| From our deconstruction of hundreds of | | | | World of the Transformation: you know the rules |
| Hollywood blockbusters and sitcoms....The Hero's | | | | girl, keep your mouth shut and your legs |
| Journey is the template upon which the vast | | | | open.Physical Separation: Nig gets beaten up and |
| majority of successful stories and Hollywood | | | | becomes part of the gang.Trial and |
| blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the | | | | Transformation 1:Grace walks in to see Beth's |
| Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are | | | | face.Beth visits Grace in her bedroom.Grace tells |
| based on this template.Understanding this template | | | | Beth that Boogie has been taken away.Jake |
| is a priority for story or screenwriters.The Hero's | | | | wants to know what all the fuss is about; thinks |
| Journey:a) Attempts to tap into unconscious | | | | it'll toughen him up.Push to Trial 2: Beth and Grace |
| expectations the audience has regarding what a | | | | decide to visit Boogie.Trial and Transformation |
| story is and how it should be told.b) Gives the | | | | 2:Developing the Romantic Challenge / Sacrificial |
| writer more structural elements than simply three | | | | Lamb: Grace visits Dooley again.Jake wins some |
| or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.c) | | | | money.New Self: Nig has a patch.Jake gives Beth |
| Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and | | | | the money.Beth says that "that's the trouble, I do |
| symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied | | | | love you."Boogie smashes up the walls and |
| stories to be created.and more...EXAMPLE: Once | | | | Bennett shows him how to use the Maori |
| were Warriors, 1994 - Hero's Journey [basic | | | | weapon.; when I've taught you your mind will be |
| deconstruction]FADE IN: idyllic New Zealand; | | | | your most fearsome weapon.Trial and |
| camera crosses over into the urban jungle.Meeting | | | | Transformation 3:Jake et al have hired a car and |
| the Hero / on a Journey: Beth comes out of an | | | | they stop to ask Nig if he wants to come.Singing |
| "alley" with a shopping trolley.Meeting the Sacrificial | | | | in the car; what's the time Mr Wolf.Polarisation / |
| Lamb: Grace reads to her little brother and | | | | Backstory: Beth descended from royalty and Jake |
| sister.Ordinary World: the Maori rappers | | | | from slaves.Jake goes in for a beer.Beth tries to |
| etc.Meeting the Antagonism: Jake stares down a | | | | get Jake out of the bar; feed the kids.It's just a |
| gang member.Meeting the Loyal Ally: Nig working | | | | woman's lot that's all, one day you'll |
| out.Developing the Sacrificial Lamb: Grace reads to | | | | understand.Boogie learning the Haka.Jake tells Beth |
| the kids from her story book.Ordinary World: | | | | and the kids to get a cab.Divergence: Grace says |
| Beth arrives home, drinks a beer; Nig walks | | | | she hates both of them.Beth phones Boogie and |
| in.Inciting Incident: Boogie is arrested.Elixir: Jake | | | | makes up the story about the |
| arrives home with the seafood; the way it should | | | | accident.Transformation: Boogie does the Haka |
| be; happy families for a nanosecond.Call to | | | | form the heart.Transformation: Jake invites Beth |
| Adventure: Jake wants to make love to Beth in | | | | downstairs; no more Jake.Foreshadow of the |
| the kitchen.Refusal: Jake's gotten fired | | | | Oracle: Grace comes down for a glass of |
| again.Antagonists True Nature: you've got to f*ck | | | | water.Meeting the Oracle: Bully rapes |
| up everything don't you.Developing the Romantic | | | | Grace.Divergence: Grace in the bath; cleaning up. |
| Challenge / Sacrificial Lamb: Grace goes to see | | | | Beth comes in and told to get out.Resisting the |
| Dooley; tell me a story.Foreshadow of the | | | | Change: Beth says she doesn't want any more of |
| Physical Separation: the police bring Boogie | | | | these drunken parties; Jake tells her to f*ck |
| home.Antagonist's Ordinary World: Jake turns up in | | | | off.Grace visits Dooley and starts smoking.Beth |
| the bar.Meeting the Shape Shifter: Bully hanging | | | | wonders what's up with her pup.Grace walks |
| around.Push to the Physical Separation: Boogie | | | | away from Dooley.Creatures of the World of the |
| asks Beth to be there tomorrow; I'll be | | | | Sword: the tattoo artists; the people of the |
| there.Meeting a Loyal Ally: Mavis starts to | | | | streets.Journey to the Sword: Beth and Mavis |
| sing.Developing the Antagonism: Jake beats up the | | | | looking for Grace.Seizing the Sword: Grace comes |
| guy with muscles in the bar.New Self / New | | | | home.Pushed to the Night Sea Journey: Jake |
| Name: Jake the Muss. Push to the First Threshold: | | | | beats up Grace and tears up her story book.Night |
| party at my place tonight.Foreshadow: Grace is | | | | Sea Journey: in the back yard.Near Death |
| dressed in the white t-shirt.Conscious Decision: you | | | | Experience: Grace kills herself.Rebirth: Beth finds |
| won't forget will you Mum; how can I forget with | | | | Grace and takes her off the tree.Resolve: no |
| you reminding me every five minutes.First | | | | point crying, it doesn't help.Reward: Aunty comes |
| Threshold / Outer Cave: the girls talk amongst | | | | to pick them up.Atonement with the Father: Beth |
| themselves.First Threshold / Middle Cave: Jake | | | | wants Grace buried at home; this was never her |
| and Beth sing together.Developing Characters and | | | | home; you're still a slave to the drink, to your fist |
| Relationships: Beth and Mavis talk / Mavis sees | | | | and to yourself.Apotheosis: Grace buried in the |
| her man try to get off with another girl/ Jake | | | | Maori village; Grace tells the story about herself |
| throws someone out.Push to the Inner Cave: Beth | | | | [see I can keep a promise]; Dooley kisses Grace; |
| slaps Nig; Nig refuses to cook.First Threshold / | | | | Boogie sings the Maori song.Denial / Disgust / |
| Inner Cave: Jake beats up Beth.Belly of the Whale: | | | | Isolation: Jake smashes the juke box; comes |
| Grace comes down to find the place trashed and | | | | home to an empty house; cuts the tree |
| begins to clean up with Nig.Pushed to the Physical | | | | down.Magic Flight: at home with the family; come |
| Separation: Nig walks out.Pushed to the Physical | | | | home but sort things out here first.Rescue from |
| Separation: Boogie waiting for Beth to come with | | | | Without: Beth reads what Grace has written in |
| him.Meeting the Mentor: Boogie meets | | | | her book.Crossing the Return Threshold: Beth and |
| Bennett.Resisting the Physical Separation: Nig in the | | | | Nig walk into the bar and confront Bully.Final |
| car; he wants a patch; you'll have to get past me | | | | Antagonism: Jake reads Grace's story.Final Conflict: |
| first.Physical Separation: the judge orders Boogie | | | | Jake beats up Bully.Master of Two Worlds: Beth's |
| into welfare; Bennett says it is a choice between | | | | "Once were Warriors" speech; we were people |
| learning something and going to jail.Encourage to | | | | with Mana, with Pride.Freedom to Live: we're going |
| the Transformation: Grace encourages Boogie; at | | | | home.FADE OUT: the police come for Jake. |
| least he'll be doing something different.Rules of the | | | | |