Character Development

 Consulting with my classmates today, I learned that most of their ideas for plots were developed through producing their main characters first. This is going to influence my creative process and cause me to develop some characters first.

 Director, Quentin Tarantino, focuses major importance on his characters and their personalities. He claims that Inglorious Basterds (2009) wouldn't have been made if it weren't for the proper casting of the supporting role of Hans Landa. He was about to give up on his movie because he couldn't find the right actor to play Hans Landa. However, he says that Christoph Waltz, the actor who ended up playing Hans Landa, ultimately saved the film. Christoph Waltz won several awards and claims that Hans Landa is one of the most well-written characters he has ever come across. Being a man who knows several languages, Hans Landa was written as a charismatic manipulative man who uses the art of language to intimidate his foes. Tarantino's next film, Django Unchained (2012), once again featured Christoph Waltz as a supporting character with a beautifully written character. Both movies opened up with a scene exemplifying the articulate behaviors of both of these characters.

 The characters I have in mind so far is an articulate detective, somewhat sharing similar traits of Hans Landa or Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz's character in Django Unchained), and the antagonist, a murderer. However I have yet to figure out what characteristics the murderer might hold.