Friday, 14 December 2018

Film Review: Scream - Three Act Structure


(Fig 1: Movie poster)


The Start (Ordinary World): Woodboro pre murders

Inciting Incident: Casey Becher Dying

End of Act 1: Sidney is attacked by the murder and Billy is arrested under suspicion

Mid-Point Act 2: Randy is talking to Stu about how anyone in town could be the killer, then the school gets closed because of the recent incident which leads to the principle being attacked and killed

Start of Act 3 (Race to Climax): Stu decides to throw a party to celebrate that the school is closed, Gale and Dewey go to the party, Sidney's friend Tatum is trapped in the garage and killed

The Climax: Sidney has sex with Billy, He gets "stabbed", people leave the party to go see the dead principles body, Killer chases Sidney

The Denouement and End: The twist of who the killer is gets revealed, Sidneys dad is tied up, Killers are stopped

Illustration:

Fig 1: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1074316_scream

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