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1. Character research
Main character
The maincharacters inaction moviesare usuallymale mainlybetweenthe agesof 18 to 28. The
personwhoplaysthisrole isusuallyconsideredasbeinghandsomeaswell asbeingtall.The main
character usuallyhasa goodway withwords.He tendsto be of an upperclassbackgroundand a lot
of the time isrelatedtothe governmentinsome wayoranother.Sometimesthe maincharacter
may be a female butthisisuncommoninthese typesof movies.
Female protagonist
Thisis usuallythe love interestedinthe movie .She isusuallyaveryattractive womaninherearly
20s thisisdone to make the male audience attractedtoher to andwant to go and watchthe movie
.she isusuallydressedwell tomake herself lookappealing.Hercharacter is usuallyconfidentwhois
usuallyinthe same jobor the oversetsjobasthe mainhero.
Side kick
The side kickof the maincharacter is considered asconventional beingthe comicrelief character
whose jobinthe filmisto make the audience laughed.Thisis usually male whoseage hasa rather
large range sometimes theyare the same age as the main character or couldbe an oldman . They
tendto etherbe inthe same jobas the maincharacters or tag alongwiththe maincharacter
somewhere alongthe wayof the movie .
Bad guy
Thisrole most of the time isgivento a man butthere are some caseswhena womanhas thisrole .
In Americaactionmoviesthisrole isall waysgiventoanEnglishmanwitha thick accent. But in
Britishactionmoviesthisisnotalwaysthe case Englishgive thisrole tosomebodywithaEuropean
accent . He is usuallydressedsmartandtendstohave a highup professionwithmostof the time
thembeingwithinthe government.