Storyform for "The Omen "

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

  • DRIVER: Action
  • LIMIT: Optionlock
  • OUTCOME: Failure
  • JUDGMENT: Bad

OVERALL STORY (Kill the Anti-Christ)

  • THROUGHLINE: Situation
  • CONCERN: The Past
  • ISSUE: Prediction vs. Interdiction
  • PROBLEM: Change
  • SOLUTION: Inertia
  • SYMPTOM: Actuality
  • RESPONSE: Perception
  • CATALYST: Interdiction
  • INHIBITOR: Evidence
  • BENCHMARK: The Future
  • SIGNPOST 1: The Present
  • SIGNPOST 2: How Things are Changing
  • SIGNPOST 3: The Future
  • SIGNPOST 4: The Past

MAIN CHARACTER (Richard Thorne)

  • THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
  • CONCERN: Developing a Plan
  • ISSUE: State of Being vs. Sense of Self
  • PROBLEM: Change
  • SOLUTION: Inertia
  • SYMPTOM: Knowledge
  • RESPONSE: Thought
  • UNIQUE ABILITY: Circumstances
  • CRITICAL FLAW: Senses
  • BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
  • SIGNPOST 1: Playing a Role
  • SIGNPOST 2: Developing a Plan
  • SIGNPOST 3: Changing One's Nature
  • SIGNPOST 4: Conceiving an Idea

IMPACT CHARACTER (Kathy/Priest/Photographer)

  • THROUGHLINE: Activity
  • CONCERN: Understanding
  • ISSUE: Instinct vs. Conditioning
  • PROBLEM: Self Aware
  • SOLUTION: Aware
  • SYMPTOM: Actuality
  • RESPONSE: Perception
  • UNIQUE ABILITY: Interpretation
  • CRITICAL FLAW: Situation
  • BENCHMARK: Obtaining
  • SIGNPOST 1: Doing
  • SIGNPOST 2: Obtaining
  • SIGNPOST 3: Gathering Information
  • SIGNPOST 4: Understanding

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY

  • THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
  • CONCERN: Memories
  • ISSUE: Evidence vs. Suspicion
  • PROBLEM: Change
  • SOLUTION: Inertia
  • SYMPTOM: Order
  • RESPONSE: Chaos
  • CATALYST: Suspicion
  • INHIBITOR: Prediction
  • BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
  • SIGNPOST 1: Impulsive Responses
  • SIGNPOST 2: Innermost Desires
  • SIGNPOST 3: Contemplation
  • SIGNPOST 4: Memories

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

  • GOAL: The Past
  • CONSEQUENCE: Memories
  • COST: Understanding
  • DIVIDEND: Developing a Plan
  • REQUIREMENT: The Future
  • PREREQUISITE: Innermost Desires
  • PRECONDITION: Obtaining
  • FOREWARNINGS: Changing One's Nature

 

 

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