Monday, October 5, 2009

Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet for Pineapple Express


1. Opening Image: Military is testing pineapple express. One guy says they should tell the public about it.

2. Theme Stated: Main character wants to have fun all the time.

3. Set-Up: The main character goes to his drug dealer and his girlfriend’s school. Viewer meets both the drug dealer and girlfriend.

4. Catalyst: Main character witnesses a murder committed by his drug dealer’s drug lord.

5. Debate: Should the main character and his drug dealer run or not?

6. Break Into Two: The drug lord sends bad guys after the main character.

7. Main character and his girlfriend begin to have relationship problems.

8. Fun and Games: The main character and his drug dealer hide in the woods and hide from the drug lord’s minions, all while goofing off.

9. Midpoint: The dirty cop is after the two guys and they are forced to sell drugs in order to get money to get out of town.

10. Bad Guys Close In: The drug dealer’s drug dealer, Red sells them out to the thugs and they are almost caught.

11. All is Lost: They have a fight and go their separate ways. The drug dealer is caught by the bad guys.

12. Dark Night of the Soul: Main character talks to his girlfriend, and breaks up with her, he gets depressed.

13. Break Into Three: The main character decides to get Red’s help and go save Saul (his drug dealer).

14. Finale: Saul is held at the military compound showed at the start of the movie. He is rescued in a very long fight scene.

15. Final Image: Red, Saul, and main character are sitting in a café eating as friends. All of them have pineapple express

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