Saturday, 21 November 2015

Pre-Production Unit- Character Synopsis Sheets

In response to the feedback I received from my first draft submission of Inoculum, I have decided to create "character synopsis sheets", documents that will add more depth to the characters in my story. The aim of this is that when scripting these characters actions and dialogue in the future, I will be able to refer to the character synopsis sheets and think about whether or not the situation I am scripting is relevant to the character I have developed.
Is it realistic that my character would say this/ act in this way?

During my researching stage to find out how other writers go about creating their own characters, I came across this website, which provides a "Character Chart"
However, I feel that this chart is a little too in depth, and has categories for some aspects of my character that I feel is irrelevant, such as where my character eats for lunch, or what his/her morning routine is. I have instead decided to create a more simplified version, describing the characters name, occupation, history and personality traits (including a notes section) which I intend to also distribute to out cast so that they can get a better feel for their character that they will be playing. 

Douglas Reed Synopsis

Delaney Reed Synopsis

Abigail Reed Synopsis

I believe these character synopsis sheets could use some refining before I am fully happy with them, but I feel that there is a lot more workable information in these sheets than the little notes I have been writing here and there in the past. Creating documents like this is a really big help, and as I mentioned, these are something I can distribute to other people in the cast so they better understand their character- something I wouldn't want to do with a bunch of little sketches and notes on rough paper.

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