Character | Michael Firus

Picture = 1000 words ∴ 4 seconds of 25fps video = 100,000 words.

Us as characters:

In this course, we have been looking at the term ‘character’ as a fictional entity that we can construct in a book or film script. Maybe not all of us want to become writers, but we all create or have a say in creating characters of some kind. If nothing else, then it can…

Objects as Characters

Characters are probably one of those fundamental things… like thought or existence. I say this because everything has the potential to become a character; if they are not inherently one already. Objects as Characters: I recently saw the 1998 spy thriller Enemy of the State. Its narrative revolves around the NSA dealing crookedly in almost…