Kate Domaille believed every story ever told can be fitted into one of eight narrative types. Each of these narrative types has a source, an original story upon which the others are based. These stories are as follows:
Achilles - The fatal flaw that will eventually lead to the destruction of the 'flawless' for example
Superman.
Candide - This is the story that the indomitable hero cannot be put down. Examples are James
Bond, Rocky etc.
Cinderella - This story is when dreams come true and it's happy, more seen in romantic
genre's such as Pretty Woman.
Circe - This is about a chase, hero versus villain. A battle between the good and the bad.
Faust - This narrative story is more about 'selling your soul to the devil' and becoming better off
but will ultimately fail and your soul will belong to the devil.
Orpheus - In this narrative, something personal or loved becomes lost or taken and therefore
the narrative follows the journey in order to retrieve what has been lost. An example
would be 'Taken.'
Romeo & Juliet - This is the 'love story.' A romance between two characters. An good
example is 'Titanic' and possibly 'Dirty Dancing.'
Tristan & Iseult - Yet again more often seen in romantic genres, a love triangle. When a
character loves another however they are already spoken for or a third party
becomes involved.
Out of all these narrative types I believe my film follows the 'Faust' narrative structure. The reason being is because, although he doesn't sell his soul to the devil, the protagonist has to lose something in order to gain which is my film he loses his beloved Grandad and eventually inherits all of this money. After doing so he goes off the rails and loses everything completely.
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