Character Profile: Boy (Week 05)

This Character profile is base on “Ideas for The animated Short” written by Karen Sullivan, Kate Alexander and Gary Schumer.

Boy and his Shadow

1. Boy is eight and he is scared of his shadow. His ethical baseline is categorical imperative. He has a strong sense of justice and he believes that something that follows you all the time has to be bad. However he is scared extremely scared.

2. Boy is dominated by logic.

3/4. His greatest strength is perseverance and his weakness (flaw) is fear.

5. He sees himself like a prisoner that needs to free himself.

6. He is seen like a weirdo, he doesn’t have many friends. He is a lonely boy.

7. His biggest secret is his fear to his shadow.

8. He wants to save the world from the shadows.

9. He will do anything to free himself from the shadow, including sacrificing himself.

10. Boy needs to learn how to be brave and believe in himself.

This is the first Boy’s character profile sketch.