basic movie script rules:
3 acts:
inciting incident: what causes the movie to begin
act 1: setup, meet characters, give conflict - 30 minutes
act 2: playing out of conflict, its affects, and the character's eventual downfall - 60 minutes
act 3: the character comes out of his slump to save the day - 30 minutes
between act 1 and 2, and 2 and 3, there are “turning points,” major events which segway into the next act. to make things clearer:
ghostbusters:
inciting incident: the ghost in the library gets them thinking
act 1: they are kicked out the university, decide to go into business
tp act 1: the successfully bust slimer, and their career takes off
act 2: we get deep into Dana's story, etc. At the end, the Ghostbusters get sent to jail - their slump
tp act 2: they get out of jail
act 3: they save the day
watch the movies, they fit the time profile to a T. I wouldve done one for Ghostbusters 2, but it is nearly the exact same thing, which a couple minor words changed (the scorelli bros. instead of slimer).
just thought youd like to know.
nick