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Directors Tell the Story
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Directors Tell the Story

by Bethany Rooney, Mary Lou Belli
January 2013
Beginner
326 pages
8h 34m
English
Focal Press
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Chapter 2

Breaking Down the Script for Character

Once you have identified the story and its structure, you have more analysis to do, this time involving the characters of your story. Though the plot is the structure of every movie or television episode, it is the characters in that story who create the conflict. First, you need to find out who these characters are.

MAKING A COW CHART

You should start with a “COW chart” for each character. What is a COW chart? Mary Lou wants to give credit where it is due. The term was so named by the Innercity Filmmakers group of students she co-taught with actress Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) at the University of Southern California some summers ago. After Mary Lou and Yvette taught their master class about ...

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