Storyform for "The Incredibles"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

MAIN CHARACTER—Bob (Dash)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: How Things are Changing
• ISSUE: Fantasy vs. Fact
• PROBLEM: Trust
• SOLUTION: Test
• SYMPTOM: Unending
• RESPONSE: Ending
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Threat
• CRITICAL FLAW: Enlightenment
• BENCHMARK: The Future
• SIGNPOST 1: The Future
• SIGNPOST 2: The Past
• SIGNPOST 3: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 4: The Present

OVERALL STORY (Suppression of the Supers)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Playing a Role
• ISSUE: Thought vs. Knowledge
• PROBLEM: Theory
• SOLUTION: Hunch
• SYMPTOM: Unending
• RESPONSE: Ending
• CATALYST: Desire
• INHIBITOR: Worth
• BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 1: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 2: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 3: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 4: Changing One's Nature

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Family Matters)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Doing
• ISSUE: Enlightenment vs. Wisdom
• PROBLEM: Result
• SOLUTION: Process
• SYMPTOM: Unending
• RESPONSE: Ending
• CATALYST: Experience
• INHIBITOR: Fantasy
• BENCHMARK: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2: Doing
• SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

IMPACT CHARACTER—Helen (Violet)

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

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

VOCABULARY:

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Change: Bob (Dash) changes his 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

Desire: the motivation toward something better

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

Do-er: Bob (Dash) looks for a physical solution to his problem

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Ending: coming to a conclusion

Enlightenment: an understanding that transcends knowledge

Experience: the gaining of familiarity

Fact: belief in something real

Fantasy: belief in something unreal

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Bob (Dash) ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Hunch: an understanding based on insufficient circumstantial evidence

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Knowledge: that which one holds to be true

Logical: Bob (Dash) uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Obtaining: achieving or possessing something

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

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Process: an ongoing activity; the mechanism through which a cause leads to an effect

Result: the product of a process; the ramifications of a specific effect

Situation: a situation or environment

Start: regarding Bob (Dash), the audience is waiting for something to begin

Steadfast: Bob (Dash) ultimately retains his essential nature

Success: the original goal is achieved

Test: a trial to determine something's validity

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Theory: an unbroken chain of relationships leading from a premise to a conclusion

Thought: the process of consideration

Threat: an evaluation of potential negative forces

Trust: acceptance without proof

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something

Unending: continuing without cessation

Value: the objective usefulness of something in general

Wisdom: understanding how to apply Knowledge

Worry: concern for the future

Worth: a rating of usefulness or desirability to oneself personally