Book into a Move — How to Master the Three Act Structure

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One key element to keep in mind when adapting your book into a movie is that all successful movies have what is known as the three act structure – a beginning, middle and an end. Now, this may sound obvious, but movies have specific types of beginning, middle and end. Each serves its own purpose.

The first act introduces the characters, more specifically, the protagonist or several protagonists. This act also sets up the major problem of the story, which is, what does the protagonist want to achieve or gain and what prevents him or her from obtaining it? Usually this opposing force takes the form of a person or group of people known in story telling as the antagonist.

This first act also contains what is known as the Inciting Incident, which is an event that causes the protagonist’s life to go in a different direction or causes that person to decide that he or she must go in a different direction than they had originally planned. It is the Inciting Incident gets your movie moving.

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Music, Movies and Independent Films

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movie Music, Movies and Independent Films In this exclusive interview, Todd Cericola, owner of Clocktower Pictures, talks about his movie studio, about music in movies and about the independent productions world.

Manuel Marino: When did you start your movie studio and how did you have the idea?

Todd Cericola: Clocktower Pictures was started in February of 2008. We are a new company in the Philadelphia area that specializes in independent film. We started it after working on a t.v. sitcom pilot called “Two One Five.” Myself, and my two partners Keelen Monahan and Matt Tomko had all been working individually on producing, directing, and writing and decided to put our efforts into one basket by opening up what would eventually become Clocktower.

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