Character Breakdown Charts


A ‘character breakdown chart’ highlights the types of relationships between the characters of a script, indicated by the things they say about another and how they interact. This information can be determined through sections of the text as direct quotations, or through suggested means, such as the characters’ behaviour.



Character 01
Character 02
Character 03
Character 04
*Character 01
What character 01 ‘says’ about their self.
What character 01 ‘says’ about character 02
What character 01 ‘says’ about character 03
What character 01 ‘says’ about character 04
Character 02




Character 03




Character 04





*(Character 01 has been filled-in as an example).