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From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters at Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact Cheap Glen Rice Shirt , ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.

The Hero's Journey:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

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Sample Movie Deconstructed: American Splendor (2003)

FADE IN: Meeting the Hero: Harvey as a kid; "..I'm no superhero, I'm just a kid form the neighbourhood?."

Hero Today: the grown Harvey.

Hero's Ordinary World: Cleveland [comic; images].

Hero's Backstory: the real Harvey narrates; Harvey got no real education; he's not going anywhere.

Hero's Inner Challenge: she says I'm a social embarrassment.

Hero's Romantic Challenge: 2 nd wife leaving him.

Developing the Hero: depressive.

Hero's Ordinary World: walking the streets; walking into his apartment.

Hero's Romantic Challenge: 2 nd wife leaves; Harvey begs her to stay.

Developing the Hero: the cough.

Hero's Ordinary World: working at his filing clerk job.

Herald: Mr Boats; " are you going to bring me some of the good stuff?"

Hero's Backstory: collecting records and comic books; obsessive compulsive.

Meeting the Mentor: Rob Crumb at the garage sale.

Developing Characters and Relationships: Harvey and Crumb hanging out; Crumb becomes a success; comes back to Cleveland.

Inner Challenge: "...I'd like to trade growth for happiness..."; being a nobody flunky like me.

Foreshadow of the Call to Adventure: looking at the deceased file.

Refusal: Harvey can't draw for shit.

Frustration: Harvey shopping and standing behind the Jewish lady.

Call to Adventure: are you gonna suffer in silence for the rest of your life or are you going to make a mark.

First Threshold:

Outer Cave: Harvey writing; burning the midnight oil.

Middle Cave: Harvey shows Crumb his work; Crumb offers to illustrate them.

Inner Cave: Harvey's voice is fine now.

Physical Separation: the comic is published.

Romantic Challenge: the movers outside talking about women.

Celebrating the Physical Celebration Developing Characters and Relationships: Harvey shows his comic to his pals at work.

Developing the Hero: Harvey sells his comics but he can't give up his day job.

Developing Characters and Relationships: Toby Radloff; Jellybeans.

Trial 1: the short weekend; meeting Alice Quinn from school.

Developing the Romantic Challenge: Harvey lonely; sometimes I would feel a body next to me like an amputee feels a limb.

Trial 2:

Meeting the Goddess: Joyce can't find a copy of American Splendor.

Meeting the Goddess: Joyce writes to Harvey.

Developing the Romantic Challenge: Harvey and Joyce write to each other; Harvey invites Joyce to Cleveland.

Joyce arrives in Cleveland Cheap Percy Miller Shirt , they date and get married.

Toby wants to go to see 'Revenge of the Nerds.'

Trial 3:

Real Harvey and Real Joyce talk.

Harvey, Joyce and Toby go to see the film.

Joyce wants Harvey to get rid of stuff.

Goddess' Capabilities: Joyce can tell what illnesses people have.

Meeting the Oracle: Harvey calls; someone wants to do a play about Harvey's life.

Foreshadow of the Apotheosis: Joyce sees the kid at the airport.

Joyce sleeps late; Harvey can't get her out of bed.

Seizing the Sword:

Harvey repeatedly appears in the Letterman show.

Toby gets gigs with MTV.

Foreshadow of the Separation: Joyce wants to go to Israel.

Separation: Joyce leaves.

Foreshadow of the Atonement: Harvey finds a lump.

Near Death Experience: Harvey nearly dies of loneliness and he gets thrown off the Letterman show.

Reward: Joyce returns; sex.

Atonement with the Father: the lump is cancer.

Foreshadow of the Apotheosis: Fred arrives with Danielle.

Resistance to the Apotheosis: Harvey can't get into the apartment Cheap Larry Johnson Shirt , lost his keys.

Apotheosis: Harvey welcomes Danielle.

Developing Characters and Relationships: Harvey and Joyce during the treatment.

Developing Characters and Relationships: Harvey talks about the other Pekars.

Ultimate Boon: Harvey makes it through the treatments, wins some awards and the cancer subsides.

Rescue from Without: they adopt Danielle.

Developing Characters and Relationships: Harvey with Danielle; she's part of his story now.

Inner Challenge conquered: Danielle doesn't find Harvey to be a social embarrassment.

Crossing the Return Threshold: actor Harvey turns into Real Harvey.

Master of Two Worlds: my life is total chaos.

Freedom to Live: happy retirement party.

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