"SUPER 8 (2011) - REVIEW"

REVIEW BASED ON 3 ACT STRUCTURE

According to Steven Spielberg there are 3 Act Structure that hold the key of a story and the first Act was the Setup. In setup, the writer has the freedom to create any setting and reality that he so wishes. Therefore, Ryan Lee which act as Cary, during the interviews with Screen Rant that, “The script was the whole key to “Super 8,” and if someone unofficial got a hold of one of our scripts and put it on the Internet then the movie would be over… (fondly reminiscing) you could see how petrified J.J.’s face was.” (www.screenrant.com)

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Besides, in Act 2, the story, its characters and conflict are all established. Due to that, refers to interviews with J.J. Abrams, he says that the idea of film- We shot Super 8 on film, and I love and prefer film. I'm obsessed with all means of filmmaking, whether it's digital or film, I like it all. But for me, there's a kind of look that film has that's just fantastic. Part of it is that it's almost not as clear and crisp as digital, and because of that, somehow it almost activates part of your imagination, sort of filling in the blanks in a way (www.denofgeek.com)

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Lastly in the third act is usually the shortest in length because quickly after the second turning point of the script. "A great opportunity develops when a train comes rumbling out of the night. “Action!" Charles shouts, and Joe and Alice try to perform their dialogue as the train rumbles past.... This is a sensationally good action sequence", says Roger Ebert, a reviewer (www.rogerebert.com)

REFERENCE

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/17858/jj-abrams-interview-super-8#ixzz2zzzWslNT

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/super-8-2011

http://www.elementsofcinema.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork