DZ-98: Ensembles 3 - Character Function & Theme
Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast
The Woman King: A Sprawling Epic With So Many Characters
All of these films are very literal in how they present their character introductions. Do most films have to be literal? I think when you're only introducing maybe one or two characters, you don't need to be quite as literal. The idea that a character initiates an action when they think what they will do will win and they do that either in response to an opening or provocation. And actually coming back to what you said about the characters, if they've got no other choice. So I think that is in response to provocation, you need to act because otherwise I will hurt you, right? Figuratively or literally, right?
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