Level 3
Characters & Archetypes
Topics
- Archetypes Quiz
- 99 archetypes
- 12 archetypes
- Lessons from the Screenplay : Creating the Ultimate antagonist
- Flat round static dynamic characters
- What are archetypes
- Archetypes vs Stereotypes
- The leader archetype
- Magician
- King
- Warrior
- Don't use Meyers Briggs; it's bunk! (Article 1 | Article 2)
Assignment
- Cover two of your film's characters
- For each, in 200-300 words discuss a character's archetypes (plural) and how those archetypes are revealed in the film.
- THEN (and not before) Do the archetype quiz AS IF you are that character (how would that character answer those quiz questions)
- Discuss in 100 words the differences and similarities between your assessment of the characters and the quizzes "answers"