User blog comment:Forrestib/RWBY Movie/@comment-25258408-20141121055404/@comment-5041507-20141121083459

Jaune is already sort of the exposition fodder character. In Volume 1, before we had WoR specials, his cluelessness was one of the major ways we learned about the world. However, I think the movie could do a lot better than that.

Look at Star Wars. Sure, Luke was basically an exposition fodder character when it came to the Force and the Jedi, but look at how they told us about the state of the galaxy, the Empire, and everything beyond the three planets the first movie actually shows. Can you even remember how they told you? I'm guessing you can't, because a lot of it was naturally engrained into the casual dialogue, such as at the dinner table with Owen and Beru.

This is the ideal way to handle exposition, in a way that no-one will notice during or remember afterward. The audience is smart enough to figure stuff out on their own. You just have to give them enough pieces to fill in the blanks from.