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OBLIVION script analysis

OBLIVION script - Save the Cat beat sheet analysis

Jack Harper, a drone technician on a post-apocalyptic Earth, dutifully maintains the border beacons set up by an alien intelligence known as the Tet. After rescuing a survivor from a crashed human shuttle, Jack’s understanding of friend and foe shatters, leading him to join the human Scavengers underground. Confronted with the truth about the Tet and humanity’s plight, Jack makes a sacrificial stand inside the alien ship to destroy it, paving the way for human survival.

78 Save the Cat fit score 72% analysis confidence / 112 parsed scenes

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1

Opening Image

Scene 1 / Page 1 / 1% target

80%

Voice-over introduction establishes barren world and alien occupation.

They arrived almost half a century ago. Aliens, Scavs, whatever you want to call them. Their idea of...
2

Theme Stated

Scene 2 / Pages 1-2 / 5% target

65%

Jack and Victoria’s morning interaction hints at choice between duty and hope.

3

Set-Up

Scenes 1-5 / Pages 1-5 / 10% target

75%

We see Jack’s routine, his relationship with Victoria, and glimpses of forbidden surface artifacts.

No. I'm not supposed to bring them in the house.
4

Catalyst

Scene 24 / Page 6 / 12% target

78%

Jack discovers and severs a rogue transmitter, defying protocol.

It's an old radio system. It's been reactivated.
5

Debate

Scene 28 / Page 6 / 20% target

70%

Victoria alerts the Tet about Jack’s unauthorized action, raising conflict.

I have a rogue signal of unknown origin. I'm sending you a relay.
6

Break into Two

Scene 31 / Page 7 / 25% target

77%

A NASA shuttle crashes, pulling Jack into direct contact with survivors and the wider truth.

7

B Story

Scene 44 / Page 9 / 30% target

76%

Julia’s revival introduces the emotional heart and Jack’s romantic subplot.

What about the others? How did you get out?
8

Fun and Games

Scenes 21-23 / Pages 6-7 / 40% target

74%

Jack explores New York ruins, finds and cuts the rogue signal transmitter.

New York, New York... It's a wonderful town. The Bronx is up, and the Battery's down...
9

Midpoint

Scene 38 / Page 8 / 50% target

79%

Jack physically shields the human survivor from a drone—stakes now personal and irreversible.

Get out of here! Go away! Get!
10

Bad Guys Close In

Scene 55 / Page 10 / 65% target

75%

Scavengers ambush Jack and Julia, escalating external threats.

No! NO! It's been taken. DAMN IT!
11

All Is Lost

Scene 88 / Page 14 / 75% target

80%

Julia is wounded during a fight with Jack’s clone—Jack’s world collapses.

STOP! You have to understand! You have to understand...
12

Dark Night of the Soul

Scene 96 / Page 15 / 80% target

70%

Jack and Julia share an intimate moment, reflecting on loss and purpose.

13

Break into Three

Scene 97 / Page 15 / 85% target

78%

Jack returns to find Raven Rock destroyed, crystallizing his resolve.

The first ones were soldiers, programmed only to kill.
14

Finale

Scenes 107-110 / Pages 17-18 / 95% target

82%

Jack infiltrates the Tet, confronts its systems, recites Horatius, and detonates the bomb.

How can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples...
15

Final Image

Scene 112 / Page 19 / 99% target

74%

Three years later, a peaceful garden reunites Julia with the surviving Jack clone.

It was probably surprised, what we were willing to do, to survive.