Perhaps the most clearly formulaic plots characterize the romantic comedy genre ; in a book or film labeled as such, viewers already know its most basic central plot, including to some extent the ending.

The game session ( or " adventure ") can be metaphorically described as a play, in which the players are the lead actors, and the GM provides the stage, the scenery, the basic plot on which the improvisational script is built, as well as all the bit parts and supporting characters.

The basic plot created many other Gothic staples, including a threatening mystery and an ancestral curse, as well as countless trappings such as hidden passages and oft-fainting heroines.

To this basic plot ( which comes from the Yahwist ) the Priestly source has added a series of covenants dividing history into stages, each with its own distinctive " sign ".

The lawsuit claims that Blakeman's copyrighted screenplay had the same basic plot as Swing Vote.

The pilot featured plot changes and some minor visual touches, but retained the same basic storyline.

The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters, usually a man and a woman, meet, part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately reunite.

The story follows the basic Biblical plot.

Although no formal script had been completed or leaked, Leone came up with the opening scene and basic plot.

He tended to sketch out only a basic plot for the film, referring to the screenplay as a " blueprint " for action.

Kenneth Von Gunden's 1990 novel Starspawn takes the same basic premise into a Medieval setting: England in the time of the Third Crusade is secretly invaded by parasites from space who attach themselves to knights and gain control of castles, and whose plot is eventually foiled by a wise and dedicated monk.

The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.

Little of the original plot exists, with only a few basic elements remaining ; notably the underground army base near the end of the movie, and some of the characters names.

In a foreword to a subsequent edition of No Bed for Bacon ( which traded on the association by declaring itself " A Story of Shakespeare and Lady Viola in Love ") Ned Sherrin, Private Eye insider and former writing partner of Brahms ', confirmed that he had lent a copy of the novel to Stoppard after he joined the writing team, but that the basic plot of the film had been independently developed by Marc Norman, who was unaware of the earlier work.

Her story is called " Ice ," and while she retains some of the main elements of the original fairy tale, such as the basic plot and the proximity of their houses and the window-box gardens, she does not mention the grandmother or much of the back story.

Some critics thought the basic plot of " Sanctuary ," and some of the descriptions and dialogue, were virtually identical to her work.

While the basic plot of the live-action adaptation of The Cat in the Hat rotates around that of the book, the film filled out its 82 minutes by adding new subplots and characters quite different from those of the original story, similar to How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

He fabricated the author ( Frederick R. Ewing ) of this imaginary novel, concocted a title ( I, Libertine ), and outlined a basic plot for his listeners to use on skeptical or confused bookstore clerks.

The Ass () is probably a summarized version of a story by Lucian and contains largely the same basic plot elements as The Golden Ass ( or Metamorphoses ) of Apuleius, but with fewer digressions and a different ending.

In June 1977, a Newsweek preview of the fall season written by Harry F. Waters panned the show while mischaracterizing some of its basic plot elements and offering exaggerated reports of its sexual content.

The basic plot remained essentially the same for more than 150 years.

The basic plot of the subsequent episodes involves Satan taking on the guise of a leading world figure in order to meet influential people, such as Queen Elizabeth II, whom he tries to convince to lead more of mankind to Heaven by encouraging them to change their ways.

The basic plot of an episode generally involved Satan trying to find out more about Edith's death, while Edith interviewed members of the damned about Satan's past.

Ken Russell's 1971 film version of the show, starring Twiggy and Christopher Gable, was an alternative interpretation, weaving the basic plot into a more complicated story in which a seaside dramatic company, performing the show, is visited by a film producer ( Vladek Sheybal ) on the very night that the leading lady ( Glenda Jackson ) has to be replaced by her shy understudy Polly Browne ( Twiggy ).

Both came into widespread use by psychiatry, but there were grave concerns and much opposition on grounds of basic morality, harmful effects, or misuse.

