Film Structure
• Beginning
• Introduction
• Inciting incident
• Middle
• Turning point
• Struggle
• Point of no return
• conflict
• End
• Pre climax
• Climax
• Resolution
The Opening
Before writing the story or the script of a film, the subject, place, time, characters and other backgrounds become necessary to be explained. Those necessary elements of introduction are mostly shown to the audience in the beginning of the film. Although some films are started from any point of the film structure, or any incident like the situation before the struggle starts or from the middle of the main conflict, or a film could be started before the antagonist decides to attack the protagonist. Moreover, some of the film directors even start to tell the story almost from the end of the main incident. But, from whatever situation the film starts, the audience must be informed regarding the characters, the place, time and the subject and the total situation of the beginning of the story.
To be particular, the film is mostly started with introducing the characters, place, time and the subject which is called ‘The Opening’ in the cinematic language.
It is suggested that, with whatever situation the film may start, the opening should be simple and calm because the audience does not like to bear the burden of high tension, heavy struggle, big dramas or deep sorrows in the very-very beginning. Such kind of opening of a story degrades the value and the interest in the film.
Nevertheless, ‘the opening’ of film should be very much movable, attractive and interesting to hold the attention of the audience.
The Planting
To make the script move fast in an interesting and to develop it forward, it needs to have different types of incidents and activities. Otherwise the story and script could remain stagnant and boring. To make a plan to include the different types of incidents and actions to move forward, is called ‘the planting’ in a film script.
In the story of a film no incident or activity can happen itself or in an automatic way. In all cases, to take forward the story the film actors (characters) should have to go into action themselves actively. For this, the basic background of the characters like the spendthrift, greedy, savage, foolish, dull, neat and clean, gentle, brilliant, optimist, pessimist, attractive, repulsive, dauntless, timid, etc. their action and behaviours could be based in their own habits, thinking ability, intention or goal, etc.
When the screenplay writer plans and manages to include the incident according to the background of the different characters to move forward the story is called ‘the planting’. No writer can develop further the script without planting the above dramatic characters. Therefore, ‘the planting’ has an important role while writing the film script.
But it is necessary that the writer must select and pant the actions of the characters making the incidents only suitable, believable and helpful to the main goal of the story.
Inciting Incident
Whenever the protagonist is busy to reach his goal and working in a peaceful manner, the antagonist enters in the field having his own goal and disturbs the protagonist. But the protagonist continues his work trying peacefully to convince the antagonist. When the protagonist simply denies the antagonist’s proposal or does not agree to stop his works, the antagonist tries to make the protagonist strongly excited and angry or is inflicted pain which makes him totally annoyed and is pinched to become totally disturbed.
In such condition the protagonist could be very much disturbed and his works start destroying. Such acts of the antagonist are considered to be the ‘Inciting Incident’. Then the story turns to a new point as the protagonist is compelled to start taking action to the antagonist because he does not want to leave his goal. This kind of ‘Inciting Incident’ makes the script interesting because it starts a strong conflict in the film.
But for the script writers it is very important to note that the element of ‘Inciting Incident’ should be used in the beginning of the structure of the film, i.e. at least till the length of the script reaches 30 minutes in the beginning or till the end of the film or around the pre-climax and the climax of the structure.
In fact it is advisable that the elements of ‘Inciting Incident” should be kept after the starting of the disturbances or ‘inflicted pain’ by the antagonist. It could be used within the middle act (act II) within the 60 minutes of the film structure, or, in the beginning of Act II.
The Deepening
Most of the films made in the world are basically based on the story of human relationships or the relation of a person with other people of the society and nation. Those types of relations carry the affection, love and the envy, hatred, revenge and related kind of subjects.
In any kind of cinema the things are not at all presented in the same manner, they bear the quality of different expressions
CONFLICT
The story has been considered as the main element of all films and it definitely has always a goal of itself. To fulfil and to justify the goal of a story, one or more characters are created in it. The main character called the ‘protagonist’ starts working in the beginning peacefully and positively to achieve the goal.
It is important to note that in a society, every person may not have the same kind of working style, same kind of thinking and same kind of desire and goal in his life. Some people may have negative type of thinking and attitude too.
Such kind of negative character called ‘antagonist’ starts disturbing and opposing the good deeds of the ‘protagonist’.
The protagonist tries his best to continue his work as usual even though he is disturbed. He peacefully tries to justify and continue the antagonist. Still the antagonist does not stop disturbing; rather he inflicts pain to the protagonist increasing the ways of disturbances. As the pain is inflicted to the protagonist, the situation of ‘conflict’ is created in the scene.
There are two types of conflict- Internal conflict and External (outer) conflict. The dilemma which arises inside the heart and mind of the character is supposed to be the internal conflict whereas the origin of fighting physically is taken as the External conflict or outer conflict.
In the absence of conflict, the script cannot move further. Therefore the situation of conflict has a big importance while writing a script.
