Character development
Weakness: Character Development Workshop
It is the second kind that often appears. Weaknesses that require the presence of others to become weaknesses.And it is possible to be hurt by this weakness.
Story development
- Then audience wants to work for their meal: 2+2
- Stories aren’t exact or predictable
- All well drawn characters have a dominant unconscious goal.Acknowledge what drives you take the wheel and steer it
- Change must happen in a story
- Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty
- An itch they can’t scratch
- Singular goal
- Truth that deepens understanding of who we are
- Make me care
- Make a promise in the beginning
- Stories have guidelines
- Like your main character
- Theme: “who are you?”
- Invoke a sense of wonder
Character and Story development in animation
Take 2 films you enjoy and break down the character development and story development throughout the film:
Analyze how the main characters evolve
Analyze how the characters drive the story
If there are similarities between your films point this out and why you think they are following a similar structure if so.
The Lion King
Analyse how the main characters evolve: Naive and escaping become brave and strong
Analyze how the characters drive the story:
Simba was very naive at first. Until Scar sets a trap for his brother and nephew, luring Simba into a gorge and having the hyenas drive a large herd of wildebeest into a stampede that will trample him. Mufasa saves Simba but ends up hanging perilously from the gorge’s edge, Scar throws Mufasa back into the stampede and to his death.
Scar then convinces Simba that the tragedy was the latter’s own fault and advises him to leave the kingdom and never return. Simba and his two new friends, Timon and Pumbaa, a meerkat and warthog , rescue Simba, who has collapsed in a desert grew up in their oasis and lived a carefree life.
A grown-up Simba rescues Timon and Pumbaa from a hungry lioness, who turns out to be Nala. She and Simba reunite and fall in love, and she urges him to return home, telling him that the Pride Lands have become a drought-stricken wasteland under Scar’s reign. Still feeling guilty over Mufasa’s death, Simba refuses and storms off. He encounters Rafiki, who tells him that Mufasa’s spirit lives on in Simba. Simba is visited by the ghost of Mufasa in the night sky, who tells him that he must take his rightful place as king. Realizing that he can no longer run from his past, Simba decides to return to the Pride Lands.
Aided by his friends, Simba sneaks past the hyenas at Pride Rock and confronts Scar. Scar taunts Simba over his role in Mufasa’s death and backs him to the edge of the rock, where he reveals to him that he murdered Mufasa. Enraged, Simba forces him to tell the truth to the rest of the pride. Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Zazu, and the lionesses fight the hyenas while Scar, attempting t o escape, is cornered by Simba at a ledge near the top of Pride Rock. Scar begs for mercy and attempts to blame his crimes on the hyenas; Simba spares his life but orders him to leave the Pride Lands forever, but throws him off after Scar attacks him again. The hyenas, who have overheard Scar’s intention of betraying them, angrily maul him to death. Simba reclaims leadership and Nala becomes his queen.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Analyze how the main characters evolve: Being smart and rebellious becomes accepting the responsibility of a new life
Analyze how the characters drive the story:
New York City teenager Miles Morales struggles to live up to the expectations of his father, police officer Jefferson Davis, who sees Spider-Man as a menace. Miles adjusts to prep school, and visits his uncle Aaron, who takes him to an abandoned subway station to paint graffiti. Miles is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains spider-like abilities similar to Spider-Man.
Returning to the station, Miles discovers a collider built by Kingpin, who hopes to access parallel universes to bring back his late wife and son, whose deaths he blames on Spider-Man. Miles watches as Spider-Man attempts to disable the collider while fighting Kingpin’s enforcers, Green Goblin and Prowler. Spider-Man saves Miles, but Green Goblin shoves Spider-Man into the collider, causing an explosion that kills him and severely wounds Spider-Man. Spider-Man gives Miles a USB flash drive designed to disable the collider, warning that the machine could destroy the city if reactivated. After watching in horror as Kingpin murders Spider-Man, Miles flees with Prowler in pursuit, eventually getting away.
As the city mourns Spider-Man’s death, Miles tries to honor his legacy and become the new Spider-Man. While trying out his newfound abilities, he inadvertently damages the drive. At Spider-Man’s grave, Miles meets Peter B. Parker, an older and worn-down version of Spider-Man from another dimension. Upon meeting him, Miles discovers his ability to emit a bio-electric “venom” blast. Peter reluctantly agrees to train Miles in exchange for help stealing data to create a new drive. They infiltrate Kingpin’s research facility, and Miles discovers he has the power to turn invisible. They are confronted by scientist Olivia Octavius, who determines that Peter will die from cellular decay if he remains in their dimension.
Chased through the laboratory and surrounding forest by Octavius, Miles and Peter are rescued by Gwen Stacy, a Spider-Woman from another dimension. They then visit Peter’s aunt, May Parker, who is sheltering more Spider-people from other dimensions – Spider-Man Noir, Peni Parker, and Spider-Ham – who are also deteriorating. Miles offers to disable the collider so the others can return home, but after questioning and testing him, they tell him that he lacks experience. Distraught, Miles retreats to Aaron’s home, where he discovers Aaron is Prowler. Miles returns to May’s house, where Peni has completed the new drive; he is followed by Kingpin, Prowler, Octavius, Scorpion, and Tombstone. In the ensuing brawl, Miles reveals his identity to Aaron just as Aaron corners him. Unwilling to kill his own nephew, Aaron spares Miles, only to be fatally shot by Kingpin. Miles flees with Aaron, who tells him to keep going before dying. Jefferson arrives on the scene and Miles escapes, leading Jefferson to mistake Miles as Aaron’s murderer.
The heroes regroup at Miles’ dorm room. Peter restrains Miles to ensure his safety and leaves with the others, choosing to sacrifice himself by staying behind and deactivating the collider. Jefferson arrives outside Miles’ door and, assuming Miles does not want to speak to him, apologizes for his mistakes and inspires Miles. Miles masters his powers, escapes his restraints, and creates his own Spider-Man gear. He joins the heroes, defeating Kingpin’s enforcers and using the new drive to send them home. Kingpin fights Miles, attracting the attention of Jefferson, who realizes that Miles is on his side. Jefferson encourages Miles, who subdues Kingpin with his venom blast and throws him at the kill switch, destroying the collider.
Kingpin and his enforcers are arrested and Jefferson recognizes the new Spider-Man as a hero while receiving evidence of Kingpin’s murders of Spider-Man and Aaron. Miles embraces the responsibilities of his new life, while the heroes return to their lives in their own dimensions.
If there are similarities between your films point this out and why you think they are following a similar structure if so.
- The hero in the story must have a special “ability”, or he is going to complete a great mission, or do good deeds and deeds.
- The hero must have an enemy equal to or even stronger than him. This person is not a “vote”, but he thinks he is.
- The hero must be “cursed” — this is the price he paid to become a hero. The hero defeated the curse, or was defeated by the curse.