Schindler’s List

Schindler and Spider-Man: What It Takes to Be a Hero

#TypesTuesday – Sacrifice and Heroism

What is Power?

Different Character Types have very different views of what power is.

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Defiance – Day Eight – #40movies40days

Defiance tells the remarkable story of Jewish Polish Partisan Fighters who survived World War II by living on the run in the forest.

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The obstacles in a film or television series should create the kind of risk, peril or danger that pushes the character to take actions that define what is most fundamentally important or true in a character’s life.

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Values at Stake – Televison

A character should be forced to make a stark, definitive and active choice. As one value is ultimately chosen, the character finally negates or surrenders the other contrasting value. What price is paid for the character’s choice?

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