stages of the journey of clash of the...

Stages of the Journey of Clash of The Titans

Prepared by Aryanto Yuniawan

The Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans - ORDINARY WORLD

• to create a vivid contrast with the strange new world he is about to enter.

• Life of Perseus as a fisherman with his parents and sister


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY

– How does the author introduce the hero?

• The baby found & Perseus as a fisherman with his family

– How is your story's hero incomplete? Does your character have both an inner and an outer problem?

• Perseus doesn’t know about his self and doesn’t know about where he came from.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans - THE CALL TO ADVENTURE

• The Ordinary World of most heroes is a static but unstable condition.

• The seeds of change and growth are planted, and it takes only a little new energy to germinate them.

• That new energy, symbolized in countless ways in myths and fairy tales, is what Joseph Campbell termed the Call to Adventure.


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– Who or what delivers the Call?

• Spyros said about One day somebody gonna has to say enough

• Fallen of Zeus’ statue

• Hades’ attack

– What Calls to Adventure have you received?• To against the gods

• To save Argos

– What is the ideal place for the Call?• Argos



– Have you found an interesting way to present the Call or twist it around so it's not a cliche?

• By the death of perseus family

• Only one man who part of god and part of man (uniquely)

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – REFUSAL OF THE CALL

• how to respond to the Call to Adventure (problems of Hero).

• a great unknown, to an adventure that will be exciting but also dangerous and even life-threatening.

• threshold of fear, and an understandable reaction would be to hesitate or even refuse the Call, at least temporarily.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – REFUSAL OF THE CALL


– How does the hero Refuse the Call?

• By denial that him (perseus) is the part of gods

– What are the heroes of your story afraid of?

• The ability, don’t want be a god, pessimistic, strong enemy, no experience

– In what ways have they refused Calls to Adventure?

• By denial that him was god

– what are the consequences of Refusal?

• The sacrifice of Andromeda for Kraken to save Argos.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans - REFUSAL OF THE CALL

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – MEETING WITH THE MENTOR

• protective figure of the Mentor, whose many services to the hero include protecting, guiding, teaching, testing, training, and providing magical gifts.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – METTING WITH THE MENTOR


– Who or what is the Mentor?

• Io and Zeus

– What functions do these characters serve?

• Teaching , Motivating & Support Perseus

– Would it benefit the story to develop a Mentor character if there is none?

• There’s perseus interaction with the beautiful woman for love initiate

• There’s connected relationship between Zeus and Perseus

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – METTING WITH THE MENTOR

• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– What Mentor functions can be found or

developed in your story?• Io gives the advice, and motivation

• Zeus gives a gift (sword, pegasus and coin)

– Does your hero have a conscience and how does it manifest itself ?• Yes!

• Listen the mentors and against Kraken for saving Andromeda & Argos

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans - METTING WITH THE MENTOR

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD

• now the hero stands at the very threshold of the world of adventure, the Special World of Act Two.

• The call has been heard, doubts and fears have been expressed and allayed, and all due preparations have been made.

• But the real movement, the most critical action of Act One, still remains.

• Crossing the First Threshold is an act of the will in which the hero commits wholeheartedly to the adventure.


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– What is the First Threshold?

• Perseus & Allies VS Calibos & Scorpion

– How does the audience know we've gone from one world to another?• By make a mysterious journey to find a way and answer how

to against Kraken by met the witches.

– Is your hero willing to enter the adventure or not?• Yes!

– How does this affect the Threshold Crossing?• Determine the heart of Perseus and his allies


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– Are there guardian forces at the Threshold and how

do they make the hero's leap of faith more difficult?• Yes!• The Guardian (Calibos) have strength of Hades, and his blood

can change to be a scorpion

– How does the hero deal with Threshold Guardians?• Perseus & Allies were helped by Djinn who tame the

scorpion by magic

– What does the hero learn by Crossing the Threshold?• Realize about gods strength• togetherness

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES

• Now the hero fully enters the mysterious, exciting Special World which Joseph Campbell called "a dream landscape of curiously fluid, ambiguous forms

• It's a new and sometimes frightening experience for the hero.

• No matter how many schools he has been through, he's a freshman all over again in this new world


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– What is the Testing phase of Perseus?

• Pass against Calibos for a while, survive from Hades poison, meet the witches and get information successful

– How does your story's Special World differ from the Ordinary World?• Full of creature, weird place, mysterious situation

– In what ways is your hero Tested, and when does she make Allies or Enemies?• By poisoned and cure by Djinn

• Also ally with Djinn

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE

• Heroes, having made the adjustment to the Special World, now go on to seek its heart.

• They pass into an intermediate region between the border and the very center of the Hero's Journey.

• Heroes at this point are like mountaineers who have raised themselves to a base camp by the labors of Testing, and are about to make the final assault on the highest peak.



– In what sense are the heroes in the early stages of Act Two?

