Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Teen cliché plot #2

Leading Lady: girl working simple/menial job; comfortable, finished with school, in a big city, but a bit lost as to directions in life

Leading Man: an actor, handsome, fresh out of drama school and on his first big project, a primetime family-friendly adventure show

Conflict: bodyswap! gender confusion due to body swap - potential for shenanigans to abound. Leading Lady falls in love with Leading Man’s best friend!

Basic arc: in the beginning, adjusting to each other’s bodies and working up a compromise to make sure they don’t ruin each other’s lives; Leading Man in Lady’s body just has to keep up with work and friends; Leading Lady in Man’s body is at the end of shooting and just has to finish some stunt scenes and then head home. In the middle, Leading Man confesses to Leading Lady’s best friend and she helps him maintain the charade. Leading Lady, so far from Leading Man’s home, feigns partial amnesia due to a stunt gone wrong. In the end, bodies and souls are restored, revelations are had, and romance blooms.

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