Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin: Screenwriter and actor in Abuja, Nigeria.

Maurice Vaughan
Using Empathy to Create a Better Villain

The most memorable characters are those we empathize with — even villains.

Here’s five ways to create empathy for your villains.

https://screencraft.org/blog/using-empathy-to-create-a-better-villain...

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Ewan Dunbar

Great topic to discuss. Some of the most complex villains are ones that have their own logic behind what they do and have a backstory that supports their worldview. Moral ambiguity and grey areas are a great way to engage and challenge and audience.

Maurice Vaughan

"Moral ambiguity and grey areas are a great way to engage and challenge and audience." I'm saving that tip, Ewan Dunbar. Thanks!

Pat Alexander

It's like Heath Ledger's Joker with those gruesome scars. Or Lyutsifer Safin's family being killed in chemical attacks in No Time to Die. Or the bully with a tragic home life. Those little things help us understand the villain's jaded reaction to horrific events pushed them from good to evil

Amanda Toney

Hello Emmanuel -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you...

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Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin

HELLO GUYS

Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin

epic

would love to see a collaboration in films like this, where NIGERIAN NOLLYWOOD and HOLLYWOOD work together

Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin
An intro.

hello everyone? a pic from a skit i did.

Sydney S

Looks like a great skit! Keep sharing :)

Jed Power

What is that tree?

Leonardo Ramirez

Love it Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin. Let's see some more of your skit!

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Emmanuel. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Li...

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Emmanuel's network

Delores Wheeler
William Staab
Marcos Fizzotti
Dunja Novak
Brian Streaty
Nathaniel Baker
Michaelene D Conner
Richard "RB" Botto
Amanda Toney
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