The Lost World story
The film follows six intrepid explorers who risk life and limb to reach a secluded region of Africa where dinosaurs still exist. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
12 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| isolated prehistoric land | choice | A party of six explorers found a secluded region of Central Africa where dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. |
| living dinosaur | choice | A party of six explorers found a secluded region of Central Africa where dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. |
| land exploration | major | A party of six explorers journeyed deep into Africa where they found a secluded region where dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. |
| rivalry | major | Professor Summerlee organized and led an exploratory expedition to Central Africa to prove his rival, Professor Challenger, wrong in his contention that he'd found a secluded land where dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. |
| academic occupation | minor | Challenger and Summerlee were both stereotypically haughty, British professors. |
| human sacrifice | minor | A tribe of skeleton painted men sacrificed some people to the carnivorous dinosaurs. |
| infatuation | minor | Romance was in the air when Edward Malone and Malu were together, and Malu bid him farewell with a more than friendly kiss. |
| journalism | minor | The Summerlee expedition member Edward Malone was a junior reporter for the London Gazette, but he did very little in the way of journalism on the trip. |
| photography | minor | The experienced wildlife photographer Jenny Nielson accompanied the Summerlee expedition as its official photographer. |
| sexism in society | minor | Jenny Nelson stood up to Professor Summerlee when he insisted that she couldn't join his expedition team on account that she was a woman, and she ultimately got her way. |