Unfortunately I was not in class when students attached Gulino’s 8 sequence model to a film in groups as I was working on a short film set. I was send a group from class’s drawings and to my delight they had chosen Back to the Future so even though the drawings are confusing and don’t make a lot of sense, I can see what the group meant.

Their first image has Marty, a highschool boy with a girlfriend. They have also added Doc Brown with the delorean. They have set up the who by introducing the protagonist and his fam/friends. There has also been a curiosity/raised questions in introducing Doc as a scientist who is working on a Time Machine! The point of attack is the Libyans on the page as they trigger Marty’s next move.

Sequence 2 shows Marty driving away from the Libyans but is taken back in time to 1955. Marty’s response to this problem has caused an even bigger problem, we have now set up the main tension & the dramatic question of ‘How will Marty get back to 1985?’

Sequence 3 they have drawn Marty driving the car now back in 1955. I would have probably put him stranded in the desert at sequence 3 if I had done this assignment because Marty has expectations that his problem will be solved quickly if he gets the car started again however he does not as it is out of power.

Sequence 4 they had what I would put for sequence 3… Marty at the car realising it has no plutonium. For this part I probably would have put the ‘midpoint culmination’ of finding 1955 Doc and getting his help.

Sequence 5 my group split the page in half, with one side showing Marty and Doc planning, and the other showing the subplot of Marty’s parents not meeting, and Biff trying to win over Lorraine.

Sequence 6 they drew Doc and Marty working towards a solution of the main tension as they plan to utilise the lightning bolt that strikes the clock tower to send Marty back.

Sequence 7 is the finale or the actual solution in action of utilising the electric bolt. It also contained other complications that were dangling causes such as if Marty didn’t succeed, he would be erased from existence which we see almost happen at the school dance.

The final sequence is the resolution of the film, Marty is successfully sent back home, and his parents in 1955 end up falling in love, which saves Marty.

Overall, I am happy with this order, although it feels very subjective as in there is no incorrect way of ordering the events.

Back to the Future. (1985). Bob Gale (wr.), Robert Zemeckis (dir.), USA: Ambling Entertainment, Universal Pictures