When I first looked at characters I tried to organise their flaws by internal and external flaws. If a flaw wasn't explained in the film, was not a direct cause of something I labelled it as an internal flaw. For example. In the film Black Swan you see the central character Nina steal things from the ex-principal dancer, probably because she wanted literally to have everything she had, in order to embody the principal dancer experience. Internal experience.
Or is it?
Was this flawed behaviour not the product of the highly competitive and (sometimes) destructive environment of being in a professional ballet company? Of the principal ballerina that might have ignored her many times? Of the company director that pressured her to be more like the principal? All very probable options of external factors.
But we don't see these in the film.
So I thought they came from an internal source.
But a film is a moment in time. We can't see all the external influences that cause flaws. And aren't we all a product of our environment?
Would love to hear your thoughts on this!
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