Adventure Hook Random Generator. SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE. Hollywood movies are simple. Though writing a successful Hollywood movie is certainly not easy, the stories for mainstream Hollywood films are all built on only three basic components: character, desire and conflict. Film stories portray heroes who face seemingly insurmountable obstacles as they pursue compelling objectives. Whether it’s Clarice Starling trying to stop Hannibal, Captain Miller Saving Private Ryan, or Billy Elliott trying to gain admission to a ballet school, all these protagonists confront overwhelming conflict in their pursuit of some visible goal. Plot structure simply determines the sequence of events that lead the hero toward this objective.
And here’s the good news: whether you’re writing romantic comedies, suspense thrillers, historical dramas or big budget science fiction, all successful Hollywood movies follow the same basic structure. In a properly structured movie, the story consists of six basic stages, which are defined by five key turning points in the plot. *Chaotic Shiny - RPG-Related Generators. ***donjon; RPG Tools. Random Name Generator.