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Herakles is wrongfully accused of murdering his family, he sets off to find the true killer.
There have been a few attempts at writing stories about mythological characters in a literal sense, and even fewer successful ones. The take a way message from recent, as the kids say, EPIC FAILS - cough cough Gods Of Egypt? is to clearly define the plot and, as DPG said, with a single compelling goRead more
There have been a few attempts at writing stories about mythological characters in a literal sense, and even fewer successful ones.
See lessThe take a way message from recent, as the kids say, EPIC FAILS – cough cough Gods Of Egypt? is to clearly define the plot and, as DPG said, with a single compelling goal before delving into the world of the mythological characters in?all its VFX wonder.
English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feeling.
It's threads like this that make me wish we had an open discussion board, one that's not bound to a particular logline. I'll chat with Karel and see what we can do to set one up. Much like DPG I subscribe to a particular theorem on the matter - the hero's journey, you can imagine my delight when I dRead more
It’s threads like this that make me wish we had an open discussion board, one that’s not bound to a particular logline. I’ll chat with Karel and see what we can do to set one up.
Much like DPG I subscribe to a particular theorem on the matter – the hero’s journey, you can imagine my delight when I discovered that Karel teaches The Hero’s Journey. In this instance the tools are, for the most part, attributes of mythology analysed on the basis?of the metaphor they draw, and it’s according to archetypal characters referenced in these metaphors that we can define the function of characters in stories.
Regarding your questions about the main character v protagonist v hero, within the paradigm of the hero’s journey there are several ways to define theses roles:
Main Character ?- the character with the most amount of story/screen time.
Protagonist – a character that uses action, more than others, to progress the A plot.
Hero – the character that experiences the most amount of change over the course of the story, or the one with the greets lesson.
POV character – The character that holds the dramatic point of view in the scene (distinguished from the technical shot description of a camera POV).
I noted in my previous posts the reasoning for my opinion on the matter with regards to Dead Poets Society, but I invite you to watch the film and post your own take. As DPG mentioned earlier, this is not a typical story?so more opinions would help clarify via consensus the true definition of the main cast in the film.
P.S
See lessThe above descriptions are my interpretations of?Karel’s notes from his classes and posts on his blog – The Story Department:
http://thestorydepartment.com
(TV show) Follows the afterlives of the dead buried at Park Green, a world renowned cemetery on the brink of closing
Agreed with?Richiev and DPG. The type of action in each episode needs to be?demonstrated?with the action in the pilot. In other words the logline for a TV series needs to pitch the pilot as an example of what the executives can expect to produce each week. From what you've posted so far it seems asRead more
Agreed with?Richiev and DPG.
The type of action in each episode needs to be?demonstrated?with the action in the pilot. In other words the logline for a TV series needs to pitch the pilot as an example of what the executives can expect to produce each week.
From what you’ve posted so far it seems as if the cemetery closure is the inciting incident of the pilot episode, this means that a?premise is set up in the pilot which will then be relied on as a mechanism to create further drama in subsequent episodes. You have what’s called a premise pilot, which is great because these are easier to pitch, however you will need a great combination of conflicting characters to make the series a good proposition for executives and producers.
Here is an attempt to logline your pilot episode:
See lessAfter her cemetery is shut down in order to build a mall on it instead, a ghost must round up all her spirit friends to help her break into the city planner’s office and change the location of the mall to an empty lot nearby.