Planning+Your+Characters

__CHARACTER ANALYSIS FORM__

 CHARACTER’S NAME:

__ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER’S FUNCTION__

 1) What is the character’s relationship to the main character(s) in the story?

2) From a dramatic standpoint, what is this character’s role in the story (e.g., the protagonist, the protagonist’s ally, an antagonist, etc.

3) Does this character undergo a change in the course of the script? If yes, describe it briefly.

4) What is this character’s main goal in the story?

__CHARACTER’S APPEARANCE__

 5) Race: 6) Age: 7) Height: 8) Weight range: 9) Hair color: 10) Eye color: 11) Description of face: 12) Posture: 13) Physical handicaps, if any: 14) Description of body: 15) Any other outstanding physical characteristics: scars, birthmarks, tattoos, etc.

__CHARACTER’S BACKGROUND__

 16) Description of childhood: 17) Description of father: 18) Description of mother: 19) Description of brothers and/or sisters: 20) Nationality/background of family: 21) Religion in which raised: 22) Level and type of education: 23) Best subjects in school: 24) Worst subjects in school: 25) Social class in which character grew up:

__CHARACTER’S RELATIONSHIPS__

 26) Marital Status:single, widowed, divorced, seperated 27) Reason for marital status (e.g., married out of true love, had to get married, never married because too choosy, etc.): 28) Describe character’s relationship with spouse or boy/girl friend: 29) Describe the character’s friendships: 30) Character’s other social life: 31) Pets: 32) Place in community: 33) Job and relationship to bosses and co-workers: 34) Current relationship to family: 35) Current religious outlook:

__CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY & OUTLOOK__

 36) Current main goals in life: 37) Political outlook: 38) Extrovert or introvert? 39) Pessimist or optimist? 40) Neat or messy? 41) Sense of humor? If yes, what kind? 42) Weaknesses: 43) Strengths: 44) Morality: 45) Sex life: 46) Chief frustrations or disappointments: 47) Fears: 48) Special abilities: 49) Intelligence level: 50) The one thing of which the character is most proud: 51) If we are to like the character, what is it about him or her that we will like? (Or dislike, if that is the intention) 52) Other important information: 53) If this character undergoes a significant change during the course of the story, describe each step in this change, and link each change to the action that brings it about:

Starting condition:

Action that prompts the change: Condition:

 End condition: