3. Setup
Nick Dunne going about his day.
Typically used to introduce characters and their
lives
4. Inciting Incident
His wife is missing
Close to the beginning of a movie where a
character's normal life is changed
5. Act 1 Climax
Some characters and the audience suspect
that Nick had something to do with his wife’s
disappearance. He now has to prove his
innocence.
Usually used to send the plot into a new
direction
6. Midpoint
The audience learns that Amy isn’t missing and
how she faked her death is revealed. Nick hires
a lawyer and tries to prove he had nothing to do
with it.
Major shift in dynamic of the story, the
character has a major success, devastating
failure or a powerful revelation
7. Act 2 Part 2
Amy stays at her ex’s house. Nick goes on TV
to defend himself.
Things get serious. The protagonist faces
conflict internally and externally
8. Climax
Amy kills her ex and frames him for rape. She
comes home
Big finale, the protagonist and antagonist face
each other. Tension and conflict are at their
highest.
9. Resolution
Amy and Nick settle back into married life and
things go back to normal.
Loose ends are tied up. The audience have a
sigh of relief
11. Black and white scenes
● chronological
● linear narrative
● flashbacks on his job before he lost his
memory. Gives insight on
12. Color scenes
● non-linear
● Shown in reverse order
● voice over, his thoughts as he is thinking
them
● makes the viewer empathise
13. Enigma
Here the enigma is introduced by the prop of
the polaroid picture. This gives the audience
some questions about the subject and direction
of the film without revealing enough to detract
from the mystery of the plot
14. Enigma
● The audience doesn’t know how long ago the
flashbacks were just like the protagonist
● The audience thinks they know who killed his wife, at
the end a twist is revealed
● the audience has questions
16. ● Enigma, figuring out who killed the girl
● Suspense is created when detectives find clues
suggesting the identity of someone who did it.
● We are left with an open ended ending
17. the aim of every enigma is to retain the interest
of the audience and to provide
something which can engage them
in the plot
19. Conventional storytelling has a set structure of beginning, middle, and end,
however, they do not always happen in this order.
Flashbacks are used throughout the film.
There are two main interviews going on and they happen at different times but
are interspersed
20. By using these flashbacks to flesh out the story, the film not
only finds a unique way of grasping the audiences
attention, but also in how conventional storytelling is able to
be altered in film for the sake of it’s story structure
21. Enigma
At the end of the film a twist is revealed which is a big pay off for the viewer that
answers questions that the viewer had.
