Blake Snyder Beat Sheet

Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet

We looked at Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet which is used to create the structure of a film through key points "Beats" and to the right of each point is the amount of minutes into the feature that you should roughly see them.

1.Opening Image (1)
2.Theme Stated (5)
3.Set up (1-10)
4.Catalyst (12)
5.Debate (12-25)
6.Break into two (25)
7.B-Story (30)
8.Fun and Games (30-55)
9.Midpoint (55)
10.Bad guys close in (55-75)
11.All is lost (75)
12.Dark Night of the soul (75-85)
13.Break into Three (85)
14.Finale (85 - 110)
15.Final Image (110)

Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Ring 

1.At exactly 1 Minute The first image appears which is just after the title

2.The theme is stated between 1-5 minutes into the feature.

3.

4.The discovery of the ring

5.Gandalf realises what kind of ring it is and convinces Frodo to leave the Shire

6.Frodo meets merry and pippin

7.Gandalfs of to see Saruman

8.Frodos chased by ring wraiths

9.Frodo meets strider

10.Strider vs ringWraiths

11.Frodo is stabbed and begins to fade

12.Arwen trys to get Frodo to Rivendell as hes fading

13.Frodo wakes up in Rivendell

14.council meeting forming the fellowship