The End Of The Second Act | The Craft Of...
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- Welcome to the sixth installment of my latest series entitled “The Craft Of”, a crash course on traditional 3 Act Structure which the vast majority of Hollywood films released over the last several decades have utilized.
Today we will be discussing the fourth of the five major plot points: The End Of The Second Act OR alternatively The Second Act Turn. The End Of The Second Act is more often than not marked by our protagonist reaching their lowest point, where the stakes have reached their highest point, where it appears that all is lost, often leading to our protagonist having to make a final do-or-die decision, which serves as the climax of the story.
NOTE: This series is not meant to rag on any particular screenwriting guide you fancy. If it works for you, stick with it. If you DO need a recommendation, go with Syd Field's "Screenplay", which I'd say is the gold standard.
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[00:00] - Intro/Shout-outs
[00:57] - The End Of The Second Act
[11:10] - Outro
SPOILERS:
Aliens (1986)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Die Hard (1988)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Doubt (2008)
Manchester By The Sea (2016)
Mean Girls (2004)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Oldboy (2003)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Matrix (1999)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
MUSIC:
"Danse Macabre" by Kevin MacLeod: • "Danse Macabre" Kevin ...
"Ode To Joy (Nakatomi Plaza)" by Michael Kamen and Marco Beltrami: • Die Hard 1 Nakatomi Pl...
"Bicycle Thieves (Main Theme)" by Alessandro Cicognini: • Bicycle Thieves (1948)...
"Shawshank Prison (Stoic Theme)" & "End Title" by Thomas Newman: • 02 Shawshank Prison (S... 
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Perfect example: Phantom Menace. Second Act ends when the characters decide to return to Naboo after Palptine starts running for Chancellor.
Wondering when you release the next one, this is a great series.
Next episode will be dropping 2024 👍
@@MacabreStorytelling , hahahaha, good one.... Wait you serious?
@@osmanyousif7849 😚
bicycle thief is a great film I can relate to.. I was the victim of a bycicle theft and did worked with a colegue who was a bycicle thief..had some wierd conversations together, me complaining about my loss and the other fella gloating on his past achievements.. Great series mate!
I had been wondering if you got bored with this, so I am glad to see more from you.
Nah just got caught up on other projects. Gonna make a note to finish it up 👍
I saw PIG. It’s amazing and how amazing it is is being credited to the performance and direction which is great but I think what really makes it work so well is how well it uses three act structure. It’s structure is what presents that performance/direction/story in a heart wrenching way that doesn’t ever feel like it’s dragging-vid idea if you’re interested
7:00 mark, that's what I love about John Truby's 22 steps in "The Anatomy Of Story". It has a ver broad and flexible structure with many examples of how the structure works for a powerful story. It's like a more elastic 8 steps of the hero's journey.
Was wondering if this series had finished and I had missed a few videos for some reason. Can't wait for the next video.
I'm so psyched! This series is the reason I subscribed and I thought it was abandoned!
Honestly best decision of my life to watch your vids instead of putting it on the watch later playlist that I never look at. U just got a new subscriber
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This series is SO good!
Came to gloat about potentially being the commenter who got the ball rolling on this series again, but it appears you have plenty of fans who've also been anxiously anticipating the next part of the series. Regardless, I'm thrilled you're back; this series is gold.
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mac makin me a better writer day by day 😩
no like i’m not even kidding. i’m a college english student, and my profs. are having me read things i’ve read in elementary school…mac is the best teacher i could’ve ever asked for.
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Macabre Storytelling love you papa mac 🥰 sorry i’ve been absent from the discord 😔
@@djeggy6916 how dare you pursue more meaningful aspirations
Been waiting for this! Thanks for releasing it
Love this channel, Helps me a lot with my writing. You earned a sub.
Tip for writing: litteraly just write don't think about any of this stuff. Structure and stakes and rising action throw it out the window. Once you've written your story fix all the spelling mistakes and stuff then start worrying about structure, mold what you've written to the structures and themes that you find in the story
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Oh thank God.
Two films from the French New Wave pioneer Jean Pierre Melville have great 3rd act twists: Le Doulos and Bob Le Flambeur. You might want to see them if you have not
glad this is back
In the breaking bad vs. sopranos video there’s a screenshot of a bunch of good shows in the beginning, and I spotted mr robot. Please oh please give me a mr robot video sir. My Favorite show of all time
11:18 The moment I saw the image of Leo's character from The Departed, I started saying, "Boy will this be a interesting episode.", since you mentioned the many flaws in the movie in one of your first videos you made, and where its adaptation Infernal Affairs did it better.
But we shall see....
Yeah in retrospect I should have gone with IA but I’m too lazy to change the thumbnail. Both films have an incredible third act twist though.
@@MacabreStorytelling , well I wouldn't call Infernal Affairs's climax a twist since after watching it, it was pretty much established that there were already moles in Hon Sam's gang, the thing which The Departed as you mention failed to establish with Barrigan being a mole. And as you mentioned in that video, it didn't help when they added the whole FBI informant plotline, because of how it made things more contrived than they needed to be. Because Infernal Affairs was never about twist moments/endings. It was about the opening quote, of the film when one falls into doing evil deeds, they will suffer a Continuous Hell, basically describing the character Lau's fate.
@@osmanyousif7849 oh not that. The third act twist would be the finding of the envelope.
@@MacabreStorytelling , oh right.
But also, didn’t you mention that one of the problems with that reveal was how the character Billy made the next move once he saw the envelope? As you mentioned in you video, Billy’s decision to just quickly leave the station (while tipping Colin off that he knows) was pretty dumb, since he could have kept his cool and tell someone like Dignam or Brown what he found out the next day. And while this also happened the same way in Infernal Affairs, the main reason the character Chan did what he did is because literally he doesn’t know even who to trust since literally, the only one Chan could trust is Superintendent Wong, and he’s dead, so who knows who Lau was talking to. But Billy had Dignam and Brown, who he would later call up to bring Colin in. And also, when the whole other reveal that Billy had these tapes put for his as part of Frank’s will, since in Infernal Affairs, Chan already saw where Hon Sam hid them (no will involved). And the only reason he went to get the tapes was for leverage on Lau, since while he may on have nobody to trust in the police department, the tapes will give all the evidence they need to know who’s working for who and take Lau down.
But I don’t know, maybe I’m overlooking something…..
8:01 Holy Shit! Is that William Sadler?!
Awesome video.
"but, oh fuck!" best case studies on the web lol
I wish this series would get more views. I'm gonna share this on the MauLer subreddit. I'd love to see you guest on EFAP.
if i’m a female macabro does that make me a macabroad? or all we all macabros at heart
God, Shawshank is the greatest movie of all time. A truly flawless film.
How many takes to you think it took for Macabre to say "Hans holding Holly hostage"?
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I missed the video? Where's that bell when you need it?
I’ve been a huge fan but I can’t believe you spoiled bicycle thief
I just realized
You haven't done GoT rewrites for Littlefinger or Euron Greyjoy
Little finger is done with Sansa and Eurok is done with Theon 👍
@@MacabreStorytelling but Mac
Think of the brain damage everyone could get with vids dedicated to those two sigma males turned simps
@@MacabreStorytelling on second thought, "sigma male turned simp" is pretty much every dude in the show
Could you please make a rewrite on the tactics for the Battle Of Winterfell. In fact, maybe just fix up the entire battle. That battle was one of the worst i have ever seen and I would love to see your version.