Chekhov gun
Saturday 28 January 2023

if you show a gun in the first act, it should be used in the third act

This principle goes beyond just guns or tools, but also information. if there is a piece of information a character knows and it can hurt another character. it can act just like the gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

Examples

the mitchells vs. the machines

the father has a philips screwdriver in his pocket at all times. at the end of the movie he need it to open the pod he was trapped in.

writing fiction

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