Not Every Story Can Reach The Highest Levels — Adam Argot

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Film Courage: What is Story Ritual?

Adam Argot, Story Artist/Instructor/YouTuber: My thesis is basically that what people are describing with the character arc is Arnold van Gennep’s theory of The Rite of Passage.

The function of a rite of passage is ultimately about endowing The Initiate of the rite of passage with the proper values and the way they do that is through metaphorical conflicts.

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Arnold von Gennup, the folklorist kind of contributed largely to anthropology (to understanding anthropology) came up with a kind of three phases or three stages of the right of passage.

It was:

The preliminal

The liminal

The postliminal

When I was reading through that, that’s when it really clicked the parallels between the stages of rite of passage and story structure, dramatic structure.

A lot of people talk about the act one threshold, you cross the threshold into act two.

I always thought…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).

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About:

Adam Argot has worked in film, TV, games, and publishing as a director, writer, author, story and concept artist for over 15 years for both major and independent studios. Along with in-depth podcasts and interviews like Film Courage, Story Kinetics, and a YouTube video series The Art of Story, Adam has also taught story structure at Calarts and as a guest lecturer in the USC Screenwriting Program.

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