I've just noticed something I like about StudioBinder's educational videos like this. StudioBinder draws from a wide range of types of films to illustrate its lessons. While there are plenty of the "critically acclaimed" and Oscar-worthy films referenced here (as there is certainly much to learn from them), StudioBinder's editors don't seem to look down on popular sci-fi, animation, superhero movies, etc., that some critics might not consider "art with a capital A." They reference all types of films matter-of-factly, and that helps give these videos a wider appeal. I appreciate that.
I agree. I have learned a lot from this channel, and I simply can't follow along when it comes to other channels, for I feel they drone on, use piss poor examples or none at all. This channel is just amazing all around
I swear to fucking God, this channel is like having a free Film, Television, and Literature academy degree delivered right to my home. This is incredible. The day that I'm solidly anchored someplace steady, and I have a consistent, long-term place-of-living and long-term job with a steady source of income, you guys will be the very first account I support on Patreon. I actually feel guilty over how much I've benefited from your wisdom.
If you haven't yet then wait till you try their program/ app.. I was blown away by Studio Binder quality and functionality before everyone started screaming AI. Keep it up guys! Ill be using y'all again on my next project/ feature!
A Film that I love to see used as a Example of Characterization is 12 angry men. Each juror in 12 angry men has different, distinct characterizations. Not necessarily complex, but each distinct enough to have every line and detail in the movie to point towards the characterizations.
@@LuisSierra42 So is the Sunset Limited. Oddly, publishers argued that since the plot wasn't driven by action beyond the intentions of White and Black that it didn't count as a play. McCarthy put it in the category of novel in dramatic form making it one of a kind. He also wrote the screenplay, his best to date and one of only two to be adapted to film successfully.
Characterization is what reveals the Character to the audience. Directly and Indirectly it's what defines the Soul of the Protagonist. Very Inspiring. Thank you StudioBinder.
@@StudioBinder Your video about what makes A Great Villain in Movies is really Great. With Nolan, Fincher and PT Anderson for examples, it's Always inspiring. I wrote a comment about. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for everything.
As always, great video! This is not quite a request, but please consider making a video related to this topic about Chemistry between characters - what it is, what kinds there are, etc. Often in movie reviews I hear that "there is not enough chemistry between the characters" and all that - it would be interesting to know in more detail how chemistry is created and by what factors it is achieved.
An amazing example of characterization is in the movie “Drive” with Ryan Gosling as leading actor. They show you the personage from the beginning and while nothing is said to him or by him, you have an exact understanding of who the person is through some personality traits shown in around a 2 minutes scene.
Some people sell their souls for giant houses and oil refineries, or maybe they learn how to play the guitar beyond human comprehension. These artistic monsters go their own way.
I will really appreciate if you guys can cover hyperlink characters in Storytelling. Characters that have their own plot, but their plots converge at a point down the story chain. Where the action of one directly or indirectly affects the life of the other.
Edna Mode deserves her own spin-off movie. If you Google the cast of the Incredibles, it lists Edna first. She’s even listed before the main characters, Bob and Ellen. I think that tells you everything you need to know about who the fan favorite character is
Characterizations can be complex but some can be simple and intriguing as well!! There are many ways to characterize someone!! And my favorite characterization of a character in a film is Taxi Driver!!
My Favorite Characterizations are : -Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942). -Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). -Travise Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976). -Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949). -The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). -Mary-Jane Watson and Peter Parker in Spider-Man (2002). -Daniel Plainview in There will be Blood (2007). -Trinity in The Matrix (1999). -John Doe in Seven (1995). -John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999). -James Bond in Dr. No (1962). -Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Last Ark (1981). -Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo in Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope (1977). And many other Cultural characters Characterization.
14:06 Being a fool (white like his jacket), folie d’amour to be more precise, makes a master-piece 😊 This betrays the vast culture with its bonus of having a vast palette of symbols that the screenwriters had. This is the point where he makes the self- sacrifice (taking himself out of the game for the sake of his white queen- and, in doing so, he saves himself, the white king) whilst playing for the Adversary (with their black uniforms). It’s writing at its finest.
