Your character analysis – what to do
• Join your group and bring your notes on character studied, I will hand out
a list of quotes to help aid memory
• Slide 1 – intro to analysis if you have time add a couple of photos of
character ( do this last )
• Slide 2 - Answer general questions about your character (as a group )
The following slides can then be done individually or as a group – time is
of the essence!
• Slide 3 – what your character says and thinks – quotes, looks, expressions
• Slide 4 - what your character does – note the actions in order then a
description of what it says about the character
• Slide 5 - What others characters say about him (how do the other
characters react to him, how do they see him)
• Save them in shared docs/media/year10 /characters
Presentations tomorrow!!!!!
Jim Stark character analysis
•What the film says about him, how do you see him?
•What Jim says and thinks (think of a few words to describe your
character and then tell us how you know this )
•What Jim does (his actions) what do they tell us about him
• What others characters say about him (how do the other
characters react to him, how do they see him, how do we know)
What the film says about him, what you think of him
Discuss these answers as a group to begin building a picture of your character:
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When does my character live? Past, present or future?
Where does my character live? In the country, the city, the suburbs…?
What is the socioeconomic background of my character?
Does my character work? If so, at what, if not what does he/she do?
Who lives with my character and what are their relationships?
Who else heavily influences my character?
What is the primary emotion my character has throughout this piece?
What other emotions are affecting my character underneath that emotion?
What kind of self-esteem does my character have?
How does my character relate to the outside world?
What emotion should the audience feel toward my character? Sympathy, hate, friendly?
In the beginning of the film, what do we discover about my character?
In the middle of the film, how does my character grow and change?
At the end of the film, what will happen to my character?
How important is my character to the action of the film as a whole?
How old is my character?
How strong are my character’s emotions in this piece? Pure hatred? Mild lust?
What person or fictional character does my character most remind me of?
If I met my character, how would I react to them?
What Jim says and thinks – important scenes
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Determined to make a fresh start (tells his mum he doesn’t want to move again) ‘for
once I want to do something right! And I don't want you to run away from me again! ‘
• Peacemaker - Doesn’t want trouble (tries to limit fighting )
• Love interest falls in love with Judy (sees her outside window wants to talk to her )
• Wants to fit in (joke in planetarium)
• Angry and frustrated with his parents’ relationship and their treatment of him
‘He called me a dirty tramp! My own father! Maybe he doesn’t mean it but he acts like he
does.’ (why he got drunk)
You’re tearing me apart and argument with them on stairs ‘Don’t I buy you everything you
want?’ (Jim’s dad to him)
‘Can I talk to you guys? I gotta talk to someone.’ (Begs dad for advice on Chicken Run).
• Desperate – I don’t know what to do anymore except maybe die
• Brave and proud – chicken race
• Kind and loyal– helps Plato thoughout, offers him jacket, friendship, esp in the end ‘I’ve
got the bullets’
• Loving - towards Judy, wants to help his dad
What Jim does – this goes over previous description but focuses on the
action
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Drunk and arrested after fight with dad– frustrated and angry, irresponsible
Approaches Judy – confident
Interested in trip to planetarium - independent
Speaks out in planetarium – figures out who he wants to fit in with
confrontation with Buzz – not afraid to fight
Wins confrontation with Buzz – brave
Accepts chickie run challenge, survives– proud and brave
Fights with parents – frustrated and angry
Play acting with Judy in abandoned mansion – craves normal happy life
relationships, playful
Looks after Plato – parental, big brother figure
confrontation with police – independent, brave, responsible, quick thinking
What others characters say about him (how do the other
characters react to him, how do they see him)
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parents
Judy
Plato
police
Buzz
other kids
Summary of Jim’s character analysis
• When does my character live? Past, present or future?
• Where does my character live? In the country, the city, the suburbs…?
• What is the socioeconomic background of my character?
• Does my character work? If so, at what, if not what does he/she do?
• Who lives with my character and what are their relationships?
• Who else heavily influences my character?
• What is my character’s biggest goal within the film?
• What is the primary emotion my character has throughout this piece?
• What kind of self-esteem does my character have?
• How does my character relate to the outside world?
• What emotion should the audience feel toward my character? Sympathy, hate,
friendly?
• In the beginning of the film, what do we discover about my character?
• In the middle of the film, how does my character grow and change?
• At the end of the film, what will happen to my character?
