Comments on: Structure: The Incredibles

By: The Pigeon: Impossible Blog » Blog Archive » Kung Fu Panda Structural Analysis from Utah, United States

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:24:10 +0000

[...] them tick. I grabbed this structure from The Story Department Blog which has a great breakdown of The Incredibles as well as several other films. I’ll be posting several more of these so hopefully you find [...]

By: daveed from New York, United States

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:54:45 +0000

The prologue is an excellent (and rare) example of useful exposition. But even though I love that sequence, it is expository — I wonder what the film would be like if you omitted the prologue?

You still have the 3-act structure, but character traits are slowly revealed as the story unfolds. And seeing Frozone and Mr. Incredible in action during the building fire rescue shows that these are truly super humans, not just washed up costumed dudes.

One drawback is that the unmasking of Syndrome at the end of Act II would require even more expository/flashback.

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the screenplay? My hunch is that the earlier drafts started right in the modern day world (sans prologue), but since the filmmakers wanted to really introduce the entire story cosmos in a big way, and dramatize the “wound” as you call it, the prologue came later. Like I said, just a hunch…

By: Len Massaar from New Jersey, United States

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:53:00 +0000

Excellent stuff! Many thanks for all your efforts. We can all learn something from this.

You know, aside from the superb animation, the story structure alone (as evidenced by the breakdown here) for this movie makes this a classic.