“The Character tree”- Film Crit Hulk
Screenwriting 101
The hunters
Sarah and Katie.
Katie-Chewy
FEET
What does this person Look
like?
Short 5’4” Blonde hair curly,
She likes to straighten it.
Wears denim shorts and a
leather jacket.
Has one side of her hair
pinned back and very simplistic make-up slightly winged at the side. She also
has a lip piercing on one side of her face.
Where do they live?
With the other hunter Sarah,
In a tent as they travel around a lot. She has no solid home.
Where did they go to
school?
Her father and mother home
schooled her before they died when she was 16 ever since she has educated
herself.
Do they have tattoos and
why?
No, because she hasn’t had
the time she would like to in the future. To depict her life and adventures.
Who is their best friend?
Sarah she has lived with her
since she was 17 when they first discovered their families crossed paths
looking for the same book.
What is their occupation?
She is a hunter, She hunts
down magical artefacts with her best friend Sarah it has been a job their
families have done for generations. The only people who know are the ones who
need to.
Groin and Guts
What does this person
WANT?
She wants to kill her ex
boyfriend who is possessed because he killed her brother, Eye for eye, tooth
for tooth.
How does their sexuality
manifest itself?
She has loved many partners
but they never really last, she yearns for the attention that a parent would
give her from a lover. She is confident to get what she wants and will happily assert
her place.
What do they feel about
the classic sins?
If its fun it’s not a sin, you
have to do what you do to live through life. Otherwise you are not living life
at all. She is a very envious and proud person. To her none of this is a sin,
it’s who she is and you will have to deal with it.
What about them is really
basic and puerile?
She likes to get what she
want’s if not she can turn quite nasty. She is sarcastic and sometimes quite
rude. But enjoys living life in the moment even if that means building a fort
made out of twigs just because she can she will. (Her childhood was taken so
she lives it everyday she can)
Heart
What does this person
NEED?
She need’s to learn to deal
with the idea of loosing someone. She would be a much better person for it. She
would be in a much nicer life balance. She also needs to find someone or something
that wont leave.
What will make them a more
functional person?
A stable home, and family.
She needs a balance. And to learn to communicate her feelings more openly
without the use of violence or death.
Do they need to find
self-confidence? Humility?
She is already a very
self-confident person; she also doesn’t need to find humility as her job is
unrewarding as no one knows about it.
Do they need to provide
for their family?
She has no family other than
her friend Sarah they both provide together as one is not dominant over the
other they are a team, Sarah is the only family Katie has knows for a long
time.
Throat
How does the person sound?
She has a high-pitched voice
and slightly strained through crying. At night when no one is around.
How do they project
themselves?
She projects herself through
yelling and screaming. But she sometimes projects her voice to the floor so you
loose words.
How do they try to come
off?
She try’s to come off as a
strong a powerful individual who does not need the aid of others.
How do they actually come
off to people?
She comes across as powerful
and individual with a hint of mystery. They see her as slightly rude and very
sarcastic. She shows that she is in charge as soon as she is present.
Left Cheek
What is their
intelligence?
She is not very intelligent
due to lack of schooling. Her intelligence comes through when in situations not
expected by others. And in situations most people of the modern day would not
be able to cope with.
How does this manifest itself?
She is good in emergency
situations and those which need outdoor experience she can fight very well and
kill quietly.
How practical are they?
For her line of work very
important, and practical but in the real world her knowledge would be useless.
How do they solve
problems?
She solves problems by being
hot headed her first idea is her best and she follows her gut instinct and her
senses. Her senses are better then most
due to being away from modern technologies most of her life.
Right cheek
What is their creative
capacity?
She is very creative with the
way she survives and uses her logic. When it comes to painting and drawing she
would not be interested.
What elements are not
practical?
The fact that she has no
other thoughts but revenge are not practical she gets distracted by the
thoughts of fighting and her inner anger she does not release or talk about.
What is their
spirituality?
She is very one with nature
but does not believe in a god. She is thankful for the sun because that is the only
reason she gets up in the morning; if the sun were gone the world would
die. She looks after her environment as
she does not use cars or anything modernised.
The Crown
Review your answers. Do
they represent a consistent character psychology?
I think this character does
have a consistent phycology.
What are their defining
memories?
Her parents dying, watching
the death of her brother committed by a lover. Her adventure’s of hunting
artefact’s and magic items and beings.
How, in a nutshell do they
behave?
She is a strong and individual character with
a lot of pain behind her eyes. She has lost nearly everyone who has been close
to her except for her friend Sarah. She
tries to come across as happy but will often come across as rude and sarcastic
as her way of coping. She yearns for love and affection but she has persuaded
herself it will never be.
She tries to think logically
but life has thrown so much
her
way she is a hot headed mess.
