The Hidden Objective of Characters

The hidden objectives of characters can bring about sudden changes to the narrative.

Blocking of Characters:
E.g, ideas man wants finance for his great idea - money men just want to steal his idea - money man doesn't offer ideas man seat as he's about to rip him off by stealing this great idea.

A reversal of status comes about through this conflict - the ideas man goes from hi to low status, as his idea (which gives him his status) is taken from him.

The conflict comes through the characters different objectives:
Ideas man wants the money
Money men want to steal his idea and keep the money

* Phone technique - have to be in the opposite mood for the news for dramatic effect 'so happy to hear from, lifes great!' - 'Your mothers dead, she was run over by a steam roller'. Hi to low.

Sub Text

Is what's going on behind words and actions in a scene.
Teacher quote: 'If scene is about what scene is about, you're in trouble'.

“Text means the sensory surface of a work of art. In film it’s the images onscreen and the soundtrack of dialogue, music, and sound effects. What we see. What we hear. What people say. What people do. Subtext is the life under that surface – thoughts and feelings both known and unknown, hidden by behavior.”

Robert Mckee - Levels of Subtext
1. Intellectual: beneath statements made
2. Emotional
3. Physical: can reinforce the tone / can counterpoint it
- Often linked to pathetic fallacy. E,g, horror: at night, floor boards creek.
- Counter point. E,g , rain on a wedding day can make us doubt the marriage
4. Thematic: Apropo of controlling idea