How do you avoid exposition with only one character?
I am attempting to write a screenplay about a young man obsessed with a recent unidentified persons case, a Jane Doe.
In a film that follows primarily one character how do I avoid him spelling out his desires and thought process. I have also considered making it found footage that way he can delve into his thought process by explaining it to the camera. In real life we don’t go around expressing our desires and psyche out loud to ourselves (at least most people don’t).
But if any of you have gone through a similar situation, how do you write a character and try to showing their psychology and thought process when they are all alone?
u/Effective-Spirit-241 — 4 days ago