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Day 8 Assignments
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Horace is the real antagonist and possibly more: He is loud and rude and thinks he is entitked to whatever he wants, in this case shooting a deer with a giant rack. He has lied and cheated and now has stolen from his corporate office. He wants to be admired and feared.he is hard to like, though he misses his dead wife and has a soft spot for Fred’s wife. He has a low frustration level and lashes out at people. He thinks Guy likes him. He also things Fred is a loser fir only being a hunting guide.
He laughs at the monster tales and waves his gun around. When he sees a glimpse of Cernunnos he just wants to kill him for his rack. When Guy tells him he knows about Horace’s embezzlement he shoves him and breaks his ankle. With Fred gone he shots Guy and goes after the deer
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What I learned doing this assignment: Getting something down is important. I know my traits and profiles need elevating, but that will come later.
Lesson 8: Character Journey Track
WHO IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE THIS HORROR
A. What is their character profile
1/ Leader – (40) PETER – G,
Role: Victim. Traits: Self-confident. Charismatic. Dishonest. Fears: Being exposed for his crime. Wants/Needs: Wants success. Needs affirmation. Likability/Rooting factors: Charming and charismatic. How they react under stress: Cold and calculating. Relationship with other characters: Polite but condescending.
B. Character journey.
1. Character Intro: Lecturing at a college about manipulating shadows.
2. Denial: States it’s impossible to manipulate a shadow.
3. First Reaction to Horror: He dies.
2/ Rescuer – DIMETRIUS (38) AFRICAN AMERICAN
A. What is their character profile
Role: Survivor – until the end. Traits; Artistic. Respectful. Cautious. Fears: Wants/Needs: Wants to get out. Needs to hold the gang together. Likability/Rooting factors: Leads by example. Reliable. How they react under stress: Scrambles to action. Relationship with other characters: Friendly but firm and in charge.
1. Character Intro: Choreographing a shadow routine
2. Denial: Dismissing, but questioning
3. First Reaction to Horror: Questioning motive.
4. Response after First Horror: Tells everybody they must stick together. Support each other.
5. Relation to Group after First Horror: Takes charge.
6. Reaction as Horror Increases: More determined to hold the fort. Tries to figure out how to survive.
7. How They Fight Back: Breaks the concentration of the monster so it can’t manipulate. Shines bright light onto the shadow.
8. End Point: He dies.
3/ Monster Bait – AMANDA (22)
A. What is their character profile
Role: Sole Survivor. Traits. Adventurous. Friendly. Caring. Fears: She’ll miss out on life. Wants/Needs: To smoke weed. Needs to take this threat seriously. Likability/Rooting factors: Wears her heart on her sleeve, and her skirt up to her butt. How they react under stress: Scared/Brave. Relationship with other characters: Playful
B. Character journey.
1. Character Intro: She’s exploring the bowels of the theatre.
2. Denial: Thinks this is fun.
3. First Reaction to Horror: Gets turned on.
4. Response after First Horror: Scared
5. Relation to Group after First Horror: Outcast
6. Reaction as Horror Increases: Slowly finds courage.
7. How They Fight Back: Throws a spotlight on the monster – fights the monster along with Demetrius.
8. End Point: The soul survivor – terrified. Covered by a shadow.
4/ Love Interest – HEATHER (32) Asian.
A. What is their character profile
Role: Victim. Traits: Helpful. Intelligent. Gentle. Fears: Others knowing she’s hooked up with Peter G. Wants/Needs. She wants to tell the truth. Need to be more self-resilient. Likability/Rooting factors: She’s caring. How they react under stress: Eventually comes clean about her husband and Umbrakinessi theory. Relationship with other characters: Motherly/possible savior.
B. Character journey.
1. Character Intro: Arguing with Peter G about the experiment.
2. Denial: Keeps quiet.
3. First Reaction to Horror: Guilt ridden.
4. Response after First Horror: Scared
5. Relation to Group after First Horror: Outcast
6. Reaction as Horror Increases: Comes clean about Peter G., and her ex-husbands experiments with umbrakiness.
7. How They Fight Back: Dies whilst running away.
5/ Out of control/Obnoxious – CAMERON (26)
A. What is their character profile
Role: Victim. Traits: Rude. Cruel. Charming. Fears: Claustrophobia Wants/Needs. Wants to be the center of attention. Needs to lose the bitchy persona. Likability/Rooting factors: Not much to like on the surface. How they react under stress: Time to shed the facade and get real. Relationship with other characters: Hateful, then supportive.
