🎬 CCPL Film Club Presents: Bill’s Screenwriting Tips #3: Four Types of Characters

There are four types of characters in most screen stories:

• This is the main character of the story
• The most relatable character to the audience
• Usually has the most screen time
• Drives the plot forward

•  This is the character who most stands in the way of the hero’s outer motivation
•  Could be a villain (bad guy)
•  Could be an antagonist (not always a bad guy)
•  Does not have to be revealed immediately (like a whodunnit mystery)

• This is the character who supports the outer motivation of the hero
• Could be a friend, coworker, sidekick, spouse, lover, etc.

• This character is at least part of the object of the character’s outer motivation.