The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To do action without cuts is infinitely more exciting.
You have to be completely in the character, and that's so hard to do. That's why, when they call, 'Cut!,' you often feel yourself shift. Unless you're Daniel Day Lewis, who stays in character all the time, there's a switch that happens.
From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been times between action and cut when I've sensed some kind of new dimension that I haven't been familiar with before.
It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore.
It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.
Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
The action genre is not always the most synonymous with character development.
Writers are not meant for action.
Action is character.
Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can make characters do whatever you want them to - they usually have a life of their own if you've done your job properly.