Scriptwriting: The Hero’s Journey- Structure for Feature Films
Subject Overview
Students will be introduced to ‘the hero’s journey’- a popular structure for feature films. They will discover character archetypes, as well as all the stages of the hero’s journey, and will be asked to identify these stages in feature films with a particular focus on identifying the ‘ordinary world’, ‘special world’, ‘call to adventure’, ‘refusal of the call,’ ‘resurrection’ and ‘elixir’. Students will explore three different types of heroes and compare the differences between heroes to identify traits that classify them as ‘willing hero’, ‘anti-hero’ or ‘tragic hero’.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognise key traits of various character archetypes, explain what an archetype is and describe the differences between archetypes
- Identify key traits of various heroes and describe key differences between heroes
- Recall at least four stages of the hero’s journey and explain what happens to the hero at each of the stages identified
- Identify at least three stages of the hero’s journey in a film and describe why these are the key stages
Prerequisites
No prerequisite knowledge required.