Film & Screenwriting #4

In this weeks screenwriting session we engaged in character development sessions. We brought our completed character profiles to the session and discussed how small details and larger details combine to create a realistic and well rounded characters. We engaged in general conversation, looking at examples of characters from films and discussing how they did or didn't work in the context.

We then went on to a useful exercise of listing our fears and sharing those fears. This proved useful in then being able to apply a particular fear to a character. These fears create immense character depth, and add another dimension of realism to a particular character. 

We concluded by engaging in a hot seating exercise. We were sat in-front of the class and in character, we answered questions from other members of the class. We were asked a range of random questions, meaning that we knew some and some points we made up on the spot. Due to my outside work on my characters I had already figured out a lot of their background, their habits, their appearance and their current plans for the future etc. This benefitted me as I was able to answer most of the questions asked with ease. Despite this, there were some questions that emerged which I did not previously think about. In turn this forced me to think deeper into my character to get an answer. This exercise was extremely beneficial when it comes to character development. 

Below are some scanned images of my character profiles. The completed profiles are currently of 2 of my characters, as the others are still in development.