The three act structure in my screenplay

I found that the easiest way to coherently organise my ideas when first drafting my screenplay was through using the three act structure. I found this especially helpful given that we were writing a short film that had to be condensed down into just ten pages. 

I first looked at the set up and decided on throwing the spectator straight into the story by beginning it at the funeral of Amber, the girl who has died. This way the audience are immediately informed of a large incident in the story just by understanding the setting. It also builds intrigue, which would help to keep and audiences engagement and hold their attention. I decided to then introduce two forms of conflict in the Confrontation section, or the middle. One form of conflict was between Holly and Amber's ghost, who is just as mean as Amber was before in life, and who is haunting Holly. However, here Amber could be seen as a hallucination of Holly's to deal with her guilt, so this would be more of an internal conflict. The second conflict is between Holly and Clara, who are both finding it extremely difficult to cope with what they have done but are reacting to it in different ways - Clara is much more intent on keeping their secret than Holly is. During the resolution (the third act) we see a flashback of what actually happened to Amber and the reasons behind it. We then see Holly struggle between wanting to keep herself safe and wanting to do the right thing and own up to what happened. The film ends in the knowledge that Holly has finally made the right decision. This is how the three act structure helped me to construct and coordinate the plot for my screenplay.