1: Slap / Ellington Kid / Echo / tight jeans How do these films conform to the short film three act structure? In a traditional three act structure to a short film, it's typical that we meet the main characters, and are introduced to the inciting incident or conflict in the first half of the film. In the short film, Slap, the protagonist, Connor, his friend Archie and his girlfriend Lola are all introduced in the opening scene, as their close relationship is established in one short scene of them talking. Their most important character traits are shown here as this is when we find out that Archie is bisexual, Lola acts unintentionally homophobic in some of the references she makes towards Archie's sexuality, and Connor's boxing hobby as well as his feminine personality is established as we first meet him hiding from his dad wearing makeup before getting ready for Boxing training with his, presumably unsupportive, father. This effectively establishes the basis for the p...
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