Michael Clayton (2007)

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How do you dramatise a protagonist's internal journey through their final decision?

AI✦Examines Michael Clayton’s final choice as a crystallisation of his internal journey, analysing how the film uses narrative POV to withhold and then reveal the protagonist’s agency in deciding between moral compromise and ethical action.✦

How do character goals, tactics, and fears create subtext automatically?

AI✦Examines how constraint within a scene—where characters cannot openly discuss what actually needs deciding—generates authentic subtext through competing tactics and unspoken fears, using the meeting sequence to demonstrate subtext as a byproduct of character motivation rather than an imposed writing technique.✦