The HERO’S Journey An Ink Slingers View

But wait, there’s more….

!   Nothing to buy – Try it on, that’s all.

!   Not trying to convince or persuade

!   Not trying to teach or lecture

!   I’m not a master - I am a student sharing

!   Objective is to spark an interest

!   Show you the Trail Head

THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES By: Joseph Campbell

The most influential book of the 20th century!

!   Mythologist

!   Writer

!   Lecturer

!   The Power of Myth – Interviews with Bill Moyers

!  Author(s) Joseph Campbell

!  Country United States

!  Language English

!  Genre(s) Non-fiction

!  Publisher Pantheon Books

!  Publication date 1949; 2nd ed., 1968; 3rd ed., 2008

!  Media type Print (hardback)

! ISBN 978-1-57731-593-3

! OCLC Number 224442464

! Dewey Decimal 201/.3 22

Myths

!   Same story told over and over again in infinite variations

!   Campbell’s contribution was to understand the patterns, name them, articulate them and expose, for the first time, the patterns that lie behind every great story ever told.

Why are Disney Movies, Cartoons, Rides and Stories so Successful?

!   Appeal to all ages

!   Appeal to both genders

!   Appeal to all ethnicities

!   Appeal to all cultures

!   Appeal to all …

Seven pages that changed story telling (movies, novels, non-fiction) forever.

A Practical Guide to THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES

By: Christopher Vogler

A Practical Guide to THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES

By: Christopher Vogler

!   Disney

!   Spielberg

!   Lucas

!   Coppola

!   Anything Disney

!   The Fight Club

!   Lion King

!   Courage Under Fire

!   Volcano

!   10,000 BC

!   Men in Black

Exceptions?

3 Act Structure

!   Skeleton on which the play (script/novel/story) is hung

!   Act 1 – Normal World

!   Act 2 – Story World Action

!   Act 3 – Resolution

Act 1

!   Normal World !   Avoid Green Room Syndrome

!   P gets call to action/call to adventure

!   P ignores call/reluctant

!   P gets second call and is “pushed” by mentor/coach

!   P crosses threshold into the story

!   Note: !   P is ALWAYS weaker than A … always! !   P now has a hole in the heart which MUST be filled

Act 2

!   Story has begun (now in story world) !   All characters on stage – don’t cheat !   P heart hole is understood/felt by reader

!   Tests and Helpers show up (Story unfolds)

!   The Innermost Cave – Supreme Test !   Always a cave/confined environment/mano-a-mano !   P proves his/her worth against A (may not kill but

overcomes)

!   Hero Endures Supreme Ordeal

Act 3

!   P Seizes the prize/treasure/reward

!   P must escape the cave and danger (Chase Scenes) !   The get-a-way

!   P escapes from the cave !   Resurrection into (new) Normal World

!   P now has the Treasure/Elixir !   Hole in the heart is filled

Titanic

!   Act 1 !   Leo Gambles for tickets

!   See Kate trapped in “normal” world – Her Heart Hole

!   Kate meets mentor/teacher – Leo

!   All actors on stage …

!   Kate see’s different life but doesn’t cross the threshold

!   Iceberg – Inciting Event !   Crossing threshold - Adventure begins – No Turning Back

!   A (sinking ship) is more powerful than P

Titanic !  Act 2

!  Ship is Sinking !  No “Normal” World - Everything Going to Crap

!  Leo trapped below decks

!  Handcuffed to pipe

!  Labeled a Thief

!  Lights going out

!  Water rising

!  Bad guy has a gun

!  Point of Max Tension – Hopelessness – Despair (In Cave)

!  But wait…Love conquers all !  Kate still believes in Leo and her love will overcome sinking ships, guns and shackles to pipes.

!  NOTE: Sink ship (nature) is still more powerful than P (Kate) … ALWAYS!

!  Kate escapes the Cave with the Treasure (Leo) and the hole in her heart filled (Leo’s Love)

!  Still face challenges but are in the Get-A-Way phase now.

Titanic

!   Act 3 !   Kate found love

!   Mentor/Coach dies - Sad

!   Kate goes on to live her life in New Normal World !   Horse on beach

!   Flying

!   Travel

Where can I get my very own copy of the Seven pages that changed story telling forever?

A Practical Guide to THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES

By: Christopher Vogler

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