Carli Jaff and Emily Magee
Movie Plot- The Intro
• The movie will start with a Father telling the story
of Odysseus to his daughter and son.
• He will begin by talking about Odysseus when he
is asked to fight in the Trojan war and the Father
will explain to the children what the Oracle
predicted.
• The viewers will see the Father and children until
the story gets to the point where Odysseus gets the
idea to create the Trojan Horse.


The movie will switch
from the children and
their father to seeing
Odysseus winning the
Trojan War.
Only a small portion of
the War will be shown
because the movie will
focus on the story of
Odysseus’ long journey
home.

As the Oracle
predicted Odysseus
had a 20 year
journey home. In
these 20 years he
came up against
eleven obstacles.











The Cicones
The Lotus-Eaters
Polyphemus
Aeolus
The Laestrygonians
Circe
Journey to the
Underworld
The Sirens
Scylla and Charybdis
The Cattle of Helios
Calypso and the
Phaeacians

These obstacles will
make a good movie,
because they are full of
adventure which will be
appealing to our targeted
audience. There is also
information about some
of the aspects of Greek
mythology in Odysseus’
return home, that people
will be interested in.


Polyphemus was an
important part of his
journey home because he
was the one who asked
his father, the god
Posiden to not let
Odysseus return home to
Ithica, and if he were to
return to Ithica to have
him return alone, without
any of his men
accompanying him.
This is also an interesting
part of his story when
Odysseus lives up to his
nick name Odysseus the
Cunning.



Polyphemus is not Odysseus’ only interesting
adventure. His other encountures will also
supply exciting media for the audience.
When he came up against The Cicones on
their island there was a battle in which
Odysseus lost six rows of his men.
When he met the lotus eaters, some of his
men dined with them and became addicted
to the lotus’ and had to be tied onto the ship
when they left the island, so they wouldn’t
stay just to eat the lotus.



The Movie will end after Odysseus loses all of
his men and returns home to Ithica.
The last scene that shows him will be him
returning to his wife and now grown up
children after 20? Years.
This is a good ending, because it will give the
audience a happy ending to complete the
movie.


Our movie will start with a father reading
a bedtime story to his two small children.
This is how the story will be introduced.
Through out the rest of the movie, there
will be interuptions of the father telling
the story to his children.



Comedy: From the children as they
comment on the story.
Transitions in the story: It will be a good
way to flow from one part of the story to
another.
Historical information: The father will be
trying to teach the children historical
information on Greece as he tells the story.
The father will give historical information as a way
to incorporate facts that will be interesting to the
viewers and that will also teach them something
about Greece and how Greek life fits in with the
story.

Some information that we might have the father
say:
a)
Information on what Odysseus’ boat may have
looked like.
b)
What they may have eaten.
c)
Where some of his journey may have taken place.
d)
How a war was fought.
And much more information that will beneficial to the
viewer.



The movie will be rated PG-13 and it will
be directed to an audience of teenagers to
middle-aged people.
They movie will be suitable for the
audience because it will be intense action
with some historical facts that adults will
be interested in and teenagers will also
find interesting because they are tied into
an exciting story.


The movie will tie in with Greek life
because this was one of their stories and
shows many aspects of Greek Warfare,
Myths and the people that may have
existed.
It will also tie in historically because we
will add extra details and build off of what
the Odyssey tells us and put it into
context with Greek Life





Craig, Albert M., William A. Graham, Donald Kagan, Steven M Ozment, and
Frank M. Turner. The Heritage of World Civilizations: Volume One to 1700 (7th
Edition) (Heritage of World Civilizations). Alexandria, VA: Prentice Hall, 2005.
"Odysseus." Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion.. 17 Nov.
2008 <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/odysseus.html>.
"Odysseus: A Greek Epic Hero." Studyworld: Study Guides & Research. 17 Nov.
2008
<http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/ReportEssay/literature/Play%5COdysseu
s__A_Greek_Epic_Hero-40747.htm>.
"Student Resource Center Junior Logout." GaleNet. 17 Nov. 2008
<http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/retrieve.do?subjectParam=Locale%2528en%2
52C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528su%252CNone%252C8%2529odys
seus%2524&contentSet=GSRC&sort=Relevance&tabID=T001&sgCurrentPositio
n=0&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&prodId=SRC4&searchId=R1&currentPosition=1&userGroupName=mlin_m_beaver&resultLis
tType=RESULT_LIST&sgHitCountType=None&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C
%29%3AFQE%3D%28SU%2CNone%2C8%29odysseus%24&inPS=true&search
Type=BasicSearchForm&displaySubject=&docId=EJ2134050317&docType=GSR
C>.
Homer. The Odyssey. London: Penguin Classics, 1999.

http://www.moyak.com/researcher/resume/pa
pers/odysseus.jpg

http://www.berryreview.com/wpcontent/uploads/2008/03/trojan-horse.jpg

http://members.tripod.com/~Poseidon64/odys
seus.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000I
mages/pim/polyphemus2-3717.JPG

http://www.irasov.com/pics/mapOdys.gif

http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/homer/
media/odysmall.jpg