Vogler, Christopher, and Michele Montez. The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers. Boston: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. 3-20.
Through this portion of the book, pages 83-105, Vogler describes two stages, the ordinary world and the call to adventure. Vogler discusses the significance of all stages as extremely important, but I feel the first stage to be one of the most important of them all. Vogler said the ordinary world “must hook the reader or viewer, set the tone of the story, suggest where it’s going, and get across a mass of information without slowing the pace.” This is the first thing your audience will experience which is extremely important to how your story will be perceived. Call to adventure is the first step into the true adventure. This is where the defining story is shown and this will mark where the adventure will begin.
Give famous examples of a hero’s ordinary world.
Give famous examples of a hero’s call to adventure.
Which step do you feel is more important?
Shanghaied-- to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
I was shanghaied by captain hook, he was out after the treasure since the beginning
Conked-- To hit, especially on the head.
Little Billy was conked on the head by the bully at school.
Reconnaissance-- Military. a search made for useful military information in the field, esp. by examining the ground.
I was on a reconnaissance mission to find out how many nuclear missiles Iran had, and it was a lot.
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Some examples of the ordinary world in film include:
- Tatooine in Star Wars: A New Hope is Luke's ordinary world before he leaves with Obi Wan to help rescue Leia
- Kansas in The Wizard of Oz is Dorothy's ordinaray world before the tornado takes her to Oz
- The present time in The Matrix is the Ordinary world for Neo until he follows Morpheus into the future
- The Shire in Lord of the Rings is the ordinary world for Frodo before he departs on his journey to destroy the ring
- 1985 is the ordinary world in Back to the Future until Marty gets sent back to 1955
I feel that the most important step in creating the hero's journey is allowing your audience to connect with the hero. The "hook" of the viewer is an important factor in keeping the audiences attention to the story.
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