a so-called-guide by Yash Kandukuri
Disclaimer: I am narrating my observations in the form of a story. I will be using names of people just so that my story progresses. Everything is original and resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.
As Oliver Silver sat down to write a screenplay, he realized that he couldn't type a word. It was as if the part of his brain that produced ideas had a power breakdown. Suddenly, an 'idea' struck him. Not an idea for a story but for something else. He decided to take some 'inspiration'. He realized that he could analyze existing films and maybe, that could give him ideas. According to him a successful movie is the movie that receives a thumbs up from the audience. However, he also wanted his movie to make money at the box office. He proceeded to check if there is a pattern that would help him write the script for a movie that is going to receive good ratings and be successful.
At first, Oliver decided to check whether the promotions of a film affect its success rate. So, he gathered a list of movies and plotted them in the form of a scatterplot. The movies that were successful were reprsented in blue while the movies that were unsuccessful were represented in red. He noticed that though there were successful films without promotion, all the successful films were highly promoted. Since he could not make any further inferences, he decided to dive deep.
Oliver later proceeded to check whether the runtime would affect the ratings of a film. He gathered a list of movies that had at least 1000 votes from viewers. He found out that movies with ratings of 8 and above had more than 80 minutes runtime. If every page in a screenplay is a minute, he had to write a screenplay of at least 80 pages. He decided to write a screenplay of 150 pages just to be on the safe side. He then decided to check out only the movies that had ratings of 8 and above so that he can draw a conclusion.
Oliver gathered all the movies with a rating of 8 and more. In the plot, he realized that all the movies that were adapted from novels were in blue while the movies that were not adapted from novels were represented in gray. He decided that he would write a screenplay that is adapted from a novel. He was relieved. He doesn't have to look for ideas anymore. But, he still wanted to make few more observations. So, he tweaked the existing graph a litte.
Oliver wanted to check which generation of movies were more popular among the viewers so that he could adapt a novel belonging to that particular. Most of the movies with ratings 8 and above belonged to the period 1990 - 2000. Oliver, however, had his reservations. He didn't want his movies to end up in losses. So, he decied to make one last observation. The observation that could answer all his questions.
Oliver wanted to check which generation of movies were more popular among the viewers so that he could adapt a novel belonging to that particular. Most of the movies with ratings 8 and above belonged to the period 1990 - 2000. Oliver, however, had his reservations. He didn't want his movies to end up in losses. So, he decied to make one last observation. The observation that could answer all his questions.
Oliver wanted to check which generation of movies were more popular among the viewers so that he could adapt a novel belonging to that particular. Most of the movies with ratings 8 and above belonged to the period 1990 - 2000. Oliver, however, had his reservations. He didn't want his movies to end up in losses. So, he decied to make one last observation. The observation that could answer all his questions.
Oliver wanted to check which generation of movies were more popular among the viewers so that he could adapt a novel belonging to that particular. Most of the movies with ratings 8 and above belonged to the period 1990 - 2000. Oliver, however, had his reservations. He didn't want his movies to end up in losses. So, he decied to make one last observation. The observation that could answer all his questions.
Oliver wanted to check which generation of movies were more popular among the viewers so that he could adapt a novel belonging to that particular. Most of the movies with ratings 8 and above belonged to the period 1990 - 2000. Oliver, however, had his reservations. He didn't want his movies to end up in losses. So, he decied to make one last observation. The observation that could answer all his questions.