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Reel Heroes & Villains: Two Hero Experts Critique The Movies

4.5/5 ( ratings)

We all love Heroes.
We all love to hate Villains
But how well do movies create characters that we love and hate?
Psychologist Scott Allison and writing expert Greg Smith present a new way of understanding heroes and villains. Inside this book you’ll find:
· An innovative new classification scheme of heroes and villains
· The key to good characters in the movies: Transformation
· The Eight Great Arcs of Transformations in heroes and villains
· How heroes and villains transform morally, emotionally, and physically
· How the hero’s journey differs from the villain’s journey
· 50 reviews of movie heroes and villains in 2014

“Allison and Smith have deftly crafted THE premier text of heroes and villains in contemporary cinema. A shiny portrait that brilliantly dissects the hero-villain dichotomy through a dense mixture of passion, knowledge, and humor to offer profound insights into the hero-villain relationship.”
-- Jason Roy, The Hero Construction Company

Language: English

Pages: 449

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Agile Writer Press

Release: August 14, 2015

Reel Heroes & Villains: Two Hero Experts Critique The Movies

4.5/5 ( ratings)

We all love Heroes.
We all love to hate Villains
But how well do movies create characters that we love and hate?
Psychologist Scott Allison and writing expert Greg Smith present a new way of understanding heroes and villains. Inside this book you’ll find:
· An innovative new classification scheme of heroes and villains
· The key to good characters in the movies: Transformation
· The Eight Great Arcs of Transformations in heroes and villains
· How heroes and villains transform morally, emotionally, and physically
· How the hero’s journey differs from the villain’s journey
· 50 reviews of movie heroes and villains in 2014

“Allison and Smith have deftly crafted THE premier text of heroes and villains in contemporary cinema. A shiny portrait that brilliantly dissects the hero-villain dichotomy through a dense mixture of passion, knowledge, and humor to offer profound insights into the hero-villain relationship.”
-- Jason Roy, The Hero Construction Company

Language: English

Pages: 449

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Agile Writer Press

Release: August 14, 2015

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