America and the Movies

                                 Character Development  In this post, I will be talking about creating characters, and what makes strong, realistic characters in movies. Names Probably the most important part of creating a character is a name. Obviously. You spend hours, maybe days, months, whatever, creating a character and then call them " Hero Boy", and "Hero Girl".  Nobody does that. Oh wait, they do. The Polar Express, 2004. Seriously. "Hero Boy" and "Hero Girl." You don't go around calling people things like that in real life, so don't do that in a movie. "Hello Antagonist! I'm supposed to vanquish you! So, here we go, stab you in the stomach with my magical dagger that mysteriously glows!!!" No. To be fair, in The Polar Express, they don't use names. Names just never come up, and situations where you need to yell someones name never come up either. But usually, names are a good thing to have. Have you ever