Scriptwriting: Character Development
Subject Overview
Students will be introduced to how characters in a film are made interesting and engaging by discovering various tools that allow writers to create dynamic and interesting characters and by building case studies around various characters. They will learn how to describe characters, their traits (personality), and their appearance. Students will also become familiar with concepts of back-story, character flaws, and character transformation, as well as character ‘wants vs needs’.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and explain the conventions of the hero who transforms, the anti-hero, or tragic hero, who doesn’t transform.
- Explain various concepts involved in character development such as ‘very character’, ‘wants vs needs’, ‘character flaws’ and the ‘high self and lower self’
- Explain what a backstory is and why a backstory is important to character development
- Demonstrate an understanding of the methods used by writers to create dialogue
Prerequisites
No prerequisite knowledge required