People are complex, and creating people to appear in movies and TV shows can be even more complicated. Character creation is one of the great joys of writing, and the great frustrations. When you're developing a character, you have to decide on their arc, their personality, and even pull a few flaws into play. Today, I want to go over how pro writers create characters. We'll see a bunch of different approaches from this YouTube video from Behind the Curtain, and talk about them in general after. Let's dive in. How Professional Screenwriters Create CharacterHonestly, you can learn more from just listening to pro writers talk about thee craft than you can doing just about anything else. In this video, some of the best writers working in Hollywood givr a plethora of answers on how they create characters. Let's go over the main takeaways together. Creating three-dimensional characters is one of the most challenging aspects of screenwriting. The easiest way to achieve this is to put a little bit of yourself into every character. It may be easier for you to identify their motivations that way or to understand their behavior in a scene. But it will also be easier for audience members to connect. But this doesn't mean that the characters should be autobiographical. Instead, the writer needs to find a way to personally connect with the characters that they want the audience to connect with. If the writer can't connect with the characters, they'll come across as caricatures...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 24 October