Filmovy patrac.

"Different audiences will see different things."  - Bill Nichols

“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.” - Stanley Kubrick

"There is no formula for success. But there is a formula for failure and that is to try
 to please everybody." - Nicholas Ray

"We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call 
it influence." - Krzysztof Kieslowski

What are the Seven Basic Plot Definitions?

1) The Quest (The Lord of the Rings, Apocalypse Now, Raiders of the Lost Ark,)
2) Voyage and Return (Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, Back to the Future, the Wizard of Oz)
3) Rebirth (Christmas Carol, Beauty and the Beast.)
4) Comedy
5) Tragedy
6) Overcoming the Monster (The Silence of the Lambs, Dracula, Jaws, Hansel and Gretel.)
7) Rags to Riches (Aladdin, Cinderella, Great Expectations).
http://writingforstagescreen.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_seven_basic_plots