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Hi, I'm trying to write a script for a detective. Despite having written a TV script of this kind, I realize that I have difficulty dealing with this type of plot.

There are times I get lost in the maze of my own story, and others who fear being too simple. "I can recommend some reading to me the key to make my story better built and more convincing? And I do not mean that no one gives me a "formula" but the principles to take into account these kinds of stories.

Well, nothing more, and thanks for your time.

C.

Hello, C., although I am not an expert thriller, when he is consulting the mailroom spacious Bloguionistas, I jumped. The Pianist, was loading his weapon cut out to go to take one of their tours of punishment for the city, Chico Santamano going over video with the highlights of Big Brother ... so rather quickly, I took his dismissal to steal your card and bring it to me home to answer. why I wanted to respond?

Because I've been there.

few years ago, had just written a long script for a producer, who was quite pleased. It was a love story. I asked in this informal producers, who believe that a writer always carries a bag full of ideas, if he had "something" for a TV movie. The truth was yes. For once he was ready for that question. A few months earlier a roommate, editor of events in a local radio had told me some gruesome incident and had begun to document on the subject. I do not know how but ... I could write a treatment inspired by this true story that appealed to both the producer TVs and involved, suddenly, the project ceased to be a TV movie and became a movie. So far, except for a small detail, irrelevant here, that the producer was not exemplary in the matter of payments, everything looks like a wonderful story of professional success. What happened then? What I found, myself, trying to write a film script based on that treatment is not overly detailed.

Not to be overly dramatic, I would say it was simply horrible, terrible, apocalyptic. The story was beyond me everywhere. Trying to tie up the ends and they were unleashed on the other side. I came to believe that I broke his head. Worse still, I thought I could never write that.

guess, more or less, you're there, C. This feeling has happened to me just working on thriller. I have written comedies, dramas, stories with fantastic elements, I am preparing a musical about several accounts of The Hollister ... but only one thriller writing I felt like a crippled child swimming in a sea full of sharks. It is a personal impression, but I think there is something in this genre that makes it particularly difficult. At least in my experience, gender clearly write something fantastic is less complicated. A ghost story, for example, once defined the ways in which these supernatural manifestations take place, it gives a clear framework of what is permissible or not in the movie. I think the thriller, however, makes the writer constantly arises whether the public will "believe" or not history. The same applies to the author, which are usually periods of crisis because he does not believe that people are killed by a "Subject to Change the World" (which obviously is just a McGuffin) or do not know how to prevent the protagonist go at once to the police station and place, once all this mess in the hands of professionals. One can get to be very strict about the likelihood (and this can block) or too lenient (and your script can be sequences that are capricious and, therefore, uninteresting). Writing a thriller

you are forced to "close doors", eliminating options that any normal person would, to lead your character through a series of tense situations unstoppable as any ordinary human being would try to avoid. In a sense, I would say that gender is more "cheat" or, to put it less hurtful, perhaps the genre in which the writer must use all tricks. Even in the classics of the genre may find some defensible logical leaps. In my case, I think I had run out of tricks to complete enough that script. What did I do then? I called a friend.

asked him to write me the script. Fortunately, besides being a friend, was a great writer now devoted almost exclusively to the novel. Should be a car mechanic friend perhaps things had not gone so well. What was torture alone became a hilarious series of breakfasts at the Fuencarral VIPs in which, moreover, our script progressed considerably.

Together we wrote our final version (but then, the director, without us, made a last), which were quite satisfied. We charge late, but well,

film was made, with minimal budget and released in Zabaltegi and then had a brief and discreet business career. But that's another story.

