
“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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“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...
Expand post“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
Hi, Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin. Nice to meet you. I'm looking forward to seeing this skit!
Hi Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin! So glad you're here! What are you working on right now?
Looks like a great skit! Keep sharing :)
What is that tree?
Love it Emmanuel Don Mstar Godwin. Let's see some more of your skit!
You're welcome, Kelly E. Keough. I've heard of "Peaky Blinders," but I haven't had the chance to watch it yet. It's on my watchlist.
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You're right, Marcel Nault Jr. The same for other characters. Other characters in our scripts can relate to a character's motives without excusing the behavior/etc. I wrote a script a while back. At t...
Expand commentYou're right, Marcel Nault Jr. The same for other characters. Other characters in our scripts can relate to a character's motives without excusing the behavior/etc. I wrote a script a while back. At the end I was gonna have a cop let her friend/the main character go free after the friend committed crimes, but the cop decided to arrest her. The cop understood why the friend committed the crimes, and the cop related to her actions, but the cop couldn't excuse the friend's behavior or let her go free.
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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.
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"Moral ambiguity and grey areas are a great way to engage and challenge and audience." I'm saving that tip, Ewan Dunbar. Thanks!
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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