Ron Roat's notes about Movies Movies Notes from Ron Roat's lectures The patterns All American motion pictures follow a pattern, just like they do in other countries. Each culture has philosophies and values that create that pattern, and movie makers expect you to know that pattern when you enter the movie theater.
Success depends upon that.
To put this differently, you bring something to the theater with you, and that something is important to the success. The motion picture begins with a desire from an individual, or a small group of people. This desire is fairly evident. A woman wants happiness, a man wants a job, a child wants attention, and so on. This desire is evident within, say, the first 15 minutes or so.