ATTN JMS: Seeing characters in your head

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Seeing characters in your head
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s  1: Mar  5, 1997: karm at bga.com (Kevin Armstrong)
*  2: Mar  6, 1997: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: karm at bga.com (Kevin Armstrong)
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You've mentioned several times that when writing an episode you see it in
your head from the camera's point of view and then you play it back and
write what you see.  When a new character enters the story, you have an
idea of what that character looks like.  If that character appears in a
couple more episodes, do you still see the original image, or do you
substitute the image of the actor playing the character?  Does that
substitution happen right away or is it gradual?

A specific case, and maybe a special case would be Lorien.  I remember you
saying something along the lines of, "only Wayne Alexander could play
Lorien, and he was the only one who auditioned."  So did you see Wayne as
Lorien or did you see the character and later substituted the way Mr.
Alexander looked as Lorien?

Just curious,

Kevin Armstrong



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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When I introduce a new character, I just kinda see a sense of the
character in my head, an outline...if you take off your glasses, and
you're nearsighted, that will give you some sense of it.  When an actor
comes in and hits it, the character goes into sharp focus.


 jms






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