Hollywood Animal: Scriptwriting Synergy Guide

In Hollywood Animal, this synergy guide reveals how to weave Romance webs, Adventure chains, and Detective loops into powerful scripts.

Hollywood Animal: Scriptwriting Synergy Guide

Welcome to Hollywood Animal: Scriptwriting Synergy Guide: your toolkit for mastering the narrative mechanics behind successful scripts.

Core Concepts

Each script can include multiple components: Genres, Setting, Protagonist, Antagonist, Supporting Characters, Themes/Events, and Finale.

You start with 5 topics per film but can expand up to 10.

Tags synergize when paired with certain other tags, increasing the film’s appeal and Kinomark score.

You can assign multiple genres to each film-including All Genres-to unlock wider synergy combinations.

Synergy Clusters

1. Romance Core Cluster

Best Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

• Hopeless Romantic → Love Interest, Love Triangle, Protagonist Finds Love, Sweethearts Stay Together
• Love Interest → Love Triangle, Sweethearts Stay Together, Winning the Beloved, Unrequited Love
• Love Triangle → Rival, Winning the Beloved, Sweethearts Stay Together
• Femme Fatale → Love Interest, Unrequited Love, Sweethearts Stay Together, Winning the Beloved

Bonus Chains:

• Saving the Beloved + Couple Gets Married
• Winning the Beloved + Protagonist Finds Love

2. Adventure Treasure Cluster

Best Genres: Adventure, Action, Fantasy

• Treasure Hunt → Daring Adventurer, Pirate, Tribal Chief, Protagonist Finds Treasure
• Protagonist Finds Treasure → Treasure Hunt, Long Journey
• Daring Adventurer → Long Journey, Protagonist Finds Treasure
• Pirate → Treasure Hunt, Long Journey

Bonus Chain:

• Tribal Chief + Treasure Hunt

3. Detective/Mystery Cluster

Best Genres: Detective, Thriller, Drama

• Detective (Protagonist) → Murderer, Search for a Killer, Antagonist Gets Punished
• Murderer → Search for a Killer
• Serial Killer → Search for a Killer

4. Blue Collar Drama Cluster

Best Genres: Drama, Comedy

• Working Man → Farm Girl, Struggle for a Better Life
• Farm Girl → Struggle for a Better Life
• Struggle for a Better Life → Protagonist Overcomes Self-Doubt

5. War & Historical Epic Cluster

Best Genres: Action, Historical, Drama

• Soldier → Brother in Arms, War is Hell, Tank Combat
• Brother in Arms → War is Hell, Ace Combat
• War is Hell → Surviving in Wartime, Protagonist Dies Heroically

Bonus Chains:

• Ace Combat + Tank Combat
• Surviving in Wartime + Protagonist Dies Heroically

6. Comedy Cluster

Best Genres: Comedy, Romance

• Clumsy Oaf → Love Interest, Love Triangle, Winning the Beloved
• Working Man + Farm Girl → Struggle for a Better Life

Genre Synergy Map

Which genres work best together, based on shared tags and synergy chains.

Highly Connected Genres:

• Adventure – Shares synergy with Action, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Historical
• Drama – Shares synergy with Romance, Comedy, Historical, Detective, Thriller
• Romance – Shares synergy with Drama, Comedy, Historical, Adventure, Thriller

Less Connected Genres:

• Science Fiction – Bridges mainly to Horror and Adventure via Alien, Long Journey
• Horror – Connects to Thriller, Detective, Science Fiction via Ancient Evil, Alien, Serial Killer

Cross-Genre Bridges (Shared Tags):

• Femme Fatale – Found in Romance, Thriller, Drama, Detective
• Love Interest – Found in Romance, Drama, Comedy, Historical, Adventure
• Treasure Hunt – Found in Action, Adventure
• Shootout – Found in Action, Detective, Historical
• War is Hell – Found in Historical, Action, Drama, Thriller
• Protagonist Dies Heroically – Shared across Action, Historical, Drama, Romance

Full Genre Synergy Table

Tip: Use this map when designing scripts to stack synergistic tags, maximize Kinomark, and build award-worthy narratives.