Talk:Premise (film)

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This article might be renamed Concept. The concept of the 6th Sense is a little boy sees dead people.

I was told about premise by a screenwriter. He told me about a three part premise (sometimes called a promise) with three parts character/action/resolution or something like that. The premise of Romeo and Juliette could be Love/conquers/all deep at the heart, but I'm no expert, perhaps someone else knows where to look, so we could bring it all together here.

[edit] NPOV and source tags

I added these two tags, because (a) the article is completely unsourced, and (b) while the content of the article doesn't seem to have a POV problem, the way it's written does - in particular, it seems to be specifically praising and criticising the premises of certain films, either overtly (e.g. the Full Monty one), or covertly (the White Chicks reference). While I'm not saying that the judgement was wrong in either case, it doesn't belong in the article unless you can reference somebody (preferably someone significant in the movie world, like a producer or a critic) presenting those opinions. Confusing Manifestation 04:34, 20 July 2007 (UTC)