Monthly Archives: April 2010

Storytelling

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The following  excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts Dramatica : Are there any particular areas of story you’d like me to cover? Plot, Character, Theme, Storyforming, etc. Nawtigrl : Storytelling. Dramatica : Okay, here’s some information on Storytelling. … Continue reading →

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The Four Stages of Communication

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The following  excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts Dramatica : I’m going to start tonight with the four stages of communication. Pete P 432 : Okay Dramatica : In Dramatica theory, we see all communication as having four … Continue reading →

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The Contagonist

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The following  excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts William S1 : Could you touch on Contagonist?… Dramatica : Sure, William! First of all, Dramatica sees 8 archetypal characters. But, Dramatica also sees Millions of non-archetypal characters. It all … Continue reading →

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The Story Structure of “Body Heat”

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The following  excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts William S1 : How about applying all this [Dramatica Structure] to a film… say Gump or The Client or The Piano? Dramatica : Well, let’s apply it to oh, say, Body … Continue reading →

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The Four Throughlines

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The following  excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts Dramatica : Remember I talked about the Objective and Subjective views of story? Well, another way to look at that is the Objective view is what you are looking at, … Continue reading →

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The Dramatica Structure

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The following  excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts Dramatica : Let’s talk about quads for a moment. Imagine a square, divided into four parts. (Hello Jenny!) JennyCrusi : Hi, sorry I’m late. Dramatica : No prob, Jenny! William … Continue reading →

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A New Theory of Story

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Melanie Anne Phillips

The following  excerpt is taken from The Dramatica Class Transcripts Dramatica : Well, let me just do a brief recap, then get into the new material. First of all….Dramatica is two things: a new theory of story, and the software … Continue reading →

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