critical analysis or argument about how successful movies are all done with the same patterns and character archetypes
critical analysis or argument about how successful movies are all done with the same patterns and character archetypes
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In her article "creating the myth" Linda Seger, a screenwriter, outlines the framework of successful films- a framework she says typically follows a standard pattern.
in fact, she argues that "underneath it all that many of the most successful films are based on these universal stories"(356). she calls our shared, collective stories
"myths". although, seger believes that myths can have several combinations of myths, ultimately she argues that most if not all successful films employ fairly specific
myths and also present archetypical characters. Seger defines these mythes and further delineates them into distinct categories. she indentifies and archetype as a
certain character that can " be thought of as the original 'patern' or 'character type'"(Seger 362). what do you think about Seger's neat almost step by step advice
for creating a screen play? do you see her argument played out, in a sense, in most successful films? in other words, do successful films seem to uphold her
contentions about myths and archetypes? examine a successful film or evidence that it follows or employs Seger's defined framework. use specific details to show how
the film either up holds or refutes Seger's contentions.