Three-act structure helps to keep films well-organized and understandable for viewers. Some directors create films which not necessary have a conventional order, which is Beginning-Middle-End. I have watched Mr. Nobody created by Jaco Van Dormael, which is a contemporary movie released in 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_aIfityBQ, the story follows little boy who had to decide on who does he wants to live with, he didn’t make that decision and the film shows 3 different life paths he could off lived on, so therefore the story keeps coming back to the beginning 3 times.
For more conventional example of the film I will use Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton. The task for this principle was to identify 3 act structure in recent film and this is what I will do.
3 Act structure in Alice in Wonderland (2010)
ACT 1 - Beginning (about 15 mins):
Little Alice explains her mad dream to her dad
13 years later she goes to her engagement party
she cant make a decision about marriage and runs away following white rabbit in a waist coat
ACT2 - middle (about 1hr 15 mins):
Alice falls to Wonderland
She gets to mad tea party
Red Queen kidnaps Mad Hatter
Alice gets to Red Queens castle
Alice meets White Queen
Hatter rescue action
Fight with red queen
Piece is restored to Wonderland and Alice gets back to the world of living
ACT3 - Ending (about 15 mins)
She disagrees to the marriage
Makes plans about the business with her dad’s co-worker
She leaves the country to work on the business she set with her dad’s co-worker
Criterion 1 in the story: Alice decides to follow the white rabbit in a waistcoat
Criterion 2 in the story: The state of equilibrium is disturbed by Alice falling down the rabbit hole and entering the Wonderland, the new equilibrium is set when she comes back to world of living and decides not to marry Hamish and set a business with her dad’s friend.
Criterion 3: She grows up emotionally following the events at Wonderland, trying to save Mad Hatter and slaying the Jabberwocky.
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