I know in the last piece [https://thelastredoubt.com/2017/03/tha-backstory-tha-whole-backstory-and.html] I discussed mostly how backstory is used to establish character, and since thought of a couple more points I wanted to cover. One – backstory also is used to establish setting. This is one of the biggest reasons why the opener of The Incrediblesworks, but Up doesn’t. Where Upstarts as a quiet bit that builds to adventure, the short movie that takes over the opening is used to tell us about t…
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I overheard a conversation at an employee lounge where I was sitting to finish up some paperwork before setting off to my next job, related to the movie “La La Land.” The thrust was that they really, really, enjoyed the soundtrack (done by Justin Hurwitz, who also did the score for the alsojazz-centered Whiplash), but at first hadn’t “gotten” why so many people were so enthusiastic about the movie. Then they opined about how the music and tone were just sooo upbeat, and in these hard times, wit…