Page 1

12343156473839ABCB7DE4FB26657

The Horizon
CHARACTER NAME: _____________________________________________________
Robby Johnson
ACTOR NAME: __________________________________________________________
1.

CHARACTER AGE: Unknown (Mid 20's-30's)

2.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Voice:

Akin to Tommy Chong

Posture:

Slumped
Walk:

Carefree
Distinguishing Marks:

Unshaven
Physical Description:

Scruffy, Dirty, Hippy

3.

OCCUPATION:

Vegetation Rights Activist

4.

INTERESTS:

Saving the plants, man

5.

BELIEFS: (Religious and otherwise)

Vegetarians are the devil, man

save the earth
only eat meat
6. AMBITIONS: (Based on your Super Objective)

To put a stop to needless plant death due to human greed and consumption
... man
7. Where are you from?

The planet Earth and it's loving embrace

Page 2
8. Who are your parents? What did they do? Do you have any siblings or other close relatives? Who
are they?

Mother: Mother Earth

Father: Father Sky
Mother Earth is nature and life
Father Sky is... the sky
Siblings: Half-Brother, Moonbeam Stargazer
9. What is your favorite: (explain)
A. Color?:

Green, the color of plantlife

B. Food?:

Beef, revenge against the cows, for the grass, for being consumers
C. Song or Type of Music?:

Wind Chimes, Reed Pipes, and the harmonica

D. Play, Movie, Book, Television Show and/or Radio Show?: (Depending on the period of the
play, you might not be able to answer all of these.)

The Horizon enjoys watching the growth and sway of grass in the
springtime
10.

What is your body lead?

absent-minded head movements

11.

What type of animal are you most like? Explain.

like a mountain lion on the prowl, devouring any who would do harm
to nature and her beautiful herbs
12.

What are some important items or images associated with your character? (or mentalities)?

headband, an ever present hunger for meat

bitter resentment of vegetarians and all herbivores

Page 3
13.

How is this character different from you? [One full paragraph]

This character hates the consumption of vegetables, whereas I quite enjoy

potatoes and other such vegetables, aswell as fruit and other plant stuff

14.

How is this character similar to you?

This character is spacey, and enjoys meat

15.

What is the characters relationship to the other characters in the play?

OTHER CHARACTER

Vegetarian
Moonbeam Stargazer

16.

RELATIONSHIP

FEELINGS TOWARD HIM OR HER

Hateful
Half-brother

Bitter resentment, loathesome hatred

Brotherly bond, forged by common
purpose

SUPER OBJECTIVE:

OBJECTIVE(S):

To end the needless consumption of vegetation

SUPER OBSTACLE:
OBSTACLE(S):

Seemingly unknown human drive to eat plants

TACTICS:

Eat all the plant-eating animals in the world (non-human for obvious social reasons)

17.

On another sheet of paper, write a detailed character history. It must be typed or written neatly
in pen. (1 full page minimum)

The Horizon got his name from the method of conception. When Mother Earth
met Father Sky, they touched closely and created: The Horizon

Page 4

12343567489A3BCDED8F7487E7827768
Objective
1 The Objective asks the question: what does the character want in the specific
scene?
1 The Super-Objective is the characters objective for the entire play.
1 For a monologue, the objective is placed at the very bottom. For a scene, the
objective is placed at the end of the scene.
1 The Objective should be no longer than a sentence. The specificity keeps the
objective from becoming muddled.
1 The Objective should be phrased I want . . . (objective.)
Obstacle
1 For every objective, you must have an obstacle. This creates conflict. This makes
the character interesting. This makes the character real.
1 For a monologue, the obstacle is placed at the very bottom, underneath the objective.
For a scene, the obstacle is placed at the end of the scene, underneath the objective.
1 The Obstacle should be no longer than a sentence. The specificity keeps the obstacle
from becoming muddled.
1The Obstacle should be worded: My Obstacle is . . .
Tactics
2 Tactics are the different strategies used to overcome the obstacles and to obtain the
objective
2 A Tactic is an active and playable verb following the word To.
2 Playable Tactics deal with conscious, externalized, emotional, actions.
2 Tactics are noted underneath your objective and your obstacle with the phrase To. . .
.
2 You must divide your script into different beats. Each beat represents a different
tactic. Each time the tactic changes there is another beat.
2 Tactics are notated in your script with a vertical slash (\) with the number of the tactic
above it (1\) - these represent the beat changes.
2 The Tactic should be worded: To . . .
Examples of active and playable tactics are:
3 To manipulate
3 To amuse
3 To beg
3 To seduce
3 To bargain
3 To attack
3 To impress
3 To entertain
3 To chastise
3 To demand
3 To threaten
3 To ridicule
3 To vilify
3 To dictate
3 To berate
3 To confuse
3 To charm
3 To relax
3 To coax
3 To persist
3 To stall
3 To provoke

Examples of passive and non-playable tactics

3 To be. [The worst]*
3 To be . . . [The worst II]*
3 To try [The 2nd worst]*
3 To be pretty
To be happy
3 To sit
To run
3 To love
To tell off
3 To hate
To exist
3 To laugh
To shut up
3 To smile
To stink
{To be happy is bad! To celebrate is good!}
*= The ultimate non-tactics.