What are the 3 most important elements of a film?

Special effects can be eliminated entirely if you have a movie that captures the focus of the viewer. To do this, you would need the best script, actors and music to set the mood and t carry the story from one emotion to the next.

Sometimes, no soundtrack is necessary if the actors are surrounded by timely and well blended music elements throughout.

Count on script, acting and music.

1) Story line/Plot

2) Screen play (How the dialogue and events tell the story)

3) Acting

1) Plot/Story/Script

2) Acting

3) Direction

Also important are: editing and music/sound.

Your all wrong! I just took class and the correct answer is: protagonist, antagonist and conflict. Think about it every film has a good guy and buy guy in conflict with each other, the film then concludes when this conflict is resolved. Just like the answer to your question has just been resolved.