• How important is my character to the action of the film as a whole?
• How old is my character?
• How strong are my character’s emotions in this piece? Pure hatred? Mild lust?
• Does my character have their wants achieved at the end of the film?
• If not, will my character ever have those wants achieved?
• What person or fictional character does my character most remind me of?
• If I met my character, how would I react to them?
What Jim
says and
thinks
What we
think of
Jim
Jim
What Jim
does
• confident
• Brave
• caring
• Paternal
• Independent
• Frustrated
• Angry
• Irresponsible then responsible
• Qquick thinking
What
others say
about him
Determined to make a fresh start (tells his mum he doesn’t want to
move again) ‘for once I want to do something right! And I don't want
you to run away from me again! ‘
Peacemaker - Doesn’t want trouble (tries to limit fighting )
Love interest falls in love with Judy (sees her outside window wants
to talk to her )
Wants to fit in (joke in planetarium)
Angry and frustrated with his parents’ relationship and their
treatment of him
‘He called me a dirty tramp! My own father! Maybe he doesn’t mean
it but he acts like he does.’ (why he got drunk)
You’re tearing me apart and argument with them on stairs ‘Don’t I
buy you everything you want?’ (Jim’s dad to him)
‘Can I talk to you guys? I gotta talk to someone.’ (Begs dad for advice
on Chicken Run).
Desperate – I don’t know what to do anymore except maybe die
Brave and proud – chicken race
Kind and loyal– helps Plato throughout, offers him jacket, friendship,
esp in the end ‘I’ve got the bullets’
Loving - towards Judy, wants to help his dad
Parents - Judy - Plato
Police - Buzz - other kids
Breakfast club scenes and quotes
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Scenes in ‘Breakfast Club’ 1985 – John Hughes
Scene 1 – David Bowie quote/narration – Shermer High School March 24th 1984
‘and these children that you spit on as they try and change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through…’ David Bowie
Scene 2 – exterior kids being dropped off, interaction with their parents
Scene 3 – All arrive at Saturday detention 7am
Scene 4 –Vernon and Bender all bond against Vernon
Scene 5 – Bender undoes door screw, Claire thinks he’s funny
Scene 6 – Vernon and Bender head to head
Scene 7 – montage each do different things character analysis
Scene 8 – 10.20 Claire talks about her parents starts off conversation about parents
Scene 9 – Carl the janitor and their treatment of him
Scene 10 – Whistling bond – Alison speaks
Scene 11 – Lunch analyse what they eat, Bender rep of Brian’s family, rep of Bender’s dad
Scene 12 – The Escape ‘being bad feels pretty good’ all bond in escape against Vernon, confrontation and bullying
Scene 13 – dope scene
Scene 14 – Carl and Vernon talk about kids being the future
Scene 15 – crucial soul bearing
Scene 16 – makeover, writing, pairing up, end of detention
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Quotes
v/o narration – ‘you see as, as you want to see us that’s the way we saw each other at 7 o’clock this morning, we were brainwashed.’
‘you don’t even count’ Andrew to Bender
‘the next screw that falls out is going to be you’ Vernon to Bender
‘If you spent a little less time trying to impress people’ Vernon to Bender
Bender: you’re a parent’s wet dream
Bryan: that’s the problem
Claire: I’m not that pristine
Carl: following a broom around after shitheads like you I’ve learnt a couple of things. I am the eyes and ears of this institution.
Bryan: I’ve been laid lots of times (to Bender)
It’s only because I didn’t want her to hear I was a virgin’ (to Bender about Claire)
Bender: being bad feels pretty good (to Claire)
Andrew: What do you need an id for?
Bryan: so I can vote
Alison: my life is unsatisfying
Bryan to Andrew: guys like you and me
Alison to Andrew: you do everything everyone tells you to do
Andrew to Alison: ok but I didn’t dump my stuff all over the couch and invite myself
‘they ignore me’
Carl and Vernon ‘ these kids get more and more arrogant’
Alison: I’m a nymphomaniac
‘We’re all pretty bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it’
Alison about Andrew: he can’t think for himself
Andrew imitating his father: ‘you’ve got to be number one – I won’t tolerate any losers in this family’
Alison lightens soul searching tone by showing what she can do with her feet.
Andrew: My God are we going to be like our parents?
Bryan: I guess Alison and I are better than you guys huh? Us weirdos?