Once Upon A Time-Based Medium
Imperative to the Narrative
...And Then What Happened
Same Old Story
Happily Ever After
100
The leading character, hero/heroine.
Who is the Protagonist?
100
Person who opposes the lead character.
Who is the antagonist?
100
The sequence of 40-60 actions in a story.
What is the plot?
100
The written plan of action and dialogue.
What is the script?
100
The people present in the story.
Who are the characters?
200
The idea that inspires the writer's desire to create a story. What would happen if...?
What is the Premise?
200
The fight, battle, struggle, opposition allows the story to move forward.
What is the conflict?
200
Creates a meaningful change in the life situation of a character.
What is are events?
200
This answers the question posed.
What is the resolution?
200
Literary and Film Intellectuals. Students. Ticket Buyers.
Who is the Audience?
300
The eyes are we see the action through.
What is the point of view?
300
The type of movie. Action, Romantic, Comedy, Drama, Thriller.
What is a Genre?
300
The object quested for.
What is the Holy Grail?
300
The Beginning, Middle, and End.
What is the story structure?
300
A fundamental character change.
What is transformation?
400
Repeated visuals that represent themes.
What is an image system?
400
Course of growth/transformation undergone by the lead character.
What is the character arc?
400
What the main character desires.
What is the emotional want?
400
Meaning carried through a story. A message, usually about life, society or human nature.
What is a theme or controlling idea?
400
Hollywood, New York, Swamps of Florida
What is an Environment or Setting?
500
The content underneath the spoken dialogue.
What is the subtext?
500
What's at stake? What's the payoff? The conflict that must exist to move a story forward.
What is Narrative Tension?
500
The continuous progression or line of development in a story.
What is a story arc?
500
This introduces the major conflict of the story.
What is the inciting incident?
500
The encapsulation of a movie.
What is the hook?
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