- published: 26 Jul 2009
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In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin or maguffin) is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist (and sometimes the antagonist) is willing to do and sacrifice almost anything to pursue, often with little or no narrative explanation as to why it is considered so desirable. A MacGuffin, therefore, functions merely as "a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction". In fact, the specific nature of the MacGuffin may be ambiguous, undefined, generic, left open to interpretation or otherwise completely unimportant to the plot. Common examples are money, victory, glory, survival, a source of power, a potential threat, a mysterious but highly desired item or object, or simply something that is entirely unexplained.
The MacGuffin is common in films, especially thrillers. Usually the MacGuffin is the central focus of the film in the first act, and then declines in importance as the struggles and motivations of characters play out. It may come back into play at the climax of the story, but sometimes the MacGuffin is actually forgotten by the end of the story. Multiple MacGuffins are sometimes—somewhat derisively—referred to as plot coupons.
Actors: Daniel Hogan (producer), Daniel Hogan (writer), Daniel Hogan (director), Daniel Hogan (actor), Sharnayla Page (actress), Thomas Hogan (actor), Andy Watt (actor),
Plot: Naked People Wearing Clothes (NPWC) is an experimental comedy. MacGuffin: a term used to describe an inanimate object that motivates a story and characters but of whose specific details, contents and back-story is irrelevant. NPWC experiments with making the MacGuffin human and the results are as comical as they are poetic. You are a MacGuffin. We're all MacGuffins; haphazard threads in a web of jokes and a world of reticulated plots. We're all just naked people wearing clothes.
Genres: Short,Actors: Daniel Hogan (producer), Daniel Hogan (writer), Daniel Hogan (director), Daniel Hogan (actor), Sharnayla Page (actress), Thomas Hogan (actor), Andy Watt (actor),
Plot: Naked People Wearing Clothes (NPWC) is an experimental comedy. MacGuffin: a term used to describe an inanimate object that motivates a story and characters but of whose specific details, contents and back-story is irrelevant. NPWC experiments with making the MacGuffin human and the results are as comical as they are poetic. You are a MacGuffin. We're all MacGuffins; haphazard threads in a web of jokes and a world of reticulated plots. We're all just naked people wearing clothes.
Genres: Short,Actors: Scott Lowell (actor), Harper Philbin (producer), Harper Philbin (director), Scott Sheppard (actor), Joe Anderson (actor), Roger Ellis (actor), Melissa Bayer (miscellaneous crew), Jake Strunk (actor), Erin Courtney (actress), Sherryl Despres (actress), Rocky Rector (actor), Heather Prete (actress), John Otterbacher (producer), Inga R. Wilson (actress), Dennis Janiske (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,