3-Act Hollywood Structure

There are different ways that a blockbuster movie can be made but the most common type of movie made is in the 3-Act Hollywood structure. The 3-Act Hollywood structure is known as the "Happy Ending Structure" which basically means the climax is shifted to the end of the film, an example of this sort of film would be Transformers.  The film starts off with Sam Whitwicky (Shia Lebeouf) in school giving a presentation to his class and after school is out Sam and his father go to find Sam his first car. Unfortunatley for Sam, his first car is an alien robot from outerspace sent to protect him. During the first plot point of the film, Sam's car starts acting weird without any driver behind the wheel. He soon finds out that his car is no ordinary car but an Autobot from outerspace which sets up the next plot point. The next scene of the film is a shot of meteors flying into Earth which are other robotic aliens coming to aide Sam's car, Bumblebee. In this plot point, the Autobots inform Sam about why they are on Earth and they need his help to find the Cube which is the life source of their planet. The next plot point in the film occurs when Sam and a few other characters find the Cube inside a government facility. Once they found the cube the Decepticons, the enemies of the Autobots come to Earth in search of the cube and their leader, Megatron. Megatron is ressurected from captivity and escapes into the city with his followers by his side. Bumblebee and Sam are escorted to safety by specially trained marines and the rest of the Autobots. The climax or the "Happy Ending" of the film happens when both the Autobots and Decepticons meet in New York City and battle it out to retrieve the cube from Sam. The film starts to end when Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots and Megatron the leader of the Decepticons fight until only one lives but Sam interferes and puts the cube which is full of energy into Megatron's chest and kills him. The last few scenes of the movie are of the Optimus Prime thanking the humans for their help while the Decepticons are being dumped into the ocean. The "Happy Ending" of the film is when all the Autobots and Sam with his girlfriend are on a hill watching the horizon while a voice over of Optimus Prime's voice sending a message to outerspace calling all Autobot survivors to come to Earth for safety.http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi973209625/