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Playwriting guides, creative writing handbooks, and screenwriting manuals are replete with guidance as to how an author should express their themes. One common rule of thumb is that the climax where themes, characters, narrative’s result converge in terminal thematic statement. If theme established elaborated on during a film, then its film’s authors position matter through or lack thereof. As part my Ph.D. artistic research, I have written directed interactive The Limits Consent; film follows tree-structure narrative splinters at end second act presents nine separate climaxes for film. Each significantly different either character-focus, action, tone, style, and, crucially, expression In this article, by examining portfolio Consent was ways depending selected ending, will explore implications difference between traditional filmmaker may present multiple statements based same narrative.