A narrative model applied to screenwriting, based on Joseph Campbell’s model “The Hero’s Journey”. An extension of that original model, composed of 2100 stages and microstages, instead of the original 17 stages, illustrated with examples taken from dozens of famous movies.
Author(s): Kal Bashir
Series: 1.0
Edition: First
Publisher: Kal Bashir
Language: English
Pages: 577
City: London
Tags: Hero'sJourney, Screenwriting, Narrative models, Literary technique
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................5
How to Use this Template ...............................................................................10
SECTION I – INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS..........................................12
Act 0 vs Act I, When There’s No Backstory.....................................................13
Act II, Beachhead, Mainland, Underworld .......................................................16
Act I vs Act II, Soft vs Hard Breaks..................................................................18
Ordinary and New Attachments, Attaching and Detaching..............................19
Ordinary And New World Romantic Challenges..............................................20
Everything Is Arc .............................................................................................23
Ordinary World Is Not Necessarily The Start Of The Journey .........................29
Understanding Metaphors and Universal Terminology....................................30
Types Of Metaphor And Symbolism................................................................32
Where’s The Midpoint? ...................................................................................39
Story, Plot, Structure, Plot vs Character, Genre..............................................40
What Is Theme?..............................................................................................42
Two Homes .....................................................................................................43
Hero vs Heroine (Gender Neutrality) ...............................................................44
Character vs Archetype, Multiple Protagonists................................................45
Goldilocks Principle / Metaphor .......................................................................46
The Many Worlds ............................................................................................49
Splitting The Major Worlds ..............................................................................51
Journey Through A New World .......................................................................52
Six Core Challenges........................................................................................58
Transformation and Transmogrification...........................................................62
General Steps To Incremental New Way Of Thinking, Arc Points...................71
Freudian Terminology (Superego, Id, Ego) .....................................................73
State of Perfection Loop (Eternal Cycle) .........................................................74
Old And New States of Perfection, Restoration...............................................76
Supernatural Aid Theory, Backstory................................................................77
Types of Magical Gifts.....................................................................................79
Who is The One? Proxy Heroes......................................................................81
Hero’s Superiority, The Hero As God..............................................................83
Synchronized, Mirrored Progression and Change...........................................84
Anti-Hero and Other Hero Archetypes.............................................................85
Choosing Secondary Characters.....................................................................87
Archetype Function and Mask.........................................................................88
Major Linkages................................................................................................89
The Great Cave...............................................................................................91
SECTION II ..............................................................................................92
ACT 0 (BACKSTORY) .............................................................................93
Original World And State Of Perfection (Garden Of Eden)..............................94
Original World And State Of Perfection (Archetypes)....................................100
Original World And State Of Perfection (Serpent’s World) ............................106
Loss Of The Original State Of Perfection ......................................................110
Edge Of The Original World ..........................................................................117
End Of The Original World ............................................................................122
Baby’s World .................................................................................................130
Child’s World .................................................................................................136
Early Teenage Apprentice’s / Hero Guardian’s World ...................................143
ACT I......................................................................................................150
State Of Imperfection (Unwholeness, Unreachable In/Tangibles) .................151
State Of Imperfection (Id, Top of the Arc)......................................................157
State Of Imperfection (Superego, Bottom of the Arc) ....................................160
State Of Imperfection (Cave Of Imperfection / Gaps)....................................162
Herald Journey (Peripheral World) ................................................................168
Ordinary State (Ordinary World)....................................................................172
Ordinary State (Ordinary Self) .......................................................................179
Ordinary State (Ordinary Attachments) .........................................................191
Ordinary State (Ordinary Rules) ....................................................................199
End Of The World Is Nigh .............................................................................201
Call To Adventure..........................................................................................203
Interdiction.....................................................................................................209
Punishments For Refusal ..............................................................................217
Forced Hero Departure .................................................................................218
Strict Path Within The Edge of the Ordinary World and Self .........................223
Edge of the Ordinary World / Self Battle (Meeting Goliath) ...........................229
Meeting The Extraordinary Supernatural Aid ................................................234
Extraordinary Supernatural Aid World and Functions....................................239
Attached To The Ordinary State....................................................................247
Death Of The Ordinary State And Liberty From Attachments .......................250
Un/Conscious Decision To The New World, Self, State ................................256
Journey To The New World Proper And Option To Return ...........................261
ACT II (PART ONE, SOFT or HARD BREAK) .......................................268
Entering The Beachhead Of The New World Proper (Physical) ....................269
Entering The Beachhead Of The New World Proper (Who He Is).................275
Entering The Beachhead Of The New World Proper (Emergence)...............282
Entering And Locked Into The Castle............................................................284
Cave Pointer And Entering The Great Cave .................................................287
