Structural Overviews: Why?

Right after learning the principles of structure, it will be hard to apply them to your own work immediately.

Better is to consolidate your understanding by applying it to films you know, by watching them and identifying the key turning points.

A breakdown in scenes or plot points is an excellent start. To help you with this, I will regularly publish examples from different genres.

Here is the full list of breakdowns – or ‘beat sheets’:

• Structure: Avatar
• Structure: Shaun of the Dead
• Structure: The Untouchables
• Structure: A Beautiful Mind
• Structure: Up
• Structure: The Incredibles
• Structure: Juno
• Structure: Thelma & Louise
• Structure: Australia
• Structure: Jaws
• Structure: Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Structure: Iron Man
• Structure: A Room With a View
• Structure: Shawshank Redemption
• Structure: Terminator 2
• Structure: Ghost World
• Structure: Michael Clayton
• Structure: Assault on Precinct 13