
Screenplay Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller Movie Time: 109 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Fed up with her life, Marion…
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"A movie, I think, is really only four or five moments between two people; the rest of it exists to give those moments their impact and resonance. The script exists for that. Everything does." – Robert Towne
When breaking down a film’s structure, generally speaking, “The Eight Sequences” framework is the standard: two in Act One, four in Act Two, and two in Act Three.
But the number 8 is only part of the equation. If the sequences are what shape a screenplay’s three-act structure, then the five major plot points are the building blocks behind sequence construction: Inciting Incident, Lock In, Midpoint, Main Culmination, and Third Act Twist.
Each analysis of selected features breaks the film down to the essential 5 major plot points, time code of when each plot point occurs included.
Screenplay Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller Movie Time: 109 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Fed up with her life, Marion…
Screenplay Genre: Action / Sci-Fi Movie Time: 137 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Outside the colony headquarters on LV-246, one of…
Screenplay Genre: Action / Drama / War Movie Time: 120 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT The new recruits, including Chris Taylor…
Screenplay Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi Movie Time: 121 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT On the planet Tatooine,…
Screenplay Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller Movie Time: 98 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Jean Lundegaard sits alone knitting while…
Screenplay Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Supernatural Movie Time: 105 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT After losing all funding of any…
Screenplay Genre: Crime / Thriller / Drama Movie Time: 96 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT When Tom realizes that Leland and…
Screenplay Genre: Indie Comedy Movie Time: 101 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Olive learns she qualified for the "Little Miss Sunshine"…
Screenplay Genre: Action / Adventure Movie Time: 115 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Indy and colleague Marcus Brody decipher the cable…
Screenplay Genre: Drama / Mystery Movie Time: 96 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Twelve jurors are set to the task of…