David Fincher's 12 Act Structure Of A Hero's Journey In The Social Network

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David Fincher’s drama film The Social Network (2010) received quite a lot of attention. Winning 3 Oscars including best screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Several people went to watch the film thinking its about Facebook, one of the element is about the website but not the main one. There are elements in the story that are as old as the story telling itself, of loyalty, friendship, jealousy, class, power and betrayal. That being said there are several ways Field’s 3 Act Structure and Vogler’s 12 Act Structure of a hero’s journey is presented in a clear way.

The movie is about really big things, it’s a lot about modern-day ambition within an old business world. It’s about social interaction and primarily it’s about a big war. Two friends look to create something amazing that would impact the whole world, which eventually ends up breaking their friendship. Act 1 establishes Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) in an Ordinary world, who gets dumped by his girlfriend (Rooney Mara) due to his behavior against her. Mark blogs about her girlfriend breaking up and referring her as “ a bitch” in his online blog. Later that night he picks up an idea to create a website called face match act 2 call to adventure (Vogler, 2007). Where female students are matched against each other based on their physical appearances. He sees this move as ‘payback’ of his girlfriend.

The Inciting incident in the film is when Mark gets caught/noticed after the launch of the Face Match. Vogler’s act 5, crossing the Threshold is observed here. Mark receives a 6 months academic probation following his face match stunt. The turning on in Act one is when the Winklevoss twins approach Mark with the idea of making a social network website. Mark accepts the offer ...

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...can be seen in characters who have been mark’s friends such as Sean, Eduardo and Erica his ex girlfriend.

The different characters in the film are given different resolutions. Mark Zuckerberg becomes the youngest billionaire in the world. The Winklevoss twins receive a settlement of 65 million dollars and sign a non-discloser agreement. Eduardo Saverin received an unknown settlement believe to be 5% of Facebook with his name restored on Facebook masthead as a co-founder. Sean parker is busted in a party where underage girls and drugs were involved. That outcome came in as Mark’s Reward (Vogler, 2007), however his return with the elixir at the end of the film lies on an open end yet making him one of the strongest person or a hero in the real world. Without Aaron Sorkin’s Oscar winning screenplay, the film would have not gained that fame, and attention to detail.

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