Egri's Bone Structure applied to TMNT: Splinter

Egri’s Bone Structure

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splinter

Physiology

1.       Male

2.       Mid to late 40’s

3.       4’6”-5’ tall

4.       He has brownish-gray fur that coats his entire body except for his long tail. His eyes are that of a humans’.

5.       He walks upright on two legs and using a walking stick to get around, although he seems he would move alright without it.

6.       Splinter was once a man who mutated into a half man half rat form. He’s clean but only as clean as a man rat can be that lives underground. He also always wears a faded red Gi jacket. A jacket that is often worn by martial artists.

Sociology

1.       He makes his home under the city in abandon tunnels and old sewers.

2.       He is a teacher and mentor to the TMNT. He teaches them ninjutsu and how to survive and stay hidden in the world.

3.       He was thrown out of the ninja school he was helping teaching at due to a rival setting him up to make it look like he was trying to kill the headmaster. He is also like a father to the TMNT and often calls them his sons.

4.       He lives in America, but was from Japan and is Japanese despite his mutation.

5.       Besides living the life as a mentor it seems he takes join in making and eating sushi as well.

6.       He also as a mortal enemy called Shredder.  

Psychology

1.       He has strict moral standards that not only he follows but that he tries to instill in his “sons” as well. Especially when it comes to their martial arts. One rule he always follows is “never start a fight yourself”.

2.       His life ambition is to raise his sons properly, teach them to master the art of ninjutsu, and how to remain hidden from the human world because he believes that if they were ever discovered by cruel humans they would hunted down until captured so they could be experimented on.

3.       He is disappointed that Shredder constantly beats him and has taken away almost everything from him. He often gets frustrated by his son’s foolish natures.

4.        He is mild tempered most often calm but defiantly not one to be messed with.

5.       He has a positive and realistic attitude towards life. He believes nothing can’t be accomplished with hard work and training.

6.       His abilities range from being a master of ninjutsu and several weapons, enjoys art, particularly from the renaissance period, and can make sushi.

7.       He is wise. As wise any teacher and mentor should be.

Premise of the film "Without"

Without is a film of that shows the raw chaotic grief and depression one may feel once they’ve experienced the death of one of most important people in your life. We see the main character in a complete state of isolation from the world; she’s not comfortable with the people she interacts with, she’s self-conscience about her body, paranoid, and out of touch with her emotions. In other words she’s a completely fucked up individual, and we see this by how she reacts to certain things and what she does.

Slowly, the story brings us up to date with her life and situation. This transforms her from just a randomly crazy person who is socially awkward, to a person who has experienced such a loss that has probably traumatized her so much she doesn’t know what to do with herself now. With this information we are able to piece together the driving force or premise behind her actions. One could say the premise driving this film is, loss of a loved one can bring about the loss of rationality.

When she misplaces her phone repeatedly, she blames an old man who is paralyzed and doesn’t have a lot of brain functions. She fakes trying to pleasure herself on a webcam chat with someone. Walks out into the middle of the woods where she knows there are wolves and could get lost. These actions along with more show just how much she struggles to continue living her life.