Week 2 Day 1 What I learned …

[Adam Kroshus]

I have gone back to review how my main characters are introduced. The T.V. pilot I wrote has an ensemble cast of seven main characters. It is a work-based show, so I have each character do a task unique to their job. The show isn’t just about the characters but about the organization where they work. I have a character meeting with a client to discuss their legal case; I have a character performing one of their primary duties at the job, which is conducting an undercover investigation on a potentially racist landlord; I also have the CEO of the organization receiving some bad news about the financial state of the organization, etc., etc. The dialogue they use is unique to their positions. I’ve also attempted to challenge some of the characters or give them some interesting dialogue that will reveal something about their personalities. I have not applied all of these technics to each character introduction but I have tried to apply some of them.

[Carol Kennedy]

This taught me just how much you can do without a lot of dialogue. I learned a lot about Jack through his actions, rather than the dialogue. I will now go back and look at actions in my lead characters and if they are worthy of who the character is and what the script is trying to accomplish.