Welcome to the Ink 2 Screen podcast. I am your host, Amber Bosworth. I am the creator of Ink 2 Screen. A website and resource for beginning screenwriters that want free information and inspiration to help guide their writing. Plus we have monthly writing contests. Our next Monthly Writing Madness for June has now opened for Registration. Next month's prize will be $150. Plus an artist profile on the website, your very own website link, and an exclusive interview on this podcast.   Now enough of that. Let's get back to today's podcast. Today is all about The 3-Act Structure; The Film Paradigm. This is a basic overview of the structure that I have collected.   I've provided a great printout diagram of everything I'm brining up in this podcast. It is a collection of many sources. This is just a collaboration of things I've read and been taught through my schooling. I don't claim any of it but doesn't mean I'm not going to use it to help my listeners create amazing stories. Feel free to download and print it out at your convienience at www.ink2screen.net/page8. I'll also provide the link in the show notes below this episode. This is something I've had pinned up in my office since I started writing.    Alfred Hitchcock said: "To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script."   Pages are all rough estimates.   Basic Film Paradigm made famous by Syd Field and then tweaked by many other gurus. The page count and percentage is based on a film of 120 pages. Act 1(Set Up)-25%/30 pages, Act 2(Confrontation) is 50%/60pages and Act 3 (resolution) is 25%/30 pages.   This includes the ascending action going all the way up through plot point #2 which begins the resolution or Act 3. Plot point is the turning point between Act 1 and Act 2. The descending action is just encompassed through just the 3rd Act. This is the basic film paradigm. And it was Aristotle that created the basic analysis here, simply put, it means any story has a beginning middle and an end.   For the sake of keeping this podcast short and sweet, I'm going to stick to one example to interweave into these acts: The Incredibles at 115mins, close to the 120 page form.   ACT 1: The Beginning/The Set Up pages 1-30 / 25%   1-10 pages: Ordinary world. This is from the previous podcast where you introduce your character and put in your Inciting Incident or Call to action. This is where it all hits the fan.    The Incredibles: 1-12 we get to meet Mr. Incredible and what a day in his life is like. Then on pages 13-15 we get the inciting incident that the super heroes have been outlawed. This forces our hero to go into hiding.   10-30 pages: Refusal of the call. We've all been there when we watch the hero reject what needs to be done. Of course, we have seen a lot of movies that this goes on throughout but this should be the main/strongest that it is. Because next comes crossing the first threshold by page 30. This is the Plot Point One / Turning point one / Awakening / The Point of no return. However you want to see it, this is it.   The Incredibles: This is a great example because Mr. Incredible refuses his new life. And by page 30, Mr. Incredible has gotten back on the wagon to saving lives. He listens to the scanner and saves lives in the burning building. Here is the first plot point because then we get pushed into the next part when he is recruited by Mirage.   ACT 2: Middle/The Confrontation pages 31-90 / 50%    30-60: include test, allies, and enemies. Mid point right near the middle. keep everyone locked in.   The Incredibles: By page 60, Mr. Incredible/Bob has defeated the first robot and is about to go on the next one. This will enter the next inmost cave where the true intentions of Buddy.   60-90 Approaching inner most cave. At the end, to transition to the resolution, is the Inmost Cave(Plot Point 2).   The Incredibles: By 90-100, the whole family has joined the fight to help save Bob.     ACT 3: End/The Resolution 91-120 / 25%   91-110: Final Push/Seizing the Sword   The Incredibles: The final push. The whole family have now gotten together to save the city against Buddy.    110-120: Return with Elixir   The Incredibles: Buddy is defeated and the family has found a new acceptance of their powers and family dynamic. They have created a new "Ordinary World" and then it breaks apart again giving us the Underminer. This gives us another glimpse of how the family dynamic has improved and they are working together.    I've attached the script so you can do your own evaluation. Reading scripts is a great way to learn and grow. You can also download this at www.ink2screen.net/page8   Now, remember, this is just a suggested format. Find what works for you. These are only guidelines. Take from it what you will because it does work but don't limit yourself to just these guidelines. It is your story. Tell it the way you want but do it in a way to entertain.   If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to subscribe to it no matter where you are listening from. Also, if you really liked this podcast or hated it, leave a comment below or on our Facebook page. You can also find us under Ink 2 Screen.    If there is any topic you'd like me to talk about can contact me through the website or Facebook. And be sure to listen to next weeks episode as I interview Richard Anderson, the winner of April's Monthly Writing Madness. It was a great interview and one that will give some great tips from someone who has won our Monthly Writing Madness.   Well, time to go. Hope to hear the furious scratch on the paper or the gentle tapping of a keyboard. Until next time.