Storylines
In Review
This
site looks at popular storylines, covered in our various feature pages linked to the blog posts
below.
Blog Posts
Feature
Page Links
About Us:
We are not a business but a study site, looking at popular storylines as a basis for critical
viewing [more here].
Below are our main feature
pages online so far.
Most Recent Blog Posts:
Decision-time is approaching as to whether there should be another film in the ‘Before’ series, cinema’s longest-running scripted-conversation drama. And if there is to be another, what will the story setup and setting be? [more]
'Something lost ...
and waiting for you. Go!'
-On the Expeditionary Storyline #1 [more]
Dunkirk x 3
A new film about the May 1940 evacuation combines three storylines - the ‘castaways’ storyline, the ‘fateful flight’ storyline, and the ‘decisive’ battle storyline. [more]
The
'Submarine Mission' Storyline:
Introductory page
A-Z Titles Page
Standard Scenes page
10 Titles For Further Study
The 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline:
Introductory page
Setting The Scene In The Bleak Midwinter’ feature page
The 'Outpost Command Crisis' Storyline
Introductory page
InterTitle Historical Review Part 1
The Expeditionary Storyline
Introductory page
Titles A-Z Page
Older Posts
The Subject Of Subs
There are dozens of storylines in existence (I already have notes on over 50) but I decided to do the The ‘Submarine Mission’ storyline first up. Now you might think this is because I have some special interest in the subject of subs, but... [more]
Cold War On Ice
-On Ice Station Zebra as the epitome of the ‘submarine mission’ genre [more]
"Dive Dive Dive"
-Delving Into The Depths Of The ‘Submarine Mission’ Film [more]
Autumn Break
I'm all submarined out at present.... As they used to say on Monty Python, time now for something completely different... something seasonal. [more]
'Tis The Season To Be Thanksgiving
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #2 (of 12 blog posts covering the 12 days of 'Xmas crisis' story setups) [more]
The Coming Of The Snow
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #3 [more]
Xmas, That's A Wrap
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #4 [more]
The Quiet Christmas Crisis
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #5 [more]
The Xmas Holidays Filmfest, 1946-2016
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #6 [more]
The Xmas Blues, Or The Bah-Humbug Effect
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #7 [more]
The Midwinter Walkabout
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #8 [more]
O Come All Ye Fearful - The Xmas Ghost Story Tradition
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #9 [more]
'Dead Time' - The Dead Of Winter
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #10 [more]
New Year's Eve, That's A Date
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #11 [more]
Twelfth (& Final) Night
On the 'Midwinter Crisis' Storyline, #12 [more]
Blue Sky Viewing
-While some like the idea of 'blue sky thinking', at this grey time of year I prefer 'blue sky viewing.'
(Lead-in to the 'Outpost Command Crisis' Storyline) [more]
“Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.”
- Jean-Luc Godard
Storyline Features - Popular Storytelling Formats In Review 2016