Popularized by Syd Field in the Foundations of Screenwriting, the three-act structure is used often in plays and movies. There’s the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution. Skyward Sword HD may not fit precisely into that structure (although Zelda is big on threes; hello, Triforce), but there’s something about the third visit to the SealedContinue reading “Act Three: The Sealed Grounds and Temple of Hylia”
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Return to the (Badly) Sealed Grounds
After defeating the desert scorpion Moldarach, Link is advised by Impa – who is more polite this time than during the first encounter with our hero – to return to the Sealed Grounds and speak with the Old Woman, who will “know where you must go.” As it happens, Link isn’t alone in going whereContinue reading “Return to the (Badly) Sealed Grounds”