This crisis, insofar as it pertains to academia, concerns both the motivations and justification procedures for making research claims: unstated givens or values that have validated the basic efforts of academic research since the late 18th century might no longer be valid ( particularly, in Social Science & Humanities research, though examples from Mathematics are given by Lyotard as well ).

" Another basic problem — famously spoofed in the 1952 film Singin ' in the Rain — was that some silent-era actors simply did not have attractive voices ; though this issue was frequently overstated, there were related concerns about general vocal quality and the casting of performers for their dramatic skills in roles also requiring singing talent beyond their own.

At one time fatback was Italy's basic cooking fat, especially in regions where olive trees are sparse or absent, but health concerns have reduced its popularity.

The main problem with COW at the kernel level is the complexity it adds, but the concerns are similar to those raised by more basic virtual-memory concerns such as swapping pages to disk ; when the kernel writes to pages, it must copy any such pages marked copy-on-write.

He argues for this position with what he calls his " basic argument ", which aims to show that no-one is ever ultimately morally responsible for their actions, and hence that no one has free will in the sense that usually concerns us.

Fraser worked from Habermas ' basic theory because she saw it to be " an indispensable resource " but questioned the actual structure and attempted to address her concerns.

He argues for this position with what he calls his " basic argument ," which aims to show that no-one is ever ultimately morally responsible for their actions, and hence that no one has free will in the sense that usually concerns us.

A basic understanding of information technology security concerns is often part of a web developer's knowledge.

Numerous concerns exist surrounding insufficient attempts to ground TPM in biblical concepts ; inadequate and often flawed explanations of basic psychological processes ; dubious claims about the prevalence of DID, SRA, and demonic activity ; estimates of traumatic abuse that exceed empirical findings ; and the failure to sufficiently appreciate the possibility of iatrogenic memory contamination.

Numerous concerns exist surrounding insufficient attempts to ground TPM in biblical concepts ; inadequate and often flawed explanations of basic psychological processes ; dubious claims about the prevalence of DID, SRA, and demonic activity ; estimates of traumatic abuse that exceed empirical findings ; and the failure to sufficiently appreciate the possibility of iatrogenic memory contamination ".

During 1913 a number of senior officers such as Lord French and Henry Hughes Wilson had expressed their concerns to the government that the British Army would find it difficult to act against the Ulster Volunteers, given that they shared the same basic aim of preserving and defending the British Empire and believed Home Rule would threaten it.

Coming out of Grant's concerns with the changing " stock " of American immigration of the early 20th century ( characterized by increased numbers of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, as opposed to Western and Northern Europe ), Passing of the Great Race was a " racial " interpretation of contemporary anthropology and history, stating race as the basic motor of civilization.

While the director of a Mabou Mines work is responsible for its concept and its basic structure, the ultimate production reflects the concerns and the artistic input of all its collaborators.

One of his main concerns throughout his work is providing a liberal framework for the just treatment of minority groups, which he divides into two basic categories: polyethnic or immigrant groups, and national minorities ( such as the Canadian Québécois, or the Māori of New Zealand ).

These services range from basic student services like faxing and mailing duties ; to the executive council members of SAC dealing with academic appeals, clubs and associations duties, college-wide changes, leadership and other concerns.

The question of real, lasting world peace concerns human beings, so basic human feelings are also at its roots.

However, these models are generally available to cost-conscious private customers whose primary concerns were price, fuel economy and basic low-cost transportation.

One of the most basic loci of disagreement concerns what exactly it is that the term ‘ African ’ qualifies: the content of the philosophy or the identities of the philosophers.

There are some possible concerns of inhalation exposure and basic safety precautions should be taken.

Neo-Malthusianism generally refers to people with the same basic concerns as Malthus, who advocate for population control programs, to ensure resources for current and future populations.

However, via PSIP, WVCY continues to map to Channel 30, without any subchannel services and broadcasting basic service in 480i for transmission and expense concerns.

What might be termed " basic rolling resistance " concerns steady velocity and straight line motion on a level surface, but there also exists rolling resistance when accelerating, when on curves, and when on a grade.