the hero's journey

Zoolander was a senior in high school, only 17 and a half years old when she had to make the biggest decision of her life. It all started when her parents decided to move to Seattle. They told her that she could either come with them, or she could try and find a friend to stay with till the end of the school year so she could graduate there, then move in with them when school gets out. They had been to Seattle a bunch of times, and she loved it there. But she didn't want to leave now, just as she was so close to graduation. Plus, her friends had something huge planned to celebrate. Thinking back on it now, she wonders that if had she gone with them, how different would her life be now? She decided to stay though, and now she lives with that decision every day, and probably will for the rest of her life.

questions:

• were there any other reasons she decided to stay, besides just to finish school?
• what happened that she feels she has to live with her decision for the rest of her life?
• how long ago was it that this all happened?

anchorman

ordinary world: Ron Burgundy is the lead anchorman in an all mens world of news reporters, and is loved by all the people of San Diego. Well, except for the other news stations anchomen, because Ron Burgundy's station has the most ratings.

call to adventure: A woman he's falling in love with starts working at his news station. They start dating. His dog gets dropkicked into the river by an angry biker, and he is late for broadcasting the news.

refusal of the call: He falls in love with Veronica, but he can't see her as an equal at work because he feels that reporting the news is a mans job.

meeting with the mentor: His boss, Ed Harkman, is kind of his mentor because he advises him sometimes.

crossing the threshold: Veronica starts working with him at channel four news, and they're dating, but his friends start getting upset with him when he starts to ditch them for her. He starts doing things with her that she likes, such as jogging.

tests, allies, and enemies: He gets the girl, his dog gets kicked into the river, Veronica broadcasts for him when he is late, he gets mad that she filled in for him and breaks up with her, she is made his co-anchorman, they fight all the time at work, she ends up changing his script, and as a result he gets fired, and everyone hates him.

ordeal: He has to live with losing everyone and everything he loved, and everyone in San Diego who used to love him, now hates him.

reward: When Veronica goes missing during the biggest story of the summer because another news reporter pushed her into the kodiak bear pit, Ed Harkman, his boss, calls him and offers him his job back.

the road back: He rallies his friends, gets cleaned up, and prepares to go report the biggest story of the summer.

resurrection: They realize that there are talent recruiters watching, but he sees that Veronica has fallen into the kodiak bear pit, and the huge hibernating bears are waking up. He has to choose between saving her, or going and reporting the big story in front of the talent recruiters.

return with elixir: He gets the girl back, as well as the people of San Diego's love, and finally learns to accept a woman into the news reporting world, and invites her to be his co-anchorman. They later go on to report the world news.

 archetype:
hero: Ron Burgundy
mentor: Ed Harkman
threshold guardian: Veronica Corningway, people in San Diego
herald: Veronica
shapeshifter: Veronica
shadow: Veronica, people in San Diego, Biker guy that dropkicks dog
trickster: Veronica, other news stations anchormen

finding stories in songs

Bounce, by Calvin Harris:

After a horrible break up, Christina finally realizes what a douche she was dating. She's going out again, partying it up, meeting new people, and she's happy again! When her ex realizes how happy she is without him, he tries to get her back. But he's the last thing on her mind, as she drives down PCH in a convertible with her friends, music blaring. How far will he go to try and get her back, even though he knows there's no chance left?

 

Set Sail, by Scary Kids Scaring Kids:

Marcus, a 23 year old alcoholic high school drop out has a near death experience when he gets in a car accident driving under the influence. It makes him realize that he's not really living, he's sick of screwing things up all the time, and wants to get his life together. He wants to live to tell his tale. So he starts by going into rehab. While he's in there, it sparks his interest in finding out if there really is a higher power, and he turns out to be an inspiration to everyone else as he tells them about his near death experience. 

Drive, by Incubus:

After dating for three and a half years, Alaina realizes she wants to get married. Brandon, however feels that he is not ready. Alaina thinks he just doesn't want to, and gets hurt. When she takes off for Arizona, he realizes he's been letting his fear take control of his life too much. He's no longer uncertain about marrying her. Find out what great lengths he goes to to let her know this.

my story

We just got to vegas, halfway to our destination: Cali! But it's three in the morning, and we're all hungry. The awesome thing is outside of Utah, most places are open late. So where do we go?? IHOP, of course. Sitting around the table, all seven of us. Usually my family drives me crazy, with the kids always fighting and screaming, my mom irritated with someone about something, my dad all grumpy. But now, in moments like this, I realize how lost i'd be without them all. Jaeden, the baby of the family is falling asleep. Joshua, the crazy little adhd one laughing hysterically as he shoots a paper straw wrapper at my mom. Joseph, the other not so little adhd one telling some chuck norris joke. Emma, the smart one of the bunch spewing water out of her mouth from laughing too hard. My mom, flicking her in the ear for spewing water on her. My dad, telling everyone to shut up... then laughing and shooting a paper straw wrapper back at josh. These crazy people that I live with, these people that make living at my house such chaos, these people that I know and love, are what makes my life not so boring. But I suppose in a way we're all actually pretty normal. Everyone's got their own kind of crazy. And I guess, at the end of the day, i'd rather have a crazy family I get along with perfectly than a boring one you don't. Wouldn't you?

Plot: Red

Character: Orange

Conflict: Green

Theme: Blue

Setting: Purple