In today's lesson I created a profile for three different characters with only one photograph for each as a base to develop upon.
Character A:
Name: David Elwood
Age: 70
Marital Status: married
Occupation: warehouse and company owner (left to him in his deceased brother's will)
Previous Jobs: ex-businessman, company went bust when David turned to law-breaking ways to keep it running
Residency: detached house just outside of a big city
Family Life: one daughter - close to her, her husband and their children
Close friends: wife, few close friends who he met when he took over his deceased brother's company
Where is this person right now? (in the photograph): the warehouse he owns
Who are they with? (in the photograph): rivals in industry - competing business owners from his past - holding grudges against one another
Where were they at 10pm last night? filling out paperwork at the warehouse
Who were they with? alone
Where do they see themselves in 5 years? selling up the warehouse and the business and retiring to the island of Hawaii with his wife, his daughter and her family
Where is this person right now? (in the photograph): the warehouse he owns
Who are they with? (in the photograph): rivals in industry - competing business owners from his past - holding grudges against one another
Where were they at 10pm last night? filling out paperwork at the warehouse
Who were they with? alone
Where do they see themselves in 5 years? selling up the warehouse and the business and retiring to the island of Hawaii with his wife, his daughter and her family
Character B:
Name: Guy Leevsley
Age: 18
Marital Status: single (on-off relationship with girlfriend, Katy)
Occupation: student
Previous Jobs: works part-time in a garage
Residency: lives in a detached house with his mum, dad and little sister
Family life: close to his mum and little sister, Grace. Dad wants him to follow in his footsteps as a banker - Guy doesn't want that - causes arguments, problems at home creates a difficult and awkward atmosphere
Close Friends: popular kid at school - plenty of friends but only hangs around with a select group of his closest friends
Where is this person right now? (in the photograph): library at college
Who are they with? (in the photograph): college counselor - dad phoned up college and insisted his son is having trouble deciding what he wants to do in the future - lie to make him question what he wants to do with his life
Where were they at 10pm last night? working on his car in his best mate's dad's garage
Who were they with? a couple of his guy friends
Where do they see themselves in 5 years? Working, if not owning, his own garage and fixing up cars
Age: 18
Marital Status: single (on-off relationship with girlfriend, Katy)
Occupation: student
Previous Jobs: works part-time in a garage
Residency: lives in a detached house with his mum, dad and little sister
Family life: close to his mum and little sister, Grace. Dad wants him to follow in his footsteps as a banker - Guy doesn't want that - causes arguments, problems at home creates a difficult and awkward atmosphere
Close Friends: popular kid at school - plenty of friends but only hangs around with a select group of his closest friends
Where is this person right now? (in the photograph): library at college
Who are they with? (in the photograph): college counselor - dad phoned up college and insisted his son is having trouble deciding what he wants to do in the future - lie to make him question what he wants to do with his life
Where were they at 10pm last night? working on his car in his best mate's dad's garage
Who were they with? a couple of his guy friends
Where do they see themselves in 5 years? Working, if not owning, his own garage and fixing up cars
Character C:
Name: Kelly
Age: 24
Marital Status: engaged
Occupation: unemployed - made dependent on fiance
Previous Jobs: part-time in a local shop when she was at college, before she met her fiance
Residency: detached house - her fiance's property
Family Life: not close to her immediate family - no longer in contact with - fell out with family when she got engaged to her boyfriend - family didn't approve, too naive to listen to them
Close Friends: none. Isolated by fiance - kept under lock-and-key, literally
Where is this person right now? (in the photograph): underground car park after escaping from her fiance's house
Who are they with? (in the photograph): no-one, wanted to be alone
Where were they at 10pm last night? home
Who were they with? fiance - arguing about how he's taken control of her life
Where do they see themselves in 5 years? hopefully - as far away from her fiance as possible, back in close contact with her family, moving on and starting a successful career. Realistically - still under house arrest by her over-protective, obsessive fiance
Pick a character and write a short synopsis about a film they could star in
David Elwood, a 70 year old former gang leader and company owner, received a money-making life line when it seemed he would be left with nowt. His older brother has recently died and has left him his warehouse-run business in his will. David is determined to keep his deceased brother's business running and legit but just as some old rivals from his past return holding grudges and take his beloved daughter hostage as punishment, will David seek legitimate help or will he slip back into his old, dodgey, law-breaking ways?
By using this activity of creating character profiles from just one image will aid me in my coursework task through the use of in depth description of characters which I will use in my own
Name: Kelly
Age: 24
Marital Status: engaged
Occupation: unemployed - made dependent on fiance
Previous Jobs: part-time in a local shop when she was at college, before she met her fiance
Residency: detached house - her fiance's property
Family Life: not close to her immediate family - no longer in contact with - fell out with family when she got engaged to her boyfriend - family didn't approve, too naive to listen to them
Close Friends: none. Isolated by fiance - kept under lock-and-key, literally
Where is this person right now? (in the photograph): underground car park after escaping from her fiance's house
Who are they with? (in the photograph): no-one, wanted to be alone
Where were they at 10pm last night? home
Who were they with? fiance - arguing about how he's taken control of her life
Where do they see themselves in 5 years? hopefully - as far away from her fiance as possible, back in close contact with her family, moving on and starting a successful career. Realistically - still under house arrest by her over-protective, obsessive fiance
Pick a character and write a short synopsis about a film they could star in
David Elwood, a 70 year old former gang leader and company owner, received a money-making life line when it seemed he would be left with nowt. His older brother has recently died and has left him his warehouse-run business in his will. David is determined to keep his deceased brother's business running and legit but just as some old rivals from his past return holding grudges and take his beloved daughter hostage as punishment, will David seek legitimate help or will he slip back into his old, dodgey, law-breaking ways?
By using this activity of creating character profiles from just one image will aid me in my coursework task through the use of in depth description of characters which I will use in my own
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