The Avengers — Defining an Act
Lessons from the Screenplay
Jan 26, 2018 14:46
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David Fincher recently implied that the MCU is "lassoed and hogtied" by three-acts, so I wanted to investigate this statement. This video begins this process by examining how to define an act using Marvel’s The Avengers.
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