FILM 1120 Lecture 2: Character & Backstory (Sep 23, 2015)
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When you pick up a book you go back a pager two to recall events. (course. Only need to know two or three signi cant events that helped make them who they are. Ex; a trip that gave an experience with a di erent landscape, exposing you to something new. Ordinary world (current world in the story, not backstory) is speci c to the character. It might be di erent if the setting takes place in an unfamiliar area. Backstory is a detail used a device to explain characters emotions per say. Character: jack is a writer and originally a teacher (refers to his teaching experience as a dismissive thing, wasn"t a passion, dissatis ed) (backstory). He says his family won"t mind his new job. Family will love his new job, even know the child has an imaginary friend. (clue). Wife: reading catcher in the rye: (person searching for himself.
