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- 2. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Characters • Specific people • Who change
- 4. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Heroes/protagonists • Have a goal • Encounter obstacles • Are active, not passive
- 5. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Scenes • Have physical or verbal action • That produces change (a turning point) • Through conflict • In a more or less continuous time and place
- 6. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Acts • Sequence of scenes • Leading to a major change
- 7. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Story • A sequence of acts • Designed by the storyteller
- 8. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Pixar’s storytelling rules • You admire a character for trying more than for succeeding • Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally, ___. • Challenge characters by confronting them with the opposite of their comfort zone • Give us a reason to root for the character. What are the stakes?
- 10. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Field’s paradigm • Act I: Setup, Inciting incident, plot point 1 • Act II: Confrontation, Pinch 1, midpoint, pinch 2, plot point 2 • Act II: Climax and resolution
- 12. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP McKee’s central plot • Act I: Inciting incident, progressive complications • Act II: Crisis • Act III: Climax and resolution
- 13. The Hero’s Two Journeys Michael Hauge and Chris Vogler
- 14. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Hauge’s outer journey • Act I: Setup, opportunity and new situation, change of plans • Act II: Progress, point of no return, complications and higher stakes, major setback • Act III: Final push, climax and aftermath
- 15. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Hauge’s inner journey • Act I: Satisfied with identity, opportunity, glimpse of possibilities • Act II: Wavers between past and future, point of no return, committed to future but afraid • Act III: Retreat and return, climax, transformed existence
- 16. The Seven Basic Plots Christopher Booker
- 17. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Booker’s plots • Overcoming the monster • Rags to riches • The quest • Voyage and return • Comedy • Tragedy • Rebirth
- 18. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Booker info • http://bit.ly/krollseven
- 19. Save the Cat! Blake Snyder
- 20. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Snyder’s plots • Monster in the house • Out of the bottle • Whydunit • Golden fleece • Rites of Passage • Institutionalize • Buddy love • Superhero • Dude with a problem • The fool triumphant
- 21. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Snyder info • http://bit.ly/krollten • http://bit.ly/krollmovies
- 22. AprilKillingsworth/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0 Kroll BoP Essential elements • The person who acts • The change made in that person • The goal • The obstacles • The solutions • The climax • The resolution
Editor's Notes
- Cinderella, no change. Frozen, change.
- Rags: Acquires, loses, gets it back and grows; Quest: Get an object; voyage: returns with experience; comedy: increasing confusion is resolved in a single event; tragedy: fatal flaw/great mistake undoes a fundamentally good character; rebirth, changed by an event. Monster: Jaws, Jurassic Park Rags: Trading Places, Quest: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lord of the Rings Voyage: Back to the Future, Wizard of Oz Comedy: ? Tragedy: West Side Story Rebirth: Christmas Carol, Shawshank Redemption
- Monster: Alien, Jurassic Park Bottle: Wishes/curses: Groundhog Day Whydunit: Chinatown Fleece: Team on the road going for a prize Rites: Stand by Me … life transitions acceptance of hard truths Institution: M.A.S.H putting group ahead, but goal is wrong Buddy: Hate turns to love, or catalyst (E.T.) who changes and leaves Super: Great man, Gladiator Dude: Ill-equiped for problem … the Fugitive Fool: Forrest Gump