PICKPOCKET- Directed by Robert Bresson"My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water." - Robert Bresson-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The dramatic action of a story must be forward moving. [Someone] is going along in [their] life. Something happens to [them], either by [thier] own doing or otherwise.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whatever happens to [them] must be big enough to alter [their] normal routine in a compelling way. Getting a flat tire on the way to work isn't enough. [They] can fix the flat and be on [their] way. It's an inconvenience, but an easily solvable one.
As a result of the big thing that happens he or she is thrown off the course of [their] normal life and must confront several unexpected problems that he or she must conquer to serious ramifications. On the way to work a young woman gets a flat tire.
Because she doesn't know how to fit it, she hails a stranger. The stranger agrees to drive her to the nearest gas station to get help. But instead of doing that he kidnaps her.
A story has begun. But maybe it's not her story. Maybe it's her fiance's story. He must find her. That's the story.
The dramatic action of the story then is what the character does to resolve the problem he or she has suddenly been faced with.
