Storyform for "TARZAN"

 CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

MC RESOLVE: Steadfast
MC GROWTH: Stop
MC APPROACH: Do-er
MC MENTAL SEX: Male

OC RESOLVE: Change

 PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

MAIN CHARACTER THROUGHLINE (Tarzan)

DOMAIN: Universe
CONCERN: The Present
ISSUE: Work vs. Attempt
PROBLEM: Induction
SOLUTION: Deduction
FOCUS: Potentiality
DIRECTION: Certainty
UNIQUE ABILITY: Attraction
CRITICAL FLAW: Prerequisites
BENCHMARK: The Past

SIGNPOST 1: The Past
SIGNPOST 2: The Future
SIGNPOST 3: The Present
SIGNPOST 4: Progress

OBJECTIVE STORY THROUGHLINE (Learning to Survive in the Jungle)

DOMAIN: Physics
CONCERN: Learning
ISSUE: Prerequisites vs. Preconditions
PROBLEM: Possibility
SOLUTION: Probability
FOCUS: Potentiality
DIRECTION: Certainty
CATALYST: Strategy
INHIBITOR: Work
BENCHMARK: Understanding

SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
SIGNPOST 2: Doing
SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
SIGNPOST 4: Learning

SUBJECTIVE STORY THROUGHLINE ("Parental" acceptance)

DOMAIN: Psychology
CONCERN: Conceiving
ISSUE: Permission vs. Deficiency
PROBLEM: Nonacceptance
SOLUTION: Acceptance
FOCUS: Potentiality
DIRECTION: Certainty
CATALYST: Need
INHIBITOR: Investigation
BENCHMARK: Conceptualizing

SIGNPOST 1: Conceptualizing
SIGNPOST 2: Being
SIGNPOST 3: Becoming
SIGNPOST 4: Conceiving

OBSTACLE CHARACTER THROUGHLINE (Kerchak)

DOMAIN: Mind
CONCERN: The Conscious
ISSUE: Investigation vs. Doubt
PROBLEM: Possibility
SOLUTION: Probability
FOCUS: Protection
DIRECTION: Inaction
UNIQUE ABILITY: Appraisal
CRITICAL FLAW: Permission
BENCHMARK: Memory

SIGNPOST 1: The Subconscious
SIGNPOST 2: The Preconscious
SIGNPOST 3: The Conscious
SIGNPOST 4: Memory

ADDITIONAL STORY APPRECIATIONS:

GOAL: Learning
CONSEQUENCE: Conceiving
COST: The Conscious
DIVIDEND: The Present

REQUIREMENT: Understanding
PREREQUISITE: Conceptualizing
PRECONDITION: Memory
FOREWARNINGS: The Past

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