| From our deconstruction of hundreds of | | | | killed my father.Developing Characters and |
| Hollywood blockbusters at Hero's Journey is | | | | Relationships: you know what we are |
| the template upon which the vast majority of | | | | then.Resistance to the Transformation: you |
| successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters | | | | get over it or we leave you here.Departing |
| are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood | | | | the First Threshold: the celebration.Entering |
| movies we have deconstructed are based on | | | | the Belly of the Whale: the town full of |
| this template.Understanding this template is | | | | Federales.Warning: I don't like |
| a priority for story or screenwriters.The | | | | Americanos.Physical Separation: shooting the |
| Hero's Journey:a) Attempts to tap into | | | | girl and engaging with the Federales and the |
| unconscious expectations the audience has | | | | general.Guided to the Trials and |
| regarding what a story is and how it should | | | | Transformation: to steal the guns.Developing |
| be told.b) Gives the writer more structural | | | | Characters and Relationships: in the sauna; |
| elements than simply three or four acts, plot | | | | give him a crate of guns.Developing the Shape |
| points, mid point and so on.c) Interpreted | | | | Shifter: Thornton negotiates with |
| metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, | | | | Harrigan.Time Pressure increases: what you've |
| allows an infinite number of varied stories | | | | got is 24 days.Journey to the World of |
| to be created.and more...The Wild Bunch | | | | Trials: on their way to rob the train.Hero's |
| (1969) - Hero's Journey [basic | | | | Romantic Challenge / Backstory: the woman he |
| deconstruction]FADE IN: meeting the (anti) | | | | wanted to marry; getting shot in the |
| heroes: the wild bunch freeze frames.New | | | | leg.Trial and Transformation 1:Outer Cave: |
| World: riding into town.Developing the (anti) | | | | robbing the train.Middle Cave: pursued by |
| heroes: sacrificing the people in the bank; | | | | Thornton and loading the goods.Inner Cave: |
| shooting their way out.Meeting the Shape | | | | trapped and escaping from the |
| Shifter: Pike glimpses Thornton.Forced onto a | | | | bridge.Foreshadow of the Resolution: he'll be |
| Journey: forced out of town by Thornton et | | | | along.Transformation: sharing whisky; |
| al.Developing the antagonism: Thornton's dumb | | | | laughing.Trial and Transformation |
| ass men and Harrigan.Developing the heroes: | | | | 2:Developing the Shape Shifter: why the hell |
| Pike kills one of his own; you wanna give him | | | | did you have to shot at the army you |
| a decent burial.Developing the Shape Shifter: | | | | idiots.Developing the Antagonism: the general |
| Thornton's reasons for working with | | | | is under attack; runs out of ammunition and |
| Harrigan.Time Pressure: 30 days to get Pike | | | | retreats; need Pike's weapons.Outer Cave / |
| or back in jail.New World from afar: nothing | | | | Pushed: Pike et al watch Thornton |
| Lindo about it; just looks like more of Texas | | | | following.Developing the Shape Shifter: |
| as far as I'm concerned.Marker of the | | | | Thornton could pint to them if he |
| Crossing: the river.World of the Supernatural | | | | wanted.Transformation [Tornton]: the next |
| Aid: by the well.Supernatural Aid: the old | | | | time you make a mistake I'm going to ride off |
| man waiting.Developing characters and | | | | and let you die.Preparing for the Inner Cave: |
| relationships: I either lead this bunch or | | | | Pike booby traps the weapons.Middle Cave: the |
| end it right now.Magical Gift: steel washers, | | | | Mexicans take their share.Push: general, |
| not gold.Supernatural Aid: who are "they?"; | | | | without the guns this would never |
| railroad men, bounty hunters.Trial: come on | | | | happen.Inner Cave: taking control in the |
| boys, don't kill me; easy boys.Developing | | | | canyon.Developing the Antagonism: quien fue; |
| characters and relationships: Talking about | | | | matalo; killing one of their own.Trial and |
| whores.Hero's Status: What kind of man is | | | | Transformation 3:Pike exchanges some of the |
| Pike; the best; he didn't get | | | | guns for some of the money.Tector throws |
| caught.Foreshadow of the Trials and | | | | dynamite at the Old Man.The General plays |
| Transformation: every one of them will have a | | | | with the machine gun.Transformation: the guns |
| payroll delivered; they'll be waiting for us; | | | | are sold for money.Meeting the Oracle: the |
| I wouldn't have it any other way.Hero's | | | | general takes Angel.Resisting the Sword: how |
| backstory: Pike and Thornton with the whores; | | | | the hell are we gonna go after him; they got |
| Thornton gets caught.Antagonism's Motivation: | | | | guns and 200 men.Pushed to the Sword: I am |
| damn you sure must have hurt that | | | | sick of being hunted; protection in the |
| railroad.Conscious Decision: I wouldn't have | | | | General's camp.Foreshadow of the Resolution: |
| it any other way either.New World: riding the | | | | the old ma gets away.Foreshadow of the Near |
| sand dunes.Warning / Danger: falling over the | | | | Death Experience and Rebirth: I want to buy |
| dunes.Rules: when you ride with a man you | | | | Angel.Seizing the Sword: plenty of |
| stick with him.Physical Change: Pike falls | | | | muchachasNight Sea Journey: lets go.Rebirth |
| and hurts himself.Pushed Forward by the | | | | through Death: the General kills |
| Antagonism: Thornton et al riding.Developing | | | | Angel.Atonement with the Father: battling the |
| the Shape Shifter: no, we wait.Developing the | | | | General and his men.Apotheosis: Thornton |
| Mentor and his backstory: how did my boy | | | | finds Pike and sends Harrigan's men |
| do?First Threshold: in the Mexican | | | | along.Ultimate Boon: Harrigan's men die; the |
| village.Romantic Challenge: the | | | | Old Man returns and asks Thornton to join |
| girl.Foreshadow of the Transformation: who | | | | him. |