HIDDEN DISASTER Introducing a new character 4th ESO

Introducing a new character in a comic book

 

FIRST STEP: Create a character profile.

Character profile

·         Name:

·         Age and date of birth:

·         Physical description (height, weight, skin, hair, eyes…)

·         Place of origin and description of his/her neighbourhood:

·         Academic background (Secondary, University, favourite subjects, hobbies or activities):

·         Description of his/her family (parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents and pets):

·         Most important or influent person in his/her life:

·         Positive remarks about his/her personality (sense of humour, solidarity, talkative, brave…):

·         Negative remarks about his/her personality (aggressive, shy, arrogant, pessimist…):

·         What is his/her biggest dream?

·         What is his/ her biggest fear?

 

SECOND STEP: Create the scene where you introduce the new character.

a.    How can I introduce a new character in the story?

·         Introduce a flashback:

o    One character feels lonely and remembers an event of his/ her life (with the new character).

o    One character is solving a mystery and remembers a person (the new character) talking to him and giving clues to solve the problem.

·         Introduce a flash-forward:

o    How is life after the end of the story? Introduce you new character 5 years after the end of the story and relate it to the man character.

·         Introduce a new conversation in during a scene in the comic.

o    Choose one moment in the story and add a new character. Make him or her have a conversation with the real characters in the story.

b.    When was it?

c.     Where was it?

d.    Who was there?

·         Your new character can be a news reporter, the president of a nation, a doctor, a nurse, a migrant, a policeman, a soldier, a bus driver, a shop assistant…

e.     What happened in that moment? Why?

 

THIRD STEP: Design the new character.

FOURTH STEP: Write and/or design the new dialogue.

FIFTH STEP: HAND IN TO TEACHER.

1. Character profile (60 to 100 words).
2. Character design.
3. Scene description (60 to 100 words).
4. New dialogue (80 to 100 words).

FINAL MARKING

Project                                  100%

1.       Character profile.               30%

2.       Character design.               20%

3.       Scene description.             30%

4.       New dialogue.      20%

Oral presentation.             100%