Ello....having a discussion at work about filmmaking and I remember a lesson in college about there only being 3/5 types of movie - not genres exactly but one of them was something like "stranger in a strange land" or "fish out of water" which basically describes movies like Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Big....etc... |
Innocent victims of merciless crimes, fall prey to some madman's impulsive designs.
Step after step we try controlling our fate. When we finally start living, it's become too late.
I think maybe that refers more to character archetypes than plot, but I'm not sure. My brain isn't working, sorry |
"Naturally, the common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
Tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and endangering the country.
it works the same in every country."
-Herman Goering, Hitler's Reichsmarschall, at the Nuremberg trials.
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Ah, man...Joseph Campbell is great. I must have watched the "Power pf Myth" series of interviews with Bill Moyers over a dozen times. |
"Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
If I had to guess all the genres I would go with something like Comedy, Drama, Horror, Action, Children, and Suspense. |
It's not genres, it's actually plots - there are only a certain amount of plots, I think I found something earlier but it's not exactly as I remember it...but it did include a fish out of water type plot....will post later |
Innocent victims of merciless crimes, fall prey to some madman's impulsive designs.
Step after step we try controlling our fate. When we finally start living, it's become too late.
"When the dead walk, we must stop the killing, or lose the war."
you might also find the work of carl jung interesting. jung believed in psychological archetypes and a collective unconsciousness that all humans share. he rejected utterly the tabula rasa theory of human psychological development and instead argued that all human attributes/attitudes are a priori. |
"The bumps you feel are asteroids smashing into the hull."
I think I know what Symph is on about - something like: |
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Coming of Age is another style. |
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Your basic 3 act structure is call to action - compication - resolution 
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