Watch: Animated Short Lays Out The Hero's Journey For Practically Every Major Movie
If you've taken any sort of creative writing class or ever studied mythology, you're likely familiar with the works of author Joseph Campbell. He's the guy who came up with the concept of the Monomyth, better known as "the hero's journey," which basically laid out the broad steps practically every hero takes across the ages of storytelling. It's a template that's been applied to everything from Star Wars to The Matrix, and Sploid points us to this cool little animated short from director Iskander Krayenbosch that takes you through each of the steps. Check it out below:
Since the beginning of time people are fascinated by stories of hero’s. But did you know there is a fundamental structure that’s lies beneath all these tales of fantasy. Joseph Campbell, a famous mythologist, was the first to discover similarities within all ancient myths. He called it the Monomyth. According to him there are 12 stages in which every hero has to walk through one way or the other. In the hero’s journey these stages are visualized by using iconic blockbuster movies that follow the same structure of storytelling.