If You Don't Have Structure You Don't Have Character - Paul Chitlik
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Paul Chitlik has written for all the major networks and studios in English and in Spanish. He was story editor for MGM/UA'S "The New Twilight Zone," and staff writer for Showtime's sitcom "Brothers." He has written features for Rysher Entertainment, NuImage, Promark, Mainline Releasing, and others. He has directed episodes and been coordinating producer for “Real Stories of the Highway Patrol” and “U.S. Customs Classified.” He wrote and produced “Alien Abduction,” the first network movie shot on digital video for UPN. He wrote, produced, and directed “Ringling Brothers Revealed” a special for The Travel Channel. (He had been a roustabout for Circus Vargas years earlier.) Most recently he wrote, produced and directed “The Wedding Dress,” for Amazon Prime. He received a Writers Guild of America award nomination for his work on "The Twilight Zone" and a GLAAD Media Award nomination for "Los Beltrán,” a Telemundo show. He won a Genesis Award for a Showtime Family movie. He has taught in the MFA programs of UCLA, the University of Barcelona’s film school ESCAC, Cuba’s film school EICTV, Chile’s film school UNIACC, The University of Zulia in Venezuela, The Panamerican University in Mexico City, The Story Academy of Sweden and as a clinical associate professor at Loyola Marymount University. Now writing full time again and living near his grandson in Chapel Hill, NC, with wife, Beth McCauley.
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I love going to the roots of what storytelling is
I didn’t like horror until I experienced narcissistic abuse. Now I see some horror stands out for its depiction of what it feels like to experience demented people and social groups.
If the structure and plot of the movie is very well made and writen, the character is going to change himself/herself along the story without the writer thinking about it
That is so true.
Character and plot are the same thing.
It...needed to be said.
What do you like about this one?
It's not that there isn't a "twin lesbian black girl" within me: I am a human being and can absolutely relate to her; she IS inside me somewhere... BUT RATHER its that Star Wars Acolyte is NOT developing character. -- Thank you --
Seen a Godfather movie a while since I've, but from what I remember, Michael only kills people who are worse than him. He even waited his mother gone before he got to Fredo
His Girl Friday! I want to like that movie but Cary Grant plays such an obnoxious character. I was rooting for her to ditch him the entire time and found it unrealistic that she would choose him.
Why does the character have to grow. Why can’t they just go through stuff but stay the same
They can, but they usually end up changing those around them (like in the Padington Bear movies or One Piece). You could have no change, but change is what gives a film momentum and a sense of accomplishment. It overall makes entertainment more engaging. If Iron Man didn't learn from his mistakes in the first film, or Batman didn't become the hero Gotham needs in The Batman, the films would arguably be less fufilling. Change is everything.
They can. This is often referred to as a flat character arc. In these stories, the character remains the same, but the world changes in some way. The character may go through a change of state but doesn't change intrinsically. These stories appeal to some people but not others. An example would be a detective story where the focus is on solving the crime. Some might argue that the story would be more interesting if the character was changed by what they experienced or that the story would appeal to a broader audience. These really are subjective things for an author to decide, depending on what their objective is.
YOU have no character.
YOU!