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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by cheschire on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:13PM (#28587982)
What are some good search queries to learn more about these types of standard structures, especially as it pertains to film and TV?
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by karlkeefer on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:55PM (#28588303)
https://tvtropes.org/ has a ton of this kind of thing - not sure if that scratches your itch!
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by jholman on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:39PM (#28588592)
Holy shit, just linking to an meme weapon like that, and not warning people? Not cool!

To the uninitiated, do not follow that link unless you don't have anything else you need to do today. It is famous for destroying days of productivity.

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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by bmn__ on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:56AM (#28591288)
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/609:_Tab_Explosio...
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by Akronymus on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:55AM (#28591283)
Obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/609/

But yeah, tvtropes usually leads me down a wiki walk as well whenever posted.

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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by od1nos on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:58PM (#28588323)
You can browse for all of them on https://tvtropes.org/
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by smogcutter on Sunday September 19, 2021 @10:02PM (#28589730)
Tvtropes as others have said, but for structure what you want is an intro screenwriting book. “Save the Cat” is a good one, and Syd Field is a classic (although dated).
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by cheschire on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @08:25PM (#28623818)
Thank you this is closer to what I was looking for
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by User23 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @10:30PM (#28589867)
Ever wonder about the bombs bursting in air from the US national anthem when it was written before bomber planes? Yep it’s the cartoon bomb[1].

[1] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CartoonBomb

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