From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters and sitcoms at www.clickok.co.uk/

The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, 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.

b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

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EXAMPLE: An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982 - Hero's Journey [basic deconstruction]

Hero in his Ordinary World: Meo in bed with his Father and some whores.

Hero's Backstory: Meo remembers his childhood; arriving in the Phillipines; Meeting his Father; being beaten up; Outer Challenge referenced