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OPENING IMAGE SCENE 1
First impression of what a move is – its tone,
its mood, the type and the scope of the film.
The opening and final image should be OPENING
opposites. Make the reader or watcher IMAGE SCENE 1
1-1.5
scrunch down and say “This is gonna be OPENING IMAGE
good’…. Also gives a starting point of the
hero.

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SCENE 2
SETUP 1.5 TO 3
SETUP

SETUP SCENE 3
The first 10 pages of the script or first dozen at
most is called the set-up. This also where we SCENE 3
SETUP 3 TO 4.5
start to plant every character tic, every SETUP
behavior that needs to be addressed later on
and show how and why the hero will need to
change in order to win. THEME SCENE 4
SETUP / THEME 4.5 TO 6

This is the place to stick the 6 things that need In the first 5 minutes, someone (not main
fixing. C), will ask a question or make a
statement that is the theme of the movie.
1. Physical - the obvious problem that the SCENE 4 It won’t be obvious but it will be
story is all about. Someone is trying to SETUP / THEME conversational, an off hand remark that
THEME 5
kill me, I am in great debt, my family the main C does not quite get at the
has been kidnapped etc. moment but will have far reaching and
meaningful impact later,
2. Emotional - the inner problem with the
hero. He is depressed, hates himself, This statement is the thematic premise.
and regrets the past too much. SCENE 5
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6 TO 7.5
SETUP
3. Social - the hero's relationship
problem. He is lonely, doesn't SCENE 6
appreciate his family or partner, or is SCENE 6
SETUP 7.5 TO 9
unpopular. SETUP

4. Beliefs - what the hero (wrongly) SCENE 7

SCENE 7
thinks. He is racist, sexist, prejudiced, 9 TO 10.5
SETUP
uses fate as an excuse for his bad
lifestyle. SCENE 8
ACT 1
SETUP (1-10) 5. Habitual - the hero has a vice that he
CATALYST (12) must overcome He is an alcoholic,
DEBATE (12-25) CATALYST
drug addict, nymphomaniac,
BREAK INTO 2 (25) overeats…
SETUP / Life changing events often come as bad
10.5 TO 12
CATALYST SCENE 8 news. The catalyst is not what it seems.
Lifestyle - the wrongs of the hero's daily
SETUP / CATALYST The catalyst point is the first moment
routine. He is lazy, unhelpful, and greedy. when something happens. The first
whammy.

CATALYST 12
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DEBATE 12-13.5
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B STORY SCENE 20
B STORY 29 TO 30.5
Begins on page 30. The story that carries
the theme of the movie. It is a little
B STORY SCENE 20 booster rocket that helps smooth over the
B STORY shockingly obvious. The b story gives us
B STORY 30 a breather. Often a brand new set of
characters.

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FUN AND GAMES

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FUN AND GAMES

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FUN AND GAMES

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FUN AND GAMES

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FUN AND GAMES

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FUN AND GAMES

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FUN AND GAMES

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It provides the promise of the premise. The
42 TO 43.5 FUN AND GAMES
core and essence of the movie poster. Where
the trailer moments of a movie are found.
Here we aren’t as concerned with the forward SCENE 29 SCENE 29
progress of the story. The stakes won’t be FUN AND 43.5 TO 45 FUN AND GAMES
raised until the midpoint. We are concerned GAMES
with having fun. Answers the question “why SCENE 30 SCENE 30
did I come to see this movie? FUN AND GAMES
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The finale is act 3. This is where we wrap it
up. It’s where the character tics are mastered.
It’s the turning over of the old world and a SCENE 63 SCENE 63
creation of the new world order… All thanks FINALE 96.5 TO 98 FINALE
to the hero, who leads the way based on what
he experienced in the upside down, SCENE 64 SCENE 64
ACT 3 antithetical world of Act 2.
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FINALE (85-110)
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FINAL IMAGE SCENE 71 SCENE 71

The final image in a movie is the opposite of FINALE IMAGE
the opening image. It is the proof that change
has occurred and that it’s real. If you can’t
FINALE IMAGE 109.5-110
have that final image or you can’t see how it
applies, then something is not adding up in
Act 2.