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ALL (there are no exceptions) MOVIE PLOTS ARE CHARACTER DRIVEN.
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The plot is what happens when our unique characters interact with circumstances.
And, it doesn’t matter if the film is the work of Woody Allen or Jean Claude Van Damme, this is still the truth.
- $1000 Spielberg on Characters vs Plot
For me, there is a subtle - yet vital - difference between a movie whose plot is driven by characters, and a movie whose characters are driven by the plot.
Put as a question for a budding screenwriter:
Am I trying to find characters to allow my plot to play out, or am I trying to find a plot to allow my characters to grow?
Ideally, they are the same.