B. Character journey.
1. Character Intro: Bemoaning being in the theatre. Akin to being locked up.
2. Denial: Thinks this is B.S.
3. First Reaction to Horror: Throws up.
4. Response after First Horror: Blames someone in the group.
5. Relation to Group after First Horror: Chastising/questioning.
6. Reaction as Horror Increases: Becomes a team player
7. How They Fight Back: Attacks the monster.
8. End Point: Squashed to death.
6/ Complainer – PAYTON (24)
A. What is their character profile
Role: Victim. Traits: Wild. Spoiled. Immature. Fears: Being caught without make-up. Wants/Needs: As Cameron, wants attention. Needs to get that stick out of her ass. Likability/Rooting factors: Her brazenness is funny. How they react under stress: Matter of fact. Relationship with other characters: It’s all about her.
B. Character journey.
1. Character Intro: Doing her make-up
2. Denial: It doesn’t matter.
3. First Reaction to Horror: Matter of fact.
4. Response after First Horror: It better not come near me.
5. Relation to Group after First Horror: Indifference.
6. Reaction as Horror Increases: I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do.
7. How They Fight Back: Dies whilst using the bathroom
7/ Rebel/Rule Breaker – JOSE (30) – Latin.
A. What is their character profile
Role: Victim. Traits: Demanding. Selfish. Brave. Fears: Not much. Wants/Needs: To kick this things ass. Needs to think things through. Likability/Rooting factors: He’s gonna save the day in his own way. How they react under stress: Like a bull to a red flag. Relationship with other characters: Friendly but distant.
B. Character journey.
1. Character Intro: Doing push-ups
2. Denial: No big deal.
3. First Reaction to Horror: Oh, shit!
4. Response after First Horror: I’m gonna get it before it gets me.
5. Relation to Group after First Horror: Each man to himself.
6. Reaction as Horror Increases: Desperation.
7. How They Fight Back: Dies
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Mark Dotz
Character Journey Track
What I learned form this assignment is: giving characters a journey track , whether on screen or not helps develop their reactions to the horrifying events and helps solidify their characters and characteristics.
ASSIGNMENT 8
ASSIGNMENT
1. With each of your Survivors and Victims, answer the following questions:
A. What is their Character Profile?
Shannon, our last to live Protag
1. Role: The most
level headed, doesn’t drink at the beginning, isn’t interested in any of
the boys <div>2. Traits: Brave,
Athletic but a little overweight or more accurately normal size bodies, Level headed. She is black or darker skinned<div>
3. Fears: Fear
isn’t her problem but sympathy for lives lost slows her down.4. Wants/Needs :
She wants to get everyone out of the house and make the soccer
championship game the next day.5. Likability /
Rooting factors: She is level headed, comes form a single parent family and even though she is not the
center of attention she is popular and a star athlete. She is humble and
brave, and emotionally feels every death that happens.6. How they react
under stress: She is level headed after the first death, once she realizes
there is no way out of the mansion she realizes they need to play the
games.7.Relationship
with other characters: BFF with Boxie (Sarah Boxer) who has a crush on
Brad.8.Character Intro:
We see her leave her single mom home in the hood area as she travels over
the tracks to Boxies house9.Denial: Doesn’t
want to go on the car trip with the boys. She doesn’t think the guys are
any good for them.10. Their reaction
at first horror: She is sad to see someone die, but quickly becomes brave
and starts to figure out how to get out.11. Relation to
group after first horror: Leader12. How they fight
back: She is fit and tough, although she is normal size and has some weight
on her.13. End Point: She
kills the ghost.14. What insight do
their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? – Despite being a
little bit heavier than the other girls she was the bravest and was smart
about her attacks on the ghost. She thinks with her head not her gut.Boxie – Brave, Shannon’s BFF, Mumbles we shouldn’t go
1.Role: She is the
one most afraid of going into the mansion property. </div><div>2. Traits: She is a
star athlete, athletic, and is head over heels into Brad. Blonde, Asian3. Fears: She wants
to look good in front of Brad so she tries a little hard, but she is a
little shy around the boys and doesn’t want to speak up4. Wants/Needs :
She wants Brad and needs his approval. She is also deeply concerned with
the safety of Shannon.5. Likability /
Rooting factors: She is caring, sweet and shy. She is also Brave when she
has to be.6. How they react
under stress: Game mode. She is ready for action when she has to be. 7.Relationship
with other characters: BFF with Shannon8.Character Intro:
Boxie meets Shannon at Boxie’s house where they talk about the guys they
are hanging out with and what they are going to do.9.Denial: She
doesn’t believe in the ghost and thinks it’s funny to believe in them10. Their reaction
at first horror: She is scared and wants Brad to hold her, but he runs
away.11. Relation to
group after first horror: Follows Shannon12. How they fight
back: She sacrifices herself13. End Point: She
lives but barely as she is bitten and hurt by the dog. We think she is
dead and she comes back and cuts the power, saving Shannon.14. What insight do
their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Friends stick
together.Cameron – Snobby, rich, gives up at the door game
1.Role: She is
Naïve and Snobby. She is pushy and triggers traps when she stop and think.
