{"id":13105,"date":"2009-09-05T18:39:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T17:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=199"},"modified":"2009-09-05T18:39:43","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T17:39:43","slug":"power-of-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/power-of-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-185 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;margin: 5px;\" title=\"PowerOfImaginationETBScreenwriting\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"PowerOfImaginationETBScreenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-185\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"PowerOfImaginationETBScreenwriting\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"PowerOfImaginationETBScreenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript>Personality<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Power of Imagination<\/strong> characters see the world as or make the world into a miraculous and magical place.\u00a0 They can access what others can\u2019t.\u00a0 Their reaction to this unique perception is affirming and all embracing. \u00a0They never doubt their vision, special insight or call from beyond.<\/p>\n<p>These\u00a0 characters are launched on a quest when something in the wider world is disrupted, thrown out of balance or is causing danger or deep divisions.\u00a0 They are reluctant heroes who are pushed into their roles by larger circumstances.\u00a0 Greatness is usually thrust upon them via a special message, personal intuition, vivid vision or supernatural imperative that calls to them in some deeply powerful way.<\/p>\n<p>In calling others to heed their vision, these characters naturally collect diverse individuals who share a common purpose despite significant outward differences and even conflicting agendas or opposing points of view.\u00a0 Their goal to keep the potentially divisive group together and to restore harmony and balance to the world.<\/p>\n<p>A character driven by the Power of Imagination used to be a fairly rare character in film and television. More recently, these Character Types are more common. Power of Imagination\u00a0 characters are the naifs, innocents and eccentrics, seemingly the last person anyone would think of as a hero. They are, in fact, the classic mythic hero or the reluctant hero that Joseph Campbell and Chris Vogler describe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/products-page\/e-books\/the-power-of-imagination-ebook\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-892 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/170;margin: 5px;\" title=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination1.jpg\" alt=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-892 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/170;margin: 5px;\" title=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination1.jpg\" alt=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-892\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination1.jpg\" alt=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" \/><\/noscript><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Character Examples<\/h2>\n<p>Film examples include:\u00a0 Horton in\u00a0<strong>Horton Hears a Who<\/strong>; Luke Skywalker in\u00a0<strong>Star Wars<\/strong>; Frodo in\u00a0<strong>The Lord of the Rings<\/strong>; Amelie Poulain in\u00a0<strong>Amelie<\/strong>; and Lt. John Dunbar in\u00a0<strong>Dances with Wolves<\/strong>. \u00a0For more movie examples see the Power of Imagination blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>John Locke in\u00a0<strong>Los<\/strong>t; Alison Dubois in\u00a0<strong>Medium<\/strong>; Ned in\u00a0<strong>Pushing Daisies<\/strong>; Phoebe Buffay in\u00a0<strong>Friends<\/strong>; and Hiro Nakamura in\u00a0<strong>Heroes<\/strong> are great television examples of this Character Type. \u00a0For more television examples see the Power of Imagination blog posts.<\/p>\n<h2>Power of Imagination eBook<\/h2>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 419px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">The Power of Imagination Character Type eBook explains how these characters are alike and how each character is made individually distinct. It Imagination help you develop unique, original, evocative and authentic Power of Imagination characters that fully explore all the contradictions, reversals and surprises of a fully formed human being.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 419px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">Discover the Power of Imagination character\u2019s specific goals, unique emotional obstacles and very distinct responses and reactions to any opportunity, challenge or threat. Create this character\u2019s Immediate Tactics, Long-term Orientation and Strategic Approach in a way that is recognizably \u201ctrue\u201d at every step of the story and during every moment of screen time. The audience Imagination instantaneously recognize and relate to your character because your character is complex, three-dimensional and \u201cfeels real.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 419px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">This eBook is thorough analysis of the Power of Imagination Character Type in his or her many guises and roles as a protagonist or a member of a larger ensemble. It is packed with numerous examples from film, television and even real life! Examples from scores of scenes and dozens of quotes from film and television characters clearly illustrate this character\u2019s motivations and psychological dynamics in a story.