The Nature of Story
Story Structure
Worldview Philosophies
Movie Examples
Approaching Movies

100

This book was and will be the last story

The Bible

200

Jesus demonstrated that stories contain more than rational statements using these

Parables

200

As God designed it, a story is made of a creation, this, and a redemption

Fall

200

“Relax, man; We’re all connected—we should therefore love each other as ourselves!”

Monism

200

In this movie, demythologization is conducted by showing the “evolution of man’s quest for survival” (and with the help of Wilson)

Cast Away

200

The biblically promoted form of inspired portrayal of sin; Opposite of “exploitation”

Exhortation

300

Music, movies, paintings, writing, dancing, sculpting, etc.

Art

300

The secular interpretation of the protagonists is known as the hero with this

A thousand faces

300

“Don’t hold back where your heart is leading you!”

Romanticism

300

Do they control you (like in this movie), or do you control them?

Inside Out

400

After the adventure begins, before the dark night of the soul; When everything great falls apart

Midpoint

400

“Don’t take it personal. It’s just the luck of the universe.”

Existentialism

500

Movies aren’t seen as meaningless gibberish on screens because they do this to our lives

Relate

500

By the end of a movie, at least one value is promoted through its portrayed source of this 

Redemption