Little Miss Sunshine

Storyform

Film synopsis: "A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus." (Source: IMDB.com)

Story Dynamics

8 of the 12 essential questions

Main Character Resolve: Change
Main Character Growth: Start
Main Character Approach: Do-er
Main Character Mental Sex: Male
Story Driver: Action
Story Limit: Optionlock
Story Outcome: Success
Story Judgment: Good

Overall Story Throughline

A dysfunctional family's road trip to a kid's beauty pageant

Overall Story Throughline: Psychology
Overall Story Concern: Conceptualizing
Overall Story Issue: Sense of Self vs. State of Being
Overall Story Problem: Desire
Overall Story Solution: Ability
Overall Story Symptom: Projection
Overall Story Response: Speculation
Overall Story Catalyst: Circumstances
Overall Story Inhibitor: Senses
Overall Story Benchmark: Conceiving
Overall Story Signpost 1: Being
Overall Story Signpost 2: Becoming
Overall Story Signpost 3: Conceptualizing
Overall Story Signpost 4: Conceiving

Main Character Throughline

Richard

Main Character Throughline: Universe
Main Character Concern: Past
Main Character Issue: Interdiction vs. Prediction
Main Character Problem: Desire
Main Character Solution: Ability
Main Character Symptom: Equity
Main Character Response: Inequity
Main Character Unique Ability: Interdiction
Main Character Critical Flaw: Evidence
Main Character Benchmark: Present
Main Character Signpost 1: Progress
Main Character Signpost 2: Future
Main Character Signpost 3: Present
Main Character Signpost 4: Past

Influence Character Throughline

Grandpa

Influence Character Throughline: Mind
Influence Character Concern: Memory
Influence Character Issue: Suspicion vs. Evidence
Influence Character Problem: Inequity
Influence Character Solution: Equity
Influence Character Symptom: Projection
Influence Character Response: Speculation
Influence Character Unique Ability: Suspicion
Influence Character Critical Flaw: Prediction
Influence Character Benchmark: Conscious
Influence Character Signpost 1: Memory
Influence Character Signpost 2: Preconscious
Influence Character Signpost 3: Subconscious
Influence Character Signpost 4: Conscious

Relationship Story Throughline

Supporting the family

Relationship Story Throughline: Physics
Relationship Story Concern: Understanding
Relationship Story Issue: Conditioning vs. Instinct
Relationship Story Problem: Change
Relationship Story Solution: Inertia
Relationship Story Symptom: Projection
Relationship Story Response: Speculation
Relationship Story Catalyst: Interpretation
Relationship Story Inhibitor: Situation
Relationship Story Benchmark: Learning
Relationship Story Signpost 1: Doing
Relationship Story Signpost 2: Understanding
Relationship Story Signpost 3: Obtaining
Relationship Story Signpost 4: Learning

Addditional Story Points

Key Structural Appreciations

Overall Story Goal: Conceptualizing
Overall Story Consequence: Understanding
Overall Story Cost: Memory
Overall Story Dividend: Past
Overall Story Requirements: Conceiving
Overall Story Prerequisites: Learning
Overall Story Preconditions: Conscious
Overall Story Forewarnings: Present

Plot Progression Visualizations

Dynamic Act Schematics

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