La eutanasia como un acto de amor: creación del proceso empático del espectador hacia el tema, a través de la construcción del guion del cortometraje encajes

Abstract

The present research focuses on investigating techniques and tools necessary to write a script that allows the viewer to identify with the protagonists of the history of “Encajes”, understanding and accepting the actions and decisions of these. One of the main concerns of this project is to have an objective approach to the concept-image-euthanasia; this is why it has also been studied the different aspects surrounding this complex issue; reviewing the different positions and pronouncements in areas such as social, moral, legal, political, and religious ethics.

Besides this, the paper investigates how the scripts of acclaimed works from the world of cinema have addressed the concept-image-euthanasia, what tools have they used and how, so that the characters of such works can convey emotions that the viewer identify and create a empathic process. Analyzing the actions, attitudes and decisions made by characters in these films, along with the application of the tools suggested by several specialized in script writing authors. These tools have contributed to the construction of the protagonists of “Encajes”, thus making Mary Constance of Los Angeles and his son Constantine lead us to reflect on the concept euthanasia-image and allow us to identify with them, creating the empathic process.