Characterization is pretty simple but you can make it complicated. Essentially all it is consisting of is revealing a characters angle on life or the plotline. What do they want and how will they get it. This defines the character in the audiences mind. This is why the visual aspect of characterization is important but mixing what they say as well. Michael Corleone's characterization was a rejection of the Italian family stereotype to be a law abiding family man, then losing himself in understanding what he was good at, taking control of the family business at any cost. He learned it, we learned it with him. This is what made his interesting because it was together. The Joker knows who he is and we learn of his choices as the story progresses. You know because evil is just evil, it's not as interesting as a man realizing he has another side to him.
You make it far too easy for me: "The Never Ending Story" Wolfgang Petersen 1984. In the first ten minutes ALL main characters have their characterizations established directly and indirectly, but the scene that is the best for this is the meeting of the various representatives of the world and corners of Fantasia. They talk about 'the nothing' and how they, as characters, will seek assistance from The Child Empress. It's a great scene, with each resident having their own opinions on rocks, food, travel, fear, combat, comradely, unification for a common cause and it starts the figurative ticking clock of the story, being the goal of the protagonist. The scene that precedes it establishes Sebastian and his world, his relationship with his father, the loss of his mother, school bullies, escaping into fantasy and the scene that follows it; deals with the introduction to the protagonist and force of antagonism of the story that Sebastian is reading. No matter how old I get, I cannot stop watching the entire movie after that initial meeting scene when Sebastian starts to read the book for the first time and through the story learns the important lesson that his father cannot teach him: That it is okay to feel sad about the loss of his mother, and 'the nothing' is simply his inability to feel anything, and instead feels 'nothing' and is 'numb' as a consequence. ♥
@@Lonelyeco Yup, Sebastian simply cannot see a future of hope due to the loss of his mother, and as such at the end he can finally imagine a future, and defies his father but NOT 'keeping his feet on the ground', but allowing imagination to free his mind of 'The Nothing', being the emptiness inside the frozen mirror of himself he confronts Atreyu, symbolically being the manifestation of his ability to fight and confront the loss of his mother. In the end he wills Atreyu to win (himself) and as Atreyu dissappears, and he takes the place of Atreyu beside The Child Empress, he who he named as 'Moon Child' which was the name of his mother. By doing so, he saved the (now) personification of his Mother (The Child Empress) and so long as he chooses to imagine a future, she will live on, in him. His mother, figuratively in his mind, is able to save him and by filling Fantasia, he fills the emptiness inside of him, and learns to have feelings through cathertic experience, rather than shutting down his emotions. The 'swamp of sadness' is a warning to him, that sadness can envelope you and you can drown if you let it... Great movie for kids to learn about emotions...other examples are 'The Iron Giant' and of course 'Inside/Out'. Emotions are tough on kids, movies can give great context to them, teaching them it's okay to have them.
I love the varied insights you share on filmmaking. I can sense your videos are parts what you learned from other sources and also your own philosophies on cinema 💯
If you actually go and watch movies you're familiar with with a couple of the rules the videos mention in mind you're bound to learn more on your own without having every insight spoonfed to you like an invalid. 🎉
How about if someone goes for more slice of life or anthology like narratices akin to Bambi? That can serve both as a coming of age epic, and nature documentary/enviromentalist. Right?
Hey Studiobinder, can you explain, in your upcoming videos, what a 'Point of No Return' is and where and how many times do they occur in a complete story and their contribution to the plot & (most importantly) to different types of character arcs in various stories and movies?
Thanks for once again enlightening experience. But,"there's more than one way to skin a cat", so, may i inquire about a future video where we explore the other side of this coin? I'm curious.
What a way to end a video. The term show not tell encapsulates the beginning of raiders of the last ark. Although dialogues also help a lot for this, specially the smart ones like Sorkin scripts. Too many characters on this video to mention. Another great example are the 12 angry men, each one has a unique way of being that doesn't need names. Other master of this is Scorsese. Just look how he used the voice in off on taxi driver but to be bust into images more than dialogues. That is pure craft.