New World Of The Great Cave (Encourage Awakening, Peeling)................290
New World Of The Great Cave (Refusing Awakening, Peeling)...................292
New World Of The Great Cave (Agreeing Awakening, Peeling) ..................294
New World of the Outer Cave (Entering).......................................................296
New World of the Outer Cave (New World Challenges)................................300
New World of the Outer Cave (Right to Remain, Lock In) .............................304
New World of The Middle Cave (Detachment From Ordinary Self) ...............308
New World of The Middle Cave (Attachment To New Self)...........................315
First Threshold Separation ............................................................................320
New World of The Middle Cave Road of Trials (Change)..............................326
New World of the Inner Cave / Battle ...........................................................335
Major Threshold Guardian Battle Road Of Trials...........................................344
Major Threshold Guardian (MTG) Battle .......................................................346
Physical Separation (Drivers) ........................................................................351
Physical Separation (Rupture).......................................................................354
ACT II (PART TWO, SOFT or HARD BREAK).......................................358
Pulling Away (Deeper New World) ................................................................359
Pulling Away (Potency Separation, Detachment, Hero) ................................361
Pulling Away (Potency Separation, Supernatural Aids).................................365
Pulling Away (Potency Separation, Antagonism) ..........................................367
Benchmarks (Deeper New World).................................................................369
Benchmarks (Devolved New Self).................................................................372
Encouraged Onto The Road Of Recovery (The Elixir) ..................................375
Road of Recovery (Interdictions) ...................................................................379
Forced Embarkation, Only Going Forward ....................................................382
Contained Within The Road of Recovery (Entry)...........................................384
Reversing / Recovering (Trust, Ending Exile / Outcast) ................................388
Reversing / Recovering (New Attachments, New Thinking) ..........................392
Reversing / Recovering (Repel Old, Equal To The New) ..............................398
Monsters Cave, Failed Trial, Not Ready, Disenchantment............................402
Exiting The Road Of Recovery (Reversal, Belief, Belonging)........................408
New World Begins To Dissolve .....................................................................415
Meeting the Oracle / Goddess.......................................................................417
Choice (Illegal Act, Taking Sides)..................................................................422
Seizing The Tangible Sword .........................................................................427
Seizing the Intangible Sword.........................................................................432
Bride Theft.....................................................................................................440
Joy of Infancy Regained / Joy of Rediscovery...............................................444
ACT II (PART THREE)...........................................................................447
Going Home..................................................................................................448
Unwilling Return To Old Self, To Who S/He Was..........................................450
Id / Superego Potency Rise (Evolution).........................................................451
Finding Who You Are / Your Place................................................................453
New World of Containment ...........................................................................456
New World of Containment (Belonging, Surpassing NW Peers) ...................462
New World of Containment (Near Death, Inner Demons) .............................465
New World of Containment (Rebirth).............................................................469
Rebirth (Waking Up, Believing) .....................................................................471
Rebirth (Reversal Of Thinking, Breaking With The Past) ..............................473
Rebirth (Learning The Lesson)......................................................................475
Rebirth (Liberation, Psychologically Ready, Convergence)...........................477
Uniting (Marrying) With The New World ........................................................479
Atonement (Limitations, Incompatibilities) .....................................................481
Psychological Apotheosis..............................................................................487
Physical Apotheosis (Expulsion From The New World Proper).....................491
Tangible (Physical) Boon, Last Supper .........................................................495
Intangible (Psychological) Boon, Full New Self, Resurrection.......................497
ACT III....................................................................................................503
No Mans Land...............................................................................................504
The Gathering, Limitations / Immaturity Manifest ..........................................507
New Dawn / Order (Building A Mature Home)...............................................510
Dissolving Older Worlds and Selves, Changed Self Chasm .........................512
False Idols.....................................................................................................515
Value Recognised, Transcending Mature World Peers.................................517
Death Of The Old Way Limitation..................................................................519
Dastardly Deed..............................................................................................521
Smoking Gun (Acquiring The In/tangible)......................................................523
Merging the Old and New Selves, Emerging Mature Self .............................526
Pulled to the Dangerous Domain...................................................................528
Final Confrontation........................................................................................531
Hand to Hand Battle ......................................................................................535
All Hope Is Lost .............................................................................................537
Letting Go, Transcending To The Mature Self ..............................................539
Id Containment, Multiple Catharsis................................................................543
New State of Perfection (Final Conflict).........................................................550
Journey Back.................................................................................................553
Contained Id Resurrection.............................................................................555
Return, Opposite Condition, Seventh Catharsis ............................................556
New State of Perfection (Enlightened Archetypes)........................................558
New State of Perfection (Enlightened Worlds) ..............................................564
New State of Perfection (Serpent’s World)....................................................566
Departure (Return To The Sleeping) .............................................................568
Afterlife Act: The Age Before Time Began.....................................................572
FURTHER, ADVANCED MATERIALS...................................................577
