'Rubber' Plot
In a Film you have a beginning, middle and end. In between those there are bridges between each section, these points are called plot points. Plot point One which is in Act One, also called the “set up” in this act many important things occur before this ‘hook’.
In making a film, there are 5 essential plot elements and 3 plot points that need to be incorporated into a 3 part act.
The film ‘Rubber’ follows the plot point steps correctly through its set up the plot point is when Tire has discovered his telepathic powers and uses them for death and destruction.
Act 1 - The Setup
The first 30 minutes is the setup, it has to lay the groundwork for the movie,the introduction of the character. In ‘Rubber’ we get introduced to the Tire, and the audience of the film in ‘Rubber’. We learn to sympathise with it, the tire is the lead character. We get to know him we learn that Tire is lonely but has a desire to kill. Tire is trampling bottles and such, his first murder happens when he squashes a scorpion. The lock in plot point is when Tire discovers his thelepatic powers and uses them to blow things up to kill.
Act 2 – Confrontation Conflict is the essence of drama. The character has to overcome a series of obstacles that the filmmaker drops in their way - each progressively harder than the last.
Act 3: The Resolution, holds the final essential element; where everything is resolved which is not always happy. This is the final plot point
References: .
Thomson, K 2010, 'Film Art', McGraw-Hill
Lecure notes: https://learning.secure.griffith.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_101249_1&frame=top
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