Monday, 7 November 2011

Basic Story Map

Basic Story Map

PROTAGANIST: Craig Smith/Invisible Man

         Skill: Power to disappear at any time/ Physical Strength

         Misbehaviours: Over confidence, doesn’t accept advice from many…

EXTERNAL GOAL: To save London City from destruction.

INTERNAL GOAL: To be with Grace and to be accepted in New York and to be more                                                humble.

MAIN DRAMATIC CONFLICT: Carl Smith/ (Zinx) (This is Craig Smith’s brother which he doesn’t find out until the end.

THEME: Being over confident will get you nowhere and fear can lead to destruction.


CENTRAL DRAMATIC QUESTION: Can Craig Smith/Invisible Man Save London from destruction?

ENDING: Craig Smith Understands that the persona of ‘Invisible Man’ Doesn’t reflect who he really is, He defeats ‘Zinx’ killing him in an epic battle where just before he dies ‘Zinx’ reveals to Craig Smith that he is his brother this is where Craig realises that being ‘Invisible Man’ isn’t for him, he finally gets Grace as his Girlfriend and tries to live a normal life, but something is not right. That is where the film ends.

ARC: ‘Invisible Man’ Goes from being a very arrogant senile person to Craig Smith who is actually emotionally distraught and emotionally weak.

Story Engines:

Act 1: ‘Invisible Man’ is clearing up the criminals from the streets being very arrogant about it.

Act 2A: ‘Zinx’ is brought to ‘Invisible Mans’ attention he is very confident and treating it as any other enemy of his.

Act 2B: Invisible Man’s Arrogance is shook when one of his close friends is killed by ‘Zinx’ from a mistake made by ‘Invisible Man’ that ‘Zinx’ knew he would make.

Act 3: ‘Invisible Man’ must stop Zinx and save everyone around him and stop London from being destroyed.