Give the character a memorable appearance
Let your character show his unique temperament, style, behavior, and even quirks as soon as he appears.
As Billy Wilder said, "It's normal for an actor to come in through the door." But if he comes in through the window, you create a situation. "Usually comedy and sketch actors can be very effective in shaping their own appearances, such as Mr. Bean and Zhao Benshan.
The protagonist not only refers to the positive character, in fact, the negative character can also be a memorable protagonist, and the complex layer of the negative character is more reflective of the author's skill.
In fact, many times it is a negative character who drives the development of the plot. Stephen King once said that when the plot comes to a standstill, you call a guy with a gun in.
There must be obvious boundaries and distinctions between characters, in short, if each person's lines do not have personal personality and identity characteristics, or their dialogue can be replaced by each other, can not be clearly distinguished. Those works failed in shaping the characters. So what are the characteristics that make your characters have their own personalities and their own unique lines? Start with the following aspects: stance, personality, context.
For example, in "House of Cards", Frank's first appearance broke the neck of a struggling dog, and that statement also shows one aspect of his position and principle of doing things.
And the appearance of Hannibal in the classic "Silence of the Lambs" uses a scene that even if he is bound by the whole body, he still needs to be reloaded and transported to show how dangerous this person really is. It also shows from the side how much the police have bet on finding out the buffalo Bill, thus creating a very eerie atmosphere. Even so, Hannibal was finally able to escape, and of course, his most dangerous thing was his absolutely cool head and the power of action that would not stop once launched. He will only choose the most opportunistic opportunity to escape.
In addition, in "The Silence of the Lambs", the use of closer and closer facial close-ups to show the depth of the dialogue in the dialogue of the characters is a very advanced technique. Of course, this belongs to the means of the film's mirror, but the novel can also use more and more frequent questions and answers and in-depth content to promote the depth of the plot, in which Gu Long is a master of this way.
