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14 Movie Characters Writers Should Know by CSUN Professor Eric Edson [Full Version — Screenwriting Masterclass] via FilmCourage.com.

In the first two weeks of the Fall semester, California State University, Northridge screenwriting professor Eric Edson presents PowerPoint lessons to the entering first year grad MFA class. In the second class he covers 6 of the 14 character types. Here is the full inside look at the lecture.

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Eric Edson, CSUN Professor and Author: Mentor…two more. These are going to go relatively quickly but I would like you to see tonight at least these six.

The mentor can be an person, any age as long as they pass on the skills and wisdom to the hero. There can be more than one mentor in story like STAR WARS (there are several mentors going on in there). The mentor often dies but not always…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).

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Writing The Sidekick Character by CSUN Professor Eric Edson [Screenwriting Masterclass] via FilmCourage.com.

Eric Edson, CSUN Professor and Author: Okay, the sidekick [character]. That’s the prince [Prince Akeem] Eddie Murphy and I think Semmi [played by Arsenio Hall] was the name of his loyal sidekick [COMING TO AMERICA — 1988]

A sidekick is not as skilled as the hero but has certain skills to offer and remains completely loyal as Semmi does.

The sidekick:

*Is always loyal;

*Does not die (unless it’s a formal tragedy like in King Lear and The Fool);

*Provides counsel and conflict;

*Often the same gender but not always (there are some very interesting sidekick relationships);

*Can echo the hero’s romance with a comic one…(Watch the video class on Youtube here).

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Writing The Love Interest Character by CSUN Professor Eric Edson [Screenwriting Masterclass] via FilmCourage.com.

Eric Edson, CSUN Professor and Author: The love interest, now this is (outside of the hero and adversary), I believe the love interest character is the most fascinating of the rest of the character categories because it’s so replete with emotion and a way to explore the nature of the hero, what is right with them and what is hurting them and what is wrong with them…(Watch the video of Professor Edson’s class here on Youtube).

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Introduction To The 14 Types Of Movie Characters by CSUN Professor Eric Edson [Screenwriting Masterclass] via FilmCourage.com.

Eric Edson, Screenwriting Profession at California State University Northridge (CSUN): This evening we’re going to take a look at character categories and I hope it’s going to be fun. I think it will be fun. I have picked six particular categories. Obviously I can’t do all 14 in one night. We will be falling asleep here but we will talk it through and what the examples are and I picked examples for specific reasons, I’ll tell you when we get there.

For instance, some adversary characters in major motion pictures are pretty obvious, right? And therefore I picked one that isn’t obvious so you can see the other side of it, too.

Now then perspective, Eric does like the Greeks doesn’t he? What is character in a screenplay or a novel? They are both important because they are very…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).

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Learning Screenplay Story Structure by CSUN Professor Eric Edson [Full Version - Screenwriting Masterclass] via FilmCourage.com.

In the first two weeks of the Fall semester, California State University, Northridge screenwriting professor Eric Edson presents PowerPoint lessons to the entering first year grad MFA class.  He begins with the Hero Goal Sequences story structure paradigm.  Here is an inside look at the full first class of the lecture. 

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Stunning Surprise One In A Screenplay by CSUN Professor Eric Edson [Screenwriting Masterclass] via FilmCourage.com.

In the first two weeks of the Fall semester, California State University, Northridge screenwriting professor Eric Edson presents PowerPoint lessons to the entering first year grad MFA class.  He begins with the Hero Goal Sequences story structure paradigm.  Here is an inside look at a portion of the lecture.

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