Breakdown

28 scenes · 10 story beats · 7 plot threads · 13 characters

Skyfall

Spy, Action, Adventure, Drama

Logline: After a hard-drive containing agent names is stolen by an ex-MI6 agent with a vendetta on M, Bond must face demons from his past and present to try and save M

Theme: Aging, Loyalty, and the cost of Betrayal

Medium: Feature film

Credits: Written by: Neal Purvis Robert Wade John Logan Based on characters by: Ian Fleming

Act I

1.I/E. istanbul - dayStory Beat: HookTheme: Symbolized
2.int. mallory's office - dayTheme: Explored
3.int. car - dayStory Beat: Inciting IncidentTheme: Symbolized
4.I/E. turkey
5.INT. m's apartment - NIGHTTheme: Stated
6.INT. underground bunker - morningTheme: Explored
7.int. MI6 - night
8.int. MI6 - DAYTheme: Challenged
9.int. art gallery - dayTheme: Explored

Act II

10.I/E. shanghaiStory Beat: Plot Point 1
11.int. M'S APARTMENT - night
12.int. macau resort - night
13.INT. high end casino - night
14.int. boat - night
15.int. MALLORY'S OFFICE - NIGHT
16.i/e. island - dayStory Beat: MidpointTheme: Explored
17.ext. courtyard - dayTheme: Challenged
18.int. mI6 - holding bay - dayTheme: Explored
19.int. mI6 - day

Act III

23.i/e. scotlandTheme: Symbolized
24.int. bond manor - evening
25.int. bond manor - nightStory Beat: Climax
26.EXT. bond manor - nightStory Beat: Climax
27.int. chapel - nightStory Beat: ClimaxTheme: Explored
28.i/e. londonStory Beat: ResolutionTheme: Explored

Plot threads

Hard Drive Macguffin
- The hard drives are lost
- There will be a political fallout due to the lost hard drives
- The hard drives are accessed
- Bond must extract intel of who Patrice sold the hard drives to
- The first 5 names are released
- The political fallout continues
- Silva is responsible
- Silva is in MI6 custody
Patrice
- Bond fights Patrice and loses
- Bond's mission is go find and kill Patrice
- Bond accidentally kills Patrice before he can find out his employer
M
- The attack is perpetrated by someone that knows M
- M receives another personal threat
- The culprit comes from the same place as Bond, the shadows
- Silva recounts how M betrayed him and why he wants revenge
- Silva storms M's board inquiry
Tracking Down Silva
- Bond finds Patrice's payment: a poker chip
- Bond finds another route to Patrice's employer
- Bond finds Patrice's employer
- Bond catches Silva
Chasing Silva
- M orders Silva's laptop to be accessed
- Silva's laptop hacks into MI6
- Silva escapes and attempts to assassinate M
- Silva arrives at Bond's manor to kill M
- Silva dies
M's Final Mission
- M tells James the truth about Silva
- M escapes with Bond to Scotland
- They arrive at Skyfall manor
- They repel the first wave of attackers
- M is wounded
- M dies
Bond
- Bond is a drunk
- Bond is unfit for service
- M lies to Bond about his fitness for duty
- Bond fails his first mission
- Bond learns M lied to him about his fitness

Characters

James Bond40 · White · Male · HeroBond is a 00 agent that has a license to kill. He completes his objectives and kills anyone that gets in his way.What does your character want?: Bonds goal is to defeat Silva and stop him from killing MHow will your character attempt to get it?: Coming back to service at MI6 and sparing her from multiple assassination attempts
M55 · White · Female · Mentor
Silva40 · Other · VillainSilva was an ex-00 agent, same as Bond, and was once M's most trusted agent until a failed suicide left him critically maimed and he was abandoned by MI6.What does your character want?: He wants to inflict damage on MI6 and kill M poetically.How will your character attempt to get it?: Blowing up MI6, shooting up an official court hearing, derailing a subway, and destroying Bond's family home.What does your character need?: To die as he has no place in this worldHow will your character realize it?: Just as he gets the unobstructed opportunity to kill M
Mallory50 · White · Male · Networker
Eve35 · Black · Female · Sidekick(Ally)
Q25 · White · Male · Sidekick(Ally)
Severine30 · Asian · Female · Femme Fatale
Tanner40 · White · Female

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