Monday 14 November 2011

Story Map



Protagonist - Benjamin "Ben" Griffin/Black Hood

Character Goals
External - To save New York from evil
Internal - To regain his identity

Dramatic Conflict/Antagonist - Blake Sanderson/Doctor

Theme - The balance of what's right and wrong. One man on a journey to remember his past.

Central Question/Statement/Premise - Can one man overcome the challenges put in his way, remember who he is and bring down his enemy.

Ending - Black Hood regains his identity and wins.

Story Arc - In an alternate 1940's period New York (old fashions, with certain modern technology) a man with limited memories fights crime in the darkness under the name Black Hood.

Story Engines - Certain Marvel Comics' references and source material; "Civil War" (unmasking the hero), "Captain America"'s origin-story, and DC Comics' source material, namely Batman's "The Dark Knight" (reputation) and Robin's visual appearance in the "Arkham City" video game.

ACT I
Black Hood fights his way through the New York streets at night, while fighting his way through the dirty dishes at the Go-Diner he works at during the day.

ACT II.I
Doctor, Black Hood's "creator" starts creating challenge's for the hero, eventually going so far as to set Hood up for murder.

ACT II.II
Black Hood fights against both sides of the law, and finds himself an outlaw. he is eventually captured, unmasked and imprisoned.

ACT III
Black Hood breaks free and brutally hunts the city streets to find the man who set him up, and to win back his life.