ABRIDGED TIPS, EXCERPTS AND EXAMPLES:188 Stage Hero's Journey, Monomyth - Supernatural Aid
A Pull pushes the Hero et al forward. In Titanic (1997), Jack has to run to the ship, which is about to leave. In Little Miss Sunshine (2006), the radio announces that the contest in only days away.
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a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
[The terminology is most often metaphoric and applies to all successful stories and screenplays, from The Godfather (1972) to Brokeback Mountain (2006) to Annie Hall (1977) to Lord of the Rings (2003) to Drugstore Cowboy (1989) to Thelma and Louise (1991) to Apocaplyse Now (1979)].
THE 188 STAGE HERO’S JOURNEY:
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Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters. This is the template you must master if you are to succeed in the craft.
One of the characters initiates a Speed Call. In An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Lynette tells Paula to “hurry up!” In Romancing the Stone (1984), Mrs Irwin is in an awful rush.188 Stage Hero's Journey, Monomyth - Supernatural Aid
Subconsciously the Hero is searching for spiritual guidance and strength to overcome the Period of Desolation and push forward. He (or she) seeks a Mentor or Supernatural Aid.
Having established the Hero in his (or her) Ordinary World and his (or her) Challenges, it is quite common for there to be an urgency to embark on the Journey and Transformation. This manifests itself in a number of ways, including:
c) Gives you a tangible process for building and releasing dissonance (establishing and achieving catharses, of which there are usually four).
The Antagonism demonstrates his (or her) evil. The need for a resolution becomes ever more urgent. In Spiderman (2002), Norman Osborne kills his fellow scientist.
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The 188 stage Hero’s Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188+ stage template.
b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.
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d) Tells you what to write. For example, at a certain stage of the story, the focus should be on the Call to Adventure and the micro elements within.
Kal Bishop, MBA
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THERE IS ONLY ONE STORY
Often the mentor is a wretched, deformed old man or woman but it can also be anyone that pulls the Hero in the required direction. In Star Wars (1977), the mentor is Obi Wan. In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), it is Yoda. In Raging Bull (1980), it is Vickie - a young blonde sexually alluring teenager. In Wall Street (1987), Bud Fox has his Dad. In Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), it is the older Marcus Brody and Sallah. In The Shawshank Redemption (1994), it is the older, longer serving Red. In The Big Lebowski (1998), it is Sam Elliott as The Stranger.
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