The three acts are known as the Setup, which in a broad sense means the introduction of characters (responsibilities, personalities, relationships etc), locations which dependent on whether or not the location is set in a foreign or unknown world can need extra attention. However if it is set in a present day world, with similar practices to the audience, the audience can assume what they know of their own world. Any other aspects within the films universe that will effect the reception of the film are usually established at this point also. As we have been given the task of creating a film opening this is the act that is most important in our current project. At some point during this introduction an on-screen incident will often occur, which affects the main character (protagonist). Often the protagonist, or relations of the protagonist, or other members of the cast will attempt to deal with this incident. This often leads onto second more dramatic situation, known as the first turning point or plot point, which (a) signals the end of the first act, (b) ensures life will never be the same again for the protagonist and (c) raises a dramatic question that will be answered in the climax of the film.
The second act is known as the confrontation where a character/group of characters is/are faced with a dilemma often caused from the attempt to solve the previous lesser problem. The characters will often have to develop new skills in order to overcome there dilemma at some stage during this act something dramatic will happen which will motivate the character's total commitment to deal with the problem. The third act is known as the resolution where the character/group of characters solve the problem previously faced often becoming enriched by the experience this is often started with a second plot point which will begin the build up to the hero and villain's final confrontation.
Missing - 3 Act Structure.
Act 1.
The film begins to follow the path of a young male character named Sean, who disappears with his friend James. Sean was recently moved to a boarding school as his parents were worried he was not achieving the grades he deserves due to involvement of petty crimes with his friend James, behind his parents back with the excuse of a school residential trip he returns to meet his old friend, who has since moved onto more hardcore crimes. Upon arrival Sean is greeted with a phone call from his friend, he promises to meet him at the canal and Sean begins walking to meet him. Unknowingly James has recently acquired a new drug which allows the user to teleport at will, while holding this package for a local drug lord he becomes a target and is being followed by a hardcore user of the currently hard to find drug. The user has mastered the powers of the drug and plans to steal the large stock at any costs. Sean arrives at the canal to find his friend James killed, believed to be the one that is storing the drug he is chased down and captured.
Act 2.
After waking up in captivity Sean is subjected to torture as he is believed to be acting dumb, in brief moments between the interruption of the drug addict the other prisoners reveal to Sean the story of the extremely addictive substance and how the person who first developed the drug was a previous prisoner and refused to create any more seeing the damaging effects of the drug, he was thus killed by the drug addict. The last substantial stock is rumored to be held by the drug lord who James became involved with. Meanwhile Sean's schoolmates arrive back from residential with no sign of Sean his protective parents become extremely worried upon questioning the school they are told that Sean never attended the trip. The police and media are revealing that a huge number of disappearances have been reported within the area of Oxford. The parents attempt to contact James however they cannot contact them. Soon they are used as hostages in an attempt for Sean to reveal the location of the drug. Sean attempts to use the drug to his advantage to escape and destroy the last stock of the drug to prevent the addict analyzing and creating or duplicating the extremely damaging drug.
Act 3.
Sean escapes and begins hunting down the drug stock, he fights not only the villains who are attacking him and attempting to locate Sean and the addiction of the drug which he has to use in order to combat the group of drug addicts hunting both him and the drug down.
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