#storytemplate #featurefilm #filmstructure #theherosjourney How to structure a story or a feature film in 12 steps/images using the Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel as an archetypal matrix behind the hero’s journey. The main difference between the hero’s progression on the wheel and the hero’s journey (Campbell, Vogler) is that the wheel suggests that every step is not just a single point in time, but is a certain motion, a conflict between two archetypes, a story in itself… a t

#featurefilm #structure #emotions #subconciousness With the fourth and final act, we dive deep into the subconscious waters of the story. The Caregiver stage on the Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel marks the beginning of the emotional act. It is like a dam that has suddenly opened up, causing emotions to overflow and flood like water, and break and clean every single aspect of the hero’s journey that is not aligned with the truth. Once the hero’s ego is broken, in the Destroyer

#featurefilm #structure The Orphan stage (the middle of act three) in feature film structure is usually manifested as the hero balancing between two main relationships in his world. Especially if the hero’s ‘wish’ and ‘need’ are represented in these relationships, in the Orphan archetype, more than anywhere else, it is going to be clear that the hero is walking on a thin rope between them. The Orphan is the most oppositional and relational of all the archetypes. He can see hi

#structure #featurefilm #filmstructure Let’s now see what it means to have the Fool archetype after the Midpoint where the hero first thinks he is on the top of the world, and later on realizes the world he chose to rule is fake. At the very beginning of this stage, it’s time for playfulness and curiosity, the hero thinks he has achieved something and he can finally relax and just have fun. The Fool archetype is, in its essence, the naive but curious child within us, who is e

#featurefilm #structure #midpoint After the First act turning point, the second important turning point in feature film structure is The First Culmination or Midpoint. This point is as its name suggests, in the middle (55-60 minutes), dividing a feature film into two equally long parts, but they represent utterly different journeys for the hero. We can say that after the midpoint the hero is entering into a world that is so different from the previous one, that there is no tu

#featurefilm #structure #archetypes #theherosjourney #jung "When the Eternal first gave Love, A myriad hearts sprang into life; Ears filled with music, eyes with light, Pealed forth with hearts with love all rife: “All glory to the God of Love!”" Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.5) Sydney, Australia In feature film structure, we always have two storylines intertwined and the second one is usually a love story. In theory, we usually refer to it as a

#featurefilm #structure #archetypes Screenwriters know that every single scene or decision has its particular weight on the story as a whole, and as soon as you move or change something, you have to recalibrate the whole script again. But still, some scenes are more important than others and those are major turning points that shape your whole (act) structure. The first act turning point is, in a special way, the most important among major turning points. Why? Because this is