On Jan 9, 10:59 am, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:
> On Jan 8, 12:06 am, "David E. Powell" 
> wrote:
> > OK. I was sort of used to thinking in terms of four act or five act
> > play formats. I see that one could split the act breaks for commercial
> > within the "acts" thematically.
> ?  Most plays I've done have been three acts, and even things that
> have other structures (or forms, like novels) tend to have what
> amounts to three act structures:  Introductions, rising action, climax
> and denoument.
Act structure and act breaks aren't always the same thing.
For example there's an entire genre called "one act plays".
> Teaster (Short scene to establish the initials situation.  Think of
> the discovery of the body through the arrival of the cops and evidence
> techs on shows like "Law and Order" or "CSI")
More common then not, but not compulsory, obviously, it's series
dependant.
Sopranos second epsiode is the only one, IIRC, that has a teaser and
that seems to be an establishing moment for those who came late.
Speaking of which, I'm guessing the writer doesn't do the "previously
on" that's more a production thing... anyone know?
> A TV movie uses basically the same structure absent the teaser and tag
> as distinct items.  A "90 minute" TV movie will be six acts,
a "120
> minute" movie will be eight acts.  The original version of "The
> Gathering" felt rushed and plot-heavy in part because PTEN insisted on
> having extra commercial breaks, so JMS had to rewrite his six act
> script into an unweildy eight-act structure.
Ouch.
Something I keep meaning to look for.  Did JMS write TV acts into Lost
Tales "just in case" or not?
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