Hi Studio Binder love your videos. Can you also start a section breaking down Acting process or actors approach towards acting, i.e how to prepare for acting out a character?
Watching this, I'm struck at how Rick in Casablanca and Oscar Schindler in Schindler's List are very similarly characterized throughout both films. Knowing Spielberg, this was not an accident!
So, in the movie Mr. Brooks, the direct characterization is him, a successful businessman, receiving an award. The indirect characterization is him stepping out of that life to go kill the couple in their apartment. One is how he is presented to the audience, and how others perceive him. The other is showing us what he does, his actions. I like it We can use one, or the other, or both.❤
I misread the title and thought it said “The Secret to Great Chapters”. So, I clicked on the video, but then started to wonder what characterization had to do with writing a great chapter lol.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Characterization
00:44 - Characterization Definition
02:02 - Chapter 1: Direct Characterization
07:03 - Chapter 2: Indirect Characterization
12:37 - Chapter 3: Characterization in Casablanca
15:57 - Takeaways
I've just noticed something I like about StudioBinder's educational videos like this. StudioBinder draws from a wide range of types of films to illustrate its lessons. While there are plenty of the "critically acclaimed" and Oscar-worthy films referenced here (as there is certainly much to learn from them), StudioBinder's editors don't seem to look down on popular sci-fi, animation, superhero movies, etc., that some critics might not consider "art with a capital A." They reference all types of films matter-of-factly, and that helps give these videos a wider appeal. I appreciate that.
true, i didn't expect Dodgeball story in it
There are too many good films to be a snob
@@StudioBinder thank you
I agree. I have learned a lot from this channel, and I simply can't follow along when it comes to other channels, for I feel they drone on, use piss poor examples or none at all. This channel is just amazing all around
I tought this was a critic until the last sentence.
I swear to fucking God, this channel is like having a free Film, Television, and Literature academy degree delivered right to my home. This is incredible. The day that I'm solidly anchored someplace steady, and I have a consistent, long-term place-of-living and long-term job with a steady source of income, you guys will be the very first account I support on Patreon. I actually feel guilty over how much I've benefited from your wisdom.
we don't have a patreon, but a like and subscribe will do :)
If you haven't yet then wait till you try their program/ app.. I was blown away by Studio Binder quality and functionality before everyone started screaming AI.
Keep it up guys!
Ill be using y'all again on my next project/ feature!
A Film that I love to see used as a Example of Characterization is 12 angry men. Each juror in 12 angry men has different, distinct characterizations. Not necessarily complex, but each distinct enough to have every line and detail in the movie to point towards the characterizations.
That movie is a masterclass in characterization because it's all dialogue
@@LuisSierra42 So is the Sunset Limited. Oddly, publishers argued that since the plot wasn't driven by action beyond the intentions of White and Black that it didn't count as a play. McCarthy put it in the category of novel in dramatic form making it one of a kind. He also wrote the screenplay, his best to date and one of only two to be adapted to film successfully.
Good example!
What a coincidence I just watched 12 angry men today.
Characterization is what reveals the Character to the audience. Directly and Indirectly it's what defines the Soul of the Protagonist.
Very Inspiring. Thank you StudioBinder.
Thanks for watching!
@@StudioBinder Your video about what makes A Great Villain in Movies is really Great. With Nolan, Fincher and PT Anderson for examples, it's Always inspiring. I wrote a comment about. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for everything.
The best film channel on RUclips. Thank you guys for all your work
Appreciate it!
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These Studio Binder videos are pieces of art on their own....specially with this narrating voice 🤯
Thanks for watching!
As always, great video! This is not quite a request, but please consider making a video related to this topic about Chemistry between characters - what it is, what kinds there are, etc. Often in movie reviews I hear that "there is not enough chemistry between the characters" and all that - it would be interesting to know in more detail how chemistry is created and by what factors it is achieved.
That would be interesting.
great idea!
The high quality of content on this channel is honestly astounding.
