eli5: What are “acts” in a movie/film and how are people able to figure out where they start/end? Are there always three acts? More? Less? Please explain.

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eli5: What are “acts” in a movie/film and how are people able to figure out where they start/end? Are there always three acts? More? Less? Please explain.

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“Acts” are section of a story where everybody is pretty much going after a common or personal goal, and it comes to an end when a new piece of information is uncovered that drastically alters what the goals are for at least the hero, at most everybody. The new act starts a new set of goals.

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