Three act structure

The three act structure is a commonly used model used in narrative fiction. In this, the narrative is split into three sections (acts).

First Act- Establishes the characters, world and inciting incident that causes the audience to ask what the protagonist will do next.

Second Act- This is where the protagonist reacts to the inciting incident and tries to resolve it. However, this attempt usually fails or worsens the situation due to either the lack of skills or the forces of antagonism against him.

Third Act- This is where the problem(s) are resolved, usually leaving the protagonist in a new state of equilibrium having learnt something.

In my short film I plan to purposely reject this structure in order to distort viewer expectations to tell a more shocking and disorientating story.