Character as Framing Device

n editorial strategy that prioritizes the screen time and perspective of specific, often secondary, characters to act as a narrative frame and an audience surrogate. By consistently returning to these characters, the editor grounds the audience's experience and introduces the world through their eyes, often at the deliberate expense of more direct exposition or protagonist backstory. This becomes particularly powerful when the 'frame' is the character's specific psychological worldview or 'sacred flaw,' coloring everything the audience sees and experiences.