Dan Harmon on storytelling
Draw a circle and split it into 8 parts
You, Need, Go, Search, Find, Take, Return, Change
Cyclical, a character often starts in one place and ends in a similar place but they go on a journey.
Example
When we think about the recent Domestic Abuse awareness advert which played during the super bowl, we see this in detail
A 911 call is received (You)
The need is to solve the emergency
Go – ask some questions
Search –
- the woman tries to order a pizza
- Operator: Maam, this is 911, you need to have an emergency
- Find, the 911 operator realises that she does have an emergency and can’t talk about it
- Take – Do you have an emergency? Yes, are you unable to talk about it? Yes .. The take is that this is actually a dire emergency
Return – he helps her and is hopefully able to implement the Change
