MOVIE POPS

“The Princess and the Frog” was one of the best animated films I have seen in a long time.  The characters, music, storyline and animation are all brilliant.

As you probably already know, this is basically a movie about a princess that finds her prince.  But it’s a HUGE twist on the ‘kiss a frog get a prince’ deal.  You’d have to see the movie to know what I mean.

Anyway, our hero (main character) is a confident, strong-willed, hard working young girl named Tiana.  Tiana teaches us through hard work and persistence your dreams can and will come true.  We learn not to idly set by and hope for our dreams to come true but to MAKE them happen.  What we have essentially learned here is the THEME.

Every story must have a theme to make it relevant.  Your theme is the message you want to relay to your audience.  It’s what you want them thinking about long after they’ve seen your film.

The theme is always stated in the movie by at least one character.  Take a look at the movie “The Princess and the Frog” and see how many times the theme is stated.  There’s even a song.

Okay, get back to writing and don’t forget to weave in your theme!

Happy writing!

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