Resources / Film Narrative

Link	Description
The Periodic Table of Storytelling	An engaging, visual presentation of storytelling elements.
Empathy, Neurochemistry and the Dramatic Arc	A YouTube video.
Martin Scorsese breaks down the difference between story and plot	What is story? What is plot? Justin Morrow discusses Scorsese's ideas on story vs. plot.
Jason Ohler on Story Structure	From a functional point of view, what does a story need to work? How does structure reflect why stories "work"? What tools can we use to plan stories?
Introduction to Narrative	Brett Lamb from Lesson Bucket discusses narrative and ideology.
How to Teach Narrative	While many media text can be analyzed according to 'classic' narrative principles of storytelling, moving images and digital forms require also a new critical framework.
The Hero's Journey	If you haven't checked out the hero's journey as a way of analysing Hollywood films, then you really should!
The Hero's Journey - Mythic Structure of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth	Dan Bronzite explains the 12 phases of a hero's journey.