• Beginning
• Introduction
• Inciting incident
• Middle
• Turning point
• Struggle
• Point of no return
• conflict
• End
• Pre climax
• Climax
• Resolution
The Opening
Before writing the story or the script of a film, the subject, place, time, characters and other backgrounds become necessary to be explained. Those necessary elements of introduction are mostly shown to the audience in the beginning of the film. Although some films are started from any point of the film structure, or any incident like the situation before the struggle starts or from the middle of the main conflict, or a film could be started before the antagonist decides to attack the protagonist. Moreover, some of the film directors even start to tell the story almost from the end of the main incident. But, from whatever situation the film starts, the audience must be informed regarding the characters, the place, time and the subject and the total situation of the beginning of the story.
To be particular, the film is mostly started with introducing the characters, place, time and the subject which is called ‘The Opening’ in the cinematic language.
It is suggested that, with whatever situation the film may start, the opening should be simple and calm because the audience does not like to bear the burden of high tension, heavy struggle, big dramas or deep sorrows in the very-very beginning. Such kind of opening of a story degrades the value and the interest in the film.
Nevertheless, ‘the opening’ of film should be very much movable, attractive and interesting to hold the attention of the audience.
The Planting
To make the script move fast in an interesting and to develop it forward, it needs to have different types of incidents and activities. Otherwise the story and script could remain stagnant and boring. To make a plan to include the different types of incidents and actions to move forward, is called ‘the planting’ in a film script.
In the story of a film no incident or activity can happen itself or in an automatic way. In all cases, to take forward the story the film actors (characters) should have to go into action themselves actively. For this, the basic background of the characters like the spendthrift, greedy, savage, foolish, dull, neat and clean, gentle, brilliant, optimist, pessimist, attractive, repulsive, dauntless, timid, etc. their action and behaviours could be based in their own habits, thinking ability, intention or goal, etc.
When the screenplay writer plans and manages to include the incident according to the background of the different characters to move forward the story is called ‘the planting’. No writer can develop further the script without planting the above dramatic characters. Therefore, ‘the planting’ has an important role while writing the film script.
But it is necessary that the writer must select and pant the actions of the characters making the incidents only suitable, believable and helpful to the main goal of the story.
Inciting Incident
Whenever the protagonist is busy to reach his goal and working in a peaceful manner, the antagonist enters in the field having his own goal and disturbs the protagonist. But the protagonist continues his work trying peacefully to convince the antagonist. When the protagonist simply denies the antagonist’s proposal or does not agree to stop his works, the antagonist tries to make the protagonist strongly excited and angry or is inflicted pain which makes him totally annoyed and is pinched to become totally disturbed.
In such condition the protagonist could be very much disturbed and his works start destroying. Such acts of the antagonist are considered to be the ‘Inciting Incident’. Then the story turns to a new point as the protagonist is compelled to start taking action to the antagonist because he does not want to leave his goal. This kind of ‘Inciting Incident’ makes the script interesting because it starts a strong conflict in the film.
But for the script writers it is very important to note that the element of ‘Inciting Incident’ should be used in the beginning of the structure of the film, i.e. at least till the length of the script reaches 30 minutes in the beginning or till the end of the film or around the pre-climax and the climax of the structure.
In fact it is advisable that the elements of ‘Inciting Incident” should be kept after the starting of the disturbances or ‘inflicted pain’ by the antagonist. It could be used within the middle act (act II) within the 60 minutes of the film structure, or, in the beginning of Act II.
The Deepening
Most of the films made in the world are basically based on the story of human relationships or the relation of a person with other people of the society and nation. Those types of relations carry the affection, love and the envy, hatred, revenge and related kind of subjects.
In any kind of cinema the things are not at all presented in the same manner, they bear the quality of different expressions
CONFLICT
The story has been considered as the main element of all films and it definitely has always a goal of itself. To fulfil and to justify the goal of a story, one or more characters are created in it. The main character called the ‘protagonist’ starts working in the beginning peacefully and positively to achieve the goal.
It is important to note that in a society, every person may not have the same kind of working style, same kind of thinking and same kind of desire and goal in his life. Some people may have negative type of thinking and attitude too.
Such kind of negative character called ‘antagonist’ starts disturbing and opposing the good deeds of the ‘protagonist’.
The protagonist tries his best to continue his work as usual even though he is disturbed. He peacefully tries to justify and continue the antagonist. Still the antagonist does not stop disturbing; rather he inflicts pain to the protagonist increasing the ways of disturbances. As the pain is inflicted to the protagonist, the situation of ‘conflict’ is created in the scene.
There are two types of conflict- Internal conflict and External (outer) conflict. The dilemma which arises inside the heart and mind of the character is supposed to be the internal conflict whereas the origin of fighting physically is taken as the External conflict or outer conflict.
In the absence of conflict, the script cannot move further. Therefore the situation of conflict has a big importance while writing a script.
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