• Determine of perseus & allies heart to continue the journey

– In what ways are these ideas part of Approaching the Inmost Cave? (Meeting with the Goddess," "Woman as Temptress," "Atonement with the Father.)?

• In the journey to go to the Medusa’s Nest (in a boat)

• Perseus has intimated with Io.

• Io mentor perseus by practise to agains Medusa



– Does conflict build, and do the obstacles get more difficult or interesting?

• Kucu& Ozal leave the allies

• Draco get angry because perseus don’t want to use sword who given by Zeus.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – THE ORDEAL (ujian)

• Now the hero stands in the deepest chamber of the Inmost Cave, facing the greatest challenge and the most fearsome opponent yet.

• In The Nest of Medusa



– What is the Ordeal?

• Perseus is Losing the allies

– Can the villain also be a Shapeshifter or Trickster? What other archetypes might a villain manifest?

• Hades is the shapesshifter in front of Zeus in Olympus

• Hades become the Shadow for Zeus.

– Does your story truly have a villain?

• Yes, It would be Hades, the main architect of the chaos


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– In what way is the villain or antagonist the hero's

Shadow?• Hades makes an issue about betrayal of human being against

Zeus

• He gets the Zeus attention and trust to punish the human

• Release the Kraken

– Is the villain's power channeled through partners or underlings? What special functions do these parts perform?• Yes, he does, by giving Calibos power of Hades that use to

kill perseus.


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– Can the villain also be a Shapeshifter or Trickster?

What other archetypes might a villain manifest?• Yes, he can. Hades can be shapeshifter, he has provoked

Zeus to punish Human, and then betrayal him and attack the Olympus.

– In what way does your hero face death in the Ordeal? What is your hero's greatest fear?• The death of his family, his lover & mentor, Io, the death of

the allies. • Perseus fear about being a God, cause the past traumatic of

his life, also Medusa and Kraken, The powerful Titans that has to be defeated.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – REWARD

• With the crisis of the Ordeal passed, heroes now experience the consequences of surviving death.

• claim to their Reward = The Head of Medusa


• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– What do the heroes of your stories learn by observing death? By

causing death? By experiencing death?• Perseus has a strong heart to finish the mission• Perseus know how to defeate Medusa

– What do the heroes of your story take possession of after facing death or their greatest fears?• Finally, Perseus use the gift of Zeus to defeat Calibos

– What is the aftermath, the consequence, of the major event of Act Two?• Perseus againsts the Kraken for saving Andromeda and people of

Argos

– Does the story change direction?• No, it linear storytelling



– Is the aftermath of the Ordeal in your story an opportunity for a love scene?

• Yes, in the end zeus brings Io life and accompany perseus as a couple.

– Do your heroes realize they have changed?

• Yes, he has a strong heart and power to the next mission.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – THE ROAD BACK

• Once the lessons and Rewards of the great Ordeal have been celebrated and absorbed, heroes face a choice: whether to remain in the Special World or begin the journey home to the Ordinary World.– After the battle Perseus want to back in the ordinary

world as a fisherman

• Although the Special World may have its charms, few heroes elect to stay (in ordinary world)– Perseus refuse Andromeda’s offer to be a King in

Argos

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – THE ROADBACK

• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY– what are the advantages and disadvantages of heroes

being ejected or chased from the Special World?• The advantage: the story end

• The disadvantage: The writer has a great reason to make Clash of The Titans 2

– What is The Road Back in your story? Is it returning to your starting place? Setting a new destination? Adjusting to a new life in the Special World?• Not to mention but, we know perseus wants to live with Io

int the ordinary world

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – THE ROADBACK

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – THE RESSURECTION

• Now comes one of the trickiest and most challenging passages for the hero and the writer.– Perseus jumps from pegasus to seizing the head of

Medusa from shapeshifter, Hades.

• This is the climax (not the crisis), the last and most dangerous meeting with death.– Kraken almost success to eat the Andromeda but It

canceled by perseus

• Heroes have to undergo a final purging and purification before reentering the Ordinary World– By Kill the Kraken, and send Hades back to the Hell



– What is the Resurrection in your story?

• After Death of Io.

– What negative characteristics has your hero picked up along the way?

• Selfish, Perseus won’t to battle

– Is there a need for a physical showdown in your story?

• In this story, Yes.

The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans – RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR

• Having survived all the ordeals, having lived through death, heroes return to their starting place, go home, or continue the journey.– Perseus don’t want to be a King and live with

Andromeda

• If they are true heroes, they Return with the Elixir from the Special World; bringing something to share with others, or something with the powerto heal a wounded land.– Not to detail mention in this story.



– What is the Elixir your hero brings back from the experience?

• Io

– Who is the hero of the story now? Has your story changed heroes, or have characters risen to be heroes?

• No, still Perseus, with helps of Zeus

Thank You for your attention

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