- Opening Image
- Theme Stated
- The Set Up
- The Catalyst
- Debate
- Break into II
- B Story
- Fun and Games
- Midpoint
- The Bad Guys close in
- All is Lost
- Dark Night of the soul
- Break into III
- The Finale
- Gathering The Team
- Storming The Castle
- The High Tower Surprise
- Dig Deep Down
- Execution of the New Plan
- Final Image
The fifteen beats of Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet. That Beat Sheet is then fleshed out across forty index cards, which the writer can use to maintain an overview of the film’s plot while crafting the script. There are four rows of ten. Act One contains ten cards, Act Two contains twenty cards and Act Three contains the final ten. Act Two is broken in the middle by the Midpoint.