The plot . We must see an actual plot hopefully with subtext and subtext characters who flesh out the story. The plot is the arrangement of the incidents of the screenplay story. As we have seen, some recent filmmakers have come up with smile-inducing plot arrangements and twists. There are traps along the way in the effort to be clever, the foremost being the risk of contrivance.
Few things turn audiences off more quickly.
There is also the risk of complicating the story to the point where the audience is lost. A solid, gripping resolution and climax . There is far more to the screenplay that may not come through in a synopsis. However, if the items in the above hit list are not seen in the one-page synopsis, then it would be best to take a pass and go on to another synopsis or to another writer altogether. The commitment to engage production affects many lives and in many cases, money that was hard earned.