Andre

Jute (which, incidentally, is dedicated to writing novels of this genre, specifically no dashes) but I recommended it with enthusiasm. A

Amazon search yields few results, but neither seems to be little literature into a screenplay. Robert McKee, in his seminar on Gender devotes one day a thriller. I was watching in Lisbon and it was quite interesting. Announced a book dedicated to this genre but ... I see in your online store has not been published yet. books aside, another option is to see a few movies of a genre similar to yours and "inspiration" in them. After a certain degree of inspiration the case may cease to be moral. From another degree, will even be legal. But anyway, frequently, being aware or not, use an action seen in another movie and often no one notices. To adapt to another story, to changing circumstances, the action imitated is so camouflaged that no one would recognize him. However, I think, however useful, no books or lectures or movies can do that would function a collaborator. In my experience, writing a thriller is like making an armored car. Every little time you have to leave y. .. shoot what you just invent subjecting them to the test of credibility. You can do it alone, but I think some company is appreciated. Many times you need someone to listen to the proposals, critique and provide some possible solutions. And do it in real time, replicating what you just proposed. That does not make a book. A movie does not "inspiring." McKee does not even. understand that all we usually have a reluctance to draw upon another writer (for pride, laziness, desire for control over history and, especially, I fear, for the money, which will be available for distribution) but, least in my case, it was a decision that I have never regretted it and wanted to share with you. course, there are intermediate solutions between writing alone and co-write with another person: someone who makes use of "wall" listening from time to time your story, find a professional story editor (I can give you some names, if you need) , assault to different friends to read the successive versions of your work and help you decide whether to retain or not the scene where the band takes the Moldovans enriched uranium ... That's my advice, based on my experience but ... everyone finds the formulas that work for you. I wish you all the luck in the world. And I'd like you to tell us how and when you left the jam. Because there's no doubt of these messes always get out. A greeting and thanks for your query. UPDATE (day 2, 17.30) In the original post I made the mistake of identifying "police" with "thriller" and that this was the term used by C. in the subject line of your mail, but not in the message. Without being an expert on categories and genres, I would say that in general, a police usually included within the thriller. Otherwise, however, is not true (many thrillers that do not qualify as law enforcement. "With the North by Northwest," "The Fugitive" and many others). The original response was more designed for this type of thrillers in which the standpoint of researchers is seeking to clarify a mystery. police in the genre, however, the view is almost always on the researcher, whatever their condition. What drives the story is the investigation and determines the final resolution (successful or not) the case. As I pointed my friend and excellent writer JM Ruiz Córdoba, in the case of this type of frames (type whodunit) the first thing I usually think the writer is who committed the crime and how. In the case of the famous Roald Dahl story, the housewife killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then offers to feed the police investigating the crime. Once you have this brilliant idea the rest of the work usually consists in covering the tracks, ie, by filling in the history of scapegoats, red herring and obstacles for the researcher to take 90 minutes to see what usually usually before their eyes.

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MULTIPLE VICTIMS PATIENT SAFETY COURSE IN THE AREA CRITICAL CARE COURSE OF BIOETHICS

On Monday November 8, will Start the " Patient Safety Course in the Critical Care Area " for nursing staff of the ICU of Hospital de Jerez, in the process of accreditation by the Commission on Continuing Education of the Andalusian Health Service and will last until the next November 17.

This course is part of activity by the working group of patient safety in the ICU in 2010. During

involving many professionals and D. Vicente Santana, Director of the Agency for Quality in Andalusia, who will discuss the organization and functionality of the Andalusian Observatory on Patient Safety. also involved Dr. Francisco Mateo , Head of General Surgery, which develop the theme of assessment tools reactive and proactive. Likewise, Ms. Rocío Gávida , Jerez Hospital Pharmaceutical will not explain the systems for recording and reporting of incidents. The members of the patient safety work in ICU are also involved reviewing various aspects of patient safety such as patient safety culture will be presented by D. Juan Manuel Ramos , who also presented the issue of safe use of medicines. The Dr. Rafael Bohollo exposed within the group of safe clinical practices, the checklist or checklist on health. Then María Gomez will present hand hygiene, the Dolores Dr Sandar give us a review of bacteremia zero, D. Joaquin Delgado address the issue of prevention of falls and Ms. Dolores Mendoza present protocol ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). To end on 17 November, Dr. Jose Arias will talk about how we research in patient safety and Ms. Ana Gómez review the protocol of isolation of patients in the ICU, as a matter of FMEA by the working group.

