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BEATSHEETS
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1. OPENING IMAGE (1)

Jason chained up in the dark.

2. THEME STATED (5)

Risking the deaths of others? Greater Good? Money over right?

3. SET UP (1-10)

Jason's nature is set up. He is a killer, he has amazing regenerative abilities and he is also extremely resourceful as we see when he kills all the military men.

4. CATLAYST (12)

Jason and the female scientist are frozen.

5. DEBATE (12-25)

Will the salvage crew thaw Jason out?

6. BREAK INTO TWO (25)

Minute 27 - Jason begins thawing

Minute 29 - Jason wakes up and makes his first kill and recovers his machete.

7. B STORY (30)

The robot wants to be human, the doctor needs money, the frozen scientist finds ot about the future.

8. FUN AND GAMES (30-55)

Jason kills people while soldiers try to kill him. He kills alot of people.

9. MIDPOINT (55)

The survivors have a plan - get to the shuttle and escape!

10. BAD GUYS CLOSE IN (55-75)

The second pilot dies, the shuttle explodes, the ship is about to explode.

11. ALL IS LOST (75)

Jason gets upgraded.

12. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL (75-85)

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13. BREAK INTO THREE (85)

The survivors have a new plan! They need a diversion.

14. FINALE (85-110)

The Crystal Lake hologram, the spacewalk, the exploding ship and the self sacrifice.

15. FINAL IMAGE (110)

Jason's mask.

 

VERDICT

It follows the beat sheet pretty much to the letter.The opening and closing images correspond, the major plot points all occur in the right places. The timings are a little different to Snyder's beat sheet but only by a few minutes.