Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Reflection and Action
- As a reflection on the rhetorical analysis, I've noticed that there is a variety of ways to explore stress relief and ways to do it. Board games, relaxing songs, and exciting college frat movies all provide influences of stress relief.
- I plan on interviewing my roommate on one of his many stories to relieve stress. He has long busy days, and many times comes back to the room wore out. Him and I together have enjoyed relaxing in many ways and have a few stories of our own.
- I volunteer at Academy Prep as a teacher in the math classroom and as a coach for the baseball team. Being out on the field coaching young kids lets me enjoy my afternoon and lightens up the mood after a long day.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Annotated 10
Vogler, Christopher. “Epilogue: Looking Back On the Journey.” The Writer’s Journey:Mythic Structure for Writers. 3rd Edition. Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions,2007. 231-291.
Summary
In Vogler's chapter "Looking Back on the Journey", he explains methods of how to analyze stories. First, Vogler states that a story does not necessarily have to follow the Hero's Journey model completely. The journey is more of a guideline. Just the same, the needs of a story dictate its structure. Other methods include choosing a metaphor for you to compare to the story, and designing a template to put the pieces of where the Journey may appear in the story.
Vogler then analyzes the movie the Titanic. He explains how it was expected to be a bust, and ended up making a huge profit and winning many awards. He went through the story pointing out all the times where the Hero's Journey was used. He then went through The Lion King, Pulp Fiction, and The Full Monty doing the same with each story. He also hit upon Star Wars.
Reaction
Vogler shows how stories can differ compared to one another as well as differ from the Hero's Journey. Great stories do not necessarily follow the guidelines completely, which keeps the audience on their toes. Each of the four stories use aspects of the Hero's Journey to make for an exciting story. The Titanic was difficult and not expected to do well, but the writers used Quantum Movie Events and people all over the world watched the movie over and over.
Questions
1) Like Titanic, what other movies were thought to bust but made a great profit?
2) Are there more ways Vogler could have explained to analyze a film?
3) What movies follow the Hero's Journey directly?
Summary
In Vogler's chapter "Looking Back on the Journey", he explains methods of how to analyze stories. First, Vogler states that a story does not necessarily have to follow the Hero's Journey model completely. The journey is more of a guideline. Just the same, the needs of a story dictate its structure. Other methods include choosing a metaphor for you to compare to the story, and designing a template to put the pieces of where the Journey may appear in the story.
Vogler then analyzes the movie the Titanic. He explains how it was expected to be a bust, and ended up making a huge profit and winning many awards. He went through the story pointing out all the times where the Hero's Journey was used. He then went through The Lion King, Pulp Fiction, and The Full Monty doing the same with each story. He also hit upon Star Wars.
Reaction
Vogler shows how stories can differ compared to one another as well as differ from the Hero's Journey. Great stories do not necessarily follow the guidelines completely, which keeps the audience on their toes. Each of the four stories use aspects of the Hero's Journey to make for an exciting story. The Titanic was difficult and not expected to do well, but the writers used Quantum Movie Events and people all over the world watched the movie over and over.
Questions
1) Like Titanic, what other movies were thought to bust but made a great profit?
2) Are there more ways Vogler could have explained to analyze a film?
3) What movies follow the Hero's Journey directly?
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Four Modes
Stress and Stress Relief.
Song: "It's 5 O-clock Somewhere" ~ Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
Visual Image 
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:Movie: "Animal House"
Book: "Catcher in the Rye" ~ J.D. Salinger
Monday, November 3, 2008
Annotated Bib #9
Vogler, Christopher. “The Resurrection”, “Return with the Elixir”. The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers Third Edition. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.
Summary
"The Resurrection" part of the story is the most challenging for the writer as he has to have a climax and a change into a new world for the hero. The change shows a death and rebirth, and can be portrayed with a new personality. The climax can be a physical showdown or a difficult choice such as a sexual climax, musical crescendo, or highly emotional confrontation. Other types of climaxes include a quiet climax and rolling climaxes. Types of resurrection are the last chance for a hero to make a major attitude change, a potential misstep for a returning hero, proof of the claimant, sacrifice by the hero, and change and incorporation to show what the hero has learned throughout the journey.
Summary
"The Resurrection" part of the story is the most challenging for the writer as he has to have a climax and a change into a new world for the hero. The change shows a death and rebirth, and can be portrayed with a new personality. The climax can be a physical showdown or a difficult choice such as a sexual climax, musical crescendo, or highly emotional confrontation. Other types of climaxes include a quiet climax and rolling climaxes. Types of resurrection are the last chance for a hero to make a major attitude change, a potential misstep for a returning hero, proof of the claimant, sacrifice by the hero, and change and incorporation to show what the hero has learned throughout the journey.
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