Amazing Scenes- Prince of Egypt

Released in 1998, The Prince of Egypt is somewhat of a landmark title, being the first film released by Dreamwork's studios, the first studio to throw the animated-gauntlet against the juggernaut that was Disney at the height of its 'renaissance' days. First pitched by then-Disney-chairman, Jeff Katzenberg as an animated version of The Ten Commandments …

Brilliant Scenes- Children of Men (A writing analysis)

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and released in 2006, Children Of Men is a dystopian/Sci-Fi/thriller based on the book of the same name, written by P.D. James and published in 1992. Children Of Men follows Theo Faron in a world disturbingly accurate to what 2027 would really be like if human fertility rates were dropped to …

Locations as characters

Break down a character to it's very metaphorical skeleton, and have a look at their purpose. They exist as a conduit, an avatar for the audience to experience a created world through fresh eyes. They are beings with pasts, personalities and hidden traits designed for the audience to connect with and recognise as a story …

Something that no-one has ever seen before

We live in a time that is completely saturated by media. As a '90's child, we still had a huge back-catalogue of media to catch up on, affection ally called "old", when referring to anything from the '80's back to when recorded media first began to exist. Now we are positively spoiled for films,books, music …

Interesting relationships makes for interesting writing

There's a couple of unwritten tenets for writing for performance and even Improv comedy, but what seems to carry controversy is the notion that focusing on relationships is always a priority to plot. The difference here, is you can put two characters together in any situation, and the idea is to focus on how they …