Writing Film Scripts 6: Stuck in the Middle

The three acts and the inciting incident have been mentioned. Before that, in the film, the viewer should know what the film is about. Blake Snyder calls it the theme and wants it in the script on page five! Some sum it up too briefly as Love, but because this is a great piece of English literature, more thorough answers abound. The book’s title gives it away and it is thereafter enshrined throughout the book, which is superior in every way to stating it on page five, but do not underestimate this rule!