El personaje en las series de televisión como elemento cautivo en el espectador. Caso “La casa de papel”.

Abstract

This research demonstrates the importance of the process of character construction in television series. When viewer watch these programs, they start a process of interaction and identification with characters they empathize with. The conflicts, narrative techniques, verisimilitude, humanity and characterization of the characters influence the viewer to continue watching the production to find out the outcome the outcome of the characters. To develop this project, the TV Show “Money Heist” is taken as a case study, because it presents characters created with heterogeneous and empathetic characteristics that captivate the audience. Through the realization of surveys to the program viewers, a focus group with the audience of this show, and interviews with experts in scripts for television series, one of them being the writer of the production and case study; it will be possible to demonstrate that the characters of TV series are the reason for the viewers to consume all the episodes of a certain television production.