Film School & Creative Writing: Storytelling With The Hero's Journey

In this 5-week course, we will study The Hero's Journey's stages and each student will come up with a story that follows the journey. #osff

Angelia Derrick, MFA

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Completed by 6 learners

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55 minutes

per class

Once per week

over 5 weeks

11-14

year olds

2-6

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Description

Class Experience

The Hero's Journey is a form of storytelling that follows a main character on their journey that changes them emotionally. This myth pattern has been studied for years and goes back the original written and verbally told stories of humans. Joseph Campbell brought it to popular culture with "The Hero With a Thousand Faces." Christopher Vogler breaks it down even further specifically for writers in "The Writer's Journey". 

Students will learn the steps of the Hero's Journey and how to plot a...

Students will understand what the Hero's Journey is and each step their hero will go through to reach the end of the story.

Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts: Creative Writing
Certificates from Institute of Children's Literature
Certificates from Institute for Writers
Writing young adult fantasy and space opera under the pen name Angelia Almos.

Student's will work on their own story following the Hero's Journey roadmap throughout the weeks and then present it at the final class.

  2 files available upon enrollment
A one-page Hero's Journey beat sheet for the student to fill out for their own story.

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Grade can be provided at the parent's request. 
A - Show up to each class, participate in discussions, and turn in all homework. 
B - Show up to almost every class, participate in most discussions, and turn in all homework. 
C - Show up to some classes, doesn't participate in class, and misses some homework.
D/F - Misses most classes, doesn't participate in class, and doesn't turn in any homework.

55 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

Clips will be shown from some PG-13 or R movies and might contain violence and/or language; The Matrix, Terminator, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Top Gun, The Hunger Games, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and Spider-Man.

The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler is where the information is gathered from for this class. If the student finds they really love the Hero's Journey and want to learn more after the class, I recommend they pick up this book. 

A Hero's Journey lesson plan and curriculum from PowerPoint Guru will be used.

Teacher

Angelia Derrick, MFA

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Lover of Books and Movies

95 total reviews

189 completed classes

About Me

Pronoun: she/her/hers

"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world." - Robert McKee

My hope is to help nurture your love of stories as well as your individual voice while giving you the tools and skills you need to tell...