8/2/24

Experiment: How Character Design Sets the Tone of Our Scenes

How does character design create our characters' and stories' tone and context? More importantly, how does it actually interact with performance? I’ve isolated the character design so we can really figure this out.

Like all good experiments, I controlled all possible variables except for the one we wanted to study—the character design. I ensured the cinematography, dialogue, action, and performance were the same, leaving the character design the only changing variable. Here’s what happened…

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