1: “Why did Bambi’s mom die at the beginning of the film?” asks Hollywood producer and author Brant Pinvidic.

“Disney could easily have told the story of Bambi just getting lost, or not shown Bambi’s mom dying, or done it later in the film,” he writes in his book The 3-Minute Rule: Say Less to Get More from Any Pitch or Presentation.

Why? Because doing so puts our … continue reading