Lessons from the Screenplay

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Breaking Convention (2018x2)

Air date: Jan 30, 2018

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an exciting thriller about an unlikely pair of misfits trying to solve a forty-year-old crime, but it’s also interesting from a structural perspective. It uses a non-conventional, five-act structure. This video breaks down the anatomy of an act, to examine how the film breaks the rules while following them at the same time.