Development of ideas and structures in moving image

Principle 1 Story Development

When a film is made it goes by a 3 act structure, this is the beginning, middle and end and is shown by setting the scene and establishing what the film is about, then there is some sort of crisis or a twist and then there is how that problem is resolved. This is the same in pretty much all the films and whichever genre it is so comedy, romantic, action, thriller or chick-flick they all go by this three act structure and a film wouldn’t be the same without this. In a 2 hour film it is normally 30 minutes for the beginning 60 minutes for the middle and then 30 minutes for the end of the film. This makes sense to the viewer for it to be like this without even having to think that there is a particular structure to it you just know it is correct and flows together nicely.

This is the film bride wars and this has a very good and obvious 3 act structure. It is shown really well and makes the film really good and interesting to watch. This is a good example because the 3 act structure is really clear.

http://www.moviemuser.co.uk/Reviews/36/Bride-Wars.aspx

This is an image from the beginning of the film when it is setting the scene and this is showing that these are two girls who have been best friends from a very young age and have always loved the idea and have dreamed of getting married to someone when they’re older. They have spent a long time planning and putting together little scrap books of how they would imagine their wedding to be and this started by them going to a wedding when they were young and they wanted to get married then at this specific venue.

http://www.mediafirebd.com/2011/03/bride-wars-2009-brrip-600mb.html

This is an image now from the film and they are older and still best friends and they are both now engaged and they have just came out from booking their dream wedding at this venue and they both have a date and are going to be each others made of honour. They are both really happy and it is all going really well.

That is the first part in the 3 act structure and is the introduction and establishing what the film is about.

http://amominredhighheels.com/bang-lust-kate-hudsons-bride-wars/

This then leads nicely in to the second part of the 3 act structure which is the crisis and the middle of the film. This is where they find out their weddings have been accidently double booked and are on the same day. This means they can’t go to each other’s wedding and that one would have to change it. None of them change the wedding date and they are then set out to spoil the other ones day and play tricks on each other such as putting a blue die instead of blonde and a very strong spray tan rather than a subtle one.

http://moviebugz.blogspot.com/2009/05/bride-wars-2009.html

This is now when they see each other at their weddings and they decide they have been silly and this is the resolve of the film as they make up and Emma decides she’s marrying the wrong man and ends up marrying Livs brother. It all ends happily and this is how the problem is resolved.

http://www.bridedressesphotos.com/vera-wang-dress-from-bride-wars/