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| Central Character | The person or object that a story follows; the person who goes on a journey. |
| Sympathetic Character | This is a central character that viewers can easily like or admire, someone who displays very human qualities. |
| Anipathetic Character | This is most often a secondary character that is unkind, unpleasant, mean, and often frustrating. |
| Inciting Incident | This is the first "wrench" thrown in the central character's routine that sends him or her on a journey to find "normal" again. |
| Dramatic Stakes | Establishing for viewers what the central character stands to lose if he or she does not achieve their dream. |
| Central Dramatic Question | This is the point of the entire film; "will he find the girl of his dreams?" |
| Resolution | How does the character achieve his or her goal; how is the central question answered? |
| Conflict-Driven Stories | A story that is driven forward through opposing views, confrontation, and so on. |
| Antagonist | A character who is an opposing force to the central character; who stands in the way. |
| Story Scale | This has to do with running-time limitations with how in-depth your story is and how long your film will need to be to accommodate this. |
| Protagonist | The leading character in a story (doesn't have to be likable) who viewers follow on a journey. |
