{"id":3344,"date":"2018-04-21T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T03:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/04\/21\/understanding-dan-harmons-story-circle-through-the-lens-of-the-dark-knight\/"},"modified":"2018-04-21T03:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T03:10:00","slug":"understanding-dan-harmons-story-circle-through-the-lens-of-the-dark-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/04\/21\/understanding-dan-harmons-story-circle-through-the-lens-of-the-dark-knight\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Dan Harmon’s Story Circle Through the Lens of ‘The Dark Knight’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nEven an ostensibly complex story like “The Dark Knight” follows the simple curve of the Story Circle.
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\nStory structure can be a difficult beast to tame, namely because it’s hard to know which structure is “best.” In one ear, screenwriting gurus are telling you to follow one of a million storytelling formulas and in the other ear, naysayers are telling you to ditch formulas all together and ride your story bareback through the wilderness of unblemished narrative freedom. \n<\/p>\n


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\nThe short answer: do whatever you want. Personally, I like a story structure that is easy for me to navigate so I don’t get lost when adding all of the necessary elements and one that I’ve come across that has sated my craving for simplicity is Dan Harmon’s Story Circle, which is basically a simplified version of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. \n<\/p>\n


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\nHow simple is it? Well, in this video, StudioBinder broke down Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight to reveal how a seemingly complex plot can actually adhere to the “rules” of Harmon’s uncomplicated 8-step story structure template. Check it out below: \n<\/p>\n


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