All movie, television, and literary characters come from a general mold of character types called archetypes, which contain familiar character DNA…
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"What are movie brats?" No, we're not talking about the Brat Pack from the 1980s (the group of young up-and-coming…
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While movies are a visual medium, there's nothing like the audial enhancement of a great soundtrack, effective sound design, and,…
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Movie remakes have been around since the early days of cinema. During the years 1894 through 1931, silent films dominated…
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War movies have been around since the dawn of cinema, from the silent-era days to the present, with cinema's technological…
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How does Top Gun: Maverick follow Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey breakdown? Welcome to another installment of our new series A Hero’s Journey…
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What are the most common dramatic situations found in movies and television? In 1895, a French literary critic, Georges Polti,…
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How does Everything Everywhere All at Once follow Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey breakdown? Welcome to another installment of our new…
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Let's confront the elephant in the room of this discussion: Artificial Intelligence (AI) screenwriting programs are incapable of producing great…
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In 2013, Sony's third-person narrative and highly cinematic game The Last of Us debuted, telling the story of smuggler Joel…
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