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FADE IN: Context: screams; the antagonist's regret / Inner Challenge.
Meeting the Antagonist: Salieri.
Foreshadow of the Journey: Salieri thinking back [flashbacks].
The Ordinary World: Austria; snow Mozart's era.
Meeting the Herald: the priest.
Refusal: Salieri playing the piano; "..leave me alone…"
Call to Adventure: "…all men are equal in God's eyes…"
Antagonist's Backstory: "…you must know this…""…it was very popular in its day…"
Foreshadow of the Journey: Salieri conducting the opera [flashback].
Introducing the Hero's Capabilities: "…that was Mozart…" playing for the King as a young boy.
Pushed to the First Threshold: "…for Gods sake confess…give yourself some piece…"
Threshold Guardian: Salieri's father; "…my father did not care for music…"
Conscious decision to embark on the Journey: "…please God…"
Threshold Guardian overcome: Salieri's father dies.
First Threshold:
Outer Cave: New World; the King's court composer.
Middle Cave Threshold: the door.
Middle Cave/ Meeting Allies: meeting Amadeus and Constanze.
Romantic Challenge: "…will you marry me…"
Push to the Inner Cave: "…Mozart is not here…"
Pull to the Inner Cave: "..they've started without me…"
Inner Cave: "…that's Mozart! That giggling, dirty minded creature crawling on the floor…" Mozart playing for the Pope.
Push to the Physical Separation: "…if I don't satisfy, you can dismiss me…"
Developing the Hero and Antagonist: "…on the page it looked simple, almost childish…"
Pushed to the World of the Transformation: Pope sends Mozart to Vienna.
Meeting the Mentor, Allies and Enemies: the King and his councillors.
Physical Separation:
Developing the Antagonist: Salieri playing the piano.
Developing the Hero: Amadeus trying on wigs.
Developing Characters and Relationships: Mozart meets the King, Salieri et al.
Trial 1 :
We're going to commission an opera from you…
Resistance to the Trial: an opera set in a harem in Turkey.
Polarization: Mozart toys with Salieri's tune.
Developing the Antagonist: "..why did he create the lust and then deny me the talent…"
Antagonist's Romantic Challenge: meeting Salieri's crush.
The Turkish opera is a success.
Developing Characters and Relationships: the King congratulates Mozart; "…but there are too many notes…"
Romantic Challenge: "..my landlady, she's the fiancé of Herr Mozart…"; when do you marry?
Romantic Challenge: Salieri realises that Mozart has had his girl. At that moment I knew, the creature had had my darling girl; for the first time in my life I began to have violent thoughts.
Pulled back to the Ordinary World: Amadeus' father persuades the Pope to give him one more chance.
Interdiction: take no further steps towards marriage.
Breaking the Interdiction: Mozart gets married; moves to Vienna.
Trial 2:
The King wants a musical tutor for her niece.; Salieri blocks it
"…why must I submit sample of my work just to teach a 13 year old girl.."; "..well I won't…"
Developing Characters and Relationships: Constanze brings samples of Amadeus' work to Salieri.
Developing Hero's Capabilities: Salieri looks at Mozart's work…it's miraculous; Salieri walks away.
Foreshadow of the Resolution: "…from now on we are enemies…I will ruin your incarnation…"
Trial 3:
Foreshadow of the Resolution: Papa arrives in the dark costume.
"…What is your financial situation? They say you have debts…"
Foreshadow of the Sword: "…that one will…"
Developing Characters and Relationships: Papa meets Constanze; out on the town.
Foreshadow of the Resolution: Papa's mask.
Pulled Back: "…I want you to come back to Salzburg…"
Polarization: Mozart mocks Salieri's music.
Foreshadow of the Resolution: "…that's right, mock me…"
Meeting the Oracle : Mozart working on Figaro; Lorl (the maid servant) arrives.
Developing Characters and Relationships: Mozart working on Figaro, Constanze and Papa arguing.
Ideal : Lorl visits Salieri; "…next time they're out of the house, let me know…"
Seizing the Sword : Salieri sees that Mozart is working on the 'Marriage of Figaro."
Pushed to the Near Death Experience: Salieri tells the King's counsel that he is working on Figaro.
Resisting the Near Death Experience: Mozart tries to defend himself in the King's audience.
Near Death Experience : Herr Director rips out the ballet.
Battle with the Serpent : Mozart begs Salieri for help.
Reward : the Emperor attends rehearsals; the pages are put back in.
Atonement with the Father : Figaro is marvellous; the King yawns; the audience don't like it; "…why don't they come…"
Apotheosis : Salieri's opera is exceptional with Mozart's help; "…the best opera yet written…"; Mozart congratulates Salieri.
Ultimate Boon : Mozart father dies; Mozart writes Don Giovanni; Salieri sees a way to kill Mozart.
Pushing to the Resolution: Salieri dresses up and asks Mozart to write a Requiem for the dead.
Developing Characters and Relationships: : Salieri discusses how exactly to kill Mozart with the priest..
Pulled Back: Emanuel's version of Don Giovanni; commissioning it for the masses.
Pushed Forward: Foreshadow of the Magic Flight: "…I want it [the money] here in my hand…"
Refusal : Lorl doesn't want to go back.
Pushed Forward: Salieri turns up in the mask.
Pushed Forward: Constanza pushes the Requiem; here is a man with real money.
Magic Flight : Mozart gets drunk and Constanza leaves.
Rescue from Without: Salieri takes the sick Mozart back home.
Crossing the Return Threshold: Constanza feels she must come back.
Master of the Two Worlds: Mozart tells Salieri what to write.
Freedom to Live: the burial; Salieri watches himself become extinct; returns back to his room in the institution.
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