An amazing example of characterization is in the movie “Drive” with Ryan Gosling as leading actor. They show you the personage from the beginning and while nothing is said to him or by him, you have an exact understanding of who the person is through some personality traits shown in around a 2 minutes scene.
Dear StudioBinder ❤
We want an explanation video on the dystopian genre.
We didn't want, we need
Thanks for the suggestion!
Can't even begin to express how much I love these videos, y'all do amazing work!
Some people sell their souls for giant houses and oil refineries, or maybe they learn how to play the guitar beyond human comprehension. These artistic monsters go their own way.
Glad you're enjoying them!
These videos are the clearest, most entertaining instruction ever!
"You're undoubtedly the worst pirate I've ever heard of."
"But you have heard of me."
HANDS DOWN THE BEST LINE INTRODUCTION TO A CHARACTER
I will really appreciate if you guys can cover hyperlink characters in Storytelling. Characters that have their own plot, but their plots converge at a point down the story chain. Where the action of one directly or indirectly affects the life of the other.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Edna Mode deserves her own spin-off movie. If you Google the cast of the Incredibles, it lists Edna first. She’s even listed before the main characters, Bob and Ellen. I think that tells you everything you need to know about who the fan favorite character is
I am planning to start shooting a couple short films this summer and i will put this channels name on every credits.
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This is not just another RUclips channel. It is a school. Congratulations- and thank you 😊
Another great lesson. Good of you to include so many quotes from my first book on screenwriting.
Thanks for watching!
This is so convenient bc I’m working on my first script and this was second thing I was worrying abt so this is so helpful thank u
Good luck!
If you love film this channel is heaven just😍..so many references all in one place making alot of sense its beautiful..thank you Studio binder🙏
9:27 Goosebumps moment. 👏 It has, also, a pedagogical function, inviting the audience not to judge a book by its covers.
Good transition at 5:55 from silenced phone call in Seven to car sound in The Incredibles. The action led the edit.
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Thank you Studio Binder, personally I enjoy your work, continue breaking down upto the actors and their methods
Appreciate it!
I always use setting to deliver the characterization of my protagonists. Currently working on a superhero movie where Harvard is an important aspect.
Nice!
Characterizations can be complex but some can be simple and intriguing as well!! There are many ways to characterize someone!! And my favorite characterization of a character in a film is Taxi Driver!!
One of the best examples!
One of my favorite channels in RUclips undoubtedly ❤️😎👌🎊
Keep going 💪
Great work studio Binder team and writers..
Thank You!
7:33 "True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure."
My Favorite Characterizations are :
-Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942).
-Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
-Travise Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976).
-Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949).
-The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).
-Mary-Jane Watson and Peter Parker in Spider-Man (2002).
-Daniel Plainview in There will be Blood (2007).
-Trinity in The Matrix (1999).
-John Doe in Seven (1995).
-John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999).
-James Bond in Dr. No (1962).
-Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Last Ark (1981).
-Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo in Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope (1977).
And many other Cultural characters Characterization.
Nice choices!
I love studio Binders they have educated me a lot
14:06 Being a fool (white like his jacket), folie d’amour to be more precise, makes a master-piece 😊 This betrays the vast culture with its bonus of having a vast palette of symbols that the screenwriters had.
This is the point where he makes the self- sacrifice (taking himself out of the game for the sake of his white queen- and, in doing so, he saves himself, the white king) whilst playing for the Adversary (with their black uniforms).
It’s writing at its finest.
Characterization is pretty simple but you can make it complicated. Essentially all it is consisting of is revealing a characters angle on life or the plotline. What do they want and how will they get it. This defines the character in the audiences mind. This is why the visual aspect of characterization is important but mixing what they say as well. Michael Corleone's characterization was a rejection of the Italian family stereotype to be a law abiding family man, then losing himself in understanding what he was good at, taking control of the family business at any cost. He learned it, we learned it with him. This is what made his interesting because it was together. The Joker knows who he is and we learn of his choices as the story progresses. You know because evil is just evil, it's not as interesting as a man realizing he has another side to him.
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Thankyou studio binder, you guys are the Goat
You make it far too easy for me:
"The Never Ending Story" Wolfgang Petersen 1984.
