STORY BUILDER
CHARACTER
Who is/are your Main Character(s)? Try to give them names.
Describe your Main Character(s) in a short paragraph & in one word.
DETAILS INSPIRE IDEAS.
Fears, hobbies, quarks, favorites, skills, weaknesses, appearance, countenance & any other information can provide narrative force from your character(s).
Which character(s) play a minor or supporting role?
Which character(s) change over
the course of your movie & how?
STORY
What happens in the beginning of your movie that makes the motivations of your Main Character(s) known to your audience?
What is the major conflict that spans your entire movie?
What happens in the middle of your movie that complicates the Main Character’s/(s‘) efforts?
What is/are the Main Character’s(s’) lowest & highest points in your story?
What happens towards the end of your movie that propels the story
towards its ending?
What theme(s) does your movie convey or evoke?
What other movie(s) does your movie remind you of? How do they begin & end?
MOTIVATION
What does/do your Main Character(s) want vs. need?
How do those wants & needs conflict within this/these character(s) & in relation to other characters?
What does/do your Main Character(s) have to lose & gain?
What is this character trying to
balance or return to balance during this movie?