How You Can Write INTELLIGENT Characters for Your Screenplay - 7 TIPS

It doesn't matter what kind of screenplays you write, you nearly always need an intelligent character. But intelligent characters can be challenging to write, and in this video I give you seven tips for how to write intelligent characters.

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Your favorite intelligent characters in film. Go.

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0:00 Intro
0:55 What We Don't Want
2:04 Smart vs Intelligent Characters
5:47 An Example
9:13 Intelligent Screenwriters
9:41 Tip 1
12:06 Tip 2
15:17 Tip 3
17:35 Tip 4
19:14 Tip 5
21:05 Tip 6
23:43 Tip 7
25:52 Be an Intelligent Screenwriter

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[Nyliss]

This is one of the best videos on the matter, thank you!
I don't understand how come you have so few views.

[shridharsharma]

Nice video sir, very helpful for me and for my screenplay.

[riffbaama]

So... A smart person with an agenda becomes intelligent.

[badandy]

Congrats on gaining over 500 subs.
I'm sure you'll break 1, 000 by the end of this year.

[ArtcampITStudios]

"...video tip number seven for how to write intelligent characters they don't react, they respond -
people are a bit irrational okay you've probably experienced that in your own life where you just get heated
and you make a dumb decision - intelligent characters are never irrational they are intentional, they are controlled
they respond to problems with solutions to put them in a better position than the one they're currently in..."

[bodinian]

I think the 1997 Berserk anime did a great job at making smart characters that didn't rely on magical insight to be smart.

[cmamet.m]

i wish you success, you're really doing a great job.

[paulaperez]

"... i want you to be wise storytellers for the screen; i want you to be intelligent i want you to respond;
i want you to be thinking three or four steps ahead, ot with just how can you sell one script
but how can you write stories that matter for a lifetime how can the next..."

[paulminh]

Sir, how many intelligent character do you write? Are there different types of intelligent that characters possess, such as emotional intelligent and analytical intelligent? How do portray these types of intelligent authentically? Thank you!

[badandy]

Hannibal Lecter is the perfect example of an intelligent villain.
The story TELLS us how intelligent he is i.e. he whispered in his ear all night until he swallowed his own tongue.
Then they SHOW us how intelligent he actually is with the escape scene at the end of the movie.
Brilliant story-telling IMO.

[thomascrump]

So many topics y'all. Anyone who keeps up with these videos and or watch back log will find things your working on. There all great though.