Storyform for "THE IRON GIANT"

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: Good

OVERALL STORY

THROUGHLINE: Situation
CONCERN: How Things are Changing
ISSUE: Security vs. Threat
PROBLEM: Effect
SOLUTION: Cause
SYMPTOM: Result
RESPONSE: Process
CATALYST: Fact
INHIBITOR: Skill
BENCHMARK: The Future
SIGNPOST 1: The Past
SIGNPOST 2: How Things are Changing
SIGNPOST 3: The Future
SIGNPOST 4: The Present

IMPACT CHARACTER (Iron Giant)

    THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
    CONCERN: Playing a Role
    ISSUE: Thought vs. Knowledge
    PROBLEM: Effect
    SOLUTION: Cause
    SYMPTOM: Accurate
    RESPONSE: Non-Accurate
    UNIQUE ABILITY: Knowledge
    CRITICAL FLAW: Confidence
    BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
    SIGNPOST 1: Conceiving an Idea
    SIGNPOST 2: Playing a Role
    SIGNPOST 3: Changing One's Nature
    SIGNPOST 4: Developing a Plan

MAIN CHARACTER (Hogarth Hughes)

THROUGHLINE: Endeavor
CONCERN: Doing
ISSUE: Enlightenment vs. Wisdom
PROBLEM: Ending
SOLUTION: Unending
SYMPTOM: Result
RESPONSE: Process
UNIQUE ABILITY: Wisdom
CRITICAL FLAW: Security
BENCHMARK: Obtaining
SIGNPOST 1: Obtaining
SIGNPOST 2: Understanding
SIGNPOST 3: Doing
SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY

    THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
    CONCERN: Impulsive Responses
    ISSUE: Confidence vs. Worry
    PROBLEM: Accurate
    SOLUTION: Non-Accurate
    SYMPTOM: Result
    RESPONSE: Process
    CATALYST: Value
    INHIBITOR: Ability
    BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
    SIGNPOST 1: Contemplation
    SIGNPOST 2: Memories
    SIGNPOST 3: Impulsive Responses
    SIGNPOST 4: Innermost Desires

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

GOAL: How Things are Changing
CONSEQUENCE: Impulsive Responses
COST: Playing a Role
DIVIDEND: Doing
REQUIREMENT: The Future
PREREQUISITE: Innermost Desires
PRECONDITION: Changing One's Nature
FOREWARNINGS: Obtaining
 

Copyright © 1994-2006 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 © 1994-2006 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