Thursday 1 December 2011

Film Four Act Structure

Bulleted List

ACT I – The Loner
Sequence #1 ( 01-10) Setup: Protagonist In The Ordinary World
Sequence #2 ( 11-20) Call to Adventure / Predicament / Inciting Incident
Sequence #3 (21-30) Turing Point: Change Of Plans / New Lower Obstacles

ACT II – The Wanderer
Sequence #4 ( 31-40) Elaborating on the Dilemma and The World of Story
Sequence #5 ( 41-50) Hero encounters TESTS, ALLIES, and ENEMIES.
Sequence #6 (51-60) Point Of No Return / Discovery Of False Goal

ACT III – Towards The True Goal: The Warrior Phase
Sequence #7 ( 61-70) Complications, Higher Stakes, And Subplots
Sequence #8 ( 71-80) Culmination Toward The Main Plot
Sequence #9 (81-90 ) All Hope Is Lost

ACT IV – Result Of The Action: The Martyr
Sequence #10 ( 91-95 ) Final Push Toward The Main Plot
Sequence #11 ( 96-100) False Resolution (The Twist)
Sequence #12 (101-105) Final Test of Character and True Resolution
Sequence #13 (106-110) Final Confrontation
Sequence #14 (111-115) Climax


Starship Troopers

Act I: The protagonist, Johnny Rico, is in the ordinary world, high school etc... When his girlfriend says she's going to enroll to become a military pilot, this is the call to adventure.

After he enrolls, his father isn't OK with it. And tells him he will be cut off. He then enrolls anyway.

Act II: Rico meets the people on his squad, making friends and enemies. After that, his girlfriend breaks up with him, which is when he realizes his goals were wrong.

Pinch: When Rico gets a man killed and his Ex's ship gets hit by a meteor on the way to Earth.

Act III: Rico gets promoted to squad leader, which heightens the stakes. Then, his home is destroyed by a bug meteor,

First key plot point: When the bug meteor crashes into his hometown killing his whole family

which leads to the main plot. After that, Rico and his mates are sent to the main bug planet, where a huge amount of people die and Rico also is shown dying. This is the point when all hope is lost.

Second key plot point: When Rico and his new squad are stuck in a fort with a whole colony of bugs is attacking.

Act IV: Rico is sent to find the brain bug, but during this, his Ex is stranded in a bug colony, Rico goes to help her which is a test of character and resolution. He confronts the brain bug, the final confrontation. And the climax happens when the bug is captured and "IT'S AFRAID"

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