Good Will Hunting

Watch the film Good Will Hunting by Gus Van Sant and answer the questions below

1. What is the script/play’s THEME or ROOT IDEA (some call it a premise, root idea, thesis, thematic statement, spine)?
NOTE: A THEME can only be stated in the form of a single declarative sentence. The theme is found in the CLIMAX of the screenplay and unifies the screenplay in a single scene. The theme is not a statement of what the film is ‘about’. The theme is not the ‘story’. It is the point that the director and writer are making.
Theme or Root Idea:

2. What is the Core Conflict? (Generally stated as one character vs. another character or vs themselves)

3. What is the STORY of the play? (TELL THIS STORY IN YOUR OWN WORDS)

4. What is the PRECIPITATING INCIDENT or HAPPENING that kicks off the scene? What is the EMOTIONAL EVENT of the scene?

5. What is the Protagonist’s conflict between their want and their need?

6. Example of a Character scene or a character moment.

7.
a) Who or What is (are) the PROTAGONIST(S)?

b) At the “top” of the play/screenplay, what does she, he, it, they WANT? In
other words, what is his/her OBJECTIVE or INTENTION?

c) Why does he/she/it WANT this OBJECTIVE?

d) Does the character face any OBSTACLE(S)? If so, what are they?

8.
a) Who or What is (are) the ANTAGONIST(S)?

b) At the “top” of the play/screenplay, what does she, he, it, they WANT? In
other words, what is his/her OBJECTIVE or INTENTION?
c) Why does he/she/it WANT this OBJECTIVE?

d) Does the character face any OBSTACLE(S)? If so, what are they?