Studio Production: Creating the first set of VT Characters and scripts

The Process of creating the first draft scripts and characters

When creating a first set of scripts, there are many things to consider such as the brief itself and the vision of the producers, directors, and myself. For me, the first step was making sure I created a full character profile. 

When looking at an article on BBC writer's room, I realised there were some things that I had to consider; 

" The secret to writing a good sitcom. The characters. Not the location. Not the amount of laughs per second...  It's about characters that an audience will invest in and want to watch whatever they do. " - Adrian Poynton, BBC Writer's Room 2012

So now that I realised the importance of creating a dynamic character, I took it upon myself to browse the internet to find any tips on how to go about doing it properly. Even if I don't use the same techniques found it will still be helpful. 

I managed to find an article on WikiHow on character building; 

The first step they said was to consider their setting, Saskia and I worked together to create the character profiles and she created a google drive post on what we wanted for the setting. 

As you can see, we managed to create a quite detailed setting brief of what you wanted. Our visions for the character started to become very clear. The next step on the WikiHow article was; 

Going by this step, since we already have the broad idea of the odd character who has a den/ shrine like bedroom, we need to define what else makes him, "him". I went ahead and created a list of individual idea generations for what he would wear as well as other mannerisms that he might do. This was then uploaded onto the google drive account for the producer and directors to view and feedback on. 

After creating this, We were given good feedback from the producer as he liked the character profiles and set ideas so we were able to stick with this. My next step was taking into consideration all of his mannerisms and creating a script that would allow his character to shine as well fit the target audience's age group.

Since these VT's are meant to be used for the audience to be asked questions about them. It is important for me to choose the right parts for Norman to act out. I don't want to have him act out parts that are too easy or too hard for the contestants to guess because that wont be good for the overall show. going through the idea generations from the rest of the VT team, I selected what I thought would be the best ones. 

References;

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Fictional-Character-from-Scratch