Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Ghoulish Delight · 06-09-2006, 10:57 AM

The strength of Cars, according to the review I heard this morning, is the same strength that every other Pixar project has had...characters. I happen to agree with Polti. As plots go, we're limited (I don't know that I'd quantize it down to exactly 36 as he did, but I do believe there's a finite space of plots that's relatively small). Quality storytelling can't be focused on the plots, it's gotta focused on the characters. Creativity comes from the exponentially large space that is the combination of plot and characters. A story shouldn't tell what happened. A story should tell what the characters do when stuff happens.

06-09-2006, 10:57 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The strength of Cars, according to the review I heard this morning, is the same strength that every other Pixar project has had...characters. I happen to agree with Polti. As plots go, we're limited (I don't know that I'd quantize it down to exactly 36 as he did, but I do believe there's a finite space of plots that's relatively small). Quality storytelling can't be focused on the plots, it's gotta focused on the characters. Creativity comes from the exponentially large space that is the combination of plot and characters. A story shouldn't tell what happened. A story should tell what the characters do when stuff happens. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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