We were given the task of getting into groups and take a Film, a Book, and a Video Games narrative and break them down into the three act structure. We chose Pixars Monsters Inc., Mirrors Edge as our video game, and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone as our book. We found that breaking down the book was a harder task than the film or video game, i believe that more than anything else this was due to the fact that we couldn't find a book that we had all read.
Group Work (Murray Davey, Matthew Thomas and Tim Nguyen)
Monsters Inc. - Film
- Act 1
o Shows the normality of their lives, by them going to work in the morning
o Introduces the main protagonist Mike and Sully and antagonist Randall
o Energy crisis, no scream.
o Personal goal is TOP SCREAMER. And to beat the scream record.
o FINDING BOO!
- Act 2
o Hiding Boo!
o Going to work with Boo!
o Mike Wazowski!
o Mike says to Sully he has made a deal with Randall to put the child back.
o Randall kidnaps Mike accidentally instead of Boo.
o Scream Extractor
o Waternoose is the enemy as well
o Mike and Sully banished, friendship falls apart
- Act 3
o Second Culmination is the chase throughout the factory.
o Returned Boo to her room, Sully gets very sad
o Waternoose is exposed and Mike’s friendship is rekindled to they can finally defeat Randall.
o Roz is the leader almighty.
o We returned months later at the laugh factory as opposed to the scream factory.
o The End
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - Book
- Act 1
o
Exposition: Harry’s normaility is introduced as his life spent
largely as a servant for his aunt and uncle in their house, and
generally being mistreated by them
o Main character is introduced as Harry Potter, a strange boy who’s parents are dead
o Dramatic situation: Harry is about to start secondary school
o Inciting incident: Letters addressed very specifically to harry start arriving
o Plot point: Harry finds out he a magic man and finally gets to read his invitation to Hogwarts
- Act 2
o
- Act 3
Mirrors Edge - Video Game
- Act 1
o Normality: Messenger/Courier in a dystopian oppressive city
o Main character is Faith, a messenger who avoids the police
o Sister may be in trouble
o Inciting incident: Pope is dead, Kate (Faiths Sister) gets the blame
- Act 2
o Jacknife
o Gathering information
o Ropeburn gets sniped
o Plot point 2: Assassin is your best friend who is working for the secret organisation.
o First culmination: Sister extracted from convoy and left with Merc
o Midpoint: Merc killed. Sister gets recaptured, player is told she has been taken to the shard
- Act 3
o Climax: Destruction of cities main surveillance servers followed by stalemate on the roof
o Resolution: Jacknife is knocked out of helicopter and sister is saved
o Game ends with the two safe but still on the run charged with Popes murder
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