Graphic NarrativeCharacters

Creative warm upListen to the sounds and consider who would live/ work in the environment. Discuss in pairs and Share ideas with the group

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXHURaIl7hA• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiWqdXVCHhs• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8myYyMg1fFE• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhgzFacCWIs• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjHrQwemW8

Where are you at?

Written about

CharacterGenerate Ideas about my Character

Generate ideas about my characters motivations

Generate ideas about my world

Typical Story telling Archetypes:•The hero

•The enemy

Typical Story telling Archetypes:

• The fool

• The anima/animus

Typical Story telling Archetypes:

•The mentor

•The trickster

What are the typical traits of these types of character?

• Hero• Enemy• Fool• Anima/ animus• Mentor• trickster

In pairs Come up with an example of a character that you know for the following archetypes:

• Hero• Enemy• Fool• Anima/ Animus (love interest)• Mentor• Trickster

Using the character archetype you have been given and your example consider:

• Character traits• Flaws in personality• Costume• Conflicts between characters• What makes this character

archetypal• What makes the character unique• What makes you connect with the

character

Who lives in a house like this?Ideas generating

What is your characters home like in your world?

10 minutes to find an image

Explain to the rest of the class where your character lives.

What do they have in their wardrobe?

• List items that they might have in their wardrobe

How does their costume work in their world/ environment?

Use the character profile template from Moodle

• Go through the worksheet to flesh out your character and give them personality.

• You should try to answer the questions as short as you can and quickly to keep your ideas flowing.

Desires and wishesExternal desires are when a character has a need to do something in the story.

• For example: Batman wants to eradicate crime.

Internal desires are the inner motivations that the character has.

• For example: Batman never wants to give up fighting crime.

Batman’s desires are in conflict because if he was to stop crime then he would stop being batman because it is who he is to need to fight crime.

Why is this?- Because he witnessed his parents death.

Your character Discuss with a partner

• Internal desires

• External desires

• Why do their desires conflict

• What secrets does your character have?

Go back to your “building a storyline” worksheet and add your character profile in a summary

• Write out who your character is and what their motivations are.

• Use the profile to summarise your character as a whole.

• Explain their motivations, conflicts, etc.