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From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters….

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.

The Hero’s Journey:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

and more…

Sample Movie Deconstructed: Goldfinger (1964)

FADE IN:

Hero’s capabilities and Ordinary World: Bond sets up the explosives; takes off the dive suit to reveal a Tuxedo (he is a chameleon able to cross Worlds).

Hero’s status: women look at him.

Hero’s ethics: “at least he won’t be exporting heroine…”

Hero’s capabilities enhanced: Bond looks into the lady’s eyes to see the villain behind him. His ability to fight; his intelligence: he uses the electric fire to kill the villain in the bathtub. Hero’s wit: “shocking…”

MUSIC:

Herald brings the Call to Adventure: Felix delivers a wire from London re: Goldfinger.

Meeting the Antagonist: Goldfinger sits down to pay cards.

Hero / Antagonist battle: superior intelligence causes the Hero to win.

Antagonist motivated against the Hero: Goldfinger snaps the pencil.

Reward: Bond gets Jill.

Hero pushed into the Journey (Unbearable Antagonism): Goldfinger kills Jill.

Refusal of the Call: Bond’s boss admonishes him for “stealing his girlfriend…”

Threshold Guardian: Moneypenny.

Meeting the Supernatural Aid: the Dinner.

Magical Gift: the brandy and the gold bar; Backstory of the Antagonist: Goldfinger’s operation analysed.

Magic Carpet: the Aston Martin (from another mentor, Q).

Border of the First Threshold: agreeing to play golf with Goldfinger.

Meeting the Antagonist’s fearsome Lieutenant: Oddjob. Hero wary of the Lieutenant.

Inner Cave: Hero / Antagonist battle: Bond beats Goldfinger at golf. Characters and natures exposed: Goldfinger cheats and Bond uses intelligence.

Consciously making the decision to push toward the Physical Separation: Bond plants the homing device.

Warning against the Physical Separation: Goldfinger warns Bond.

Threat of the Lieutenant demonstrated / Foreshadow of future conflict: Oddjob shows what he can do with the hat.

Physical Separation in the Magic Carpet: now in the Swiss Alps driving the Aston Martin.

Trial 1: Tilly Masterson shoots at Bond.

Trial 2: Meeting the Sword: Meeting Tilly.

Viewing the World of the Sword from a distance: viewing the building.

Entering the World of the Sword in the dead of night and stealthily in the Wolves Clothing: sneaking into the building dressed in black.

Trial 3: finding out about Operation Grandslam.

Seizing the Sword: capturing Tilly.

Night Sea Journey: Pursued by Oddjob et al and captured.

Pushed toward the Near Death Experience: being led into Goldfinger’s lair.

Threshold Guardian: the old lady.

Resisting the Near Death Experience: Bond tries to get away.

Near Death Experience: nearly being lasered in half.

Reward: meeting Pussy Galore (Shape Shifter).

Developing relationship between hero and Shape Shifter: Bond tests Pussy.

Triggering Convergence: bond activates the homing signal.

Letting go of the Old Self: Bond changes into new clothes.

Foreshadow of the Final Conflict: Bond tells Pussy what will happen if she shoots the gun.

Stunted Convergence: Felix et al get a fix on the homing signal; but they decide to wait.

Foreshadow of the Apotheosis: Bond sees Pussy’s flying babes.

Pushed towards the Atonement: taken to Goldfinger by Oddjob.

Prevented from the Atonement: Bond put in the cell.

Preparing for the Atonement: Goldfinger tells his pals he plans to break into Fort Knox.

Pushed to the Atonement: Bond escapes the cell.

Atonement with the Father: Bond finds out that Delta 9 will knock out the guards.

Pushed toward the apotheosis: Pussy captures Bond.

Evil of the Antagonist demonstrated: Goldfinger kills his mafia pals.

Convergence Activated: Bond plants the note with the homing signal for Felix to find.

Evil of the Lieutenant Demonstrated: Oddjob kills and crushes Solo and the homing beacon.

Obstacle to the Convergence: Felix et al the homing signal.

Shape Shifter and Antagonist confrontation: Goldfinger and Pussy talk.

Apotheosis: Bond finds out that Goldfinger plans to nuke Fortknox.

Ultimate Boon and Shape Shifter turns: Bond and Pussy make Hay.

Antagonist’s plan proceeds: the girls take off and spray the gas; Oddjob lasers through the doors.

Magic Flight: Goldfinger runs.

Refusal of the Return: Goldfinger’s soldier wants to take the fuse out of the bomb; Oddjob won’t allow it.

Rescue from Without: Bond escapes.

Crossing the Return Threshold: Bond tackles Oddjob (catharsis 1) and tries to switch the nuke (catharsis 2).

Master of the Two Worlds: Bond faces Goldfinger in the aircraft; Goldfinger gets sucked out (catharsis 3). Bond and Pussy parachute out of the aircraft (catharsis 4).

Freedom to Live: Bond beds Pussy.

Learn more…

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Kal Bishop

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Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. His specialities include Knowledge Management and Creativity and Innovation Management. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, exhibited artwork in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written a number of screenplays. He is a passionate traveller. He can be reached at http://www.clickok.co.uk/

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If you want to control acne breakouts, you need to supplement your diet with fish oils which contain omega-3 and omega-6 oils. These fish oil also contains EPA and DHA fatty acids which are necessary for creating prostaglandins.

Normally, enzymes in your body break down omega-6 into
DGLA, AA, EPA and DHA fatty acids.

Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA)

Arachidonic Acid (AA)

Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)

Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)

These four fatty acids eventually change into prostaglandins.

What are prostaglandins?

Prostaglandins are chemical hormones that come from
omega-3 and omega-6 oils and that help,

regulate every function in your cells and organs.

Postaglandins also keep androgen hormones in control so
that excess sebum is not produce in the hair follicle, which
results in acne.

This is the reason why Essential Fatty Acids - Omega-3 and
Omega-6 - are critical foods to eat.

However, eating plenty essential fatty acids may not insure
that you produce enough EPA and DHA, which produce the
essential prostaglandins.

It is critical for acne and more importantly for your
health that you get enough EPA and DHA in your cells
and organs so they can produce the required
prostaglandins.

To increase the prostaglandins in your cell walls, it is
necessary for you to take a fish supplement, which contains
both the EPA and DHA.

Of course eating salmon, halibut, and mackerel twice a week
will be a plus in providing your body with more EPA and
DHA.

Here’s what I use daily. Spectrum Essentials puts out an
excellent product called

Omega-3 Norwegian Fish Oil

Two capsules contains

EPA - 360mg

DHA - 240mg

Omega-3 - 892mg

Stearic, Lauric, Palmitic Acids - 508mg

Using the Omega-3 Norwegian Fish Oil is critical in
getting relief from acne, so take two capsules per
meal.

When your body creates prostaglandins, it creates a good prostaglandin and a bad prostaglandin. Here’s how to encourage the production of good prostaglandins.

Maintain a ratio of two times more omega-6 than omega-3 in your diet.

Eating too much omega-6 can lead to producing excess bad prostaglandins.

Take a multi-vitamin and minerals with your meals to provide these nutrients for breaking down the

essential fatty acids into prostaglandins

Reduce the amount of meat, saturated fat, dairy, and eggs you eat to reduce the production of AA, which blocks the activities of the good prostaglandins

Eat cold water fish at least twice a week to provide EPA and DHA to your diet

Include at least 20% of your diet calories as good fats -
omega oils and fish oil. This is essential for controlling the
excess activity of your hormones and reducing the
inflammation of your acne.

Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics and is a Natural Nutritionist. He is the author of Constipation, Acne, Hemorrhoid, and Fatty Acid ebooks. His information can be seen at http://www.remedies-for-acne.com/clearface

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A cash back card is a great way in which to earn some money off products you normally purchase. These type of rebate credit cards are great for people that always immediately pay off their balance each and every month instead of having a balance.

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Check out each of the rebate credit cards to ensure that the card can be used at your favorite stores to purchase items that you normally buy. If not you will find yourself shopping in stores that you do not shop at just to try to earn some cash back. The best way to apply for a cash back card is to find one that fits your lifestyle, with your favorite stores, a high percentage rate given back and of course if at all possible with a low APR.

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Use your cash back card when needed and purchase like normal and you will be to reap the potentially handsome benefits of rebate credit cards.

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When you talk to people online there is a wonderful lack of
background information. Generally, I’m in favour of the
‘all-the-information-you-can-get-your hands-on’ theory, but in
this case less is better. Talk to someone face-to-face and you
can’t help making judgements about them, based on their height,
race, clothes, gender etc. Sandra Bullock said on the ‘Oprah
Winfrey Show’ that she’d met a redneck with tattoos, a baseball
cap, and work boots, and had assumed that he was both racist and
stupid. She was surprised when this ‘redneck’ spoke like a
normal person, and they had an intelligent conversation
together.

Talking to people over the Internet you don’t see their height
or their race. You only know about their tattoos if they tell
you about them. You don’t know if they look gay, or if they are
gay. Don’t know if they are deaf, or in a wheelchair. You don’t
even know what country they’re in unless you ask. All you get is
a screen name which gives you some hint as to the kind of person
they are. Being self-chosen, this ‘name’ ‘tells’ you more about
the person than their family, country, or religion. It often
tells you what THEY think is important about them. Someone who
picks the screen name ‘Padme_Skywalker’ is a Star Wars fan and
that is a significant fact about them. It is more specific than
if their screen name is ‘MusicWeaver’ or ‘CakeLover’.

All our relationships with anonymous people have an equal and
egalitarian starting point. In many cases it is an optimistic
beginning that assumes people are interesting, intelligent, and
moderately good until they show otherwise. A few people seem to
assume everyone is a fool or a criminal, but that is their
choice and everyone still gets the same start with them. Thanks
to this anonymity, people who hate Muslims or Christians, blacks
or whites, Germans or gays, might unknowingly talk to someone
they would otherwise hate. They might get to know their enemy as
a person before they find out that their new friend is ‘one of
them’.

Or someone might start talking to ‘Padme_Skywalker’ and just
assume that all Star Wars fans are Americans. Then minutes or
weeks later ask her want she thinks of the racial violence in
Germany and find that she has lived in Germany all of her life,
and belongs to the group the violence is targeted against. Plus,
she is happy to give her first-hand impressions of these events.

Naturally, you don’t need to rely on luck for these personal
insights. If there is a controversy in California about gay
marriage, or about Muslims headscarves in France, you can go
online looking for people who live on the spot and ask them
about it. I love this aspect of the Internet: being able to
connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Summary - Face-to-face we can’t avoid judging people by the way
they look. Online we only know what people choose to share, so
judgmental separatists might talk to their ‘enemies’ without
knowing it, even until they’ve become friends with their
‘opposites’. We can also talk to people about the state of
international events at the actual scene to get personal
insights into the situation.

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