begin a memorable image/hook
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Absent
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1.
Find the catalyst/motivation e.g information
about the situation, where are we? What’s going on here? Or something or an
event to start the story. It could be a gun shot, an explosion or a letter
arrives.
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Present
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1. Raise
the central question
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Absent
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2. Establish
the conflict.
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Absent
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3. Establish
the antagonist.
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Absent
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4.
Ends with the 1st turning point. It
is a twist and turn that changes the story’s direction as new event unfold
and new decisions are made.
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Absent
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The 2nd
act/middle/development must haves:
1.
Begins with the 1st turning point.
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Absent
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2. Momentum
(a cause and effect/action and reaction scenes)/Action points/dramatic event
that causes a reaction.
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Absent
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3. Barriers
stop the action for a moment, and then the character goes around it and
continues.
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Absent
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4. Complication
is an action point that doesn’t pay off immediately but we wait for it and
anticipate the inevitable response. And it gets in the way of the character’s
intention.
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Absent
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5.
Reversals change the direction of the story
180 degrees/ moving it from positive to negative.
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Absent
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6.
Puts the central character in jeopardy.
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Absent
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The 3rd
act/resolution/end must haves:
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1.
Begins with the 2nd turning point
and speeds up the action here, makes it intense, and gives a sense of urgency
like a ticking clock.
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Absent
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2.
The big finish/climax
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Absent
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3.
The question is answered/not answered.
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Absent
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| Patrick Nnamani is sentenced to life imprisonment in write better villa |
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