Sean Patrick
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Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
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The Glorious Nuance of 'Star War's
"The Jedis are the GOOD guys. THE END." Said the Tweet. This was likely an angry plea related to the newest addition to the Star Wars franchise, The Acolyte, which features a Jedi doing bad things. I've not seen The Acolyte as the toxic Star Wars fandom has driven me to avoid most Star Wars media that doesn't involve my unending nostalgia for the original trilogy. And that I can only enjoy in private, never sharing my love for it out of a strong desire not to associate with toxic Star Wars fans.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
The Needle Drop: Music as a Storytelling Device
In movies we have a concept that has come to be known as The Needle Drop. This is when a famous pop song is used in a movie. The terrific YouTube film critic, Patrick H. Willems has a wonderful video on The Needle Drop and the best pop songs used in movies. His video, in part, inspired me to want to discuss the use of popular music as a storytelling device.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Writers
Color as a Storytelling Device . Top Story - June 2024.
Think of the color green for a moment. Free associate the meaning of the color. In societal terms, green means go. Stop lights are a universal totem, red for stop, yellow for slow down, green for go. The cultural-societal association of these colors to specific meanings allows you as a writer to use these colors as a storytelling device. You can use peoples associations with color as a way of demonstrating something about your character visually. Green also has a cultural association, in America anyway, with money. Money is green and thus if you code your character with green and create a visual association with money, you've revealed character traits.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Writers
