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An over the shoulder shot/point of view (ariki) shows Genesis’s nervousness and worry as he is about to ask Ariki to give Mana one week; Ariki moves closer and he has bright lighting on his face which emphasizes his anger and steps back and is in dark lighting again.
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One of these staunch detractors is Ariki (Wayne Hapi), brother to Genesis and father to Mana. Father and son both hand off the Obstacle Character Throughline as they challenge Gen's positive mental attitude. Ariki and Mana feel themselves stuck in gang culture without a future to look forward to.
Both Ariki (Wayne Hapi) and Mana (James Rolleston)--brother and nephew to Genesis respectively-- provide the Obstacle Character Throughline perspective needed to challenge Genesis.
Ariki arrives shortly after, and punches Genesis before he yells at Mana to get in the car. The Eastern Knights travel back to Gisborne, and Genesis is visibly upset. He goes over to his brother's to find his nephew, who is unconscious with a black eye.
- The Purpose of The Obstacle Character Throughline
- The Storymind Concept
- A Challenge to Grow
- When Both seem to Influence
- The Storymind’S Decision
- What Did You do?
- A Look Within The Mind
The Obstacle Character is not the Main Character by any other name. Like the misconception that Protagonist means Good Guy and Antagonistmeans Bad Guy, the idea that the “Character” portion of Main Character refers to a fully realized three-dimensional person undermines the purpose of this important point-of-view. Same with the “Character” portion ...
The Storymind concept of Dramatica states that every complete story is an analogy to a single human mind trying to solve a problem. Things like Character, Plot, Theme, and Genre–these are things we have made up over the years to help communicate what is going on in our mind. The various Throughlines found in a Dramatica storyform take the perspecti...
The perspective of the Obstacle Character Throughline exists in a narrative to challenge the Main Character’s justifications–notas a means for the Obstacle Character to work through any of his or her issues. The focus is always on the Main Character. ”You have a strange way of doing things, old man” is just the kind of problematic Mind that Luke ne...
Consider Braveheart and its two principal characters at odds over the future of their country. Which statement describes the Obstacle Character perspective: ”You can’t worm your way into the hearts of these men” or ”You can’t literally kill everyone who disagrees with you”? Are we witnessing Robert the Bruce’s attempt to influence William Wallace? ...
Resolution–the kind of personal resolution inherent to the Main Character perspective–plays out on-screen and on the page. It happens in the moment, providing a personal account of that determination of the Storymind to either Remain Steadfast in one’s justifications or to Change and adopt the justifications of another. William Wallace’s disembowel...
In Casablanca, Ilsa surprises us by arriving on-screen with a gun in hand, pointed at Rick. As we sit within Rick’s perspective, we look out and ask ”What are YOU doing?”Iowa’s resolve to Remain Steadfast in her Universe with Victor Laszlo happens without us knowing, and without us experiencing the struggle that goes into making that decision. Same...
Dramatica theory functions with this idea that what we have been led to believe about a story is wrong. A complete narrative is not an interesting and compelling account of something that happened–a full story is a cohesive analogy of a single human mind trying to solve a problem. Character, Plot, Theme, and Genre—these are not parts of a story—the...
For an audience, the Obstacle Character Throughline simply describes the kinds of activities and concerns addressed by the Obstacle Character as he moves through the plot.
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If the Plot & Players stage focuses on the more logical plot-oriented aspects of a narrative, Character Arcs focuses attention on the emotional considerations of growth within both the Main Character and Obstacle Character Throughlines.
