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The Incident versus The Call

There are the followers of Syd Field who speak of “Inciting Incident”.

Then there are the believers in mythology who speak the language of Joseph Campbell and prefer “Call to Adventure”.

To make matters worse, others speak of “Opportunity” or “Disturbance”, “Catalyst” etc.

The Hangover Script

“A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.”

Tales from the Script: Advice for New Screenwriters

Lengthy sneak peek from the “Tales from the Script” DVD. Looks worth getting.

Elements of Suspense

“Let us assume that there is a bomb under this table between us. […] suddenly there is a loud boom and the bomb goes off. The audience is surprised, but before this surprise they have only seen a very ordinary scene without any significance.

“Let us instead look at a suspense scene. The bomb is under the table and the audience is aware of this because they have seen the anarchist plant it there. They also know that the bomb will go off at one o’clock, and up on the wall is a clock showing that the time is now quarter to one […]. In the first scene we have given the audience 15 seconds of surprise […] but in the last scene we have given them fifteen minutes of suspense.”

Setups And Payoffs

“as Thelma is packing, she throws in her gun on a whim, even though she has never used it and is afraid of it. When we see that, it propels us into the future. We know that gun is going to be used and wait for it to happen. If it doesn’t, we’ll feel cheated.”

And some setups from The Sixth Sense. Another article.