I’m always telling participants on the Copycourse that change is the key making a piece of writing interesting. Yet this cute little film keeps doing the opposite; It’s a story about keeping the bear in the same place.
So how come it’s so entertaining?
Well, for one the expectation for anyone who stands in a queue is to move forward. So the film turns our expectation of moving forward in a queue upside down. It plays with how we see the world.
And it keeps doing it in different ways.
All the while it’s saying something deeper about trying to get ahead: that it comes at the price of frustration.
As William Goldman said about screenwriting, give the audience what they expect, not in a way but not in the way that they expect it.
No wonder it got four thousand likes and counting.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28r9_sinead-nothing-compares-2u-live_music
Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2U
Ever wondered why the lyric is nothing compares to you rather than no one compares to you? That’s the genius of this lyric, because it adds that touch of craziness that defines great poetic thought. And the structure is identical to Martin Luther King’s ’63 speech and Winston Churchill’s Finest Hour speech. 114 million hits can’t be wrong. Looking at the structure in terms of beats. It’s been seven hours and fifteen days
Since u took your love away (Facts) I go out every night and sleep all day
Since u took your love away (Develop the pain, problem or situation)
Since u been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant But nothing
I said nothing can take away these blues (Claim USP or deal -Nothing brings you the same level of blues)
`Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares 2 u (Depressing principle, opposite of inspiring principle) Repeat the same format then leave on I know that living with u baby was sometimes hard
But I’m willing to give it another try (Call to action)