ana bib 231-290

Gregory Dwyre
Pledged
Annotated Bibliography

Vogler, Christopher, and Michele Montez. The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers. Boston: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. 231-290.

This section is very different from the other ones we have been reading. His goal in this section is for us the reader to take the lessons we have learned about the heros journey and view and examine them in other works. HE starts by saying the the heroes journey is just a guide line and that people like it when you don’t always follow it and are creative about telling the story. He gave a good idea for when you are writing the story about putting different pieces of information down on 12 note cards, that way you can move around different event not cementing it in one area.
He first talks about the Titanic. Talks about the opening scene with Rosie who tells the story being found by man looking for clues and diamond from sunken boat. He goes on the example and point out different scenes and where they fall under the hero’s journey. He talked about how the timing of the movie was very important with the discovery of the Titanic being very recent. With this movie he talked about a very interesting idea called Denouement- untying knots smoothing out the story which is what happens in the Titanic when she throws he diamond off the boat.
Next he talked about the Lion King. He commented on how he helped work on it and the creative process. He talks about the stories out line and the journey of simba, starting off with the baptism of Simba and his connection with the church. He wasn’t happy with many parts of the movie, things in wrong place and other things not added or taken out
The next film was Pulp Fiction, this movie he says is seen a story that is full of different scenes that connect here and there, like a broken mirror. Said that this type was perfect for this time period with war and the fragmented mind state of many people.
The next movie he talks about is the full Monty which is about a guy in economical down fall gets idea-stripping- and changes his life. He goes once again into the different stages of the heroes journey with this story.
The last thing he talks about is Star Wars. He basically sums up every important thing that happens in all the movies and gives away a lot about the movies. He talks about how it was a very good movie, that combined pop culture and all his ideas very well and that having it as as eries over time helped make it even bigger


I found his talk about the 12 cards very interesting and what seemed to me as a useful tool when trying to construct as story. It gives you free will to move scenes around so that you can find where they fit best. It helps you clear your mind and understand what you want out of your story.


Questions

1) Why is examining other stories important?
2) Is he in love with star wars?
3) What are some of the ways you can look at a movie and break it down into its basic elements?
4) Do you think Volgers Lion King would have been better? (NO)