Filmmaking Deep Dive: James Cameron's 5 Act Structure
Filmmaker Alan Seawright guides us through one of the common ways to structure a story, the five-act structure, and he explains how James Cameron does it perfectly, with Avatar (2009) as the example.
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This is such an awesome walk through, love your work Alan!
next deep dive has to be about James Cameron's pee protein.
Dang, I learned so much from this Deep Dive, including how obsessed Alan is with James Cameron! 😅 Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge about filmmaking, story telling and Cameron himself. Thoroughly enjoyed it and watching you geek out. 🤓
So, is it just me or does each of those acts have their own 3 acts within them? I mean, there's at least some rising and falling action at deliberate times, right? They all start with a premise that is challenged and acted upon before estabelishing a new premise for the next act.
100%! The best writing often has a noticeable 3 act structure in every scene! But these 5 acts definitely have acts in their acts.