NAME: _______________________________ TEAM ORAL INTERPRETATION

Character Analysis
DIRECTIONS: Use this analysis to analyze the main character in your competition piece.
Write as much as you can and everything you think might work to develop your character. Use
clues from the script, even if it is not in your cutting. If the work does not specify, create
responses that make sense for your character.
Physical Characteristics
1. Full name o character: ___________________________________________
2. E!act a"e o character: __________
3. #ei"ht (how tall do you see the character, NOT how tall you are): ________
4. $ei"ht: ________
5. #air color an% eye color: __________________________________________
6. Does this character ha&e any s'ecial 'hysical traits( (i.e. a limp, arthritis, etc.)
. $al) an% Demeanor (ma!!er o" wal#, sitti!$, o%erall carryi!$ o" sel"):
&. Posture (sta!d strai$ht or slumped) ____________________________________
'. Physical #a*its (i.e. (iti!$ "i!$er!ails, #eepi!$ a musical )(eat* with ha!ds, etc. +
please descri(e)
1,. +estures (i!ward, outward, small, lar$e, etc. + please descri(e)
Analy,e the -. minutes o your selection/
11. $hat %oes your character0s1 2ant to accom'lish 0su'er3o*4ecti&e1(
12. #o2 2ill your character achie&e his or her "oal 02hat tactics %o they use1(
NAME: _______________________________ TEAM ORAL INTERPRETATION
5ocal Characteristics
-/ Dialect (-! what area or re$io! o" ../. or what cou!try does he0she ori$i!ate1)
6/ Pitch (hi$h0low) an% 5ocal Inlections (what are characteristics o" the %oice "or
di""ere!t emotio!al le%els: a!$er, happi!ess, 2ealousy, etc.) Site e!am'les rom the
scri't/
En&ironment
-/ $here are you(
6/ $hat 'hysical o*4ects are aroun% you(
7/ $hat is your o*4ect o attention(
Dramatic Structure
(3lot out the dramatic structure o" your cutti!$.)
-/ E!'osition:
6/ Initial Inci%ent:
7/ Risin" Action 0site at least t2o conlicts1:
8/ Clima!:
9/ Fallin" Action:Resolution: