2 Common Children’s Movie Plots
There are 2 tracks the story usually uses. One is the Harry Potter approach when a character is an orphan coming of age without a family.
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Fantasy
Why and How Music Scores Hook Viewers
Music is often overlooked when talking about films. However, music is constantly helping audiences follow along with the story emotionally. Each character has their own theme music;
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The importance of maturity in a coming-of-age film
The heroes need to learn different lessons in each movie as they mature. The How to Train Your Dragon trilogy uses the coming-of-age story framework to tell three different arcs to follow the evolution of Hiccup’s and Toothless’ intertwined stories.
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How to role model masculinity
Compare Hiccup’s story to Disney’s Hercules, and you’ll see two types of masculinity. Hercules goes from Zero to Hero in a training montage. Hiccup doesn’t gain notoriety from killing dragons like everyone else. Instead, he changes their minds and is valued for that strength.
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