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Ordinary World
FADE IN: context: Hooper dressing up to perform a stunt; his scars.
Hero's Capabilities: Hooper does a stunt.
Meeting the Hero: Hooper takes off his helmet.
Loyal Ally: Cully helps him up.
Hero's Status: I invented that stunt.
Meeting the Antagonist / his status / capabilities: Roger's last picture made over $100m.
Hero's Achilles Heel: Hooper needs some pills for his back.
Foreshadow of the Transformation: Max tells Hooper about the new kid.
Developing the Hero: Hooper has a sense of humour.
Meeting the Romantic Challenge
Hooper goes home to Gwen.
Developing Characters and Relationships:
The dog stunt sequence:
Roger as the antagonist.
The Achilles heel: Hooper's back problem.
Developing the Hero and Loyal Ally relationship: they share imitations.
Call to Adventure, Refusal, Overcoming Refusal.
Hooper goes home to Gwen, he's asked to do the charity show, refuses, the kid persuades him.
Meeting the Mentor
Dad (Jocko) is doing a stunt at the event.
Foreshadow of the Transformation: talking about the new kid.
Mentor's Capabilities: Jocko does a stunt.
Hero's Capabilities: Hooper does a stunt.
Warning of the First Threshold
Stand back.
First Threshold Marker
The kid parachutes on to site.
Threshold Guardian
Hammerhead.
Outer Cave: racing and beating the kid.
Resisting the Transformation: shitting in the kid's car.
Middle Cave: everyone meets the kid.
Conflict / Obstacle /Journey to the Inner Cave: driving to the bar; being pulled over by the cop.
Inner Cave: the fight in the bar.
Belly of the Whale: watching footage in the morning.
Pushed to the Transformation / resisting: when will you marry my daughter?
Developing the Antagonism: Roger and Max argue.
Forced to the Transformation /Road of Trials: Ski comes looking for a job.
Trial 1:
Outer Cave: Roger not impressed; Ski has an idea.
Middle Cave: preparing to buy Roger's birthday present.
Inner Cave: the fire stunt.
Transformation: Hooper resists giving Ski the job / Roger wants Ski to do the gig.
Trial 2: the abseiling sequence.
Transformation: Hooper and Jocko recognise Ski as being gifted.
Resisting the Transformation: Hooper looking at himself in the mirror.
Warning of Trial 3: are you crazy?
Trial 3: jumping the helicopter.
Celebration: trial 3 is a success.
Achilles Heel / Interdiction: Hooper is warned by the doctor.
Foreshadow of the Final Conflict / Unbearable Act: the writer is fired; Roger is rewriting.
Meeting the Oracle: we could use a rocket car; the fee.
Resisting the Final Conflict: Max tries to dissuade Roger.
Journey to the Sword: Tony tries to negotiate Hooper down.
Near Death Experience: Jocko is in hospital.
Reward: Hooper will quit after the next stunt; I love you.
Atonement with the Father: Cully and Gwen don't want Hooper to kill himself.
Dissonance: Hooper getting drunk in the bar.
Apotheosis: riding the horse / freedom.
Ultimate Boon: Hooper won't do it / Max finds it OK to be fired.
Magic Flight: Hooper isn't working.
Transformation complete: Ski is gaffing the show.
Refusal: Hooper refusing to do the stunt.
Rescue from Without: Max persuades Hooper.
Interdiction: Gwen won't be there when he returns.
Meeting Allies: Hooper returns to the set to meet Ski.
Magical Gift: taking the car for a spin.
Risk of the Final Conflict: they look at the bridge.
Demonstrating Transformation: Ski is getting divorced and is drinking.
Forced to demonstrate the Magical Gift: they use the rocket care.
Overview of the Final Conflict: Roger shows them around the scene.
Romantic Challenge Transformation / Interdiction overcome: Gwen returns.
Catharsis 1: driving through the scene.
Resisting the Kill: Ski stops the car.
Catharsis 2: jumping the bridge.
Celebration: they're OK.
Mentor's Challenge overcome: Max fires Tony.
Catharsis 3: Hooper punches Roger.
FADE OUT.by Kal Bashir