Monomyth & Hero’s Journey
This 1977 space opera closely follows Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey.
What is Star Wars: A New Hope?
Back to the Future is a classic example of this type of time-based storytelling.
What is Time Travel Narrative?
This 2013 game follows a man and a young girl surviving in a post-apocalyptic world.
What is The Last of Us?
This film starring Jim Carrey follows a man who unknowingly lives in a reality TV show.
What is The Truman Show?
This 1994 animation is inspired by this Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet?
What is the Lion King?
In The Lion King, this character plays the role of the wise mentor archetype.
Who is Rafiki?
This Black Mirror interactive film lets viewers make choices that affect the story.
What is The Bandersnatch?
This Western epic follows outlaw gang leader Arthur Morgan and his struggle with loyalty.
What is Red Dead Redemption 2?
This sci-fi franchise includes books, video games, comics, and films, exploring the war between humans and aliens.
What is Halo?
In this film, the protagonist dreams of opening a restaurant and serving beignets?
What is the Princess and the Frog?
The Godfather tells the story of Michael Corleone, who undergoes this type of character transformation.
What is the Fall from Grace or Anti-Hero’s Journey?
Pulp Fiction is known for its use of this unconventional narrative structure.
What is Nonlinear Storytelling?
This horror film used a DIY home video techniques and a viral marketing campaign that made people believe it was real footage.
What is The Blair Witch Project?
This is one of the most successful transmedia franchises, spanning video games, mobile games, TV shows, movies, and collectible cards.
What is Pokemon?
This animation follows Chihiro as she works in a mystical bathhouse
What is Spirited Away?
This classic 1939 film follows the Monomyth, taking its protagonist from Kansas to a magical world and back again.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
The TED Talk by Andrew Stanton, writer of Finding Nemo, emphasizes this phrase as a key storytelling principle.
What is "Make me care"/"Make the Audience care"?
This game by Hideo Kojima tricks players into thinking their console is broken, breaking the fourth wall in an unsettling way.
What is Metal Gear Solid?
This horror franchise, which began as a video game series, was adapted into multiple films.
What is Resident Evil?
This Marvel film frequently acknowledges the audience, making it an example of storytelling technique, break the 4th wall.
What is Deadpool?
Rashomon challenges traditional storytelling by showing multiple perspectives of the same event. This structure is known as this.
What is a Rashomon Narrative?
T = H + F is an acronym for the storytelling formula that is a powerful tool to immerse readers in the narrative and evoke a range of intense emotions
What is Tension equals Hope plus Fear? (will also accept Tension equals hope plus friction)
The Seven Samurai is known for popularizing this action movie trope.
What is The Assembling of a Team?
Lance Weiler’s Frankenstein AI project is an experimental transmedia work that blends artificial intelligence with this kind of audience participation.
What is Interactive Storytelling?
The film’s groundbreaking animation style blends traditional 2D comic elements with 3D CGI with hand-drawn comic book textures?
What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?