We began class today by defining three important ideas. Point of attack meaning background information such as setting and character information. Inciting incident meaning an incident that begins the characters journey. Tension meaning a problem that builds steadily throughout time. Sequence tension lasts for just one sequence and main act tension lasts for the entire act. Next, we finished the video began in class Monday about the three-act structure. A film begins with the first act showing background about the world and those who live in it, in addition to revealing the inciting incident which starts the characters journey. Next, act two begins with the character making ground in their quest. Then leading to the middle of the act which shows a problem or kink in the characters journey. This act also holds “secondary info” or subplots which is basically filler content to increase runtime or build on the main story in a small way. The second act ends when everything seems hopeless and the character is at their lowest point. The final act is started with the character making a decision that changes the direction of the story and creates different tension. (This is the plot twist) The final act ends when everything is resolved and shows the growth of the characters involved. After the video ended, we broke off into groups to discuss what we learned. Next, Mr. Rivers went over teh entrie structure with us. I put the info into a graph below. (Try to memorize!)
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Point of attack
Inciting Incident
Milestone
Lock in
Midpoint
Midpoint
Main culmination
(Low point)
Act 3 tension
(Twist)
Act 3 tension
Growth
This structure can be applied to almost any film and could be used to enhance the quality of projects like our be reel blogs.
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