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Crossed Arcs

Crossed Arcs shows, on a single axis, how all the characters evolve: the dramatic rhythm of the film.

Reading the view

• The axis follows the story: the scenes in edit order.
• Each row is one arc of a character; its turning points sit on the scene they are linked to.
• You can read where the arcs turn, and where they cross.

A turning point linked to no scene waits in "Not anchored".

Where the arcs come from

Arcs are created in a character's sheet: an arc, its initial situation, its turning points linked to scenes, its final situation. Crossed Arcs gathers them; nothing is entered here. "Open the sheet" leads to the character.

Arcs come out with the character sheets, in the Bible (Share › Documents).