The Importance of Character

The character is the focus of every movie and storyline. They define how the plot will proceed and the ability to transform themselves into the person they are trying to be gives the audience a better inscription on the kind of person they are. They can make the plot believable or really out there. People tend to forget just how important the character is in the movie, but really a lot of it comes from the subconscious mind when it comes to the way they react to the scene. I know a lot of the times when I watch a movie, I often make a decision in the first ten minutes whether it’s worth my time or not. Instead I tend to see the role that the characters will play in the story and it’s decided whether they can handle the capacity of the kind of character they contribute to. For example, when we read the required reading on character my eyes kept focusing on Vivian Leigh in Gone with the Wind. Her character defined the movie. She was able to portray to the audience the emotion and feeling that came along with her role. We were able to picture what women like Scarlett actually experienced during the Civil War. When the Civil War is mentioned everyone’s mind starts with the soldiers and war. We forget what the other sex had went through. Vivian Leigh’s character is able to depict to the audience the raw emotion and anguish that came along with being a women during that time period. We know that the character did a good job when we can start to relate and feel the emotion that the character is portraying. That is why Gone with the Wind is considered to be one of the best movies of all time. It was because of the way the characters were portrayed.