... by such things as action, characters, subject. A screenplay is what is the result of the relationship between all these elements and is what Field refers to as the paradigm of dramatic structure. To illustrate it simply, Fields believes that all good screenplays must follow the same structure. Acts I, II and III- setup, confrontation and resolution, or beginning, middle and end, as well as plot points one and two. Plot points are crucial to a good screenplay. "A plot point is any incident, episode, or event that "hooks" into the action and spins it around into another direction"3 plot points occur in the first and second act of a screenplay. Now let's begin to explore Field's ideas of setup, confrontation and resolution by analysing the film Groundhog Day. A weatherman, Phil, played by Bill Murry, reluctantly goes to cover a story about a weather forecasting groundhog, also known as Phil. ...

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