All Entries in the "Character" Category
Character Arch
Examples: moth to butterfly learning new skills young to old sick to well single to married straight to gay republican to democrat bad attitude to good drunk to sober irresponsible to responsible poor to rich finding religion anonymous to fame loser to winner uncaring to caring introvert to extrovert loner to socialite ugly to beautiful [...]
Seung Hui Cho – A Theoretical Profile
The following PDF is a Theoretical Profile of Seung Hui Cho from the Perspective of a Forensic Behavioral Scientist. Seung Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded 25 others in the shooting rampage which has come to be known as the “Virginia Tech massacre.” This profile is filed under the “Character” sub-category of Screenwriting and [...]
Socially Conditioned: Character
Character behavior is measured by where it falls on a normal to abnormal scale. Most of our lives are programmed. Characters in stories either try to follow that program or deviate from it. Our lives are marked with birthdays, graduations, marriages and other cornerstones. We all celebrate holidays at that same time. We mark when [...]
Beyond Normal
Who’s the toughest: eating rats, chewing nails, putting a cigarette out in the hand. From the sandbox to the office to the battlefield: who dominates, who controls, who wins. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Sylvester Stallone, Charles Bronson, and Clint Eastwood–all have built their careers on being the toughest guy around. Heroes must have [...]
“Real” Bad Guys
Something that always left me empty about good guy/bad guy movies is that they were way to far from reality. The good guys and bad guys in society are nearly impossible to see. They don’t carry guns. Good guys don’t dress in white and bad guys dress in black. They dress in infinite shades of [...]
Decision Making
Life is based on the decisions and choices we make and don’t make. It’s an endless philosophical debate whether we are born or made. Some of us are born under a bad sign. Others are born with a silver spoon. One thing for sure, regardless of fate or destiny, shit happens. Life is full [...]
Character and Character Traits
· Throw a character into a situation or conflict · Challenge a character · Show a character’s growth; how a character changes (the character’s arch) · A character experiences conflict and weaknesses/strengths determine how it is resolved · What does the character want? · What are the obstacles? · How do they get what they [...]
