Friday, 9 October 2015

Class Task- 'What if...' Story: Character Profiles

As homework for class we have been writing stories based on the premise 'what if...' My story is called 'Last one out gets the lights' and is based on the tag line 'What if you found out you were the only person left in the world.' Now that we've finished the story we must create characters profiles for our main characters. This is the charterer profile for my protagonist 'Enrique' and secondary characters 'Marshal' and 'Charles.' For a brief overview of the story check out its synopsis in the post above!

Character Profile - Enrique:
Dominant Impression:
Age: 17.
Sex : Male.
Mannerisms: Loner, Kind, Saddened, Tries to hide insecurities, Lacks confidence.
Clothes: Black Jeans, White T-Shirt, Bomber Jacket, Black Trainers.
Grooming: Medium length hair short at the sides, Well Groomed Beard.
Movement: Walks fast with his hands in his pockets.
Style of speech: Neutral English accent, Talks at a normal pace.

Dominant Attitude:
Intelligence: Well educated, In his 2nd year of college.
Personality: Loving, Kind, Honest, Negative, Helpful, Funny.
Temperament: On edge, gets stressed easily sometimes over nothing.
Self Image: Doesn't particularly like who he is or his appearance.
Fears: Not being accepted, whatever comes after death. 

World:
Relationships: Best friends with Marshal and a few others from the party, Single.
Ethnicity and Cultural Background: His mother is Spanish making him 1/2 Spanish, Middle class.
General History: Born in 1982, brought up through the late 80's/90's.
Personal History: Lived in Devon all his life, bad experiences with friends in the past.

Character Profile - Marshal:
Dominant Impression:
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Mannerisms: Funny, Confident, Natural leader, Instinctive, Reliable 
Clothes:  Blue skinny jeans, Baggy chequered shirt with a white a T-Shirt underneath. 
Grooming: Long but well styled hair, Clean Shaven.
Movement: Walks proud.
Style of speech: Enunciates his words well, talks slowly.

Dominant Attitude:
Intelligence: Not as clever as Enrique but has more 'street smarts'
Personality: Joker, Funny,  Smooth, Good with words, Helpful, Kind, Secretive.
Temperament: Chilled out and relaxed.
Self Image: Confident in himself.
Fears: Death, Airplanes, Elevators, The dark.

World:
Relationships: Has lots of friends but secretly likes Enrique the best. In a relationship.
Ethnicity and Cultural Background: White British.
General History: Born in 1982, brought up through the late 80's/90's Along side Enrique.
Personal History: Secretive past, His dad left him at a young age.

Character Profile - Charles:
Dominant Impression:
Age: 51.
Sex: Male.
Mannerisms: Selfish, Sceptical, Doesn't trust anyone, people see him a being crazy, Hard case.
Clothes: Ragged combat gear.
Grooming: Long messy hair, Doesn't look after his appearance, Long shaggy beard.
Movement: Walks fast to avoid contact with other people.
Style of speech: Loud, heavy Scottish accent.

Dominant Attitude:
Intelligence: He's wise but in a kind of insane way.
Personality:  Crazy, Smart, Straight to the point, Conspiracy Theorist, No time for others.
Temperament: Has a short fuse.
Self Image: Doesn't have time to care about himself.
Fears: Being wrong, not being able to save the world.

World:
Relationships: Distant from people doesn't have time for them, he thinks they slow him down.
Ethnicity and Cultural Background:  White Scottish.
General History: Born in 1948. Grew up around the threats of the cold war.
Personal History:  Joined the Army at age 16, Recruited into the SAS by the time he was 18 and served until he was 33, Dishonourably discharged even though he was a great soldier but he knew to much, Wanted for treason, Currently on the run.

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