First Act Study [Film Structure]
Take a film you like and can you find its first act? What is the catalyst and major turning point? What else happens in this act? How are the characters established? How is the style defined?
Please make sure you are familar with Film Structure before attempting this assignment.
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting
The girl is supposed to go on a date with her boyfriend, but he comes over to cancel on her. She is then offered a babysitting job for the night and she accepts considering she has nothing better to do now. While babysitting her loopy friend calls her and tells her she is stranded at the bus station as she attempted to run away, but now changes her mind. The girl decides she needs to pick up her friend, but she can't leave the children at home, so she brings them with her, along with the teenage boy's perverted friend.
The girl is supposed to go on a date with her boyfriend, but he comes over to cancel on her. She is then offered a babysitting job for the night and she accepts considering she has nothing better to do now. While babysitting her loopy friend calls her and tells her she is stranded at the bus station as she attempted to run away, but now changes her mind. The girl decides she needs to pick up her friend, but she can't leave the children at home, so she brings them with her, along with the teenage boy's perverted friend.
National Treasure
The story centers around the Gates family, of whom Ben is the youngest member, and his quest to solve the secret of the greatest treasure of all time. He finds the next clue -- a sunken ship in the Arctic region -- but in an ensuing disagreement, instead of continuing the search for more clues, he becomes embroiled in a race to protect the Declaration of Independence.
First Act Study
Brazil
Man is realizing there must be more to life than just working - and why are there so many rules? Starts looking into it and comes to the point of no return, escaping with the lovely woman of his dreams - turning out to be - of his dreams...
Man is realizing there must be more to life than just working - and why are there so many rules? Starts looking into it and comes to the point of no return, escaping with the lovely woman of his dreams - turning out to be - of his dreams...
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