Now that you've got your story idea, I'm assuming you probably have some rough characters in mind. And as of course, your film is one of those abstract type of shots. Either way your characters would most probably be the driving force in your story, so it is important that you make them memorable. Most of the time making memorable characters means making them human and relatable. I see most people get stuck in this part. They are so caught up in the idea that they forget to make their characters real.

Thankfully, there are tools out there to help you with that. In this video, we'll be using the character bio as a tool. When I first started working on my shot the painter I found this to be extremely helpful, even if you never ever hear the name of your characters ever mentioned, or get to go into the backgrounds or past of these characters. So, here's one of the character BIOS I did for my short film. As you can see, it's pretty detailed, but that's only because of like details. I've included information such as hobbies, ambitions, scars, etc.

You know, things that will make fictional characters more lifelike and detailed as if they were real human beings. In this case, Teva type of blight is 32 and unemployed freelance painter, living in a small town with no siblings. Ah, sounds sad. Now, you can just as easily find a template, and more examples online by doing a quick Google search. And as you can see, different templates have different points to focus on for your characters. In addition, I bought We'll save this search time for you by including this lesson a document containing some sites with templates you can use.

Of course, if you ever discover your own templates, or if you would like to just share a character with us to see how realistic or believable it is, post your document or character in the q&a discussion board and start a conversation.