"relatahle" - 1 õppematerjal

Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

As if by magic we project part of our consciousness into the hero. To make this magic work you must establish a strong bond of sympathy or common interest between the hero and the audience. T h i s is not to say that heroes must always be good or wholly sympathetic. T h e y don't even have to be likeable, but they must be relatahle , a word used by movie executives to describe the quality of compassion and understanding that an audience must have for a hero. Even if the hero is underhanded or despicable, we can still understand her plight and imagine ourselves behaving in much the same way, given the same background, circumstances, and motivation. IDENTIFICATION T h e opening scenes should create an identification between audience and hero, a sense that they a...