ADDING "CONTENT" TO THE ACT TRANSITIONS TIMELINE

GRAYSCALE VERSION

Looking at the quads and act transitions gives us a logical sense of what is going on, but doesn't give us much of a feel.

Now let's look at the examples and take content into consideration. By content we mean the make-up or identification of each quad component. For simplicity's sake, we'll use different colors to indicate content. Here is the color coding of the quad we'll use as the color key for the following examples:

In addition to color coding the timelines, we'll also visually blend the "slides" and leave the "bumps" as abrupt transitions. You may notice that it's much easier to get a feel for how the stories fit together--how they flow.

NOTE: For these examples we use the grayscale to create "colors" because it simplifies the illustrations. Full color versions of these examples will be shown later.

 

All About Eve

 

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Barefoot in the Park

 

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Chinatown

 

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The Crucible

 

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The Fugitive

 

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The Godfather

 

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Copyright © 1994-2009 Write Brothers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Based on theories and materials developed by Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley
Dramatica is a registered trademark of Screenplay Systems Incorporated. Patent #5,734,916; #6,105,046