Creating Compelling Characters for Film, TV, Theatre and Radio

Description

Strong characters – characters we love and hate, those we despair for at their low moments and egg on to their triumphs – are the foundation of any successful script. Written by award-winning writer Rib Davis and now fully updated for its second edition, Creating Compelling Characters for Film, TV, Theatre and Radio is an authoritative practical guide to developing characters for professional and aspiring writers alike. As well as exploring character motivation, the interplay between character and plot, comic characters, heroes and villains, the new edition also includes a more in-depth look at character psychology, writing ensemble and multi-narrative dramas and the balance between character development and character revelation. The book also includes a wide range of contemporary examples from scripts ranging from films such as The Wolf of Wall Street and The Grand Budapest Hotel, award-winning plays such as Jerusalem and acclaimed TV shows such as Game of Thrones and True Detective. FC Half title Also Available from Bloomsbury Title Copyright Contents Thanks Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Character in the Real World 1 Roots of a character 2 Birth marks 3 Learning through experience 4 The character now Part 2 Character Within Script 5 Character motivation and the plot 6 Past and present 7 Struggle and the emotional journey 8 The emotional journey, case study: Crash 9 Description and self-description 10 Heroes and villains 11 Secondary and minor characters 12 The comic character 13 Leaving your characters Index