Seven Step Outline - The Wedding Singer
1. The Setup:
1985 – Robbie is very happy with his life, he is a very successful wedding singer who is completely obsessed with weddings, and is about get married to his longtime girlfriend next week.
2. Inciting incident:
The day of his wedding arrives, and his fiancée (Linda) leaves him standing at the altar, spiraling him into a depression.
3. Act 1 Turning Point:
Worried about Robbie’s deeply depressed state, his best friend talks him into going back to work to get his mind off the failed wedding. But upon returning to sing at a wedding, it is a complete disaster.
A new waitress from the reception staff sees Robbie’s shocking performance and becomes very concerned about Robbie, and invites him to her engagement party, where she also asks him to help plan her wedding as he proves very knowledgeable on the topic.
4. Mid-point:
As Robbie helps the waitress plan her wedding, they begin to fall in love with each other, but Robbie feels inadequate compared to her current fiancé who is quite wealthy.
5. Act 2 Turning Point:
After a sad drunken night out, Robbie returns home to find his ex-girlfriend Linda waiting for him. He passes out, and she takes him inside, spending the night with him. That morning, Julia goes to express how she truly feels to Robbie, only to find Linda answering door.
6. Act 3 Turning Point:
Thinking that Robbie has gotten back together with his ex-girlfriend Linda, Julia rushes home distraught, asking her fiancé to rush off to Vegas and get married ASAP to make herself feel better.
7. Resolution or denouement:
Hearing about this, Robbie rushes after her, buying a ticket to Vegas. While on his flight, he finds out that he is on the same plane as Julia and her fiancé. He finally gets the chance to express his true feelings to Julia, where she reciprocates, and leaves her fiancé to be with Robbie.
