Character devolpment

We were given the task of creating a character bio for an image of a random person, I chose this happy old man.

Name: Rupurt Stevenson, known as "Dartsy" to friends due to his incredible skill at darts

Age: 68

Martial Status: Happily married to Lorain Stevenson and has been for 43 years

Occupation: Owns "The Red Bear" pub and works there every other day and night, been a family business for years

Previous Job(s): Worked as a farm and for his friends dad for 2 years after he left high school until he was old enough to work in the pub

Residency: Lives above the pub in his small village Eccles Road in rural Norfolk

Family Life: His wife and 30 year old daughter whom he loves with all his heart however is unhappy with her husband as he doesn't trust him, but he loves his daughter too much to say anything

Close Friends: Jack Fletch aged 64, known as Meaty Jack due to his old job as a butcher and his size, Meaty Jack spends most nights in the pub and they have grown very close due to spending so much time together. Tom McDavids aged 68, been best friends since Dartsy worked on Tom's dads farm for 2 years and are always together

Where is he in the photo? At Tom's annual cheese party, everyone in the village is invited to Tom's farm once a year to taste a new kind of cheese he has been working on

Who are they with? Tom, Meaty Jack, Lorain and other people from the village

Where were they at 10pm last night? Dartsy was working in the pub

Who were they with? Meaty jack, the pub is usually empty besides him

Where do they see themselves in 5 years? Exactly where they are now

Any Secrets? When Dartsy was 7 he accidentally wet himself and his uncles wedding and has never told anyone about it

Although this character may not be in my film it has helped me understand that the more thought you put into a character the more believable they will be, therefore making you film more believable and realistic.