STORY TYPES
derived from the ideas of Robert McKee
ROBERT MCK EEE EEE
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MATURATION PL PLOT
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REDEMPTION PL PLOT
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PUNITIVE PLOT
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TESTING PLOT
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EDUCATION PLOT
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DIS DI SIL ILL LUSI SIO ONM NME ENT PL PLOT
MATURATION PLOT the coming of age story THE WAY, WAY BACK An awkward teen, Duncan, must spend the summer at a beach house with his mother , her boyfriend, Trent, and Trent's obnoxious daughter. Trent can't resist badgering Duncan, so the teenager goes away to a water park and gets a job that will help him stay off Trent's radar. As Duncan tends to the slides and pools of the aging park, he finds a father figure in wisecracking park manager Owen at a time when he desperately needs one.
BOYHOOD The joys and pitfalls of growing up are seen through the eyes of a child named Mason, his parents and his sister. Vignettes, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, capture family meals, road trips, birthday parties, graduations and other important milestones.
REDEMPTION PLOT moral change in protagonist from bad to good WILDCHILD Sixteen-year-old Poppy has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness. She is accused of arson, however by working with girls she originally despised, she is able to present the good in herself
A GIRL LIKE HER A teenager, Jessica, tries to commit suicide after she is being bullied. Her friend Brian has footage of their school's most beautiful and popular students Avery secretly been bullying her for the past year. At first Avery is unaware of the impact she has created, however when she looks back at the footage she understands that her actions were malicious.
PUNITIVE PLOT protagonist changes from good to bad and is punished
STAR WARS - DARTH VADER , manipulated by a leader which then made him turn to the dark Anakin Skywalker side, killing Jedi’s. Due to this, he gets burnt and turns into Darth Vader
TESTING PLOT willpower versus the temptation to surrender
COOL HAND LUKE When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
EDUCATION PLOT protagonist’s view of life/self/people changes from negative to positive
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Hardworking and ambitious, Tiana dreams of one day opening the finest restaurant in New Orleans. Her dream takes a slight detour when she meets Prince Naveen, who has been turned into a frog by evil Dr. Facilier. Mistaking her for a princess and hoping to break the spell, Naveen plants a kiss on poor Tiana -- thereby turning her into a frog as well. The pair venture through the bayous to seek t he help of a powerful voodoo priestess. During the journey, Naveen discovers a world away from his luxury life as a prince, which makes him question about his initial desire to marry a princess in order to regain his money.
DISILLUSIONMENT PLOT protagonist’s worldview changes from positive to negative
THE RIOT CLUB Alistair and Miles, start their first year at Oxford University where they both become members of the Riot Club - a long established elite drinking club priding itself on hedonism and the belief that money can buy anything.
At their annual dinner at the function room i n a country pub, they start to wreck the room, and when Chris comes to confront them, Alistair punches him followed by the others who viciously attack him, sending him to hospital. The boys are all arrested but believing that the club is more important than the individual, they agree not to give statements and go on to suggest that Miles, as the newest club member, should take the blame for the attack on Chris.
