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There's a sidebar that has the detailed outline, also called a "beat sheet". http://www.slate.com/content/slate/sidebars/2013/07/the_save_the_cat_beat_sheet.ht

There's a sidebar that has the detailed outline, also called a "beat sheet". http://www.slate.com/content/slate/sidebars/2013/07/the_save_the_cat_beat_sheet.html http://www.slate.com/content/slate/sidebars/2013/07/the_save... If you read that, you will notice that the arc of the hero almost exactly matches the one of the prototypical hero from many cultures and mythologies, as explained by John Campbell in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces There are just so many elements one can make a compelling story out of.

CamperBob2 13y ago
If you read that, you will notice that the arc of the hero almost exactly matches the one of the prototypical hero from many cultures and mythologies, as explained by John Campbell in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." Exactly, almost to the point of plagiarism. We may or may not be doomed to exhaust the possibilities of fiction, but we definitely seem fated to rediscover (Joseph) Campbell once every few years.
wj 13y ago
My favorite screenwriting book is based on Joseph Campbell. It is called the Writer's Journey and applies the Hero's Journey to the three act structure. Based on that book I've decided that Die Hard was one of the better scripts ever written. It just nails the Hero's Journey. This topic has actually been on my todo list to write a blog post about for a while.
205guy 13y ago
I came to say the same thing. I can't believe the article didn't trace the practice back to Campbell's book, especially after mentioning Star Wars (which Lucas pretty explicitly based on the formula in the book). To be fair, Campbell was writing about archetypical stories in human societies, not how to make a movie. Lucas correctly saw that they were one and the same.

CamperBob2 13y ago

If you read that, you will notice that the arc of the hero almost exactly matches the one of the prototypical hero from many cultures and mythologies, as explained by John Campbell in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." Exactly, almost to the point of plagiarism. We may or may not be doomed to exhaust the possibilities of fiction, but we definitely seem fated to rediscover (Joseph) Campbell once every few years.

wj 13y ago

My favorite screenwriting book is based on Joseph Campbell. It is called the Writer's Journey and applies the Hero's Journey to the three act structure. Based on that book I've decided that Die Hard was one of the better scripts ever written. It just nails the Hero's Journey. This topic has actually been on my todo list to write a blog post about for a while.

205guy 13y ago

I came to say the same thing. I can't believe the article didn't trace the practice back to Campbell's book, especially after mentioning Star Wars (which Lucas pretty explicitly based on the formula in the book). To be fair, Campbell was writing about archetypical stories in human societies, not how to make a movie. Lucas correctly saw that they were one and the same.