Re: Re: 3 ACTS
Itâ€TMs not set in stone, but in a 2 hour movie itâ€TMs usually 30/60/30 for the 3 act breaks. indy packing his suitcase lands at about the 20 minute mark, marion picking up the headpiece from the snow comes at 33. and raiders has an overly long ordinary world mini-movie at the start (roughly 10 minutes) that has little to do with the MDQ.
The army intelligence guys are heralds, issuing indy the call to adventure. marion and the nazis are threshold guardians, stopping indy from crossing the point of no return and committing to the heroâ€TMs journey. the headpiece is the key that lets indy cross the threshold and begin the search for the ark.
In order for the love subplot to work he has to meet marion in the first act. itâ€TMs the same with his arch-nemesis belloq, we have to meet him in the first act in order for it to arc through the story.
Itâ€TMs not set in stone, but in a 2 hour movie itâ€TMs usually 30/60/30 for the 3 act breaks. indy packing his suitcase lands at about the 20 minute mark, marion picking up the headpiece from the snow comes at 33. and raiders has an overly long ordinary world mini-movie at the start (roughly 10 minutes) that has little to do with the MDQ.
The army intelligence guys are heralds, issuing indy the call to adventure. marion and the nazis are threshold guardians, stopping indy from crossing the point of no return and committing to the heroâ€TMs journey. the headpiece is the key that lets indy cross the threshold and begin the search for the ark.
In order for the love subplot to work he has to meet marion in the first act. itâ€TMs the same with his arch-nemesis belloq, we have to meet him in the first act in order for it to arc through the story.
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