Writing 3-D Characters

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maj_barnes
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Writing 3-D Characters

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No I don't mean 3D graphics or anything. A three dimensional character in a story. I've been really just writing alot of scripts and short stories lately. Anyways, I was reading the script for Smokin' Aces, and I remember seeing the comment from someone saying that the characters were all two dimensional- I had no idea what the hell they were talking about so I found some article talking about it. It's a four parter where I've only found two parts, but it's been helping me understand making characters believable and other s***... It may not help you, or it may- I don't know, thought I'd share it.

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All along I've been using characters in a movie to express the story, maybe they're used for more of a dramatic effect or a way to understand characters more in depth.
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More or less the characters grow, and the audience can connect, etc. Read through them, it's pretty interesting.
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^ Especially in something like a TV series or soap opera. People get favourites, realte to others, hate certain ones, look down on others who are bitching. That sort of thing...
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Often times characters can be symbols for individual emotions. If a character is having an internal conflict, the symbols used to externally show his feelings might be his father expressing anger, his mother expressing worry or guilt. Each is a external representation of a specific emotion he is feeling.
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