In the first ten minutes ALL main characters have their characterizations established directly and indirectly, but the scene that is the best for this is the meeting of the various representatives of the world and corners of Fantasia. They talk about 'the nothing' and how they, as characters, will seek assistance from The Child Empress.
It's a great scene, with each resident having their own opinions on rocks, food, travel, fear, combat, comradely, unification for a common cause and it starts the figurative ticking clock of the story, being the goal of the protagonist.
The scene that precedes it establishes Sebastian and his world, his relationship with his father, the loss of his mother, school bullies, escaping into fantasy and the scene that follows it; deals with the introduction to the protagonist and force of antagonism of the story that Sebastian is reading.
No matter how old I get, I cannot stop watching the entire movie after that initial meeting scene when Sebastian starts to read the book for the first time and through the story learns the important lesson that his father cannot teach him:
That it is okay to feel sad about the loss of his mother, and 'the nothing' is simply his inability to feel anything, and instead feels 'nothing' and is 'numb' as a consequence.
♥
Great pick!
Never thought of it like that. But I do love that movie and the sequel.
@@Lonelyeco Yup, Sebastian simply cannot see a future of hope due to the loss of his mother, and as such at the end he can finally imagine a future, and defies his father but NOT 'keeping his feet on the ground', but allowing imagination to free his mind of 'The Nothing', being the emptiness inside the frozen mirror of himself he confronts Atreyu, symbolically being the manifestation of his ability to fight and confront the loss of his mother.
In the end he wills Atreyu to win (himself) and as Atreyu dissappears, and he takes the place of Atreyu beside The Child Empress, he who he named as 'Moon Child' which was the name of his mother.
By doing so, he saved the (now) personification of his Mother (The Child Empress) and so long as he chooses to imagine a future, she will live on, in him.
His mother, figuratively in his mind, is able to save him and by filling Fantasia, he fills the emptiness inside of him, and learns to have feelings through cathertic experience, rather than shutting down his emotions.
The 'swamp of sadness' is a warning to him, that sadness can envelope you and you can drown if you let it...
Great movie for kids to learn about emotions...other examples are 'The Iron Giant' and of course 'Inside/Out'.
Emotions are tough on kids, movies can give great context to them, teaching them it's okay to have them.
I love the varied insights you share on filmmaking. I can sense your videos are parts what you learned from other sources and also your own philosophies on cinema 💯
Thanks for being here with us and sharing your knowledge with the world 🌎💯✨✨
Happy to :)
the narrator makes me feel like I'm listening to the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and I love that 😊
Studio Binder the GOAT
A video on types of characters please
If you actually go and watch movies you're familiar with with a couple of the rules the videos mention in mind you're bound to learn more on your own without having every insight spoonfed to you like an invalid. 🎉
Thanks for the suggestion!
How about if someone goes for more slice of life or anthology like narratices akin to Bambi? That can serve both as a coming of age epic, and nature documentary/enviromentalist. Right?
Please, continue.
Should be possible
@@richardlopez2932. With what? I already said my piece.
@@StudioBinder. Glad to hear it.
Can you starts making detail reviews and analysis of classic movies like casablanca and the others as well.
we might!
Guys, you're so great. I love you content so so much.
Ty for making these videos it helps me to analyze myself
This channel is so good
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Always love this channels content, as i have immanence love about film making...
Wonderful video…as always. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
I love indirect and direct introduction
want to learn editing from the guy who edits studio binder videos
I will thank you in my Oscar speech, StudioBinder.
absolutely beautiful master lesson!
Cheers!
Hey Studiobinder, can you explain, in your upcoming videos, what a 'Point of No Return' is and where and how many times do they occur in a complete story and their contribution to the plot & (most importantly) to different types of character arcs in various stories and movies?
we might!
@@StudioBinder Thank you!
Amazing and informative as usual! How about a video on Paranoia in film? Or Horror, it's types, tropes and how it is achieved.
not a bad idea!
These videos make my good, GREAT. 🙏
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Great informative video! Thanks for sharing.
