Friday, October 23, 2015

Three Act Structure Outline


Written by Robert Mitchell
Edited by Ainsworth Williams

10/23/15

Act I

-Identify the SPINE of the story

                -What’s the point? 

Young Warrior Kimiko goes out on a journey after seeing her father and clan members perish at the hands of an evil person known as the oppressor. While trying to stop the oppressor she learns from the moon mask she possesses that she has to collect the powers of the seven masks to stop him. Knowing her destiny, Kimiko goes on a journey to collect these powers and to stop the evil oppressor from collecting them and destroying the lands of light. 

-List characters

                -Give a brief description after each name

Kimiko: Young warrior, Protagonist; Oppressor: Antagonist; Kimiko friend:  young friend from steam city; Golem: 9ft sidekick, Apprentice Mage: new ally helping Kimiko on her quest;

                -Identify role (protagonist, antagonist, supporting)

Protagonists: Kimiko, the Golem; Antagonist: The Oppressor; Supporting: Kimiko’s friend, Apprentice Mage.

-What is the SETTING?

-Period
1700, 89th year (1700s-late 1800s)

-Duration
2-3 months

-Location
The Lands of the Light.
  
-Level of Conflict

The Oppressor is destroying villages to find the seven masks; Oppressor’s Eclipse mask has possessed him.

-What is the INCITING INCIDENT?

The oppressor kills Kimiko’s father and Kimiko has to collect the masks from the Land of Magic and the Oresmith Mines while racing against time to find the other masks before the Oppressor, whom already has the Aqualic Mask.

-SUMMARY

                -In a brief paragraph, summarize the events of the first act.

Kimiko obtains the Moon tribe masks while she defeats a golem whom ends up being her sidekick. Afterwards she learns about the history of how the masks came into play and her destiny. She goes on a journey to avenge her father and her clan from the evil oppressor. While doing this, the oppressor causes havoc in the Aqualic civilization and goes on a journey to find the other masks, already being possessed by the eclipse mask. Kimiko arrives at the Magic civilization where she meets the oppressor and they race against time to see who gets the mask first. Kimiko barely manages to escape with the Magic mask’s power with the help of the Apprentice Mage. After leaving the Magic Civilization Kimiko goes to the Oresmith Mines to obtain the Oresmith Mask’s power with the help of the Redsmith. Kimiko succeeds in getting the power and goes on a train ride to Steam City.

Act II

-Character Development

                -What experiences, skills, or knowledge should the character gain in the course of the story?

Kimiko learns how to be brave and not to give up on serious situations.

-Rising Action

                -What are the escalating events that the character must overcome?

Not to give up even though the oppressor is more powerful than her.

                -How does each event change the character or world?

When Kimiko wants to give up she remembers those who fallen and decides to be brave and fight for them.

                -What new SETTINGS (if any) are events involved in?

Steam City, Island of Life (Harvester Civilization)
  
-SUMMARY

               -In a brief paragraph, summarize the events of the second act.

Arriving in Steam City, Kimiko meets her old friend and tells him about her journey and how the oppressor is destroying civilizations looking for the seven masks with the help of the evil eclipse mask. Kimiko learns that her friend is the current mask bearer of Steam City and he agrees to help her get the Technology mask. After Kimiko receives the Technology Mask she journeys to the Harvester civilization with her friend in tow. She arrives too late because the civilization is already is in destruction and gives up hope. She remembers those who fallen and decides to be brave and defeat the oppressor.

Act III

-What is the CLIMAX of the story?

Kimiko gets over her depression and fear and goes into the Capital City with her allies to defeat the evil oppressor.

-FALLING ACTION

                -How does the character and/or world try to find balance after the events of the story?

Kimiko goes into battle with the Oppressor and defeats him and takes the Eclipse mask away from him whom possessed him all along.

-DENOUEMENT

                -What is the resolution?

Kimiko defeats both the Oppressor and the evil within the Eclipse mask and decides to travel alone with the seven masks. This is so someone else won’t be corrupted by the power of both the seven light masks and the eclipse mask.

                -Is it positive or negative?

It’s positive because she frees her allies and country from the burden of the prophesy and the Oppressor’s conquest.

-CATHARSIS

                -How does the audience feel?

Relief, Happy, and Inspired
               

-What knowledge or insight should they have been expected to learn from this?

Be brave and stand up for what is right, and always do the right thing. Age doesn’t define you, it’s what you’ve been through that defines you. Never give up.

-SUMMARY

                -In a brief paragraph, summarize the events of the third act.

After Kimiko gets over her depression her and her allies go into the Capital City and fight off the Oppressor whom was looking for the last mask. While looking for the last mask the Oppressor fights the Royal Guard and defeats them. While the Royal Guard is defeated Kimiko steps in and fights the Oppressor and his evil Eclipse mask spirit.  Kimiko defeats the oppressor and the mask spirit and finds out the oppressor was possessed. She decides to leave with the Eclipse mask and the powered up Moon mask so no one won’t be corrupted by the masks’ power.

FREYTAG’S DRAMATIC ARC

                -Fill in the blanks with story specific events:



 


Beginning:

Kimiko receives the Moon Mask and travels the Magic and Oresmith civilization, while the Oppressor destroys the Aqualics region.

Rising Action

Kimiko goes to the Steam city and receives the Steam mask and sees the destruction of the Harvester civilization.

Climax

Kimiko wants to give up but remembers those who fallen.

Falling Action

Kimiko and her allies go to the Capital City to receive the last mask before the Oppressor. They end up in the final battle against him.

Resolution

Kimiko defeats the Oppressor and leaves alone with the powered up Moon mask and the Eclipse mask.

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