Jennine Lanouette, who made this video clip, believes that characters need to be vulnerable. Her point is made with examples from movies.Your protagonist does not have to be likeable. ~Bill Froug
Characters don’t have to be nice to be likeable. Nice is boring. But they do have to be entertaining. ~Nigel Cole
I don’t care if people like a character or not; we don’t always like everybody. But you have to be able to understand them. ~Julianne Moore
It doesn’t matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and good at what he does. ~Justin Zackham
Adelaide Screenwriter : Screenwriting, Movies, Tuckshop & Charm School.
Saturday 5 July 2014
Sympathetic doesn't have to mean likeable
Yes, we've heard all this before.
1 comment:
Jennine Lanouette makes a cogent argument for gaining audience sympathy by placing a character at a power disadvantage when, or close to when, they are introduced.
This is particularly effective when power is the most important value in the audience culture. I would argue there are other ways of gaining audience sympathy, for example, showing a character making a morally difficult decision or showing a character in love.
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