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Office: Thriller! Analysis

Starting today, I will try to write short analysis from the point of view of the indent of films in theaters. If possible, I will once a month. Clearly, this analysis will

full of spoilers

(would be nice to find a English word that free us from this anglicized, by the way), so those of you see the movie without knowing what happens at the end, you should avoid reading. A note about these posts : someone (in this case me) write about a movie and point out things that seem wrong or else do not mean that he was able to make things better. When we see a spectacular sports in the street and, despite everything, we say that we do not like the design too, do not expect us to sit down at a drawing board and designed a vehicle more aerodynamic. I'm not a great cook, but I can say that the lamb I've eaten today was too salty and somewhat dry to what I like to me. Based on my experience as a spectator, writer and reader, try to analyze some movies, always with the utmost respect for them and their authors. After all these warnings, we go with "Buried " Brief summary

"Buried", written by Chris Sparling and directed by Rodrigo Cortés, is Paul Conroy, American truck driver Iraq kidnapped and buried alive until his captors received a ransom. Small

structure analysis (

spoilers here

a sack, I notice again) .

triggered the action: Paul Conroy awakens in a coffin, he discovers that he is buried. First act

: Conroy is released from its bonds, becomes aware of his situation and objects that may have, find a mobile phone, make several calls, most useless, because encounters with all imaginable bureaucratic difficulties. first turning point (approximately 25 minutes. Yes, I checked my watch): first communication with the kidnappers. Requirement ransom: $ 5 million or killed.

Act II: Conroy

contact with the hostage negotiators Dan Brenner, who happens to be his partner and ally. " Brenner, however, says that the U.S. Government will never pay the kidnapping. Paul resists the pressure of the kidnapper, requiring him to record a video. He faces a snake coming into the coffin. The abductor claims to know about Paul's family. He fears will attack them and accessing the video recording. However, this is useless. In addition, Paul learns that his colleague was killed. Conroy's morale is at an all low. Using a series of loopholes, the company he worked for fired Paul and his family left with no option to collect your life insurance.
(Possible) second turning point:

A bombardment of the area where Paul is buried nearly killed him. The kidnapper left to answer the phone. Paul imagines that the bombing has killed his captor, now nobody can find you.

Act III: the kidnapper calls again: he has not died in the bombing. Brenner, kidnapping negotiator, urges Paul to endure, an Iraqi is working, we're driving to where he is buried. Unfortunately for Paul, the Iraqi has led the soldiers to another coffin, which lies another soldier. No hope left for Paul. note on the structure

to: I have not clear which is the second turning point of the film. I agree with the supposed death of the abductor, as it deprives the star of hope. However, occurs rather late in history and is a "hoax." Perhaps the bombing that worsens the situation of the protagonist or even the death of his co-worker (which undermines morale and makes him even more aware of the seriousness of threats from the kidnappers) are other options as a second turning point. (I could not watch the clock to check on what happened minutes all these facts).

Starring Paul Conroy

Antagonist: Iraqi kidnappers

protagonist Objective: Survive

, leaving his funeral

Allies: Dan

Brenner (manager kidnapping) and some other phone callers.

Obstacles, setbacks

uncooperative people to your snake, pumps "friends", technical difficulties with the phone ...

My analysis

The premise of "Buried" is original and forceful, and conflict is very clear and understandable. The film boasts a spectacular technical mastery and a great wit. However, I think few things could be improved "Buried." They are opinions of course and do not ask anyone to share. I go with them.

