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#5 - The Avengers (2012)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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The Five Point Finale

"I really like the five point finale as a tool it's not so great breaking down scripts all the time though it actually works pretty well but I think it has a tool to come up with the third act when you're writing," he says. "A lot of new writers their finales are gonna have at least five points and they only have like two points to their finale so it's just the predictable thing happensYeah It's very simple yeah yeah So it's a it's a great tool to force yourself to think of the finale as a movie unto itself"' Star Wars is one that easily breaks down in some ways I find simpler movies like get out or something actually break down easier than

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