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Order The Power of Idealism eBook today!
A Complete Character Analysis
Dozens of Examples from
Film and Television
$29.95
A character driven by the Power of Idealism wants to stand out from the
crowd, to be extraordinary, unique and special. They are youthful
rebels, Epic Heroes or lovers whose passion lives forever.
Coming of Age characters like the title characters in Billy Elliot or Juno, “Jess” Kaur Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham and Curt Henderson in American Graffiti are young people “finding themselves.” They don’t quite fit in and struggle to find their rightful place in the world. Learn how these characters lose their innocence but gain a more complex understanding of the adult world.
Characters like Colonel Robert Shaw in Glory, King Leonides in 300 and William Wallace in Braveheart
are warriors in a doomed but heroic battle. These Epic Heroes fight
courageously and sacrifice themselves for honor, glory and the
immortality of story, song and legend. Learn how these characters lose their lives but live forever in our hearts.
Rick Blaine in Casablanca, Karen Blixen in Out of Africa and Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago are separated from their lovers but their passion transcends time, distance or death. In Separated Lover stories learn how love becomes stronger than any other force on earth.
Intense and sensitive Power of Idealism television characters include Meredith Grey in Grey’s Anatomy, Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, Ryan Atwood in The O.C. and Dawson Leery in Dawson’s Creek. Learn how these complex characters keep us enthralled week after week.
The Power of Idealism eBook explains how all these characters are alike and how each kind of character is made individually distinct.
ETB Power of Idealism eBook
Order The Power of Idealism eBook today!
A Complete Character Analysis
Dozens of Examples from
Film and Television
$29.95
Learn how the Power of Idealism fuels Coming of Age characters in their journey into adulthood.
Understand how the Power of Idealism gives Epic Heroes the courage to make the ultimate sacrifice in a doomed but glorious battle.
Discover how the Power of Idealism generates a passion that never dies in Separated Lovers stories.
The Power of Idealism eBook illustrates exactly how to create and differentiate Coming of Age characters, Epic Heroes and passionate Separated Lovers based on each character's:
1. World View (beliefs about how the world works) What
are the essential core beliefs that motivate each Power of Idealism
character’s actions?
2. Role or Function (position in the story or role in the
ensemble) What do the other players look to each Power of Idealism
character to do or provide in the story?
3. Values in Conflict (competing values that push the
character to extremes) What opposing choices establish each Power of Idealism character’s moral code? What is this character willing to
fight, sacrifice or die for? And why?
4. Story Questions (emotional journey in the story)
What personal issues, dilemmas and internal conflicts does each Power of Idealism character wrestle with over the course of the story? What
does this character ask of him or her self? What is this character's
Leap of Faith in an emotionally satisfying story?
5. Story Paradox (emotional dilemma) What is the duality or the contradiction at the heart of each Power of Idealism character’s story struggle? How are Coming of Age, Epic Hero and Separated Lovers stories similar and yet distinctively different.
6. Life Lessons (how to complete the
emotional journey) What must each Power of Idealism character learn
over the course of the story to make a clear, satisfying personal
transformation?
7. Dark Side (this character as a predator or antagonist)
What happens when each Power of Idealism character’s actions are driven
entirely by fear? How might or how does the story end in tragedy?
8. Leadership Style (what defines and
qualifies this character as a leader) How does each Power of Idealism
character convince others to follow? How does this character take
charge and command? How are Coming of Age, Epic Hero and Separated Lovers stories similar and yet distinctively different.
9. Film Examples
(each Power of Idealism character as a protagonist)
10. Television Examples (each Power of Idealism character as central to an ensemble)
11. Real Life Examples
(historical Power of Idealism figures on the world stage)
You can immediately apply this information. This eBook contains a full
analysis of the Power of Idealism character in his or her many
different guises and roles in Coming of Age stories, Epic Hero stories and Separated Lovers stories.
The eBook provides an in-depth discussion of each of these
character's action and dialogue in several Coming of Age films several Epic Hero films and several Separated Lovers films. Characters in television shows are also included. Scores of scenes and dialogue discuss each kind of character in each kind of film. There is
a chart of the character's core motivations and characteristics to use
as quick reference. This handy tool sums the character up succinctly
and serves as a guide as you write.
After reading this eBook you will have a thorough understanding of the
Power of Idealism character's motivations, psychological dynamics and
internal conflict in Coming of Age stories, Epic Hero stories and Separated Lovers stories.
You will see how the variety of characters in the Type
are the same and how they are made specific, distinct and unique.
ETB Power of Idealism eBook
Order The Power of Idealism eBook today!
A Complete Character Analysis
Dozens of Examples from
Film and Television
$29.95
Learn how to create authentic character responses and reactions that
are recognizably “true” at every step of the story and during every
moment of screen time.
Discover a Power of Idealism character's specific goals, unique
emotional obstacles and very distinct responses and reactions to any
opportunity, challenge or threat that might come up in the story.
This eBook will help you develop unique, original,
evocative and authentic Power of Idealism characters that fully
explore all the contradictions, reversals and surprises of this
character as a fully formed, three-dimensional human being. Using this
approach, you can deliver on and EXCEED audience expectations. The
audience will instantaneously recognize and relate to your character
because your character “feels real.”
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A Complete Character Analysis
Dozens of Examples from
Film and Television
$29.95
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