For people who like Kung Fu Panda.
Why is that movie so good?
Why do I wanna live in that city and spend time with those characters after watching?
And why is Kung Fu Panda 2 even better?
Can you give your take on story writing tips from these movies?
Thanks. Take Care :)
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Theme.
The writers know their theme up front and it's reflected throughout the story. The theme is about the power of self-belief. From the scenes about disclosing the secret of the secret sauce to the empty scroll that's a reflection of self, they all echo the story's central theme.
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Because cute little puppies more easily draw human attention, affection than a grown-up ferocious-looking hunter dog. So is why you can see many people have an altered Bull Dog as a pet in today's times than a real bulldog. Pun intended.
That's the same reason people loved "Lion King" was is still famous which is obviously stollen from well written and animated "Kimba the White Lion" Japanese Manga series, but the recent Live-Action Lion king didn't work well. Because of all that cuteness, sweetness, the human touch is all lost.. Same with MULAN too as well how many say, Indian movies strongly love stories driven, rather than realism.
A story well written, characterization has visually shown with a cutesy human touch connects to more people than "Realism" driven stories or even Documentary per se. Documentary or Abstract or Art house films are hard art forms and not many people can truly connect to that.
Most Eastern stories, movies have a strong inclination to those writing practices inclined towards cuteness, those small nuances of politeness or some form of innocence which you can see in many movies of Miyazaki or Ozu or even say KDramas are strongly filled with those. They bring those cultural touches to it as well. Like a neatly packed gift with a bow tie on it.
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Jack Black….
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I don't necessarily agree with the pull me into the world premise of storytelling/screenwriting. I am fine observing a story from the outside. It irritates me a lot when people complain about screenwriting for non story based reasons by saying "that camera direction pulls me out of the story." Because it assumes that a story can only be good if you can see yourself in it. Maybe because I'm African American and grew not seeing myself represented in most stories I normalized the ability to not have to be in them to enjoy them.
As for Kung Fu Panda 1, it's a great story because it takes an unlikely protagonist and turns them into a hero for the right reasons. There's no chosen one narrative. There's no prodigy special ability. He's just a below average guy that's willing to work hard to achieve his goals when given the right motivations. "There is no secret ingredient" is a great message that resonates with people of any age because it's representative of most people. That's why I like 1. 2 was good more for the great villain but in my opinion not nearly as impactful overall from a narrative standpoint.