Storyform for "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" (Amelie)

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

• MC RESOLVE: Change
• MC GROWTH: Stop
• MC APPROACH: Be-er
• MC PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE: Intuitive
• IC RESOLVE: Steadfast

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

IMPACT CHARACTER (Raymond Dufayel (Glass Man))

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Present
• ISSUE: Attempt vs. Work
• PROBLEM: Reduction
• SOLUTION: Production
• SYMPTOM: Probability
• RESPONSE: Possibility
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Attraction
• CRITICAL FLAW: Reappraisal
• BENCHMARK: The Past
• SIGNPOST 1: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 2: The Future
• SIGNPOST 3: The Present
• SIGNPOST 4: The Past

OVERALL STORY (A Woman fixes other people's lives)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Conceiving an Idea
• ISSUE: Deficiency vs. Permission
• PROBLEM: Evaluation
• SOLUTION: Reevaluation
• SYMPTOM: Probability
• RESPONSE: Possibility
• CATALYST: Need
• INHIBITOR: Analysis
• BENCHMARK: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 1: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 2: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 3: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 4: Developing a Plan

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Father/Daughter-like relationship)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Gathering Information
• ISSUE: Preconditions vs. Prerequisites
• PROBLEM: Certainty
• SOLUTION: Potentiality
• SYMPTOM: Probability
• RESPONSE: Possibility
• CATALYST: Strategy
• INHIBITOR: Expediency
• BENCHMARK: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2: Doing
• SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

MAIN CHARACTER (Amelie)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Contemplation
• ISSUE: Doubt vs. Investigation
• PROBLEM: Evaluation
• SOLUTION: Reevaluation
• SYMPTOM: Reduction
• RESPONSE: Production
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Appraisal
• CRITICAL FLAW: Repulsion
• BENCHMARK: Memories
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL: Conceiving an Idea
• CONSEQUENCE: Gathering Information
• COST: The Present
• DIVIDEND: Contemplation
• REQUIREMENT: Developing a Plan
• PREREQUISITE: Understanding
• PRECONDITION: The Pas
• FOREWARNINGS: Memories

VOCABULARY:

Action: in terms of the Overall plot, actions force decisions

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Analysis: evaluation of the situation and/or circumstances

Appraisal: a limited initial assessment

Attempt: applying oneself to something not known to be within one's ability

Attraction: drawing or being drawn to something

Be-er: Amelie prefers to work things out internally

Certainty: the determination that something is absolutely true

Change: Amelie changes her essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Contemplation: present considerations

Deficiency: appraisal of what is lacking

Developing a Plan: visualizing how an existing idea might be implemented

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Doubt: questioning validity without investigating to be sure

Evaluation: an appraisal of a situation and/or circumstances

Expediency: most efficient course considering repercussions

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Amelie ultimately succeeds in resolving her personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Intuitive: Amelie uses intuitive problem solving techniques

Investigation: gathering evidence to resolve questions of validity

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Need: that which is required

Obtaining: achieving or possessing something

Optionlock: the story climax occurs because all options have been exhausted

Permission: what is allowed

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Possibility: a determination that something might be true

Potentiality: a determination that something might become true

Preconditions: restrictions imposed on an effort

Prerequisites: the essential preliminaries that must be met

Probability: likelihood

Production: a process that determines potential

Reappraisal: reconsideration of a previous determination

Reduction: a method of thought that determines probability

Reevaluation: a reappraisal of a situation or circumstances

Repulsion: pushing or being pushed away from

Situation: a situation or environment

Steadfast: Amelie ultimately retains her essential nature

Stop: regarding Amelie, the audience is waiting for something to end

Strategy: a plan to achieve one's purpose or a plan of response

Success: the original goal is achieved

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something

Work: applying oneself to something known to be within one's ability