#meaningful character beats

[redbrunja]

Via tumblr:

all the feels = meaningful character beats.

On my god yes.

I have forgotten what to call those moment when I am not speaking internet. It's like the time I forgot what you call "pimping" a show or a book when the word "pimping" is inappropriate. (The appropriate synonym is "recommending," fyi.)

Comments

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Ooh, vocab! Interesting! I get how pimping is fanspeak for recommending, but I literally don't know what a "character beat" is, let alone how a meaningful one would translate to "all the feels."

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It's a screenwriting term (http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/220KeyTermsDefinitions).

The definition for a character beat is very broad - I would be describe it as a moment that is densely packed with characterization and emotion significance. For example this (http://redbrunja.tumblr.com/post/39173727201/twistedingenue-oh-clint-i-screencapped-so), which in three panels reveals so much about Clint Barton - who he is, what he values, his life, etc, etc, I could write an essay about those three panels.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay, thanks. I've seen "beat" show up in the stage directions when I've read plays, but I always assumed it was roughly synonymous with "pause."

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

Yes. Good character beats and how they fit into that character's personal arc are something I'm rather sensitive to when I'm reading/watching something.

It's like the time I forgot what you call "pimping" a show or a book when the word "pimping" is inappropriate.

...Oh crap, I just use pimping.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

But now you don't have to! You can choose to class up the joint if you so desire!

[catteo.livejournal.com]

This made me giggle so hard. It is USEFUL to remember that not everyone talks internet!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Right?

[streussal.livejournal.com]

It's like the time I forgot what you call "pimping" a show or a book when the word "pimping" is inappropriate.

God yes. So awkward.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That moment when you think you are now incapable of having normal conversations. It's not fun.