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A [[High Concept]] work is one that can be explained with a short, to-the-point and (it is to be hoped), intriguing description; one that can sell on its own merits. This type is loved by producers who can get a full pitch and explanation of what is going to draw in the viewers within ten seconds. From these few lines they can imagine the trailer, the marketing, the [[Target Audience]] and [[The Merch|merchandise]].
Occasionally, as in the page quote, a line of dialogue or narration from a film [[Lampshade Hanging|will sum up]] its [[High Concept]] for us - it sometimes seems like [[Executive Meddling|Meddling Executives]] demanded a good soundbite to put in [[Trailers Always Spoil|the trailer]]. [[Let Me Get This Straight...]] is a frequent contributor.
[[High Concept|High Concepts]] can take several specific forms like: "[[X Meets Y|Show A meets Show B]]", "[[Wunza Plot|One's an X, the other's a Y]]: [[They Fight Crime]]", or "Film X in the style of Creator W" as well as the labored [[Recycled in Space|Recycled]] {{smallcaps|[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]}} and [[Die Hard On an X]]. Sometimes a high concept can become so influential and imitable that it becomes a format trope in its own right as is the case of ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]''; see also [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]] (based on [[Seven Samurai]]), [[Wagon Train to The Stars]] (named for the high concept pitch for [[Star Trek]]), and [[A Boy and His X]]. Contrast with [[Better Than It Sounds]] which is often taken as a parody of these; unlike [[Better Than It Sounds]], however, these ''do'' get the gist of the experience across.
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