Creating characters, even if it is for an introduction, is quite challenging because you want people to understand your character the way you do. If people can understand your character then it means you succeeded with your character development. Even though it is challenging, it is also exciting to see what you can come up with because it quite literally comes from your mind, at least in this specific project. Me and my partner have full creative liberty to make our character exactly how we want it.
The main characters are not the only important ones, here is a whole creative process behind every character that appears on film. The different types of characters are:
- Lead Characters
- Most scenes will include it
- Drives plot/story
- Complex backstory
- Three-dimensional personality
- Minor Characters
- Only appear in story for short time
- Complete quick task or have quick conversation
- No backstory
- Supporting Characters
- Support lead characters
- Multiple appearances in scenes
- Short and sweet backstory
The characters listed above are present in almost every film ever made. Some examples of lead characters are Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, and Natasha Romanoff in Avengers: Endgame and Daniel Radcliffe in the whole Harry Potter series.
Chris Evans as Captain America in Avengers: Endgame
Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame
Natasha Romanoff as Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter throughout the whole Harry Potter series
Examples of minor characters are Ken Jeong as a security guard in Avengers: Endgame and Hugh Mitchell as Colin Creevey in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Ken Jeong as a security guard in Avengers: Endgame
Hugh Mitchell as Colin Creevey, a photographer, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Examples of supporting characters are Danai Gurira as Okoye in Avengers: Endgame and Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It is also important to establish that the characters created are not actually real. I know, when I first read this I was completely shocked. Why would professionals purposely make their characters unrealistic? When we refer to realistic, I mean appearance wise, meaning characters that have real emotions and feelings but that you would never expect to run into in real life. An example of this is, Doc Brown in Back to The Future. Audiences enjoy watching characters that they have never seen in real life but fit perfect into the story that is being made in the film. . However, average normal characters are needed as well because audiences also enjoy being able to see themselves in characters. There is a balance between characters that must be met in order to create a great film.
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