Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012)
by dragonwriter on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:33PM
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> Western works (especially cinema) use this in individual scenes all the time, right?
Sometimes, probably, though conventional theories of screenwriting hold that each scene must have and be defined by a conflict whose resolution advances the plot related to the wider conflict of the piece, and that a scene which does not have a conflict or whose conflict doesn't fulfill a role in advancing the wider plot should be excised.
> Also, the "argument" version on WP made me realize that the thing this all reminds me of that I couldn't quite place is the syllogism
It also has some similarity to the Thesis/Antithesis/Synthesis style of rhetoric/argument, possibly closer than to the purely-deductive syllogism. But, yes, I can see that similarity, too.
Interestingly, the Western 3-Act structure has been described as a special case of T/A/S structure; so, in a way, this structure may be more relatable to Western structure than the superficial differences suggest.
Sometimes, probably, though conventional theories of screenwriting hold that each scene must have and be defined by a conflict whose resolution advances the plot related to the wider conflict of the piece, and that a scene which does not have a conflict or whose conflict doesn't fulfill a role in advancing the wider plot should be excised.
> Also, the "argument" version on WP made me realize that the thing this all reminds me of that I couldn't quite place is the syllogism
It also has some similarity to the Thesis/Antithesis/Synthesis style of rhetoric/argument, possibly closer than to the purely-deductive syllogism. But, yes, I can see that similarity, too.
Interestingly, the Western 3-Act structure has been described as a special case of T/A/S structure; so, in a way, this structure may be more relatable to Western structure than the superficial differences suggest.