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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Basic Types of story.

There are only eight types of stories.

  1. ACHILLES

    2. The fatal flaw that leads to the destruction of the previously flawless individual Examples.
    • Samson and Delilah
    • Othello
    • Superman
    • Fatal Attraction
    • film noir

    This is also the cornerstone of the crime drama-the flaw belong not to the hero,but the villain.
    • Columlbo
    • CSI,-crime Scene Investigation
    • Murder
    • She Wrote
    • Inspector Morse
    .

  2. CANDIDE

    3. The innocent abroad,naive optimisim triumphant;the hero('good man')who cannot be kept down Examples.
    • Chariots Of Fire
    • Forrest Gump
    • Indiana Jones
    • James Bond films
    • Mr. Bean
    • Billy Elliot
    • Erin Brockpvich
    • Amelie
    • A beautiful Mind

  3. CINDERELLA

    4. The dream come true;unrecognized virtue recognized at last;goodness triumphant after after being initially despised; reward achieved through transformed circumstances. Examples.
    • Pretty Women
    • Rocky
    • Strictly Ballroom
    • Star Wars
    • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    • Shrek
    • Erin Brockovich

  4. CIRCE

    5. The chase ;the spider and the fly; the innocent and the victim;mostly the temptress ensnaring the love-struck male. Examples.
    • Godfather 1
    • Otheleo
    • Double Indemnity
    • Body Heat
    • 9(1/2)
    • Weeks
    • Amelie
    • Insomenia
    • Dangerous Liasons
    • film noir

  5. FAUST

    6. Selling your soul to the devil may bring rewards ,but eventually there is a price to be paid; the long term debt; the uncovered secrets that catches upwith us sooner or later and damns us;the inescapability of Fate . Examples.
    • Wall Street
    • The seventh Seal
    • The skulls
    • Boiler Room
    • Devils's Advocate
    • Traffic
    • The Red Shoes
    • horror
    • spaghetti

  6. ORPHEUS

    7. The gift Taken away,the loss of something,personal.Either about the tragedy of the loss itself or the search which follows the loss. Examples.
    • Dr.Zhivago
    • Rain Man
    • Signs
    • Jason And The Argonauts

  7. ROMEO AND JULIET

    8. Boy meets girl,boy loses girl,boy finds/does not find girl-it doesn't matter which. Examples.
    • The Graduate
    • Sleepless In Seatle
    • Notting Hills
    • Titanic
    • Shakespear In Love

  8. TRISTON

    9. Triangles(eternal or otherwise);man loves woman and unfortunately, one or both are already spoken for . Examples.
    • The Graduate
    • Jules et Jim
    • Penniies From Heaven
    • Remains Of The Day
    • Dangerous Liaisons
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