In War of the Worlds, a bizarre electronic lightning storm jars protagonist Ray and his family and their neighborhood. He is a master of delivering complicated narratives, that often deal with strange, supernatural or incorporeal events and explaining them in simple, understandable ways. By the end, after witnessing the bravery of the two young children he has to protect in the park, he realizes he loves them and might want some of his own someday.Īnother element of Koepp’s style is a conversational tone that lightens the mood of otherwise tense scenes, and keeps the reader’s focus on the action. He also eloquently demonstrates a character arc for the protagonist Alan Grant, who, at the beginning of the film, can’t stand children. Koepp communicates this by showing it in his character descriptions. Within a second, the reader knows that Hammond is very charismatic and a dreamer, Nedry is slimy, and Muldoon is a bit of an alarmist.
In one or two lines, he encapsulates the essence of his characters with crucial information that we need to understand them. These examples from Jurassic Park, elucidate Koepp’s masterful character descriptions.
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