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Example act breakdowns

Ben Slythe

Examples of well known stories broken down into the screenplay three-act structure.

Star Wars in acts

How the screenplay of Star Wars divides the story into the three-act structure.



Hamlet in acts

Showing Shakepeare's Hamlet broken into acts to see the underlying structure.



Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in acts

The first of the Harry Potter films broken into acts to show the structure.



Terminator in acts

The classic science-fiction thriller The Terminator broken into acts to show the structure.




"I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film."

David Cronenberg