The Soul of Good Character Design

Sign up for CuriosityStream and get free access to Nebula: https://curiositystream.com/LFTS Listen to our podcast episode on Soul: http://apple.co/3jJEI8j In this video we examine two fundamental elements of character design—want and need. Pixar's film Soul puts these aspects of story structure right on the surface, and demonstrates why they're so critical to creating a compelling, emotional character arc. Support this channel at: http://patreon.com/LFTScreenplay Like LFTS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lessonsfromthescreenplay/ Follow me at: http://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla LFTS Merch: https://standard.tv/collections/lfts The LFTS Team Michael Tucker (https://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla) Tricia Aurand (https://twitter.com/TriciaJeanA) Brian Bitner (https://twitter.com/BrianBitner) Alex Calleros (https://twitter.com/alex_calleros) Vince Major (https://twitter.com/VinceMajor) Become a channel member here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw/join Check out my kit, from screenwriting books to gear: https://kit.co/LFTS/screenwriting-books LFTS Recommended Reading List: https://www.lessonsfromthescreenplay.com/reading-list/ Thanks to Diego Rojas for composing original music for this video. Check out more of his work: 🎵 https://soundcloud.com/diegorojasguitar 🎵 https://diegorojas.bandcamp.com/releases TwinSmart's Marxist Arrow is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ With the company Twin musicom licensed under the Creative Commons license Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/