<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Power of Imagination Character Type eBook<\/strong> explains how these characters are alike and how each character is made individually distinct. It Imagination help you develop unique, original, evocative and authentic Power of Imagination characters that fully explore all the contradictions, reversals and surprises of a fully formed human being.<\/p>\n<p>Discover the Power of Imagination character\u2019s specific goals, unique emotional obstacles and very distinct responses and reactions to any opportunity, challenge or threat. Create this character\u2019s Immediate Tactics, Long-term Orientation and Strategic Approach in a way that is recognizably \u201ctrue\u201d at every step of the story and during every moment of screen time. The audience Imagination instantaneously recognize and relate to your character because your character is complex, three-dimensional and \u201cfeels real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This eBook is thorough analysis of the Power of Imagination Character Type in his or her many guises and roles as a protagonist or a member of a larger ensemble. It is packed with numerous examples from film, television and even real life! Examples from scores of scenes and dozens of quotes from film and television characters clearly illustrate this character\u2019s motivations and psychological dynamics in a story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/products-page\/e-books\/the-power-of-imagination-ebook\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-892 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/170;margin: 5px;\" title=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination1.jpg\" alt=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-892 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/170;margin: 5px;\" title=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination1.jpg\" alt=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-892\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Power-of-Imagination1.jpg\" alt=\"Power of Imagination ETB Screenwriting\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" \/><\/noscript><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Comprehensive Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Power of Imagination Character Type eBook<\/strong> illustrates exactly how to create and differentiate this character based on his or her:<\/p>\n<p>(1.)\u00a0<strong>World View<\/strong> (beliefs about how the world works) What are the essential core beliefs that motivate a Power of Imagination character\u2019s ordinary actions?<\/p>\n<p>(2.)\u00a0<strong>Role or Function<\/strong> (position in the story or role in the ensemble) What do the other players look to a Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character to do or provide in the story?<\/p>\n<p>(3.)\u00a0<strong>Values in Conflict<\/strong> (competing values that push the character to extremes) What opposing choices or goals establish the Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character\u2019s moral code? What is this character willing to fight, sacrifice or die for? And why?<\/p>\n<p>(4.)\u00a0<strong>Story Questions<\/strong> (emotional journey in the story) What personal issues, dilemmas and internal conflicts does a Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character wrestle with over the course of the story? What does this character ask of him or her self? What is this character&#8217;s Leap of Faith in an emotionally satisfying story?<\/p>\n<p>(5.)\u00a0<strong>Story Paradox<\/strong> (emotional dilemma) What is the duality or the contradiction at the heart of a Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character\u2019s story struggle? How is the character&#8217;s internal conflict expressed in actions.<\/p>\n<p>(6.)\u00a0<strong>Life Lessons<\/strong> (how to complete the emotional journey) What must a Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character learn over the course of the story to make a clear, satisfying personal transformation? What actions lead to this character&#8217;s emotional salvation?<\/p>\n<p>(7.)\u00a0<strong>Dark Side<\/strong> (this character as a predator or villain) What happens when a Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character\u2019s actions are driven entirely by fear? How might or how does the story end in tragedy?<\/p>\n<p>(8.)\u00a0<strong>Leadership Style<\/strong> (what defines and qualifies this character as a leader) How does a Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character convince others to follow? How does this character act to take charge and command?<\/p>\n<p>(9.)\u00a0<strong>Film Examples<\/strong> (the Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character as a protagonist)<\/p>\n<p>(10.)\u00a0<strong>Television Examples<\/strong> (the Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0character as central to an ensemble)<\/p>\n<p>(11.)\u00a0<strong>Real Life Examples<\/strong> (historical Power of\u00a0Imagination\u00a0figures on the world stage)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These characters are the naifs, innocents and eccentrics, seemingly the last person anyone would think of as a hero. 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