-Alien+3

1. The first image of the scene (other than the intercutting title sequence) is of Ripley in her escape pod. This suggests that the theme of the film will focus on Ripley. Her arrival become the instigator of the events to happen in the film 2. The inciting incident is the arrival of Ripley’s pod to the prison planet. 3. The face hugger lays an egg in Ripley. Then they arrive on the prison planet. Soon, Ripley’s face hugger attaches to a dog, who soon after bursts into an alien. The balance is upset as soon as the face hugger attaches to Ripley. 4. The set up for act two is when the face hugger is seen going towards the prison dog. The audience knows something is going to happen. This anticipation is only raised when Ripley is still suspicious that an Alien embryo has made it to the planet. This is only confirmed when the dog bursts like a tomato, and the alien pops up. 5. Andrews is the first threshold guardian of act 2 due to his disbelief in whatever Ripley is saying. Also, Ripley is almost raped. Then Andrews dies.

6. While they are trying to figure out what is going on, the Alien is killing more people. 7. Many prison inmates end up dying due to the alien’s intervention. Thus, their already small crew is reduced to even smaller numbers; their options become increasingly limited. 8. Ripley is not allowed to kill herself after finding out that she is harboring a baby alien. Then she begins to argue with people who want to leave and not fight. People don’t want to fight the alien, but then she convinces them. 9. After Ripley finds out the alien won’t hill her, she gets the prisoners to fight the alien.

10.As they try to find out where the alien is and lure it out, the prisoners slowly get picked off. Also, while this is happening, Weyland-Yutani is arriving.

11.The climax of the film defines a very clear choice for Ripley. She can either trust original Bishop and potentially save herself, or she can kill herself and the baby alien. She wants to get rid of the baby alien and ensure that the alien will not reproduce, in order for her to finally get closure and peace of mind. This way she doesn’t need to worry about aliens destroying the world anymore.

12.The falling action is when Ripley has finally decided to kill herself. The monumental decision to end her life after she has gone through so much is balanced out with the slow motion shot of her falling. Then, the remaining people still alive leave the planet once and for all. The world is safe from an alien threat once again.

13.Ripley has sacrificed herself to ensure that no more people will ever be killed from this alien again.