Act 3 In Screenplay Structure Major Setback, Climax, and Aftermath by Michael Hauge

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[thelonedissenter]

American Beauty - one of the best third acts (using Hague's concepts).

[reachtt]

Thank you very much. I love listening to Mr. Michael Hauge.

[TheText]

Why does the love portion sounds like my life 😂😂😂

[vwxpnlt]

This is amazing. Thanks again... great content.

[reichen]

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[linapink]

The whole time I was referring to Endless Love! But very good information!

[wouterg.]

Great stuff! When will the full interview be published ?

[jaredgariti]

I'm not really sure where the major setback is. Is it the midpoint? That would make sense because after the midpoint the character goes back to his old ways before the story and falls further into his lie. Then he has to believe in himself giving him enough courage for the climax, witch is the start of act 3. Right? So is the major setback even in act 3?

[meg-k-waldren]

The download link of the Structure Chart isn't working

[tejasdhotre]

And I wanted to watch"don't breathe" .... Haahhaha. ...

[kevinmejia]

To me the best act 3 I can think of off the top of my head would be Crash. Not James Spader. Los Angeles Crash. I felt like the good and bad to the characters really came full circle. Heroes became villains, villains became heroes. People turned out to be not what you expected!

[zacheldridge]

I feel as that if you follow this format your movie will be predictable don't @ me

[claudiamanta]

Unless it’s a Greek tragedy where, despite the Hero’s best efforts and being in his essence, everything goes to shit, the Hero dies, and everything gets worse and worse.