182 | What Goes Into Creating an Oscar-nominated Animated Short?: WAR IS OVER Chat, Part 1
The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna
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Exploring Emotional Depth and Symbolism in Storytelling
This chapter delves into the emotional core of the story, using the death of a character to evoke strong feelings in the audience. The speakers discuss the use of an innocent character like a pigeon to symbolize the cost of war and the loss of innocence, alongside the metaphorical representation of war through the character of the pigeon.
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