Does Not Illustrate: Planning With Props

The current image does not illustrate how the character is using props to outline a plan, it just shows someone brandishing a can of mustard. We need either a better shot from that scene or something from another work entirely. Here's one from the movie Con Air just to start off with something, though I'm not too hot about it.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

It's definitely more clear about what's going on than the current, but the quality's an issue...is there a sharper screencap from that scene anywhere?

Sharpness is probably much less of an issue when scaled down to wiki size.

I think it's still relatively unclear, but it's better than the current.

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A total shot?

edited 19th Jan '16 12:56:38 PM by eroock

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

That looks more like a collection of junk than the other. Is there a shot of him actually drawing in the sand, like in the first one?

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Only in a close-up

^^ Perhaps moreso, but not to the point where it doesn't indicate the trope I think. Details like the improbably neat arrangement, people standing around, the stick and the line in the sand add to the whole.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

With a good caption, I think either 4 or 7 could work.

"Scrap metal and tin cans: invaluable when you need to plan an ambush on the double."

edited 28th Jan '16 1:24:03 AM by Morgenthaler

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Just "when you need to" tho.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

That works in lieu of other options.

Bump. Other thoughts or suggestions?

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

I did some Google searches for the scene in The Road to El Dorado (which needs an entry on Planning with Props; I'll write one) where Tulio models the climactic plan ("Here's the gate, and here's the boat"). The armadillo knocks over a cup, and the wave knocking over the props gives Tulio his "Eureka!" Moment. But nothing on Google Images comes close. Come to think of it, it's on Netflix; I'll try and pull a screencap with my phone.

A couple options. I like the thinking pose in the first.

And for context, the "boat" knocks over the "gate". I can maybe try and get a comparison shot of the actual boat and the actual gate.

EDIT: Or maybe I'm getting too complicated. Maybe I just crop out the armadillo and leave it at that.

EDIT 2: To be clear, these are three separate images, not a double-stack one and a second.

edited 1st Feb '16 9:18:14 AM by HeraldAlberich

I'm not sure that setup in the first two is clear enough, and the third is non-illustrative.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Yeah, I got a little screencap-happy with that third one. But I'm not sure it's possible to be any clearer with a single shot, since the trope is about the process of putting the plan together. The problem with the Con Air idea is that you can't see the people planning, only the props. Here's some people planning, and some props. Any ideas on what would help?

El Dorado is getting there, but the props aren't obvious enough at wiki size.

I feel like I have some suggestions in my head, but I'm blanking on specifics. I swear there's at least one Calvin and Hobbes example, but I'll have to dig through my books.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?

A tighter crop of 15.1, sans armadillo.

Crowner's hooked.

Friday votes bump; only one in the green right now.

Calling this one. The new pic's up and tagged and the old one has been moved to Image Links along with the better quality Con Air pic. Caption?

edited 22nd Feb '16 6:14:41 AM by Willbyr

Something that would clarify the image a bit would help. The suggestion in 15 complements it pretty well.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

That's the line. In full:

edited 22nd Feb '16 6:22:03 AM by HeraldAlberich

I've put up the suggestion in 15. Locking up.