Moviegoers, Story, and Dreams…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Musings
As movie studios lament the low numbers of moviegoers that seems to be dwindling the directors and producers seemed to going after gimmicks of technology to draw crowds back to the theater.
Movies made in 3-D, and shown on Imax screens comprise the recent fads that are but an extension of forcing plot over character in an effort to engage audiences.
In years past this effort rested on action packed adventures, swashbucklers we call them, and enormous special effects.
But what about story?
Tags: 3-D, Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Anne Hathaway, character, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Helen Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Lewis Carroll, Mad Hatter, Mia Wasikowska, moviegoers, plot, story, theater
The Journey and Its Calling…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
Each story or novel presents the main character with not only an upset in daily activities, but also a quest. That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court. The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both [...]
Tags: bailiff, central character, chaos, conflict, context, court, defense, goal, journey, jurors, needs, novel, protagonist, quest, setting, stage, story, summons, theater
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