Today in my English class the instructor taught the class about the structure of stories or movies which all follow this pattern. In the story of books or movies there are usually three acts. The first act is at the beginning of a story. The second act is introduce within the thirty minute mark into the story. Then the third act is toward the ninety minute mark of the story the. It has a time line starting from zero to 120 minute interval where in the beginning it starts out with introducing the characters and their goal. Right before it hit’s the 10 min mark an inciting incident occur allowing the audience to grasp onto the movie or story. Now between ten to thirty minute of a story or movie the characters start gathering tools that they need to fulfill the goal. At forty minute into the story the goal of the character is remind so the right at the midpoint which is half way into the story the goal must be reach. Almost before the story or movie is ending the climax happens and then the falling action of the story comes to an end also known as dénouement a French word.
After learning about this when I read or watch a movie I see that this pattern does occur within the story line of something. I think that when directors make a movie they have to follow this pattern because it will have more audience attention and making it more interesting to read or see. If something dread along for too long people will lose interest and the movies or book will lose rating. It would have been better if I didn’t know about this stories structure, but its not like I’m really going to look for this structure in everything movies that I’m going to watch or books that I’m going to read.
