The Secret to Great Characters — Characterization Explained

Rick playing chess against himself in Casablanca- how does that work?
Chess ain't cards. There's absolutely no luck involved. Where would the tension come from?
Maybe Gollum and Smeagul could pull it off- but otherwise...

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Citizen Kane has a great characterization as far the beginning introduction in the newspaper reel.

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1st scene of Casablanca and Golum acting was FUCKING AWESOME. I hate this idea that "true character is revealed under pressure", you never saw how people can freak out and be transformed in unpredictable way in extreme events (ie Darkest Dungeon). Also a decision or constant decisions dont define who you are per se, this imply people cant change and their true nature will always show up.

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"That f***cking nobody... is John Wick." God I love that line! And it gives you a real sense of how dangerous he is if he's got the Russian mafia scared of him!

I love indirect and direct introduction

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Great video as always. Could you also do videos on the difference in structure and characterization etc for feature length films vs short films.

Watching this, I'm struck at how Rick in Casablanca and Oscar Schindler in Schindler's List are very similarly characterized throughout both films. Knowing Spielberg, this was not an accident!

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Watching this to learn how to give myself a character

A preference from character that arises from action goes all the way back to Aristotle.

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As always, great video! This is not quite a request, but please consider making a video related to this topic about Chemistry between characters - what it is, what kinds there are, etc. Often in movie reviews I hear that "there is not enough chemistry between the characters" and all that - it would be interesting to know in more detail how chemistry is created and by what factors it is achieved.

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Can you do videos on viral parallels? How are scenes similar but different in their own right? I'd love to learn more about that

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Hey @studiobinder can you also do ‘Tridimensionality’ of characters based on Lajos Egri’s ideas of building characters

Characterization is just another word for, the character. It's just the behavior of the character on display for the audience. How you characterize someone is by just giving them a way to distinguish their behavior, thoughts, etc. Every actor is characterized by the script, plot, etc. There are conventions and contradictions that either support or subvert the characterization to make them either simple or complicated, amongst other details.

For example, they could have just as easily made Captain America such a coward and weakling that they deemed him most in need if the enhancements. Instead, they chose to make him the unlikely hero, contradicting the feeble characterization of him, but also making him simple or cliche as a hero at the same time. Basically, it backfired in this instance.

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Characterization is pretty simple but you can make it complicated. Essentially all it is consisting of is revealing a characters angle on life or the plotline. What do they want and how will they get it. This defines the character in the audiences mind. This is why the visual aspect of characterization is important but mixing what they say as well. Michael Corleone's characterization was a rejection of the Italian family stereotype to be a law abiding family man, then losing himself in understanding what he was good at, taking control of the family business at any cost. He learned it, we learned it with him. This is what made his interesting because it was together. The Joker knows who he is and we learn of his choices as the story progresses. You know because evil is just evil, it's not as interesting as a man realizing he has another side to him.

Hey Studiobinder, can you explain, in your upcoming videos, what a 'Point of No Return' is and where and how many times do they occur in a complete story and their contribution to the plot & (most importantly) to different types of character arcs in various stories and movies?

Hey Studiobinder, can you explain, in your upcoming videos, what 'Pinch Points' are and their contribution to different types of character arcs (+ve change arc, flat arc, -ve change arc) in various stories and movies?