Themes Within Disaster Movies - Characters

There are several themes included in Disaster movies that relate to the characters involved, and each have a different purpose.

• Relationships - key for audience to relate to the movie despite the far fetched action which often occurs.
• Self-sacrifice - allows a disaster movie to differ from an action movie.
• Redemption - to make up for wrong that has been done.
• Teamwork - if characters work as a team, survival is possible.

Character Types In Disaster Movies

Within Disaster movies, several types of characters play important parts throughout the narrative.

• The hero
• The reluctant hero
• The bad guy
• The bad guy turned good
• The self-doubter
• The kid(s)
• The strong woman
• The damsel in distress
• The bureaucrat
• The voice in the wilderness
• The support