One of our listeners asked about writing sequences, so we breakdown the sequences of DIE HARD. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.

1-00 – ‘Listener Question‘ – Introducing the question from a listener.

3-15 – ‘Synopsis‘ – Breaking down the Sequences, or major story beats, of DIE HARD.

9-45 – ‘Acts‘ – Outlining the Act breakdown of DIE HARD.

13-00 – ‘Sequence‘ – Analysing the ‘McClane Takes The Gun’ Sequence, scene by scene.

19-50 – ‘Problems‘ – Discussing the problems inherent in consciously thinking about Sequences as you write.

30-20 – ‘Purpose‘ – Discussing the positives of having the know how and vocabulary to think about Sequences. We compare DIE HARD with two other key examples.

49-50 – ‘Practice‘ – Outlining the balance needed between Intuitive and Analytical writing.

57-20 – ‘Summary‘ – Summing up how we can use what we’ve discussed in our own writing.

ACT BREAKDOWN

ACT I – Hans Takes The Plaza

ACT II – The Police Get Involved

ACT III – The FBI Opens The Vault

ACT IV – Yippee Kay-Ay

SEQUENCE BREAKDOWN

1 – Hans Takes The Plaza

2 – McClane Takes The Gun

3 – The Police Get Involved

4 – Gruber vs The Police

5 – Ellis

6 – Hans Tricks Mclane

7 – Gruber Gets The Detonators

8 – The FBI Opens The Vault

9 – Gruber Kidnaps Holly

10 – Gruber Blows The Roof

11 – Climax – Yipee Kay-Ay

McCLANE TAKES THE GUN – SEQUENCE BREAKDOWN

1 – Finds an empty floor

2 – Hans gets Takagi

3 – McClane gets trapped

4 – Gruber kills Takagi

5 – Gruber has a plan

6 – McClane pulls a fire alarm

7 – McClane kills a terrorist

8 – Theo cracks the code

9 – McClane takes the gun