Character Development

     Although my opening is horror centered and most of the time have no character development in them. I have came up with a story for the antagonist "The scarecrow". Why implement character development at all? Well, character development prevents the character from being boring and dull and drives his intentions further.

Example: Friday the 13th

In the original Friday the 13th the plot revolves around a young special needs boy named Jason Voorhees as he attends a camp named Camp Crystal Lake and drowns as the counselors do not notice since they are distracted and drinking. This enraged Jason's mother, Pamala. Who sought to kill all the counselors who wronged her and letting her son die. She then dies after trying to murder the final girl. In the later films, Jason goes on killing sprees from the commands of Pamala's voice in his head.

Although, there is no excuse for murder Pamala's reasoning is quite tragic as she lost her son and went ballistic. Shortly after her raged induced son follows in her sprees. Both these characters are evil but have development and reasoning to why they do the things they do. 

(Pamala Voorhees)

(Jason Voorhees)

Why does the "Scarecrow" do the things he does?

The main antagonist is a very cruel person in the methods he uses to deals with intruders. But there is a method to his madness. Throughout the opening he is building something but what? As he holds up a picture of his father and inspects the herbs we piece together he is developing a cure for his father's cancer back at home and will do anything to stop any outside information from figuring out what he is doing. He believes if word gets out, the government will dispose of him quickly giving the audience sympathy to his cause even if it is extremely wrong. This makes the audience question if the antagonist really is the antagonist for taking the safety of his father into his own hands as he can't rely on the health system.