By: aaron adish
Submitted: 2010-08-28 01:51:32 | Word Count: 560
Screenwriting International: Hero's Journey and thus the Inner Cave
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. Understanding this template could be a priority for story or screenwriters:
The Hero's Journey:
o Tries to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has relating to what a story is and how it should be told.
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o Provides the author more structural parts than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and therefore on.
o Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, permits an infinite number of varied stories to be created.
The Hero's Journey is additionally a study of repeating patterns in successful stories and screenplays. It's compelling that screenwriters have a higher chance of producing quality work when they mirror the recurring patterns found in successful screenplays.
The Hero's Journey is additionally a study of conventions. Before screenwriters can decide whether to accept or reject the conventions, they have to appreciate their purpose and value.
Take into account this:
o Titanic (1997) grossed over $600,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.
o Star Wars (1977) grossed over $460,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.
o Shrek a try of (2004) grossed over $436,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.
o ET (1982) grossed over $434,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.
o Spiderman (2002) grossed over $432,000,000 - uses the Hero's Journey as a template.
o Out of Africa (1985), Terms of Endearment (1983), Dances with Wolves (1990), Gladiator (2000) - All Academy Award Winners Best Film are primarily based on the Hero's Journey.
o Anti-hero stories (Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) etc) are all primarily based on the Hero's Journey.
o Heroine's Journey stories (Million Dollar Baby (2004), Out of Africa (1980) etc) are all primarily based on the Hero's Journey.
Hero's Journey and the Inner Cave
The Inner Cave seems in a minimum of two separate and distinct phases. The first is as half of the Initial Threshold and therefore the second as part of the Seizing of the Sword - normally the location of the Sword.
There are distinct commonalities between both.
There is a Threshold Guardian that blocks entry to the Inner Cave.
There is an authoritarian figure that explains the new rules of the Inner Cave.
The Inner Cave is half of a New World that the hero enters into.
Both typically involve near death experiences and a rebirth.
Each are located "within the depths," that can be translated literarily, metaphorically or symbolically.
For instance, In Gladiator (2000), during every Inner Cave sequence, Maximus is imprisoned and held underground. In Star Wars (1977), Luke "descends" into a "cave" when he meets Han Solo and when he rescues Leia.
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Kal Bishop, MBA
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