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The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.
Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Hero’s Journey:
a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.
c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.
and more…
Hero’s Journey / Monomyth: From Here to Eternity (1953) deconstructed [basic]
FADE IN: context: the army / Hawaii.
Meeting the Hero: Prew arrives.
Meeting the Loyal Ally /Joker / Sacrificial Lamb: meeting Maggio.
Warning: you made a bad decision quitting the bugle core.
Obstacle to the Mentor: he’s not in yet.
Meeting the Mentor: Warden walks in.
Recognising each other: they’ve heard of each other.
Mentor’s rules: you’re not supposed to enjoy yourself….
Hero’s Capabilities: best bugler.
Mentor’s Status: Maggio rushes away from the window.
Mentor’s Capabilities: Warden effectively in charge.
Call to Adventure: Capt. wants Prew to fight.
Refusal: Prew won’t fight.
Magical Gift: Warden gets Prew supplies and advises him to be smart.
Mentor’s Romantic Challenge (RC1): Karen arrives and talks to Warden.
RC1’s challenge: Karen not in love with her husband.
Pushed to the First Threshold: the pool scene.
Warning: about to go to sleep; you ain’t seen them gang up on somebody.
First Threshold / Outer Cave: marching / assembling weapons.
Middle Cave: Maggio saw that; 7 laps too.
Warning: Warden warned off Karen / Levenworth.
Pushed to the Inner Cave: you ought to enjoy yourself.
Inner Cave: Warden visits Karen at home.
Pulled to the Belly of the Whale: Maggio pulls Prew to the Congress Club.
Warning of the Belly: Karen’s ex-lover warns Warden.
Resisting the Belly: Karen not sure by the beach.
Belly of the Whale: Prew meets Lorene / Maggio meets Fatso / Karen tells Warden about the miscarriages.
Warning of the Physical Separation: Pre warned that there are no holds barred now.
Physical Separation: forced into the water / digging a hole / clean the spit.
Trial 1: walking up to The Pass twice.
Trial 2: Warden prevents the Court Marshall.
Mentor’s Guidance / resisting not going forward: Warden tells Prew to be smart.
Pushed to a Transformation: I’m tired of being a stooge.
Mentor’s Capabilities / Old Self: playing the Bugle.
Trial 3: Warden, Maggio and Fatso fight.
Reward: Warden gets Prew a weekend pass.
Resisting the Sword: Maggio doesn’t want Guard Duty: Prew finds it difficult to see Lorene.
New Self: Lorene is really Alma.
Seizing the Sword: Prew tries to get Maggio back; the MP’s catch him; he gets six months in the stockade.
Night Sea Journey: Maggio meets Fatso inside the Stockade.
Romantic Challenge Conquered: Alma invites Prew to her place / Karen persuades Warden to become an officer.
Transformation: Prewitt wants to marry Alma; he’ll fight if he has to.
Resisting the Transformation: Alma doesn’t want to be a soldier’s wife.
Transformation: Karen tells Holmes she wants a divorce.
Foreshadow of the Near Death Experience: Prew told that Fatso is beating Maggio.
[Proof of] Transformation: Prew fights.
Celebration: Prew et al drinking and singing.
Near Death Experience: Maggio dies / Prew plays the bugle.
Atonement with the Father: Prew kills Fatso; Holmes is fired.
Apotheosis: no more boxing / Warden gets on with the new boss / in charge.
Ultimate Boon: Warden doesn’t want to be an officer / splits with Karen / Alma knows Prew killed Fatso.
Refusal: The Japs attack; refusal to believe it; refusal into the armoury.
Magic Flight: Warden et al shoot down the aircraft.
Resisting the Return: Alma doesn’t want Prew to go.
Crossing the Return Threshold: Prew goes back; gets shot.
Freedom to Live: no boxing championship this year; the girls on the boat.
Learn more…
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Kal Bishop, MBA
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Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. His specialities include Knowledge Management and Creativity and Innovation Management. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, exhibited artwork in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written a number of screenplays. He is a passionate traveller. He can be reached at http://www.clickok.co.uk/

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[From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters and sitcoms at www.clickok.co.uk and our isolation and identification of more than 188 stages of the Heros Journey that you need to know about...]
The Heros Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.
Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Heros Journey:
a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.
c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.
and more…
Heros Journey / Monomyth: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) deconstructed [basic]
FADE IN: context: Hole in wall gang; Wild West; old, silent movie.
Meeting Hero 1: Butch checks out the bank.
Hero 1 Capabilities: Butch has a sense of humour.
Meeting Hero 2: the Kid playing cards.
Hero 2 Capabilities: the Kid has a reputation as a fast shooter.
Developing Hero 1+ 2 characters and relationship: Butch and the Kid riding together to the Hole in the Wall.
Foreshadow of the Journey / Transformation: Butch wants to go to Bolivia.
Developing Hero 1+ 2 status, characters and relationship: Butch beats up Harvey and regains control.
Ordinary World and Ordinary Selves: robbing the Flier; Woodcock wont open the door.
Foreshadow of the First Threshold: Trying to raise a posse.
Developing Characters and Relationships: Butch and the Kid in the whorehouse.
Symbol of the Ordinary World: the bicycle.
Romantic Challenge [Hero 2]: the Kid meets Etta.
Romantic Challenge [Hero 1]: Butch wakes Etta with the bicycle; the song.
Developing Characters and Relationships: what are you doing? Stealing your woman.
First Threshold: Butch and the Kid rob the Flier again.
Warning / Obstacle: Woodcock still wont open the door.
Warning / Obstacle: blowing up the safe.
Outer Cave: the train pulls up; pursued.
Middle Cave: in the whorehouse; pursued from there.
Inner Cave: followed at night; following one horse; who are those guys?
No Going Back: asking the Sheriff whats going on.
Belly of the Whale: realising its Lord Baltimore and Joe Le Fors.
Resisting the Journey / Transformation / New World New Self: I cant jump.
Pushed to the Physical Separation: they read the paper at Ettas.
Goodbye to the Old World: throwing away the bike.
Physical Separation: on the boat to Bolivia.
New World [of the Transformation]: Bolivia.
Trial 1: [learning to rob banks in Spanish.]
Not being able to speak Spanish whilst robbing the bank.
Etta teaching them Spanish.
Robbing the first bank in Spanish.
Doing it regularly.
New Name: Bandidos Yanquis.
Celebration: dinner
Pushed to Trial 2: seeing Joe Le Fors.
Trial 2: [getting jobs as payrole guards]
Persuading Percy to hire them.
On the way down the mountain.
Hiding from the bank in town.
Being robbed on the way up.
Meeting the Oracle: giving away the money and escaping.
Seizing the Sword: getting the money back from the Bandidos.
Near Death Experience:
They decide to go back to robbing.
Etta leaves.
Atonement with the Father: robbing the payrole; not liking jungle work.
Apotheosis: being recognised; battling the local police.
Ultimate Boon: deciding to go to Australia.
Immortalisation: the Last Stills.
Learn more…
The Complete 188 stage Heros Journey and other story structure templates can be found at http://www.clickok.co.uk/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email address at this site.
Kal Bishop, MBA
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Author: Kal Bishop
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The Hero's Journey is the template on which the majority of scripts issued are based on success. Films as diverse as Gladiator (2000), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Raging Bull (1980) and Scarface (1983) were built around the hero's journey template. One aspect of the hero character, which often develops its true nature. Often this is implied in the call to adventure, but is illustrated below, when the hero is subjected to various stressful events. True nature is often demonstrated under pressure. In The Godfather (1972), Michael Corleone visits his father in the hospital to discover that they are being watched and therefore his life is in danger. Pending Tom Hagen and others turn to an ally (Enzo The Baker) is so nervous he can not light a cigarette. Michael Corleone lights the cigarette for him, with a steady hand and calm. The Warlord (2005), when a grenade unclips Vitaly, Yuri take in stride the clip and hand grenades, and returned to it. More … The Complete 188 stage Hero's Journey and free 17 shows the setting and story structure other templates can be found in http://managing-creativity.com/ can also receive regular, free newsletter by entering your email address this site. Kal Bishop ****************************** **** You are free to reproduce this article, provided that no changes are made and author's name and site URL are retained. Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. Specialties include Knowledge Management and Creativity and Innovation Management. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, works of art exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written several screenplays. He is a passionate traveler. He can be reached at http://managing-creativity.com/