Christopher Vogler's Narrative Theory

Christopher Vogler is a Hollywood development executive who is well known for the guide he created for screenwriters. This guide develops further the idea of equilibrium, disturbance and new equilibrium. In fact Vogler created the idea that these sections are subdivided into 12 smaller sections. The illustration below shows this.

Vogler originally wrote his book whilst working for Disney in 1992. He edited the book again in 1998 and as recently as 2007 he re-edited the book to show how his theory could be related to more up to date film releases.
It is hard to remember the 12 stages for the Media examination so concentrate on the fact that there are 12 stages and that there are thresholds ( major turning points ) in the story.