Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Four act structure of story telling


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

http://mscherer.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/the-four-act-structure/


The Breakfast Club

ACT I – Ordinary World
Andrew Clark, Brian Johnson, John Bender, Claire Standish and Allison Reynolds are 5 high school students who have Saturday detention in their school library with Vice Principle Richard Vernon. They are all from different backgrounds and stereotypes, they all have their own problems to deal with and are always picking on each other

ACT II – Valley of darkness
This is where the characters get to know each other a little better, their problems and their sensitive sides, Bender has a go at everyone and their problems because his life is so difficult he takes them out on others, Allison doesn’t talk at all, she sits in the back, quietly with her head down, Brian attempts to write is 1,000 word essay that Vernon has given them for the day, Claire talks to Andrew about her troubles at home.

ACT III – The kingdom of evil
Bender decides to get ‘weed’ from his locker while Vernon is away from his desk, but they need to get back quickly before Vernon returns, although there are confusions about  which way is faster, Bender of course knows the school and ways to get around it, while Andrew thinks that they should go through the activities hall, which of course is locked on a weekend, they get stuck there and one needs to sacrifice themselves to Vernon, Bender makes a lot of racket running up and down  to get caught so the others can get back safely.

ACT IV – Return to the Valley of darkness
 They put their difference’s aside, sit down and talk about why they are in a Saturday detention. Claire skipped class so she could go shopping, Andrew bullied a member of his wrestling team, John pulled the fire alarm, Brian brought a gun to school so he could get rid of his terrible project which would get him a B (He has never gotten under an A) and Allison didn’t have anything better to do. They dance, let loose, have fun. Claire gives Allison a makeover from her “Emo” make-up into a “girl”. Through one day, Claire and Bender put their differences aside and start dating, as do Andrew and Allison, Brian finishes the paper, loves what he wrote – they have him narrate it at the end. 

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