112-114 and Uta Hagen questions

In 112, the importance of studying and learning about the background of your character, and the world and time he or she lived in. 

My movie is set in 2008

It is set in Gotham City (like New York)

My character's past-

The joker was a young boy that loved going to school and looking after his mother. He was dyslexic and had a speech impediment. He always got bullied in school for his disabilities, but always shook it off and put on a brave face for his mom at home. When he grew older his mom became very sick and one day his apartment was broken into, and unfortunately, his mom couldn't fight back the attacker and was killed in the invasion. This was the turning point for the Joker.


1. Who Am I? 

Who is your character? Identify all the details: name, age, physical traits, education, personal opinions, likes, dislikes, fears, ethics, beliefs, etc.

My character is the Joker.

28

Tall but frail

Only Elementary and Middle school education

Loves clowns  

2. What time is it? 
The year, the season, the day, the minute. What is the significance of that time? 

It is 2008
November
It is very cold in that time period

3. Where am I?
Identify the country, the city or town, the neighborhood, building, room, or where in that room are you?

  Gotham City, United States
  Tiny apartment building.


4. What surrounds me? 
What is happening in the environment surrounding you? What's the weather like? Landscape? People? Objects? 

There is an unhealthy and incredible amount of crime and harassment.
5. What are the given circumstances?
Identify events in the past, present, and future: What has happened? What is happening? What is going to happen?

  He used his mother's death as an excuse to become a lunatic and turned his love off clowns into his persona so he could smile and be happy like them.

6. What are my relationships? 
More than just your relationship with and to other people, it's your relationship to objects, characters, events, etc. 

He loved his mother, but when she died he started committing crimes, he carried around a shotgun and baseball bat. He also used a makeup set to look like a clown and red lipstick to brighten his smile.

7. What do I want?
What do you want right here, right now? What does your character want overall: an ultimate want?

  The ironic thing about the joker is that he only wants to be happy

8. What is in my way? 
What obstacles keep you from getting or achieving what you want? 

His instability is in his way, and his constant want for violence and death

9. What do I do to get what I want?

What actions do you take - verbally, physically, both? What tactics do you implement?
The Joker takes out his anger and expresses his "feelings by killing people and robbing banks. He causes havoc just for the sake of it because he never reaps the benefit of the mayhem he causes.

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