Captain America: Civil War Analysis

[YellowSuspenders]

I just watched this movie and would like to know what you think of the following story form for it. This presumes that the MC is Steve and the IC is Tony.

STATIC PLOT STORY POINTS

• Goal as it relates to Contemplation:
• Consequence as it relates to The Present:
• Requirements as it relates to Impulsive Responses:
• Forewarnings as it relates to Doing:
• Dividend as it relates to Gathering Information:
• Cost as it relates to Conceiving an Idea:
• Prerequisites as it relates to How Things are Changing:
• Preconditions as it relates to Playing a Role:

THROUGHLINE CONCERNS
• Overall Story Concern as it relates to Contemplation:
• Relationship Concern as it relates to The Present:
• Main Character Concern as it relates to Gathering Information:
• Influence Character Concern as it relates to Conceiving an Idea:

OVERALL THROUGHLINE PLOT STORY POINTS

• Overall Story Catalyst as it relates to Appraisal:
• Overall Story Inhibitor as it relates to Permission:
• Overall Story Benchmark as it relates to Impulsive Responses:

[jhull]

This is a joke, right?

[YellowSuspenders]

@jhull

This is a joke, right?

Actually, it isn’t. I did my best and, then, noticed that there isn’t a story form for Civil War in the Analysis section, so I was trying to check my results against the experts’. Your reply, though, is really rude and, frankly, hurtful. If the story form is that bad, constructive criticism would have been a positive contribution.

[jhay]

It’s less about criticism and more that Civil War has been discussed a LOT on this forum. Pretty much every aspect has been picked apart, as well as debating a bunch of different storyforms. A quick search will lead you to:

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As well as a number of Narrative First articles and a couple of podcasts. And there’s a storyform already in the Narrative First Subtext app (more up-to-date than the Dramatica site).