4. Storyencoding
Storyencoding:
The process of developing scenarios and images to convey the underlying
dramatic appreciations of a story.
-- Video
Clips: Various storyencoding examples from The Fugitive.
1. Overall
Story Throughline
2. Overall
Story Throughline (condensed)
3. Illustrations
of the Overall Story Problem (Help)
4. Overall
Story Solution (Hinder)
5. Main
Character Problem / Solution / Symptom / Response
6. Main
Character Concern
7. Main
Character vs. Impact Character Story Throughline
Examples of Storyencoding
as found in the movie The Fugitive
OVERALL
STORY THROUGHLINE EXAMPLES
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OS
Domain: Universe — a situation is the general area in which
the overall story’s problem resides
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Dr.
Richard Kimble has been wrongly convicted of Mrs. Kimble’s
murder
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OS
Concern: The Future — what will happen or what will be
is the area of shared concern in the overall story
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The
public’s future safety
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OS
Issue: Preconception — unwillingness to re-evaluate is
the overall story’s thematic focus
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Guilty!
Innocent!
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OS
Problem: Help — a direct assistance to another’s effort
to achieve their goal is the source of the overall story’s
difficulties
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When
people help it messes things up
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OS
Solution: Hinder — a direct detraction from another’s
effort to achieve their goal is the actual remedy for the overall
story’s problem(s)
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Only
by obstructing "Justice" will true justice be served -- impeding
things long enough to let everything rebalance
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OS
Symptom: Control — a method based on organization and constraint
is the principal symptom of the overall story’s problem(s)
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Imprisoning
bad guys; controlling (and falsifying) Provasic drug results
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OS
Response: Uncontrolled — a disorganized response is the
apparent remedy for the principal symptom of the overall story’s
problem(s)
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Escaping
prisoners; convicted murderers on the run; vigilante police; release
of the Provasic drug into the public sector; etc.
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MAIN
CHARACTR THROUGHLINE EXAMPLES
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MC
Domain: Physics — an activity is the general area which
defines Dr. Richard Kimble’s attributes
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Stay
free long enough to identify person responsible for Mrs. Kimble’s
murder.
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MC
Concern: Obtaining — achieving or possessing something
is the area of Dr. Richard Kimble’s greatest concern
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Discover
(and obtain evidence indicating) who was responsible for wife’s
death
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MC
Issue: Self Interest — doing or being based on what is
best for oneself is the area of Dr. Richard Kimble’s greatest
sensitivity
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Exonerate
his name
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MC
Problem: Pursuit — a directed effort to resolve a problem
is the source of Dr. Richard Kimble’s drive
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Go
after the "killer"
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MC
Solution: Avoidance — stepping around, preventing or escaping
from a problem rather than solving it is the item, event, or process
needed to truly satisfy Dr. Richard Kimble’s drive
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Go
to "Bermuda"
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MC
Symptom: Control — a method based on organization and constraint
is the area or item Dr. Richard Kimble believes the problem to be
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Captivity
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MC
Response: Uncontrolled — a disorganized response is the
way Dr. Richard Kimble responds to problems
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Freedom
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Dramatica Story
Engine Settings for The Fugitive
STORY
DYNAMICS
- MC RESOLVE: Steadfast
- MC GROWTH:
Stop
- MC APPROACH:
Do-er
- MC PROBLEM
SOLVING STYLE: Logical
- STORY
DRIVER: Decision
- STORY
LIMIT: Optionlock
- STORY
OUTCOME: Success
- STORY
JUDGMENT: Good
OVERALL
STORY
- DOMAIN: Universe
- CONCERN: The
Future
- ISSUE: Preconception
v. Openness
- PROBLEM: Help
- SOLUTION: Hinder
- FOCUS: Control
- DIRECTION: Uncontrolled
- CATALYST: Openness
- INHIBITOR: Self-Interest
- BENCHMARK: Progress
MC vs.
IC STORY
- DOMAIN: Mind
- CONCERN: The
Subconscious
- ISSUE: Denial
v. Closure
- PROBLEM: Logic
- SOLUTION: Feeling
- FOCUS: Control
- DIRECTION: Uncontrolled
- CATALYST: Closure
- INHIBITOR: Commitment
- BENCHMARK: The
Preconscious
MAIN
CHARACTER THROUGHLINE
- DOMAIN: Physics
- CONCERN: Obtaining
- ISSUE: Self-Interest
v. Morality
- PROBLEM: Pursuit
- SOLUTION: Avoidance
- FOCUS: Control
- DIRECTION: Uncontrolled
- UNIQUE
AB: Approach
- C. FLAW: Delay
- BENCHMARK: Doing
IMPACT
CHARACTER THROUGHLINE
- DOMAIN: Psychology
- CONCERN: Becoming
- ISSUE: Commitment
v. Responsibility
- PROBLEM: Help
- SOLUTION: Hinder
- FOCUS: Logic
- DIRECTION: Feeling
- UNIQUE
AB: Rationalization
- C. FLAW: Hope
- BENCHMARK: Being
ADDITIONAL
STORY APPRECIATIONS
- GOAL: The
Future
- CONSEQUENCE: The
Subconscious
- COST: Becoming
- DIVIDEND: Obtaining
- REQUIREMENTS: Progress
- PREREQUISITES: The
Preconscious
- PRECONDITIONS: Being
- FOREWARNINGS: Doing
(NOTE: For clarity,
some of the Dramatica language has been changed to use the more conversational
terms instead of the original terminology.)
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