The Ritual of the Unseen
During the Rogues' Phase, when passing the dice, make a demand that begins with "Hide from us . . ."
When answering such a demand, show us what occurs before and show us the aftermath, but place the actual events out of our sight.
Example: "Hide from us how you remove the dragon boats from the harbor."
Glum: "A frantic old man scurries into the tavern, wringing his hands and muttering fitfully about the arrival of the dragon boats. Manyara sighs, orders two ales, finishes one in a mighty quaff, and sits the shaking man down with the other before leaving the tavern. For a while, the other tavern-goers paused in their conversations and strained to hear what the old man was whispering into his mug. But soon the chatter was resumed. That is, until Manyara, drenched and dragging six stone anchors behind her, returned to sit with the old man."
Inspired by a specific moment in Mad Max: Fury Road, but applicable to many great scenes in genre films over the years.
I love it
ReplyDeleteCap Winter Soldier: Hide from us how you get the Falcon Exo-suit...
ReplyDeleteWording on the instruction feels a bit off. I get what you mean but not the exact details of.
I'm totally into this.
ReplyDeleteWhat it actually makes me think of is how action scenes work in good comic books. If you have a fight scene, the last thing you want to show is a punch connecting. You want to show the lead up and the followthrough but showing the actual blow sucks all the energy out of a frame.
good!
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