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Character Development
Plot development is a key to successful writing. Equally important is creating intriguing characters. Together we will work to explore the proposed characters’ psychological presentation to enrich their presence in your work. By engaging in clinical interviews regarding your characters, writers develop a greater appreciation of the characters’ historical life, current and past cognitive, behavioral and emotional presentation, interpersonal, personality and communication styles, thought processes, fears, utilized psychological defenses, ambition, feelings toward self and others and personal strengths and weaknesses.
Theme Development
There can be great scripts in development, yet no one in the room quite knows how it will end. Identifying the main and subliminal themes from a psychological perspective allows filmmakers to consciously decide whether they would like to further highlight specific aspects that exist in verbal and visual form and create desired conclusions for the characters. Additionally, being aware of the themes that lie in the undercurrents of the film allows for rich discussions during postproduction screenings, Q & A sessions and panel discussions while helping filmmakers create a narrative regarding frequent themes explored in their filmmaking.
Diagnostic Accuracy
Many filmmakers create characters who have symptoms of clinical diagnoses that add to the richness of the characters portrayed. Whether the character has mild symptoms baked into their presented personality or severe symptoms that offer a clear vision of life with a mental health diagnosis, PsychMinded Media explores with filmmakers how to best capture the nuances of these symptoms. Ensuring diagnostic accuracy offers audiences the most authentic way to experience the characters imagined.
Interpersonal Dynamic Development
Characters engage with one another and create dynamics that allow for a greater reveal of who they are independent from those around them. These connections can be intimate and romantic or conflictual and turbulent. Based upon character analyses, consultation regarding character’s engagements with others is developed within these consultations to offer various options of how characters might respond based upon their desired role.
Psychological Authenticity Enhancement
As production proceeds, the psychological authenticity of characters and locations may feel misaligned. Brief consultations to explore the nuances of the scene take place to ensure the final cut is the most desired.
On shoot mental health support for cast and crew
Scripts that have mental health concerns, death, grief and other challenging topics can be difficult for the crew and cast alike to shoot. Mental health providers are beginning to frequent set spaces to offer mental health support to industry workers to assist with the maintenance of healthy emotional functioning. PsychMinded Media supports such projects and arrange mental health support to crew and staff on shoots that can be emotionally challenging.
Set Accuracy
Characters are made rich by equally learning about the personality of the character and the world in which they navigate. The quality of the environment(s) characters find themselves in enriches our understanding of who the character is and who they develop to be. Together, PsychMinded Media collaborates to discuss crafting sets that best reflect the characters that have been created.
Consultation
Consultation with marketing/advertising team re: psychological aspects of the film to highlight for prescreening press.
FESTIVAL Q&A PREP
Filmmakers create art that generates curiousity from its viewers. As the creator, it can be difficult to find words to articulate the nuances of the film that were able to be captured visually. PsychMinded Media works with filmmakers to develop language to engage with viewers to stimulate rich responses to inquiry and further discussion.
Festival Panelist/Moderator
Dr. Marshall Woods serves as a psychological expert on film festival panels and moderates discussions to foster conversations regarding mental health topics depicted in film works.
Character Development
Plot development is a key to successful writing. Equally important is creating intriguing characters. Together we will work to explore the proposed characters’ psychological presentation to enrich their presence in your work. By engaging in clinical interviews regarding your characters, writers develop a greater appreciation of the characters’ historical life, current and past cognitive, behavioral and emotional presentation, interpersonal, personality and communication styles, thought processes, fears, utilized psychological defenses, ambition, feelings toward self and others and personal strengths and weaknesses.
Interpersonal Dynamic Development
Every character conceived interact. Characters share with the audience how they navigate relationships with themselves and others. Even the best monologues charge characters to engage with aspects of the world and themselves in an interactive manner that elucidates who the person is in the context of relationships. In examining the characters and the environments/ situations in which they find themselves, we discover the idiosyncratic behaviors, symptoms, and attributes ascribed to your characters that ensure that they are both unique and honors your vision.
Set Accuracy
Characters are made rich by equally learning about the personality of the character and the world in which they navigate. The quality of the environment(s) characters find themselves in enriches our understanding of who the character is and who they develop to be. Together, PsychMinded Media collaborates to discuss crafting sets that best reflect the characters that have been created.
media analysis
Dr. Marshall Woods authors movie reviews that examine aspects of films and applies psychological theory to gain both a scholarly and practical utility to themes offered. Currently, Dr. Marshall Woods has composed movie reviews for various platforms that include PsycCritiques, an American Psychological Association (APA) journal and The Huffington Post. Currently, Dr. Marshall Woods’ blogs can be found on Thrive Global, Medium and select film festivals' newsletters.
plot analysis
Composing a rich plot that your characters are immersed in is the vehicle that enables the continued progression of the theme. Engaging in thematic conversations regarding the trajectory in which you wish your characters to develop assist in formulating a cohesive, compelling narrative to rivet audiences.
Diagnostic Accuracy
Audiences are riveted by understanding the human condition in nuanced detail. When filmmakers are successful in depicting the humanity in their characters, it creates a relatability that allows for the audience to connect with the characters in a meaningful way. When mental health conditions are portrayed, the responsibility for accuracy is imperative, as film and media have a reach that is unparalleled to other forms for communication. Join with PsychMinded Media to develop aspects of your character that honor who they are as well as honor the conditions in which they depict.
Festival Q&A Prep
Filmmakers create art that generates curiousity from its viewers. As the creator, it can be difficult to find words to articulate the nuances of the film that were able to be captured visually. PsychMinded Media works with filmmakers to develop language to engage with viewers to stimulate rich responses to inquiry and further discussion.