Structure Graphics (The Sting) The Sting

Control Trajectory

A beat-by-beat chart tracking Hooker and Gondorff's control over the con across all 40 beats. The shape is a valley-to-summit climb: control crashes to 5 when Luther is murdered, then rebuilds steadily through crew assembly, parlor construction, and the hook, with dips from external threats (Snyder, Polk, Salino) that never break the upward trend. The final act scores actual control rather than the audience's false reading, so the line rises smoothly to 95 as the sting executes exactly as planned.