Exploring Male Character Archetypes – The King
We’re exploring the King archetype in our series of male characters. The king is the most powerful of the male archetypes, as its name suggests. They are the rulers of their story kingdom, but also the judges. They yield tremendous power, but also mete out justice. As with the warrior archetype, kings are also susceptible […]
Exploring Male Character Archetypes – The Warrior
Male characters are far more complex than they are typically portrayed in film and television. Are you a fighter or a lover? It’s overly simplistic to portray masculine characters in such a binary fashion since most men possess a hybrid of many character traits. Nonetheless, it’s helpful to categorize male characters by their prevailing traits […]
What Makes A Character Memorable?
A white feather floats through the air, drifting high in the afternoon sky. As it drops, fluttering through clouds, “Paramount Pictures Presents” fades in with opening titles—“A Steve Tish/Wendy Finerman Production”—“A Robert Zemekis Film”—and the feather travels further on its journey, whisked away by the breeze, hovering over a busy Savannah, Georgia street. The feather […]
Why You Should Play Closer Attention To Your Characters
If we asked you what was the most important aspect of your screenplay, your answer should be your characters. Certainly, other factors such as dialogue and plot are critical to your screenwriting, but not as much as textured characters. They are the beating heart of your story. Your audience invests in character more than anything […]
5 Character Revealing Scenes To Enhance Your Screenplay
It is written that every scene in your screenplay must do one of two things – reveal character or advance the plot of the story. Ideally, screenwriters should aim to do both to elevate their scripts. There are a number of pivotal scenes described in this article that give both writers and audiences a defining […]
