Friday, May 14, 2010

Film Analysis

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

OW:
Ron Burgundy is the top-ranked news anchor in San Diego in the 70's and loves life.
Call: Veronica Corningstone comes to his news station, wanting to become an anchor.
Refusal: Ron doesn't accept Veronica being a news anchor, but will let her cover "female" interest news.
Mentor: Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland, and Champ Kind all tell him how she doesn't belong as a news caster but how she is hot and he should hit on her. Ed Harken, the boss, tries to convince Ron that the news station needs diversity.
Threshold: Ron falls in love with Veronica, and Veronica falls in love with him.
Tests, allies, enemies: Ron and his news station partners have a fight with all the other news stations. Ron tells everyone that he and Veronica are in love, even though she told him to keep it a secret. Ron's dog, Baxter, gets punted off of a bridge by a biker.
Approach: Calls friends.
Ordeal: Drops F-bomb on a live broadcast and gets fired from the news station and is no longer loved in San Diego.
Reward: Gets called to cover the biggest story of the year, a panda being born at the San Diego Zoo.
Road Back: Must get ready for his next news broadcast and not screw it up.
Resurrection: Veronica gets pushed into a bear exhibit and Ron jumps in to save her. Baxter comes back and saves them both.
Return with Elixir: Ron gets his job and Baxter back and broadcasts with Veronica and everyone is happy.

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