We get behind the scenes of a management blockbuster
Feb 15, 2006
The flimsy sets held together with gaffer-tape we can accept. The queue of desperate hopefuls pleading for a moment of fame outside our agent's office raises a smirk. Even funnier: our blockbuster production haemorrhaging resources because the lead actor is a drunk.
But enforcing the application of The Hero's Journey to churn out user-created epics... that's more than parody. It's cynicism.
The Hero's Journey is an infamous device used in Hollywood scriptwriting classes, a five-step plan at ...
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PC Gamer gets behind the scenes of a management blockbuster
Jun 29, 2005
The Movies: homage to Hollywood, or a parody in the form of a management sim? The flimsy sets held together with gaffer-tape we can accept. The queue of desperate hopefuls pleading for a moment of fame outside our agent's office raises a smirk. Even funnier: our blockbuster production haemorrhaging resources because the lead actor is a drunk. But enforcing the application of The Hero's Journey to churn out user-created epics... that's more than parody. It's cynicism. The Hero's Journey is an ...
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