A film production company fits this into the three - act structure of the movie. (slickstermagazine.com)
The stories that are told are each unto themselves and at the same time part of the larger structure of the movie, such that it's almost pointless trying to separate them. (mutantreviewers.wordpress.com)
While the basic structure of the movie is pretty boilerplate — social wariness melting into unity, a meet cute with a boy, conflict / fight followed by glorious resolution — Pitch Perfect manages to find ways to tweak the genre, infusing its own chords and key changes (music!) (theatlantic.com)