How to Make Characters

When making the characters for my film I wanted to look at how the writers for Shaun of the Dead(Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg) wrote the characters in that film. When researching I found a video analyzing the building blocks of the characters and how it makes the comedic elements work. What stood out to me was that the writers focused on keeping the characters grounded in a fantastical setting. It also talked about building the world and supporting characters around the protagonist which I found interesting. I predict that remebering to keep the characters grounded will keep them reatable to the audience even in the zany setting of my film.

In this video it talked about the various aspects of character design. Not what they look like but from a writing perspective. The movie used is Soul and they analyze the construction of the movies main character Joe. It goes into depth about how Joe's want's and need's are built by the writers, how they are presented visually in the film, and how Joe's wants and needs are connected to the movie's theme of living life in the present and not attaching your happiness to a goal. This video reminded me that in order for a story to work, it needs to be built around a theme and I haven't quite figured out what that is for my hypothetical movie. I will need to figure the story's message and characters before I film the intro to it.