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by tossaway1
3407 days ago
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Can you describe what a polar change in values would be on a small scale (moment/beat)? I can kind of understand at the scene level but even then I don't feel like most stories have many scenes with polar changes. I must not be interpreting this correctly... |
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Nighttime. Boromir wanders up to a painting on the wall, depicting Isildur cutting the Ring from Sauron's finger and his sword breaking. He looks in awe at it,
(Peaceful)
then suddenly turns as he hears a faint noise.
(Changes from peaceful to alarm)
He sees Aragorn reading and looks at him quizzically.
(Changes from alarm to puzzled. B though he was the only human in with the elves. )
BOROMIR: You are no elf
(B politely tries to get information)
ARAGORN: Men of the South are welcome here
(A politely replies with absolutely no information about himself)
BOROMIR: (nods) Who are you ?
(Changes to directly asking)
ARAGORN: I'm a friend of Gandalf the Grey.
(A still doesn't say who he is. Says he a good guy though)
BOROMIR: (nods) Then we are here on a common purpose.
(Says he's also a good guy. Plays a status move to establish his leadership. )
B: (he pauses) friend.
(Offers friendship)
Aragorn just looks back at him.
(Denied)
Boromir turns, a little confused. He notices a statue of a lady holding an elven shield with broken sword pieces on it....
(Attention shifts off Aragorn)
Boromir: The shards of Narsil (he picks up the hilt part of the broken sword) The blade that cut the Ring from Sauron's hand...
(B opened the scene by looking at memories of old ledgends. Legends just changed to reality. )
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So behind what looks like a polite conversation between strangers, beat by beat what the character expects to happen as a result of his actions does not happen. We've established that Boromir's confidence is only skin deep, that the legends are real, and that Aragorn is a heck of a mysterious dude. In about 30 seconds, this will reverse and the audience will finally know who Aragorn is and why he is that way....
https://youtu.be/B1uGDjSVLOk