Qualities Of Better Films #28 of 32: DIFFERENTATION AMONG CHARACTERS AND ENVIRONMENTS
Let's Make Better FilmsDoes everyone talk in the same voice with the same cadence and vernacular? They don’t in my world and they shouldn’t in any filmic world either. Does the filmmaker understand or look to exploit this difference, and if not, then, why not? Does the uniqueness of each character, set, and location say anything about the filmmakers’ outlook on the world in general? If a filmmaker hasn’t thought though all of these things, have they truly done their job? I think you know the answer to this one…
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Like a lot of these “qualities of better films”, I think it depends on the film.
Comment by pangofilms - June 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 am
In my opinion, characters and their worlds should be uniquely familiar. In other words, be unique enough to set them apart from others, yet carry some familiarity for others to relate to on some level. That’s what makes most films worth watching, and at the end - makes them resonate.
At the core of any good script is a heart, and I think it’s the filmmaker’s job to address it (exploit it, if you will), and make sure if beats whole heartedly, or the audience will be left with a vacancy, and ten less dollars than before they started watching.
Comment by jentri - July 23rd, 2009 at 2:33 pm