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In the last two videos, we talked about our theme and how to break your story into beats using the story spine.

The next step is to divide your story spine into larger sections, which we call acts.

Throughout history, storytellers have experimented with everything from one act to eight acts or more.

But the most common structure for film is the three -act structure.

Act 1 consists of the first three steps of our story spine.

once upon a time, This is where we meet our main character, known as the protagonist.

And we find out when and where the story takes place.

For example, in Finding Nemo, we're introduced to Marlin and Nemo who live in the safety of the reef

And we learn why Marlin worries about the dangers lurking in the open ocean.

The first act also tells the audience what type of movie they're about to see.

Is it a science fiction, a romantic comedy, a historical drama, or something else?

Every day.

This is where we learn more about how the world works.

For example, in Finding Nemo, we learn about the other creatures who inhabit the reef and what life is like there every day.

Until one day.

This is often called the inciting incident.

It's an event which leads to a key obstacle your protagonist faces and sets the rest of the story in motion.

In Finding Nemo, Nemo ignores his father's instructions, swims out to touch the boat, and is captured by a scuba diver.

In order to save him, Marlin is forced to face his biggest fear, the open ocean.

The first act can also introduce something called the antagonist.

You probably know this as a character we sometimes call the villain, but it can take many forms.

Generally, the antagonist is a force that gets in the way of your character's wants and needs.

Marlin's antagonist is something, something that stands in his way.

The ocean? and his fear of it.

Getting this first act figured out is critical, so let's ask our storytellers for some more information.

In Act One, we want to introduce our characters, introduce the story, and get a landscape of where the story is trying to go.

What's essential in the first act is that you meet the main character in her or his world.

and you understand their place in the world, and you understand their problem in the world.

you learn enough about this character that you like this character and you want to go on this journey

with the filmmaker and the character.

It's very important to two.

hook your audience in Act One.

For our movies, I think, um, WALL -E has one of the strongest first acts.

The world is set up, it's a tra-- I mean, it's a trash planet.

And it's an abandoned dystopia.

And yet, you have an idealist.

You have Wally who believes as a robot that love is possible, in an environment where he's meant to clean up the remnants of the opposite world view.

And it's beautiful that he doesn't, he has almost no evidence other than a little green leaf, that what he believes and feels is real.

And then Eve comes in and confirms to him his idealistic tendencies, that we can rise above our programming, and that we can be more than we're told,

and we can be more than what's around us.

Sometimes the inciting incident will introduce a conflict

that will launch the main character into a journey that will take place throughout the film.

In most cases I can think of, the inciting incident comes toward the end of the first act.

You've spent the first act setting up who the characters are, what's important, what the status quo is in the world,

and the inciting incident that's going to pull the rug out from under that status quo

is gonna launch you into act two.

In Wall -E, the inciting incident is when Eve is taken off of Earth into the Axiom, and Wall -E follows her up to the Axiom on the rocket.

He now has a goal, which is to get Eve back.

even though he's a robot and he could not be further from me,

I completely empathize with him and I want for him connection and love and the things that he aspires to.

To me it's an elegant beautiful heartbreaking first act.

And I think a successful first act gets you to invest in your character, care about your character, care about what they care about.

So when the thing they care about is threatened or the rug is pulled out from under them in some way,

you're rooting for them to launch into the second act and solve that problem.

Ultimately, the first act is the setup for the story.

It's where we learn everything we need to know about our main characters and the world, and we find something out which gets us invested in the journey which follows.

In the next exercise, you'll have a chance to identify the first act in your favorite films, as well as start developing a first act for the story you want to create.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“Story Structure: Act 1”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：character, inciting, Nemo, incident, learn。這段影片共有 57 個句子、872 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 4:57。說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 176 個詞，接近日常對話。 86% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
incite 動詞	/ɪnˈsaɪt/	煽起
antagonist 名詞	/ænˈtæɡənɪst/	對手 /對手, 敵手 /敵手
spine 名詞	/spaɪn/	骨幹 /骨幹, 脊骨
storyteller 名詞		故事員 /故事員
protagonist 名詞	/pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/	主角, 主人公
reef 名詞	/ɹiːf/	礁, 暗礁
aspire 動詞	/əˈspaɪɚ/	熱望 /熱望, 渴望
dystopia 名詞	/dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ə/	反烏托邦 /反烏托邦, 敵托邦 /敵托邦
empathize 動詞	/ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/	同情
idealist 名詞		唯心主義者 /唯心主義者
filmmaker 名詞		製片人 /製片人
obstacle 名詞	/ˈɑbstəkəl/	障礙 /障礙, 妨礙 /妨礙
villain 名詞	/ˈvɪl.ən/	惡棍 /惡棍, 壞傢伙
threaten 動詞	/ˈθɹɛt.n̩/	威脅 /威脅, 恐嚇 /恐嚇
consist 名詞	/kənˈsɪst/	編組 /編組

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
figure out 動詞	弄清楚
find out 動詞	找出, 查明

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	is often called · is captured · is forced
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	have experimented · You've spent

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 8 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 we're, doesn't, gonna。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“th” 音: empathize /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
長單詞——注意重音位置: antagonist /ænˈtæɡənɪst/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/, dystopia /dɪsˈtoʊ.pi.ə/, idealistic /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: villain /ˈvɪl.ən/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: incite /ɪnˈsaɪt/, antagonist /ænˈtæɡənɪst/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/, reef /ɹiːf/, empathize /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/
/æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: antagonist /ænˈtæɡənɪst/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/, inhabit /ɪnˈhæbɪt/, abandon /əˈbæn.dən/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 incite, antagonist, spine 這類單詞。

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