For this week, we had a class about character archetypes, the 8 stages of the story and the rules of narrative. Our homework was to pick a film we have watched, then break down the 8 stages story arc and break down the characters into their archetypes and also create a timeline for the main character.
I picked the movie Uncharted, not because I liked it, but because I had watched it recently.
The 8 stages of the story arc:
- You: Nate works as a bartender in New York City and a pickpocketer.
- Need: Tracking treasure hidden by the Magellan crew.
- Go: agrees to help Sully find hidden treasure.
- Search: Nate and Sully travel to Barcelona, where the treasure is hidden.
- Find: Nate reveals that Sam was killed by Braddock three years prior and that he left him for dead.
- Take: Chloe betrays Nate and leaves to take the map to Moncada.
- Return: Nate discovers the treasure’s true location.
- Change: Nate and Sully get away with a few pieces of pickpocketed treasure.
Character archetypes:
- Hero: Nathan “Nate” Drake, protagonist.
- Mentor: Victor “Sully” Sullivan, A seasoned fortune hunter who previously worked with Nathan’s brother, Sam.
- Allies: Sam, Nate’s long lost brother.
- Threshold Guardians: Steven, Bosygurd of Santiago.
- Herald: Magellan’s fortune, lost gold.
- Shapeshifter: Chloe Frazer, A fellow fortune hunter, and Sully’s associate.
- Shadow: Santiago Moncada, A ruthless treasure hunter and the descendant of the Moncada family.
- Trickster: There was no trickster in the movie, but Nate (protagonist) was the one who was act like Trickster.
Timeline of the main character:
The movie stars Sam and Nate are caught trying to steal a map made after the Magellan expedition from a Boston museum. Before the orphanage can expel Sam, he sneaks out but promises Nate that he will return. Fifteen years later, Nate works as a bartender in New York City and pickpockets wealthy patrons. Nate joins Sully to find the lost treasure hidden by the Magellan crew. Nate, Sully, and Chloe, they find a map indicating the treasure is in the Philippines. Then Nate realizes the map does not pinpoint the treasure. Nate discovers the treasure’s true location. Braddock follows them, forcing Nate and Sully to hide, they escaped from Braddock and her crew. Nate and Sully get away with a few pieces of pickpocketed treasure.
Sony Pictures Entertainment (2021), UNCHARTED - Official Trailer (HD). YouTub [Online Video]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHp3MbsCbMg&ab_channel=SonyPicturesEntertainment [26th October 2022].