Would you brand me as a copycat if I withheld from the audiance what a certain item in my script is? (Like the briefcase from Pulp) we don't see it, we just know it's worth a lot.

The story follows an unconventional relationship between a young man and woman who are trying to sell the item to get "free" while falling in love with each other and fighting their own insecurities.

Personally, I think revealing the item could take away from the story I actully want to tell. Which is these two young renegades falling in love under extreme circumstance.

But.. I don't want to write the thing and people be like "oh you're trying to be like Tarantino, blah blah blah"

Are you referring to a ‘MacGuffin'?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin

Alternatively, a movie that used a similar theme of a MacGuffin, however, not yet in possession but, was the main theme or plot of the movie was “Welcome to Collinwood”; in that movie they referred to it as a “Bellini” or…  The Perfect Heist.

Hope this helps.

Quoted from Gum Are you referring to a ‘MacGuffin'? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin Alternatively, a movie that used a similar theme of a MacGuffin, however, not yet in possession but, was the main theme or plot of the movie was “Welcome to Collinwood”; in that movie they referred to it as a “Bellini” or…  The Perfect Heist. Hope this helps.

That's exactly what I mean. Interesting stuff, I had no idea about this.

Cheers for that mate.

Lots of movies have one, Maltese Falcon, Holy Grails in a number of films etc... so yes perfectly normal movie device.

Quoted from Gum Are you referring to a ‘MacGuffin'? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin Alternatively, a movie that used a similar theme of a MacGuffin, however, not yet in possession but, was the main theme or plot of the movie was “Welcome to Collinwood”; in that movie they referred to it as a “Bellini” or…  The Perfect Heist. Hope this helps.

Interesting article - thanks for the link