CREATIVE EXERCISE 3: Building Your Story

As you begin to work on any script, you’ll need to work through research, character, structure, and tone.

Big Idea (The concept. You should be able to state it in just 1 sentence.)

Insight (The ‘truth’ that you want to convey)

RESEARCH

(Dig into the facts to ensure believability and heighten tension.)

CHARACTERS

CHARACTER 1 (Main) CHARACTER 2 (Supporting)

Name Name

Age Age

Occupation Occupation

Personality Personality

Desires Desires

Obstacles Obstacles

Strengths Strengths

Weaknesses Weaknesses

RELATIONSHIP

STRUCTURE

The character is
1
in a comfort zone.
But they want
2
something
They enter an
3 unfamiliar
situation.
4 They adapt to it.

They get what

5
they want.
They pay the
6
heavy price.
They return to
7 their familiar
situation.
8 Having changed.

TONE & ENVIRONMENT

What does the environment look like, feel like, smell like? List any colors that come to mind, feelings that the space evokes, etc.