Set Pieces, Part 5: Entertainment

A series this week on set pieces: A scene or set of scenes with a big idea, feel and/or scope to them, oftentimes associated with major plot points, and always about entertainment.

Part 5: Entertainment

Spin the plot. Emotional meaning. Stakes. Complications, Roadblocks and Reversals. All things you need to consider when brainstorming and crafting set pieces. But set pieces are best served when they are entertaining. Then you have trailer moments like this:

And this:

And this:

Takeaway: Never forget the entertainment value of set pieces.

For Part 1: Spin the plot, go here.

For Part 2: Emotional Meaning, go here.

For Part 3: Stakes, go here.

For Part 4: Complications, Roadblocks and Reversals, go here.

Why not head to comments and post your favorite set pieces? And while you’re at it, what have you learned this week about set pieces?