Week 5 - Response to Content

How is the screenplay structure applied to the film?

There are five essential plot elements:
1) Believable/ sympathetic lead character
2) Urgent/ difficult problem
3) Attempts to overcome problem
4) The last stand/ climax
5) Resolution


Three Act Structure:



ACT 1 IS THE SET-UP :
Act I is a beginning of a unit of dramatic action. It sets up the story, establishes character, launches a dramatic premise, illustrates the situation and creates the relationships between the main character and the other characters.


ACT II IS CONFRONTATION:
Act II is a unit of dramatic action that goes from the end of Act I. During this second act, the main character encounters obstacles that keep the character from achieving his/her needs (what the character wants to gain, achieve or get during the screenplay.


ACT III IS RESOLUTION:
Act III is a unit of dramatic action goes from the end of Act II to the end of the screenplay. It is the unit of action that resolves story.

http://www.dramatica.com/theory/articles/Dram-differences.htm

In the movie, Rubber,
It was interesting that the main character was not a human being but stereotypically different character, an object, tyre. During Act I of the movie, tyre starts journey. It kills anything that it sees, a rabbit, a bird, a human… etc. However, the movie did not explain the reason why tyre kills everything it sees. I guess there would be a reason why tyre kills them and it will be shown in the middle of the film.