12/5/18 3 ACT STRUCTURE

Today in class we went more into depth on the 3 act structure we talked about yesterday

Here is what my class discovered about the 3 act structure

ACT 1			ACT 2			ACT 3
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

• Point of attack
• Gets the ball rolling
• Outside of protagonist control
• Universe building
• Setting
• Rules
• Status Quo
• Inciting Incident
• Starts the journey
• Gives protagonist a decision
• TENSION
• Conflict
• Sequence Tension
• Act Tension
• Sequence Tension
• Main Tension
• spans through Act 2
• Lock in
• Character can't go back
• Milestone (SQ ¾)
• Accomplishment
• Midpoint
• A Diversion that changes the journey
• “Second Act Sag”
• Subplot
• Relieve tension from the main conflict
• Main Culmination (Resolution of Main tension)
• Transitioning into act 3 tension
• Act III Tension(SQ ⅞)
• After the main tension is resolved
• Twist(GRAND-> intimate)(Act III)(SQ ⅞)
• Grand(Universe)
• Intimate(Characters, individual people)
• Changes focus
• Climax/Resolution(SQ 8)
• Resolving Act 3 tension

Using this structure can enhance your film by making sure the director keeps constant tension throughout the film

After that, we dove into the difference between Inciting Incident and Lock-In

This is what my class found

Inciting Incident Out of characters control Ex: Finding bag of money Wall-e finding Eve

Lock-In Decision Gives the story purpose Something is at STAKE

After we discussed the 3 act structure we used are newly formed skills and applied them to the short film "Feast"

We didn't finish our analysis but this is what my group got so far

Feast Act Structure

Point of attack

First fry

Stray

He loves food

Lives in city/town

Reminders

Finish Ready Player 1, Level 2,  by next Tuesday and be prepared to write about it