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    1. Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020

      I want to open a movie with a dude in a handcuffs with two goons above him- FREEZE FRAME: "This is me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation?" Cut to two seconds earlier of him being pulled into room. HIM: "Yup, dragged in through that door and shoved down."

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    2. Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020

      Might as well talk about story function! The reason people try to use flash-forwards is because it puts a feeling of intensity at the start, a way of saying "don't worry audience, this WILL get exciting!" But not only is that artificial conflict, it often hurts you.

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    3. Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020

      Because what it does is set an expectation in the audiences mind of what to expect. Rather than emotionally being involved in the action of the story, they sit there thinking "Huh I wonder how we'll get back here? It makes it a cerebral experience instead of a dramatic one.

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    4. Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020

      More over, it often puts a stamp on the fact that you can't actually come up with a story that has conflict at the start, so you just hide and tease and hint at, and are probably hiding a lack of function in your story in general.

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    5. Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020

      Can it work sometimes? Yeah sure, of course. It works in Iron Man because it's a way of emotionally telling the audience "don't worry, this cocksure jack ass is going to pay for his behavior soon" and it ONLY lasts like twenty minutes of screen time.

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      Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020

      Again, everything has to be ingrained in dramatic story function. Don't hide under artifice. HULK OUT.

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        1. Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020

          Oh because people already bringing up Breaking Bad. They were probably better at playing with it that anyone. Sometimes it was poetic, sometimes functional, sometimes total misdirect... but the thing to notice most of all is how they mostly phased it out as the series went on :)

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        1. blindoptimism‏ @blindoptimism56 19 Mar 2020
          Replying to @FilmCritHULK

          i love this thread and your sign off sounds like you're encouraging everyone to smash which i like

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        2. Peter Lavoie‏ @Peter_Lavoie 19 Mar 2020
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          This is my only gripe when it comes to John Wick. That opening scene with him climbing out of the jeep super injured. And the script isn't written with that open, it plays out as chronological. It's interesting to ponder at when the decision for the flash-forward was made.

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        3. Film Crit Hulk‏ @FilmCritHULK 19 Mar 2020
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          Its often fear-based. “Oh no is the audience gonna be patient?”

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        1. Shay Guy‏ @shay_guy 19 Mar 2020
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          I suspect you'd have strong opinions on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's episode order. :D

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