Characterization
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Quick Review!
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Who/what is a protagonist?
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Who/what is an antagonist?
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The person/force working against the main character
What are character traits?
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The main character
The character's personality
How do we figure out a character's traits?
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How they look, what they say, what they do, and what they think
Why are character traits important?
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Characters with different personalities (traits) help the author create
CONFLICT
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What is conflict???
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The engine that drives the story
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Struggle between two forces
Two types:
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Internal
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External
Internal Conflict
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Internal conflict is a struggle within the character’s mind.
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Deals with problems such as:
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Which action should I take?
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Who should I date?
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What’s the right thing to do?
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Shrek and Fiona…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4tYJdDj3_8
External Conflict
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A struggle between the protagonist and an opposing force:
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Could be a struggle between:
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Another character (antagonist)
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Force of nature (tornado)
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Society (trying to fit in)
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Technology (Terminator)
So what does conflict have to do with
characterization?
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By looking at how characters react to conflict, we can determine if they are
static or dynamic.
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Static characters, like static on TV, always STAY THE SAME
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Dynamic characters, like dynamite, CHANGE as they encounter conflict
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Their personality (traits) do NOT change
Their personality (traits) DO change
Who are some static/dynamic characters you can think of?
Watch with me…
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Watch Pixar’s short, Boundin’
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkWE19QoUBc
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What’s the conflict?
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Which character(s) are static? i.e. they don’t change personalities
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Which character(s) are dynamic? i.e. they DO change personalities
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Write your answers in your notes
With a partner…
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Watch the Pixar short, Presto
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB1Pukr0nFQ
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What’s the conflict?
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Which character(s) are static? i.e. they don’t change personalities
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Which character(s) are dynamic? i.e. they DO change personalities
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Write your answers in your notes
On your own…
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Watch the Pixar short, Geri’s Game
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6APZSfwcx4
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What’s the conflict?
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Which character(s) are static? i.e. they don’t change personalities
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Which character(s) are dynamic? i.e. they DO change personalities
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Write your answers in your notes
Review – Answer the following
questions in your notes
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How many types of conflict are there, and what are they called?
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What do static characters do?
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Two; internal and external
Do not change their personalities
What do dynamic characters do?
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Change their personalities
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Name one static character from any of the Pixar shorts we watched.
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Name one dynamic character from any of the Pixar shorts we watched.