you like to watch movies?

You like to watch…

…don´t you!

Why do we watch movies?

Connect with others…

…emotionally.

What makes someone special?

How do you choose a friend?

How do you connect emotionally with your hero?

• We care about characters who are like us (Recognition)

• Make the audience feel sorry for your character (Empathy)

• Give your character humanistic traits (Humanity)

• Give your character qualities we all admire (Admiration)

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Emapthy

• Undeserved mistreatment (tragedy, bad luck)

• Injustice

• Physical and/or mental handicap

• Humiliation (embarrassment)

• Abandonment

• Betrayal

• Loneliness• http://www.karliglesias.com

Svend Wam

• Nobody feels bad for someone who feels bad for himself.

Humanistic

• Helping others

• Relating to children, liking them.

• Like animals

• Risking life for another

• Self-sacrifice or dying for a just cause• http://www.karliglesias.com

Admiration:

• A leader

• Courage

• Passion

• Skilled at what he does

• Wit & Cleverness

• Sense of humour

• Active rather than passive• http://www.karliglesias.com

Do we like WOODY?


• Make the reader feel sorry for your character (Empathy): INJUSTICE, HUMILIATION, ABANDONMENT

• Give your character humanistic traits (Humanity) HELPING OTHERS

• Give your character qualities we all admire (Admiration) COURAGE, LEADER

Three act structure:

Emotional stakes

• We care about someone with a worthy motivation.

• Ask: “What would happen if they fail to accomplish their main goal?”

• Hint: It should always be “DEATH” (physical or emotional)


3 act structure:

Only way to show emotions:

How to open a movie:

FINDING NEMOs Emotional Core:

• Pity (Feeling sorry for)– Loses his wife and 399 children!

• Humanity (Is like us & cares about others)– Happy relationship (romantic, playful)– New homeowner– Expectant father– Insecure

• Admiration– Good provider for family– Courageous (protecting family for barracuda)

• Emotional Stakes (Worthy Motivation)– Searching for his lost son


SHARK TALEs Emotional Core:

• Pity (Feeling sorry for)– None

• Humanity (Is like us & caares about others)– Nice to others– Liked by others– Brings his friend breakfast

• Admiration– He is happy, enjoys life– He is cool and funny– Has job– He is ambitious

• Emotional Stakes (Worthy Motivation)– Get rich qucik, so he can live the good life.


Emotional Stakes:

Box Office:

• Finding Nemo: US$ 940,335,536

• Sharks Tale: US$ 367,275,019

Ella Bella Bingo:

What makes us connect with ELLA BELLA BINGO?


• Make the reader feel sorry for your character (Emapthy)– Oh, what a pickle!

• Give your character humanistic traits (Humanity)– Helps friends, kind, caring and generous

• Give your character qualities we all admire (Admiration)– Clever, innovative, sense of humor, courage, leader,

passion.

Ella Bella Bingo & the Bicycle Thief

Story rejected by NRK:

ELLA BELLAs Emotional Core:

• Emapthy (Feeling sorry for)– None.

• Humanity (Is like us & cares about others)– Great friendship

• Admiration– Leader

– Wants to help her best friend

• Emotional Stakes (Worthy Motivation)– Searching for her friends lost bike.

Same problem as Shark Tale:

Emotional stake:

Started to study the Master:

Inspiration:

ELLA BELLAs Emotional Core:

• Pity (Feeling sorry for)– Loses her best friend.

• Humanity (Is like us & cares about others)– Great friendship

• Admiration– Leader

– Wants to help her best friend

• Emotional Stakes (Worthy Motivation)– Find her best friend.

Michael Arndt

Setting story in motion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufO8LbwTdu0

ELLA BELLA BINGO

• Grand passion: Playing with Henry.

• Flaw: Keep Henry to herself.

• Storm clouds: A new boy moves in.

• Turns Ella´s life upside down.

• Unhealthy choice: Forces Henry to choose.

• Ella learns to share.

Will we get the money?

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• Frank Mosvold

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