Passengers, Rearranged
What it is
Nerdwriter1 shows how rearranging the scenes of the film Passengers, so the audience shares the female lead's confusion, would change the movie. It draws on discussion of the original script.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it to illustrate how simply reordering scenes can transform a story.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“Just a minor change in order of the same scenes completely changed a movie.”
Shows how reordering scenes changes a movie
aequitas, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Pixar's Rules of Storytelling (2013)”
“NerdWriter on youtube has a good video on how the change would look”
Shows how the rearranged Passengers would play
rtkwe, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in ““The Martian” + Starship”
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Topics: passengers, screenwriting, story structure, film analysis, nerdwriter
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