Friday 8 February 2013

Omega and the science of twists


Omega and the science of twists:


 Many movies today have an overdose of twists. The discerning viewer gets the feeling that it is the twists that are thought of first, fixed first, before the story! The more number of twists, the more appealing the narration would be - seems to be what many movie makers think, I feel. If you watch these twists a little carefully/analytically, you can see that their main intent is to OUTSMART you! Like I have mentioned in my previous blog - "ayye, pattichee" ("see, I have fooled you!!") - seems to be the movie maker's statement.


  Some of the good movie reviews have addressed the overdose of twists satirically - like how one writes, for instance, "you must take a notepad with you to keep track of every twist, so that you can check them towards the end to understand the sense of it all, if it has any at first place!"

 Omega.exe team, though not very experienced in movie-making, has spent time to understand the science of twists. We believe that story/content comes first, and then there's space for twists and turns to make the narration interesting. Such twists and turns must never confuse its viewers, and must appear very plausible. Spectators' intelligence must not be insulted or abused, is the underlying principle.

  At the same time, if you are a brilliant observer who can connect the dots because you have trained your mind for it, there is nothing wrong if these twists and turns do not surprise you! As per my belief, if the movie's punch/suspence cannot be guessed by even the most brilliant/trained mind, there's something terribly wrong in its narration - there's a high probability that you have HIDDEN the required clues/facts from the audience! Just like there cannot be a (sensible) puzzle that's NOT solvable by anyone in the world, there cannot be a (sensible) twist or a turn that's NOT guessable by anyone from its audience!

 Omega has a few twists and turns in its narration. They definitely respect the science of script-writing; they definitely respect its viewers.

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