INCITATION

Inciting Incident

In every story there is one thing -a moment, an action, a line of dialogue -that sets the wheels of the story turning. It is where the story truly begins. The inciting incident defines that one moment. It is the moment that the hero is thrust into the story and hopefully irrevocably changed.

Sunset Boulevard and Silent Hill

In the film Sunset Boulevard the main character is murdered -and is also narrating form beyond the grave. While the murder seems to be what incites the telling of the story, the story itself is actually incited by one simple random action -a flat tire. When the character Joe Gillis, gets a flat tire on Sunset Boulevard, he finds his way up to a Beverly Hills mansion to get help. What happens from there becomes the story that will result in his death.

The flat tire is the inciting incident..

In the game Silent Hill the main character Harry Mason takes a late vacation to Silent Hill with his daughter, Cheryl, they arrive late in the evening. Suddenly a shadow appears in front of Harry;s car and caused him to crash. When Harry awakens form unconsciousness, Cheryl is gone. While it might seem Cheryl's disappearance is the inciting inclement, the actual incident is the shadow that caused them to crash, Because of this, Harry is incited to the action of finding his daughter

 

 

 

*Krawczyk and Novak