![]() The video blog premise gives the film a narrator that can fill viewers in. That’s why filmmakers often resort to heavy-handed flashbacks or cringe-worthy dialogue. Most films don’t have a narrator that can tell viewers what they need to know to get the story going. Beyond novelty, the video blog format really matters here. Horrible and introduce conflict as quickly as possible. So it’s essential to get viewers invested in Dr. When the villain’s video-blog premise gets old, this will just be a guy talking to the camera – not particularly exciting as films go. Conveying Important Information Earlyĭuring the opening scene, viewers are kept entertained with high novelty, but novelty fades fast. For the purpose of having a life, I’ve decided not to cover all the jokes, but suffice to say it’s hilarious. If you’re watching along, you’ve heard the numerous jokes. Of course, the premise isn’t the only novel thing happening in the opening. For stories that have a high-novelty premise like this, focusing on the novel elements is a great way to suck in the audience immediately. Then in typical video blog style, he describes how he’s developing the laugh and how important a laugh is to a villain. Horrible, played by Neil Patrick Harris, laughs evilly at the camera and his followers. So by the time Act I opens, viewers have been promised a villain’s video blog, and the film immediately fulfills that promise. In this case, the camp also allows the film to have a small budget. That means stories are being played straight when they’d be better off with camp. I wish this was too obvious to be worth mentioning, but these days every studio is trying to produce the next grimdark hit. Accordingly, the tone of the film is campy. This way, viewers won’t spend the film’s opening sequence puzzling it out.Ī villain’s musical video blog will inevitably feel silly. Putting that whole premise in the title advertises this and sets expectations regarding the unusual format. That means the premise has a lot of novelty and, therefore, entertainment value. The video blog part was inspired by Felicia Day’s The Guild, but productions of this type with big-name actors are still exceedingly rare. Also, this video blog happens to be a musical. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is that a classic villain is video blogging. To start, watch up until the first musical number begins. We’ll spend extra time on the latter in particular, since it’s something that many writers are interested in.Ĭonsider watching as we go the first act is less than 15 minutes long. This is a strong story with two particularly interesting features: video blogging scenes and a protagonist with the trappings of a villain. Given that, let’s take a storyteller’s look at the first act of Dr. Dissecting stories can help us recognize concepts in practice and apply lessons to our own stories. That means if you’re still getting a feel for abstract concepts like tension or karma, you now have an excuse to watch your favorite movie and call it homework. The principles we discuss at Mythcreants are actively at work in countless popular stories. ![]() This is part 1 in the series: A Breakdown of Dr. ![]()
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