Rhetorical Analysis Of The Demons In The Castle
THE OLD ONES: THE DEMONS IN THE CASTLE presents as a proposed supernatural, action series that offers demons, swords, castles, an alleged curse, and a rift between worlds. Stories about demons are not new to the industry but they have a faithful following.
The goal to kill the demon is well defined and the stakes are very high. It’s about life and death. The tone is consistently dark and ominous. While there are strengths to the storytelling, overall, the script would benefit from more development. The areas to revisit include the structure, clarification, and the tension, as well as character development, including the dialogue.
The opening sets the tone and nicely foreshadows the demon as well as the curse.
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Simply clarify the backstory or the legend to be clear and simple.
Furthermore, the structure and the script tend to focus too much on the character of Sfarza and this competes with Blake, who one thinks is the main hero.
As mentioned, the supporting cast is not engaging enough to care about them. The Duchess is troubled, but she doesn’t elicit strong emotion from the audience. As stated, to feel for her one would have to see how the Duke mistreats her. She claims he’s a monster. Instead of verbally telling the audience this, it’s always better to show it. Her conflict about her son also isn’t engaging. She’s too cold and killing him makes her even colder.
The Duke is a desperate man, but not a very original or exciting character.
Sfarza has potential to be a complex man. On one hand, he wants to blackmail Blake and the Duke, but on the other hand, he teams up with Blake. In any buddy series or film, it’s pivotal to create strong buddy chemistry between the characters. To do this, enhance their witty banter with each other. Enhance their differences. Right now, there’s no chemistry between the men and so the audience isn’t really interested in watching them together as a team. Good examples of buddy teams are the characters from Lethal Weapon, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and 48 Hours,
The goal to kill the demon is well defined and the stakes are very high. It’s about life and death. The tone is consistently dark and ominous. While there are strengths to the storytelling, overall, the script would benefit from more development. The areas to revisit include the structure, clarification, and the tension, as well as character development, including the dialogue.
The opening sets the tone and nicely foreshadows the demon as well as the curse.
The main story focuses on …show more content…
Simply clarify the backstory or the legend to be clear and simple.
Furthermore, the structure and the script tend to focus too much on the character of Sfarza and this competes with Blake, who one thinks is the main hero.
As mentioned, the supporting cast is not engaging enough to care about them. The Duchess is troubled, but she doesn’t elicit strong emotion from the audience. As stated, to feel for her one would have to see how the Duke mistreats her. She claims he’s a monster. Instead of verbally telling the audience this, it’s always better to show it. Her conflict about her son also isn’t engaging. She’s too cold and killing him makes her even colder.
The Duke is a desperate man, but not a very original or exciting character.
Sfarza has potential to be a complex man. On one hand, he wants to blackmail Blake and the Duke, but on the other hand, he teams up with Blake. In any buddy series or film, it’s pivotal to create strong buddy chemistry between the characters. To do this, enhance their witty banter with each other. Enhance their differences. Right now, there’s no chemistry between the men and so the audience isn’t really interested in watching them together as a team. Good examples of buddy teams are the characters from Lethal Weapon, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and 48 Hours,