The Hero with a Thousand Faces (A thousand-faced hero) (Category PublicSpeaking)

Thursday and Friday were all about teaching public speaking, the final module of our MBA program. It was interesting and informative, and I think at the next conference my speech will be a little better than before. One of the interesting things we looked at was the dramatic approach with the Pixar algorithm. Step. 1. Once upon a time there was a hero (purposely) … Step. 2. Every day he... Step. 3. But one day... Step. 4. And so... Step. 5. When, after all, ... Step. 6. Since then (novelty) …

In fact, this algorithm is a slightly more detailed approach with monomyth. The term was first used by Joseph Capmbell, who has a cool book called "The Thousand-Face Hero" that I wanted to talk about today. This book, despite its fascination, was quite difficult for me:) It was written in the middle. 20 century, or rather in 1949 year, but still relevant and successful. The essence of the book is that Campbell, who studied numerous myths, summarized them and highlighted the template path of the archetypal hero. (monomyth), which includes: The beginning of a journey where the hero feels a call to action and embarks on a journey into a magical world, often with some help from a mentor or assistant. Initiation - where the hero undergoes trials and receives a reward that changes him and turns him into another person.

• Return - then he returns home with the award, often having passed the tests and leaving the chase Interestingly, the book provides examples from a large number of myths, including stories from various religions, such as Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and other top beliefs of the peoples of the world:) George Lucas mentioned this book as a source of inspiration for his Star Wars films. And the ideas from this book were used by Christopher Vogler when he wrote the Memo manual for writers in the film. 7 pages. This method has influenced the scripts of many films:) You can read more about it in the book Memo. Secrets of Creating Structure and Characters in the Screenplay by Chris Vogler and David McKenn

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