A film that follows the 3 act rule is “The Parent Trap”. This movie’s plot is centered on two girls who discover they are separated twins and try to reunite their broken family. The first act focuses on the girls discovering that they are related. The act develops with the girls pulling pranks on each other and slowly finding similarities between them. The camp wars and pranks soon lead to the girls realizing that they are indeed twins and that their families are nowhere near perfect. The act peaks when they decide that they must secretly get their parents back together. Thus, the second act begins. The girls switch places and meddle in each other’s lives. They continue to try to bring the parents together secretly by reminding each parent of their old spouse. However, at the end of the act the father and mother discover what the girls are up to so they agree to meet and switch back. The third act begins and develops when the family is reunited and the twins have to convince each parent to reconnect with each other. This becomes incredibly hard when the father reveals his marriage plans for another woman. Therefore, the final act concludes with the parents deciding to stay together and the girls celebrating their victory. The timings for the acts are very similar to the plot chart that Professor Ramirez-Berg presented, they are about 1/3 of the movie each.
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