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That's the Hollywood mentality- try to cover all the bases and hope it makes millions. I try to make my characters interesting enough to be human and not fodder for the body count. The smaller the cast, the more details are helpful. It can explain their actions and reactions as well to an audience. For example, a short I'm doing in the next few weeks (no title included due to my anti-spamming belief) has our heroine-in-peril at the front door to escape. She knows that someone or something is in the apartment and it just killed her best friend in the next room, yet she stops and goes back in after it. Why ? Most viewers would start yelling at the screen to get out at that point. I think they won't since I've made it clear she would go after whatever did this to her friend. People can relate to her. If something that horrible happened to a loved one and the culprit was still in the place at that moment, that need is there. I think people will be reminded when seeing it.
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