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After reading BrandonSPilcher's journal, I decided that I should post this Character Analysis I read in a script writing book( I let someone borrow it so title/author coming later). A lot of these questions you never think to ask and most will never be introduced in your comics. But it's nice to truly nice understand how your characters think before he/she enters a scenario.
Have fun.
Edit: Got the book back. "Successful Scriptwriting" by Jurgen Wolff and Kerry Cox
Character Analysis
1. Name
2. Sex
3. Age
4. Physical appearance
5. How does the character feel about the way he or she looks?
6. Describe the character's childhood in terms of:
a. Relationship to parents
b. Relationship to siblings
c. Relationship to the other key people in his or her youth
d. Lifestyle while growing up
e. Education
f. Childhood activities (hobbies, interest)
g. Location(s) where he or she grew up
7. Describe the character's education during and after high school, as well as any military service.
8. Describe the character's current relationship to:
a. Parents
b. siblings
c. Other key people from his or her youth
9. Describe the character's romantic life (married? Involved?) and any relevant background (e.g., previous marriage, affairs).
10. Describe the character's sex life and moral beliefs.
11. Does the character have kids? If so, describe his or her relationship with them. If not describe his or her attitude toward children.
12. What is the character's religious background and current religious belief?
13. What is the character's occupation?
14. Describe the character's relationship to his or her boss and coworkers.
15. How does the character feel about his or her job?
16. What are the character's hobbies or nonwork activities?
17. Describe the character's philosophy of life.
18. Describe the character's political views.
19. Sum up the main aspects of the character's personality, including whether he or she is optimistic or pessimistic, an introvert or extrovert, and so forth.
20. What is this character proud of?
21. What is this character ashamed of?
22. Describe the character's state of health.
23. How intelligent is the character?
24. Summarize the character's relationship to the other major characters in the screenplay.
25. What is this character's goal in the script?
26. Why does he or she want to achieve this goal?
27. Who or what is trying to stop this character from reaching the goal? Why?
28. What strengths of this character will help him or her in the effort to reach the goal? What weaknesses will hold him or her back?
29. How articulate is the character?
30. Does the character have an accent or dialect? (If so, describe it)
31. Does the character use slang or professional jargon? (If so, describe it.)
Have fun.
Edit: Got the book back. "Successful Scriptwriting" by Jurgen Wolff and Kerry Cox
Character Analysis
1. Name
2. Sex
3. Age
4. Physical appearance
5. How does the character feel about the way he or she looks?
6. Describe the character's childhood in terms of:
a. Relationship to parents
b. Relationship to siblings
c. Relationship to the other key people in his or her youth
d. Lifestyle while growing up
e. Education
f. Childhood activities (hobbies, interest)
g. Location(s) where he or she grew up
7. Describe the character's education during and after high school, as well as any military service.
8. Describe the character's current relationship to:
a. Parents
b. siblings
c. Other key people from his or her youth
9. Describe the character's romantic life (married? Involved?) and any relevant background (e.g., previous marriage, affairs).
10. Describe the character's sex life and moral beliefs.
11. Does the character have kids? If so, describe his or her relationship with them. If not describe his or her attitude toward children.
12. What is the character's religious background and current religious belief?
13. What is the character's occupation?
14. Describe the character's relationship to his or her boss and coworkers.
15. How does the character feel about his or her job?
16. What are the character's hobbies or nonwork activities?
17. Describe the character's philosophy of life.
18. Describe the character's political views.
19. Sum up the main aspects of the character's personality, including whether he or she is optimistic or pessimistic, an introvert or extrovert, and so forth.
20. What is this character proud of?
21. What is this character ashamed of?
22. Describe the character's state of health.
23. How intelligent is the character?
24. Summarize the character's relationship to the other major characters in the screenplay.
25. What is this character's goal in the script?
26. Why does he or she want to achieve this goal?
27. Who or what is trying to stop this character from reaching the goal? Why?
28. What strengths of this character will help him or her in the effort to reach the goal? What weaknesses will hold him or her back?
29. How articulate is the character?
30. Does the character have an accent or dialect? (If so, describe it)
31. Does the character use slang or professional jargon? (If so, describe it.)
Black to their White
I needed to share my rebuttal to the idea of "Black" was a label given to us by White people. Facebook comment: "But Black is English for the Spanish word Negro. Yes, it is a label but labels are still for property. Just wish we'd stop identifying as colors because we are people and not crayon adjectives, an inaccurate one at that." Me: From the beginning of slavery, Colonist have always referred to themselves as White. Others were given such color designation: Natives=Red, Chinese=Yellow and so on. And yet we were treated and LABELLED as lesser. Story time: I was on a cruise for my honeymoon in 2016. An old white guy complements me on my sketching and then politely asks "Are you with that other Colored lady?" "Nah. I'm on my Honeymoon." I was still colored to his generation. You may want to believe the stories that White America "gave" us the name Black. History shows us differently. We fought long and hard to be equal. To be the Black to their White. I'm fine
My Math for the 3 Act Structure
I was finishing page 84 of Kamau (yeah I'm really holding out on you guys) to get volume 3 done for a comic convention. The problem with ending the volume was 'where to end it.' I thought of the 7page 3 Act Structure that I always introduce in my Comic Book Club workshops. My 3 Act Structure is broken into Problem, Attempts and Solution. The length of time you take showing/writing the Problem is equal to the time Solving the problem. The Attempts only need half the time to show. In the way of a film, the Problem is given 30mins, the 3 Attempts are given 15mins and leaves 30mins for the Solution. Unless your Marvel... Act 1 'the Problem' When writing your story, stop thinking about how your character will fight, the cool powers or twisting narratives. This thinking veers you off track. All stories start with a problem that guides the story along. That's all you need as a framework. When it comes to my 7page limitation, the 1st Act is given 2 pages. Page one introduces the norm of
Sorry for no Comics
I'm sorry readers. I know I've been posting random Warframe concepts, but the truth is I barely get any time in the week to work peacefully. My little one is moving and climbing. Which means I have to be willing to walk away from a piece at the drop of the hat. That's never going to happen with the comics. With fanart, I can sketch out something in minutes.
So sorry.
Summer Comic and Animation Workshops
I'm teaching my 6th years of summer workshops throughout the Delaware and Montgomery County areas in Pennsylvania. Classes are:
Comic Book Club.
It's 2hr/5day (10hrs) where kids create a 7 page comic in a team of 3. It's a simulated experience on steps of creating a comic for brainstorming, character designs and deadlines. I also show the differences of Western, European and Japanese styles and production. Once the comic is done, I edit and send the collective comic to the printing company KaBlam. And in little over a month the comics are shipped back for the students. My limit is 15 signups, ages 9-17
Dates:
July 8th-12th
10a-12a at Rockd
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I like the sheet its helping out alot