GITS Script Reading & Analysis: “Cloverfield” — Characters

Scott Myers

07 Dec 2011 • 1 min read

This week we are analyzing the screenplay for the 2008 movie Cloverfield.

You may access the 2007–06–08 draft [written by Drew Goddard] here.

Today we discuss the script’s characters. Here is a list of most prominent ones in order of appearance in the script:

Rob

Beth

Lily

Jason

Hud

Jenn

Antonio

Charlie

Marlena

Sgt. Major Price

Lt. Colonel Graff

What is your take on the characters? What strikes you as interesting about their depictions? What narrative functions do you think they play? Are there any aspects to their personalities that surprise you [in a good way]? What do you like about their characters and how they are portrayed? What did you learn from the script about writing characters?

For Day 1 of our analysis of Cloverfield, go here.

For Day 2 focusing on structure, go here.

The last script for 2011 is Buried [Contained Thriller] for December 12–16 [which you can download here].

NOTE: THIS SERIES AND THE USE OF SCRIPTS IS STRICTLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES!

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