Character Background
Script writing and dialogue is something I struggle with a lot, I realized recently it was because the characters literally only existed to me in what was happening in the film, this led to a lot of very basic and cliché exchanges because I had nothing else going for it. I believe diving more into a character before hand will help with this issue.
Parts of a character background include occupation, location, time period and cultural background. I assume things like age also play a factor into this thing even though it is not explicitly stated. Here I am more going to be looking at the cultural background and occupation.
The way the cultural background comes in is more about ethnic and education side. Including bit of mannerisms from a Hispanic culture I feel would add a little more to the film. The education side is more about which character is in what stage of their education, the nervous character being in high school so all the more reason as to why they are incredibly uncomfortable in the situation that takes place during the film. The other is not receiving any education, hinting at the opposite thing. I am not commenting on anything I just think it would characterize them more and give a more clear picture. I am not even sure whether it will be mentioned in the piece itself but it paints a clearer picture for me.
Then there are the more storyline centric aspects of the character background like motivation, internal or external conflict and growth. I kind of have an idea of where I want this to go, at least for one character, but since it is planning to be part comedy I would say that one of them at least should remain static since it is a pretty short runtime.
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