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The Greatest Showman - Film Concepts - Coggle Diagram
The Greatest Showman - Film Concepts
Characters
P.T Barnum (Protagonist)
Philip Carlyle (Co-owner)
Anne Wheeler (Dancer)
Charity Barnum (Wife)
Jenny Lind (Opera act)
Group of performers
Helen & Caroline (Protag's children)
Plot
There is a progressive storyline.
A success story (from poverty to accomplishing dreams)
Character development - Sacrificial
Inciting event - P.T. Barnum loses his job
Highest Plot Point - P.T. Barnum and Jenny kiss / Burning down of the circus
Climax - Bar scene with all the performers and then P.T. Barnum solving his family issues
Resolution - Partnership of the circus and the closing song
Conflict
Internal conflict - P.T. Barnum felt that he always needed to prove himself to Charity's dad and wanted to be liked in society.
Conflict - The violence and disapproval of society in relation to the circus.
Society did not approve of 'misfits' or people who looked different.
Phillip and Anne conflict - Different races which caused parental conflict. (Inner and outer conflict)
Phillip - needed to find his 'act'
Minor conflicts - Jenny and P.T. when he chooses to go back to the circus.
Background
P. Barnum's dream to be successful
Living in Poverty - Childhood
Dad - Tailor: Loses his dad early in his life; which leads him to fend for himself
P.T Barnum feels like he's living in his dad's shadow - even when he is successful
Characterization
P.T Barnum - creative; determined; cocky & then humbled; reality vs. fiction; optimistic; dreamer
Phillip Carlyle - misunderstood; cocky but then devoted; brave; upper class and then humbled
Jenny Lind - overly dramatic; cocky; upper class; spoilt; self-confident; self-absorbed
Charity Barnum - protective; dreamer; humble; hopeful; optimistic; selfless; non-materialistic; concerned;
Setting
Takes place in the 1850 - 1860s
Childhood - Secluded; city life
Setting - New York & England
Narrator
The story is in the 3rd person
Theme
A humble boy who followed his dreams to become successful man.