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The three-act screenplay writing tips
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Category: Screenwriting Videos | Posted by: brian on December 20, 2009
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By AmyK007, December 20, 2009 @ 3:13 am
That was helpful thankyou, can you elaborate?
By stormchaser420, December 20, 2009 @ 4:10 am
this video was not helpful at all….
By souldude81, December 20, 2009 @ 4:24 am
Car explosions and shoot outs is one type of action. Maybe that’s what people think about when they hear action. For me what matters in a script regardless of Genre is drama/conflict. FX can overpower a movie if it does not add to the story. The “action” in Rocky is everything he does to get ready for his fight and win the heart of Adrian. Anyways there isn’t alot of explosions in Rocky. I will give you that.
By timeknowsfilms, December 20, 2009 @ 4:38 am
Actually yes I did fall asleep during Blood Diamond, didn’t like that film. Like said I know what your saying, and yes I know all the terms in screenplay writing. But Rocky full of action? It was about a boxer, more drama then action, the story was mainly about Rocky’s life, where was all the action?
By souldude81, December 20, 2009 @ 5:09 am
BTW another movie with action in Act’s 1 2 and 3 is the Dark Knight. The entire movie was action and story from page 1 to page 150.
By souldude81, December 20, 2009 @ 5:33 am
No action in Blood Diamond? Were you asleep during the battle and killing scenes? That was basically the theme of the movie in case you didn’t realize. Anyways the plot/story isn’t confined to just Act 1 and action just to Act 2 and 3. Your entire archplot is the movie. Have you ever heard of the Story Spine? The inciting incident is when your hero’s world is turned upside down, everything after that, Acts 1, 2 and 3 is what he does to make it right again.
By timeknowsfilms, December 20, 2009 @ 6:05 am
Blood Diamond? Don’t remember action in that film, more like a drama. I know what your saying but you still have to tell a story first to let the viewers know what is going on, some films yes do throw action on the screen at the beginning but they tell the story in the second act, if they didn’t nobody would understand the film,in one of the three acts you HAVE to tell what is going on regardless. But do know what your saying. And sistiri is right, make it simple, a lot don’t understand this.
By souldude81, December 20, 2009 @ 6:31 am
Blood diamond, Gangs of New York, Good Fellas, Lord of the Rings, Rocky, terminator 1, and 2, the God Father, to name a few all have action/drama written through out the archplot, Not simply in Acts 2 and 3. In Jurrasic Park, the very first scene is a Velasoraptor attacking an Island worker. BTW Act 1 is the begining of the story yes, but it is not the begining of the screenplay. The subplot (events before the inciting incident) is the very begining of a movie.
By timeknowsfilms, December 20, 2009 @ 7:09 am
That’s what I meant. But you can’;t just throw a bunch of action on the screen in ACT 1, people have to know why the character(s) are battling it out for, unless they start with the action and explain it more in ACT 2. Take RAMBO first blood, there is no action, he’s just a drifter, they don’t make hime interact in fight scenes until ACT 2 where he escapes jail, same with Jurassic Park, you don’t see the Dino’s interact in attacking people until ACT 2. ACT 1 Beginning ACT 2 Middle ACT 3 END
By sistiri, December 20, 2009 @ 7:32 am
its a bullshit, i dont understand it!
MAKE IT SIMPLE!
By souldude81, December 20, 2009 @ 8:18 am
No. Act 1 2 3 all have action and conflict. The difference between these acts is the frequencey of action and intensity of the action.
By timeknowsfilms, December 20, 2009 @ 9:06 am
The simple reason for three acts is because act 1 is telling the story, act two is mainly the action and interaction between characters and deals more on why the hero and villian are at odds with each other, and act three is the ending to the story. The way I do it is make notes, create characters before hand, write out a synopsis for each of them, get to know them like they are real and they are your good buddies LOL Know that sounds odd but it helps with character development and structure.
By bc9k7, December 20, 2009 @ 9:41 am
Good explination – 3 act structure as a question.