"eastwoods" - 1 õppematerjal

Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

allow many interpretations and help to make the story a coherent design. OPENING IMAGE T h e opening image can be a powerful tool to create m o o d and suggest where the story will go. It can be a visual metaphor that, in a single shot or scene, conjures up the Special W o r l d of Act Two and the conflicts and dualities that will be confronted there. It can suggest the theme, alerting the audience to the issues your characters will face. T h e opening shot of Clint Eastwoods Unforgiven shows a man outside a farmhouse, digging a grave for his wife who has just died. H i s relationship with his wife and the way she changed him are major themes in the story. T h e image of a man digging a grave outside his house can be read as an apt metaphor for the plot: T h e hero leaves home and journeys to the land of death, where he witnesses death, causes death, and almost dies himself. Eastwood the director returns to the same setup at