Creating Motivation

Creating motivation is important in film making due to if there is no motivation, the audience will not want to carry on watching the film.

There are three types of ways for creating motivation and they are physical motivation, character motivation and story motivation.

Physical motivation - This is where the director cuts shots into the scene from the point of view of if you was at the event. It makes the audience satisfied with the fact that they know exactly and clearly what happened. An example of this would be a character hearing an explosion then the camera cuts to what the explosion was.





Character motivation: This is where the director develops the character through cuts and scenes to drive the story line forward. It can be done in a negative way or a positive way depending of the story line. If the director wants to build and develop a character to make the audience feel like they know him, the film will be very engaging to watch and can be used to create powerful moments. An example of this would be from the film Marley and Me. Within the film, It shows countless scene of the dog, the trouble he causes and the dogs life. When the dog passes away the audience feels the pain of the characters because of how much the dog revolved around their lives, also this can link back to the audience being able to relate.




Story motivation: this is where the editor will put certain cuts in parts of the story to make the overall story line more realistic. It is important that the editor put these cuts in the right places because it is important for the audience to receive the correct emotion for that scene. An example of this would be if a character had a hard life but he made it to the top, the editor will cut scene in where it shows the characters hard life to emphasize the story line