Ok. So its something im sorta frustrated with in movie and film plots. Its where the characters seem to intentionally not tell other characters things for apparently no reason. So its like a fair amount of the plot would not exist if the characters would just mention relevant things. This is usually in fantasy types like in particular I am seeing it with the magicians and school spirits. I mean maybe behavior like this is common outside my experience but its weird to me.
Have you seen Pitch Meeting on YouTube? Just pick a recent one and watch it. Lots of examples of bad writing like this trope you mention.
That said, it can be difficult to write a story if everyone knows everything all the time. That’s why many books are set in fantasy worlds, pre-cell phone eras, or space settings without instantaneous communication. In modern situations, cell phones often mysteriously lose signal or run out of power, or people fail to pick up.
It’s a bit like how in kung fu movies the bad guys can’t use their guns (“Stop! This entire room is filled with explosives!”), or they get knocked away, or they miss a shot or two and then run out of bullets, or the movie is set in pre-gun eras. It sort of makes it hard to sustain the central conceit if a bad guy can just pull out a handgun and shoot Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan.
Ooh watching the Pitch Meeting video instead of the shitty movie it’s about is tight!
Im liking it more than honest movie trailers.
I will look for the pitch meeting thing on youtube. Im not sure if its going to make fun or be a real thing but either way sounds like it will be fun.
It’s a series of sketches, the guy that does them is great! I enjoy a lot of his content.