Storyform for "THE FRENCH CONNECTION"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

    MC RESOLVE: Steadfast
    MC GROWTH: Stop
    MC APPROACH: Do-er
    MC PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE: Logical
    IC RESOLVE: Change

PLOT DYNAMICS:

    DRIVER: Action
    LIMIT: Optionlock
    OUTCOME: Success
    JUDGMENT: Bad

MAIN CHARACTER (Popeye Doyle)

    THROUGHLINE: Situation
    CONCERN: How Things are Changing
    ISSUE: Fact vs. Fantasy
    PROBLEM: Non-Accurate
    SOLUTION: Accurate
    SYMPTOM: Unproven
    RESPONSE: Proven
    UNIQUE ABILITY: Fantasy
    CRITICAL FLAW: Experience
    BENCHMARK: The Present
    SIGNPOST 1: The Past
    SIGNPOST 2: The Future
    SIGNPOST 3: The Present
    SIGNPOST 4: How Things are Changing

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY

    THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
    CONCERN: Playing a Role
    ISSUE: Knowledge vs. Thought
    PROBLEM: Process
    SOLUTION: Result
    SYMPTOM: Unproven
    RESPONSE: Proven
    CATALYST: Thought
    INHIBITOR: Worry
    BENCHMARK: Conceiving an Idea
    SIGNPOST 1: Playing a Role
    SIGNPOST 2: Changing One's Nature
    SIGNPOST 3: Conceiving an Idea
    SIGNPOST 4: Developing a Plan

OVERALL STORY

    THROUGHLINE: Activity
    CONCERN: Doing
    ISSUE: Wisdom vs. Enlightenment
    PROBLEM: Hunch
    SOLUTION: Theory
    SYMPTOM: Unproven
    RESPONSE: Proven
    CATALYST: Enlightenment
    INHIBITOR: Threat
    BENCHMARK: Gathering Information
    SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
    SIGNPOST 2: Doing
    SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
    SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

IMPACT CHARACTER

    THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
    CONCERN: Impulsive Responses
    ISSUE: Value vs. Worth
    PROBLEM: Hunch
    SOLUTION: Theory
    SYMPTOM: Test
    RESPONSE: Trust
    UNIQUE ABILITY: Worth
    CRITICAL FLAW: Desire
    BENCHMARK: Contemplation
    SIGNPOST 1: Memories
    SIGNPOST 2: Innermost Desires
    SIGNPOST 3: Impulsive Responses
    SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

GOAL: Doing
CONSEQUENCE: Playing a Role
COST: Impulsive Responses
DIVIDEND: How Things are Changing
REQUIREMENT: Gathering Information
PREREQUISITE: Conceiving an Idea
PRECONDITION: Contemplation
FOREWARNINGS: The Present

Copyright © 1994-2009 Write Brothers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Based on theories and materials developed by Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley
Dramatica is a registered trademark of Screenplay Systems Incorporated. Patent #5,734,916; #6,105,046

 

 

Copyright © 1994-2009 Write Brothers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Based on theories and materials developed by Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley
Dramatica is a registered trademark of Screenplay Systems Incorporated. Patent #5,734,916; #6,105,046