- The premise is the great advantage and ... the great problem of the film. Screenplay manuals (and logic) require that the protagonist of a story to be active, especially if this is a commercial screenplay. Locked in a box underground, the chances that the character be active are, of course, very restricted. However, I think they could have explored other ways:

- The main character just try to physically leave the coffin. Even at the time that the shelling tears it apart. I think it's an avenue that should be exploited more (to possibly close it after as unfeasible) and Paul had become a more active character. - Phone calls. Analysis on the activity that Paul does perform (talking on the phone) I think that the script also leaves many options to explore options that would make Paul someone more active and interesting:

- For example, negotiating the ransom is quickly parked. Once the negotiator Paul does see that the government will not pay the money, the issue barely mentioned again. Even when the hijacker makes a big discount on your order. Would not it be interesting to see Paul trying to push for money to be paid? Why not contact the media to pressure their government? Why does not attempt to raise money from friends, family or business? Why not try to deceive the hijacker, assuring that money is being raised, for example, to save time? - The character is limited only talking on the phone should not mean, as I believe happens in the movie, it becomes a victim permanently installed in the complaint and indignation. Unfortunately, the only personal initiative of Paul is to make a few calls for help. His only rebellion, to postpone their obedience to the orders of the kidnapper.

(Note: I think it's really hard to write something interesting about a victim, especially if it is for the duration of the story. A victim is a passive, in many cases, devoid of freedom. The executioner is often more interesting , since before he was usually have several options. I think that ideally, dramatically, is to describe the transition from victim to executioner or vice versa). - Which brings us to that, to me, is the main problem of "Buried" outcome. When the character is essentially passive (a victim in this case) any final (positive or negative) is very problematic. If the resolution is positive, Paul Conroy would be removed from its coffin by soldiers basically have found themselves (by locating the mobile signal or capturing an Iraqi involved in the abduction, for example). The only thing Paul would have done to their salvation in this case would survive and a couple of phone calls. That is, we would be facing something very much like a "Deus ex machina", which we know from Aristotle

, it is very unsatisfactory for the viewer. - Maybe fled this happy ending "little justification" the writer opted for the bitter end have already related, although the soldiers abroad seem to have found a good track, it fades as it appeared, but Paul has nothing to do with it. Our hero is in a worse situation than at first, more tired, with little hope on the phone or battery. Die. In my opinion, this is a final betrays the film genre and, therefore, the viewer. I'm not a big supporter of happy endings ... but personally I think that a script of this kind of thriller, usually consists in bringing the player to a situation of extreme danger and let it get out of it thanks to a logical solution but, the same time surprising to the viewer. The ability of the writer is usually expressed in the plant so as unobtrusive as possible, the tricks they use the hero to come out well in an extreme situation.

- In a way, it seems that he was locked up in despair and without peer no way out was the writer, who found no way out of the extreme assumption that he had created. His end is, in my opinion, a certain air of sleight of hand, what happens to a guy buried when no one lends a hand? Dies, we answered all. Yes, indeed, that's what happens. As predictable as that. Great ideas written and directed no longer hide the fact that we have a very absurd story: We've seen a guy get rid buried hopes of conceiving through the words of others. Shortly thereafter, these hopes vanished, thanks to remarks made by the same people. Yes, a guy buried under sand serious risk of dying. Suspected it before seeing the movie, we have something more clear now. Cortes made reference Hitchcock in a few interviews on "Buried." I think that would have been good to hear these words of English director.

Hitchcock begins by explaining his famous theory of suspense: he prefers to anticipate the danger (the bomb under the table) to load a sequence voltage to make it explode by surprise. However, what is the case here is what he says from minute 1:05 "

The only difference is that ... I made this mistake in the film" Sabotage "but not I returned to commit ... The pump should never be exploited. If you take the public to this situation (tension), they will be angry if then gave them no relief. So, someone with your foot touches the pump, looks down and sees her, jump out the window and then the bomb explodes. Just in time

" - One last thing, in this case the script, but a significant choice of director, is that the film, after such a devastating outcome, it concludes with a joyful country-style song (a genre that clearly evokes great outdoors) made by the director and musician in the film. acabaca When it is hear a few laughs from the musicians and humorous comments about the song they just play. This choice of music and, for me, I did disappointing end justified doubts about the honesty of "Buried." However, I still think this is a very risky and interesting movie and recommend it to anyone who, even after reading this text, I want to see that, please do not quit.