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David Whatley, founder of Simutronics Inc. and t...

David Whatley, founder of Simutronics Inc. and the Hero Engine on the "hero's journey" in entrepreneurship. David Whatley, CEO of Simutronics and the visionary behind the HeroEngine and the upcoming Hero's Journey MMORPG, will talk about cutting-edge innovations on the frontiers of interactive storytelling and immersive gameplay. As video games become more and more photo-realistic, opportunity abounds to lend games a spiritual realism--a soul with the profundity and depth of classical literatu...

Christopher Vogler on the Hero's Journey in Writ...

Christopher Vogler on the Hero's Journey in Writing and EntrepreneurshipChristopher Vogler--writer, producer, international bestselling author, and founder of StoryTech--recently released the third edition of one of the most popular and comprehensive books on screenwriting and writing in general--The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, which salutes the same classical forms as Joseph Campbell's Hero With A Thousand Faces. As a regular consultant for major studios and productions (B...

William Fay on the Hero's Journey at Legendary P...

Join William Fay, executive producer of films including 300, The Patriot, Independence Day, and Superman Returns, as he speaks about how he and his crew created the blockbuster epic that is 300--how they founded it upon traits such as "Duty" and "Honor," and how the "Glory" of the Epic Story naturally followed. 300 had no major stars. The film was shot entirely indoors, leveraging cutting-edge technological innovations. It cost $65 million--a fraction of what a major epic costs these days. And...

Economist Dr. Cyril Morong on the Hero's Journey...

Cyril has a great web page titled, The Relationship Between Economics and Mythology, where he links to his classic paper, The Creative-Destroyers: Are Entrepreneurs Mythological Heroes? (Presented at the annual meetings of the Western Economic Association, July 1992). Witness his groundbreaking lecture tying the hero's journey to economics and entrepreneurship, bolstered by the audio from an interview with Joseph Campbell that Dr. Morong came across during his research. In the interview Campbe...

Skip Press on Screenwriting and the Hero's Journ...

Skip's screenwriting class is taught on over 1,000 campuses. A bestselling author/screenwriter/script consultant, Skip Press has worked on more projects than the rest of us combined--he'll tell you all about it, while discussing his latest rocking book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwrting.With a last name like "Press," and with all the books he's written, it's easy to confuse Skip with a publishing house. Come join a friend and mentor to many.

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Vanguard: Saga of Heroes: John C. Bogle's Defini...

Bogle: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes: John Bogle's Definitive Keynote SpeechOn February 27th, John C. Bogle, the founder and former CEO of the Vanguard Group, and author of numerous speeches and bestselling books including the classic The Battle for The Soul of Capitalism, delivered the keynote for the HJEF's entrepreneurship week. His speech, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes may be downloaded here, and it is not to be confused with the similarly titled video game: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. Mr. Bogle found...

Bogle: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Bogle: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Video Game Designers Flint Dille & John Zuur on ...

Video Game Designers Flint Dille & John Zuur Platten on The Chronicles of Riddick, The Ultimate Guide To Video Game Writing and Design, and Hero's Journey Entrepreneurship.Flint and John founded BUREAU OF FILM & GAMES.http://www.filmandgames.com/