In class we learned about the different structures films have. There is the Hollywood 3-Act, 5 Act and others. Usually Hollywoods 3- Act structure follows a certain system, for example Act 1 is usually 30 minutes give or take, 30 to 60 minutes for the second act and 30 minutes for the last act (act 3). Each one of these acts also has a mini plot within, for example there is a small climax on Act 1, 2, and 3, but its not the big overall plot.
Toy Story 3 for example has the typical Hollywood 3-Act structure. In this 3rd part of the Toy Story franchise Act 1 starts with recapping parts from the other 2 movies like when Andy was just little kid and even a make believe scene that shows how kids would imagine the toys would be played with. Little by little the toys realize that Andy is not going to take them to college with him. He doesn't have the heart to donate them to a daycare center so puts them on a bag to put in the attic, only his sister calls him and leaves the bag of toys on the hallway. Thats when the mother finds them and puts it with the rest of the stuff to donate to the daycare. The toys feel hurt that Andy does not care about them so they feel happy they get donated. Woody tries to explain that he was going to put them in the attic yet the rest of the toys do not believe him.
In Act II (the longest section) the toys realize that the daycare is not what they expected and also realize that Andy was looking for them since Mrs. Potatoes eye stayed behind. The bear Lotso turns out to be evil and even turned Buzz against all his friends by resetting him. Woody is stuck in a little girls house and whats to go home to Andy, but the toys at that house tell woody that Sunyside Daycare is a horrible place. Thats when woody realizes he needs to save his friends from the torture they are going through.
Act III consists of woody is in the Daycare helping his friends out of the daycare. He fights a crazy monkey, Barbie tricks Ken, and they all work together when just about they were about to get out they get intercepted by the evil bear. They fall in the trash and later get taken to a furnace. This point would be considered the turning point because the bear seems to have been destroyed, but he doesn't he gets picked up by a garbage man and put in front of the truck. The resolution consists of the toys getting back to Andys house, they take another garbage truck back home and they make it in time before he leaves. Andy takes another look at them and decides to donate them to the little girl (bonnie) to whom his mom had known, Making this a very happy ending for everyone and a closure for the series.
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