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1. The Character
A character in literature is an extended verbal representation of a human being, specifically the inner self that determines thought, speech and behavior.
Through dialogue, action and commentary, literature captures some of the interactions of character and circumstance. Literature makes these interactions
interesting by portraying characters that are worth caring about, you may laugh or whom you may dislike or even hate. Part of the fascinating with the characters of film
is that we come to know them so well, through dialogue and action by which the reader or audience understands their thoughts, feelings, intentions, and motives.
You can only involve an audience with people. You can’t involve them with gimmicks, with sunsets, with hand-held cameras, zoom, shots, or anything else. They
couldn’t careless about those things. But you give them something to worry about, some person they can worry about, and care about, and you’ve got them, you’ve got
them involved.
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When we talk about film, the audience does not care with the properties that
the film makers use. But, to attract the audience, the film makers should be concern with the intrinsic elements which involve in the film, automatically the audience will
get involve too. They will be more attractive to that film. Because most of film actors project certain in qualities of character the minute
they appear on the screen, characterization in film has a great deal to do with casting. A major aspect of film characterization is revealed visually and in spontaneously.
Although some actors may be versatile enough to project completely different
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Capra, Frank, quoted in Directing the Film: film directors on their Art, edited by Eric Sherman Los Angeles: Acrobats Books, 1976. P.308-309.
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screen, we make certain assumptions about them because of their facial features, dress, physical build, and mannerisms and the way they move. Our first visual
impression may be proven erroneous as the story progresses, but it is certainly an important means of establishing character.
2. The characters in Film
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