Helpful♥️
Can you do videos on viral parallels? How are scenes similar but different in their own right? I'd love to learn more about that
Please, make a case study explanation on ss. raja maulis's style of Characterization.
For which film and character?
Always when I need it. Thanks!❤
Enjoy!
Thanks for once again enlightening experience. But,"there's more than one way to skin a cat", so, may i inquire about a future video where we explore the other side of this coin? I'm curious.
What is the other side?
@@StudioBinder. That doesn't focus on characters that mutch, like bambi.
Great video as always
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this!
Thanks for watching!
Citizen Kane has a great characterization as far the beginning introduction in the newspaper reel.
AMAZING as always ...
Cheers!
the cut from mulholland dr to legally blonde is… perfect
Glad you liked it :)
Very informative information
That's the goal!
What a way to end a video. The term show not tell encapsulates the beginning of raiders of the last ark. Although dialogues also help a lot for this, specially the smart ones like Sorkin scripts. Too many characters on this video to mention. Another great example are the 12 angry men, each one has a unique way of being that doesn't need names. Other master of this is Scorsese. Just look how he used the voice in off on taxi driver but to be bust into images more than dialogues. That is pure craft.
Exactly!
Hi Studio Binder love your videos. Can you also start a section breaking down Acting process or actors approach towards acting, i.e how to prepare for acting out a character?
we're looking into it!
@@StudioBinder Thank you so much ❤
These educational videos make me want to watch movies.
Awesome.....more please
Great video!
Thanks!
Robert McKee’s work should be used more often to analyze movies and the aspects of it!!
He's a great resource!
Interesting video! keep it up with your content! stay safe there! stay in touch with you!
Great video as always. Could you also do videos on the difference in structure and characterization etc for feature length films vs short films.
can we agree that we're at the point where we can all drop the "please like and subscribe" spiel? it woiuld be so, so nice.
Who narrated this? Great voice!
HAVE A GR8 DAY!
You too!
Sir one question, what is a movie ?
a motion picture
Watching this, I'm struck at how Rick in Casablanca and Oscar Schindler in Schindler's List are very similarly characterized throughout both films. Knowing Spielberg, this was not an accident!
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VIVE LE CINEMA! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hey @studiobinder can you also do ‘Tridimensionality’ of characters based on Lajos Egri’s ideas of building characters
Thanks for the suggestion!
Can you do directors style video about james gunn please
Thanks for the suggestion!
I love a spoiler alert for a movie from 80 years ago
Watching this to learn how to give myself a character
Superb
Cheers!
The voice sounds familiar; you using elevenlabs for your narration?
What's the music that starts at 0:20 ?
I'm also asking this question.
I can't find the song in the description for some reason.
Nice 👍
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Which form of Characterization is used for Andy Dufresne in the Shawshank Redemption?
Both are used
I think it would be wiser if the videos were shorter
then people would be more willing to watch them cause they know they can finish it
Perhaps but we're not trying to make the videos a certain length, just as much is needed to properly cover a topic
@@StudioBinder maybe splitting them into certain lengths?
2:19 Song name, please?!
Francesco D'Andrea - Double Espresso
How ironic, I just sad Casablanca yesterday!
Did you like it?
@StudioBinder yes, it was great movie!
So, in the movie Mr. Brooks, the direct characterization is him, a successful businessman, receiving an award. The indirect characterization is him stepping out of that life to go kill the couple in their apartment. One is how he is presented to the audience, and how others perceive him. The other is showing us what he does, his actions. I like it We can use one, or the other, or both.❤
Use everything you can!
I misread the title and thought it said “The Secret to Great Chapters”. So, I clicked on the video, but then started to wonder what characterization had to do with writing a great chapter lol.
Interesting
we hope so!
Legally blonde analysis, i like that
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This is interesting we introduce your character in a movie
A lot of creative ways to do it!
Character is action
8:13 ROCKET RACCOON is the only North American raccoon who doesn't look and turn away from the large human hand reaching into the cage.
How a story become great? 🤔🤔
Characterization is one step to it :)