Sunday, 15 January 2012

heres the part you didnt pay to see

MacGuffin is a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction. The defining aspect of a MacGuffin is that the major players in the story are (at least initially) willing to do and sacrifice almost anything to obtain it, regardless of what the Macguffin actually is. The specific nature of the MacGuffin nay be ambiguous, undefined, generic, left open to interpretation or otherwise completely unimportant to the plot. common example are money, victory, glory, survival, a source of power etc. The MacGuffin is common in films, especially thrillers. Commonly, though not always, the MacGuffin is the central focus of the film in the first act, and then declines in importance of characters play out. It may come back into play at the climax of the story, but sometimes the MacGuffin is actually forgotten by the end of the story. Multiple MacGuffins are sometimes—somewhat derisively—referred to as plot coupons. It may come back into play at the climax of the story. In TV interviews Hitchcock defined a MacGuffin as the object around which the plot resolves. Hitchcock said thrillers allow the audience to put their toe in cold water of fear to see what it's like.

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