Storyform for "Young Frankenstein"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (The Main vs. Impact Story)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Past
• ISSUE: Prediction vs. Interdiction
• PROBLEM: Speculation
• SOLUTION: Projection
• SYMPTOM: Aware
• RESPONSE: Self Aware
• CATALYST: Interdiction
• INHIBITOR: Evidence
• BENCHMARK: The Present
• SIGNPOST 1: The Present
• SIGNPOST 2: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 3: The Past
• SIGNPOST 4: The Future

IMPACT CHARACTER (The Monster/Victor)

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

MAIN CHARACTER (Frederick Frankenstein)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Understanding
• ISSUE: Instinct vs. Conditioning
• PROBLEM: Desire
• SOLUTION: Ability
• SYMPTOM: Knowledge
• RESPONSE: Thought
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Interpretation
• CRITICAL FLAW: Situation
• BENCHMARK: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2: Doing
• SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

OVERALL STORY (The Overall Story)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Memories
• ISSUE: Evidence vs. Suspicion
• PROBLEM: Desire
• SOLUTION: Ability
• SYMPTOM: Aware
• RESPONSE: Self Aware
• CATALYST: Suspicion
• INHIBITOR: Prediction
• BENCHMARK: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 3: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

VOCABULARY:

Ability: being suited to handle a task; the innate capacity to do or be

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Aware: being conscious of things outside oneself

Change: Frederick Frankenstein changes his essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Circumstances: an emotional assessment of one's environment

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Conditioning: responses based on experience or training

Contemplation: present considerations

Desire: the motivation toward something better

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

Do-er: Frederick Frankenstein looks for a physical solution to his problem

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Equity: a balance, fairness, or stability

Evidence: information supporting a belief

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Frederick Frankenstein ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Inequity: an unbalance, unfairness, or lack or equality

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Instinct: intrinsic unconditioned responses

Interdiction: an effort to change a predetermined course

Interpretation: determination of possible meaning

Knowledge: that which one holds to be true

Logical: Frederick Frankenstein 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

Prediction: a predetermination of a future state of affairs

Projection: an extension of probability into the future

Self Aware: being conscious of one's own existence

Sense of Self: one's perception of oneself

Senses: sensory observations

Situation: a situation or environment

Situation: a logistic assessment of one's environment

Speculation: an extension of possibilities into the future

Start: regarding Frederick Frankenstein, the audience is waiting for something to begin

State of Being: one's true nature

Steadfast: Frederick Frankenstein ultimately retains his essential nature

Success: the original goal is achieved

Suspicion: questioning or forming a belief based on new evidence

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Thought: the process of consideration

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something