1) http://www.writersstore.com/high-concept-defined-once-and-for-all
Requirement
#1, another way to think about what makes a story original/unique is
how a story can go against the conventional
norms.http://www.absolutewrite.com/screenwriting/high_concept.htm In the
examples he listed, most of the titles compare two subjects, such as Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice, Master and Commander, Kramer vs. Kramer. What
makes it interesting is that it brings an idea of conflict in the
title. Not necessarily between the two characters or ideas in the title,
but when something is compared you know there is going to be two sides
in the story where conflict of some sort will arise. It can also work with putting two opposing words together as well, such as The Virgin Suicides.
Putting an innocent word like virgin next to a taboo word such as
suicide creates interest to the audience to see how these opposing
forces conflict in the story.
2)
Serial Adoption
A serial killer wants to have his own family but his wife is
unable to have children, impatient for adoption he attempts to kill
parents for their children.
Stepford Wives meets Dexter
The Sun with Sunglasses
A coming of age film where an
OCD kid questions the ironies of childhood, through a twist of events
realizes he needs to just be a kid.
SLC Punk meets Malcolm in the Middle
The Bayou
Two swamp buddies are in a Bayou gator hunting, and comes across a voodoo cult that mistakes them as a sacrifice.
Deliverance meets BioDome
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