Thursday, February 15, 2024

Pre-production: Save the Cat Beat Structure and Exposition of Film

On February 15th, our team started looking at the Save the Cat Beat Sheet Narrative Structure and diving into the exposition of our film. We focused on creating a strong narrative arc by analyzing the key beats in the Save the Cat methodology. This framework helped us structure our story, making sure each plot point had emotional depth and narrative coherence. Details of exposition were looked at, considering elements like mise en scene, dialogue, narration, and flashback to help convey important information to the audience while keeping them engaged. 

Save the Cat Beat Sheet Narrative Structure

Beat 1: The Opening Image

Sabrina walking in the hallway feeling alone and sad but is surrounded by plenty of people

Beat 2: Theme-stated

Jae is trying to flirt with a girl but hey begin to argue because she found out that Jae has a girlfriend.

Beat 3: Set-Up

Sabrina just wants a geniuine, loyal relationship with her girlfriend but Jae does not know how to properly communicate and is jealous of her childhood friend, Tray.

The Hook

Due to Jaes jealously, she sends something around about Sabrina to get “revenge”

Exposition

Mise en scene

Sabrina wore a hoodie and other baggy, black clothing inorder to show that she is not feeling her best due to everything happening in her life at the moment.

Dialouge

Sabrina and her best friend Tony run into eachother but Sabrina ends the conversation short when Jae calls. After the phone call, a girl comes in the bathroom to tell her about something she say dealing with her girlfriend.

Narration

The main character, Sabrina, does a voiceover describing the struggles she is facing and explains how she truly feels.

Flashback

Jae and a girl arguing because she is tired of being second and feeling “played with” due to Jae having an actual girlfriend.

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