MAP+THIS.

Use the image below as a template- but feel free to be as creative as you want in how you present your story structure- but make sure to follow the following directions. 1. At the top of your document write the title of the film. 2. First identify the plot (what does the character want) and the theme (what does the character need).

3. Explain how this theme fits into the body of themes for your director's work.

4. Copy the image below and paste it into Pages or Photoshop. In a manner like we did for //**Casablanca**// (or different...) map the major plot points of the film. Include as many of the following as possible:


 * 1) Identify the first image (or scene) in the film and describe how it provides insight into the theme of the film.
 * 2) What is the inciting incident?
 * 3) What are the major plot points of the first act? At what point is the balance upset?
 * 4) What is the Set up For Act 2?
 * 5) What threshold guardians appear in the first part of act 2?
 * 6) What other conflicts raise the stakes?
 * 7) What is the reversal of fortune that occurs about halfway through the film?
 * 8) What conflicts / threshold guardians define the second half of act 2?
 * 9) What event starts act three and propels the protagonist to face their greatest challenge?
 * 10) What is the rising action of act 3?
 * 11) How does the climax of the film define the choice that the character must make between what they **want** and what they **need**?
 * 12) What is the falling action of act 3, and how has the world changed and found a new balance?
 * 13) What is the denouement?


 * 1) [[image:ibfilmsas/3act.jpg width="800" height="618"]]