Freitags Triangle

Author: Patrick Bates

Short Length

Synopsis:  

Freitag’s Triangle is a theory used to explain the elements of a short story: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action (the denomount), and the Resolution. In short, it provides a Beginning, Middle, and an End. As a script, it presents the story of three long time friends on a road trip along the shores of Lake Erie to release the ashes of their recently departed friend, Carl Freitag. The journey soon reveals the truths about their lives with one another as well as the dead man. In this instance, life not only imitates art, it follows its path.

Scriptwriter Bio:  

This is Bates’ third straight year into the Great Lakes Independent Film Festival. His first entry, Santa Claus Goes to Pirate Island , has gone on to place in additional festivals including ScriptP.I.M.P.’s Twenty Best Scripts of 2006 and is waiting patiently on a producer’s desk. Last year’s entry, Ed’s Dead (And He’s Hitchhiking Home), co-written with Tony Lucchi, was chosen as Screenplay of the Month on triggerstreet.com in December of 2006. Recently, his sci/fi-fantasy script Battling Bigfoot received a top award at the 2007 Action on Film Festival in Long Beach , CA .