She proves that the traps are real and they will kill when she impatiently
does a trap and dies. 2.Traits: Snobby,
rich, White Blonde, makes fun of Boxie for having died Blonde hair but she
does too. </div><div>3. Fears: Anything
that touches her, she uses gloves to touch things, doesn’t want to get her
hands dirty. Has slept with Brad or at least fooled around with him4.Wants/Needs :
Wants to be the center of attention, needs to be told that she is pretty
often. Someone said that dress looks great on you and she said “I know!”.
Needs a cell phone. 5.Likability /
Rooting factors: She is pretty but not very likable and she makes things
worse until she is killed by the piano trap.6. How they react
under stress: She doesn’t get too stressed out about the death traps and
thinks it’s stupid and doesn’t believe the traps will actually kill
anyone.7. Relationship
with other characters: Used to be with Brad and is trying to get with
Mitch because he is rich too. She always has to look good.8. Character Intro:
Shows up in the car, sits shotgun, doesn’t look up her phone when she says
“get in the back”9.Denial: She is a
true believer in ghost and gets scared just talking about it10.Their reaction
at first horror: Scared as hell. Pushes the other girls into the danger to
protect herself11.Relation to
group after first horror: Wants other people to deal with it. Needs her
phone12. How they fight
back: Denies the complications of the puzzles and tries to take a short
cut each time.13.End Point:
Killed by a booby trap14. What insight do
their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The booby traps are
deadlyBrad – Poser Musician
1. Role: Mitch’s
friend. Boxie likes him. He brings a guitar around to impress the girls
but can’t really play much. </div><div>2.Traits: Shorter
and fit. Kind of full of himself and makes attempts3. Fears: All the
scary stuff
Wants/Needs:
Girls attention. Drugs and needs to check in with his parents by 9pm.4.Likability /
Rooting factors: He appears to be nice to Boxie although he isn’t too
interested in her. He runs at the first opportunity he gets.5. How they react
under stress: He runs6.Relationship
with other characters: Friend with Mitch, so sometimes he tries to keep up
with Mitch’s macho attitude.7.Character Intro:
In the car, complains that there isn’t much room for his guitar in the car
with Dean in the trunk he drops it on top of him8.Denial: Thinks
he is a talented musician until he gets his head cut off.9.Their reaction
at first horror: Runs away and then
the maze leads him back to the girls he ran from.10.Relation to
group after first horror: Runs away, then is worried that the needs to
check in with Mom before 10pm.11.How they fight
back: They run away12.End Point:
Killed when he can’t play the piano right13 What insight do
their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The booby traps are
real.Mitch – Macho
1.Role: Driver of
the car. Ego driven, he is the first to get killed by the electrified
fence. </div><div>2. Traits: Macho,
Ego driven. Wants to full around with any of the girls, but has a strict
no relationship rule.3.Fears: Pretends
not to be afraid of anything. He dies to early to prove whether or not
that is true or not.4.Wants/Needs: He
wants each of the girls as prizes and needs to be slow down, eventually
his eagerness kills him.5.Likability /
Rooting factors: He is handsome and fit but irritating because of his good
looks.
How they react
under stress: Runs6.Relationship
with other characters: He has known Boxie and Shannon since they were
little.
Character Intro:
Driver of the car. Is stoned when he picks the girls up7.Denial: None of
this can hurt him8. Their reaction at
first horror: Dead, shocked by the electric fence9. Relation to
group after first horror: Dead10.How they fight
back: Runs into the problem and gets killed11.End Point:
Killed by electric fence12.What insight do
their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? This horror will
kill them.Dean – Scaredy cat that hid in the trunk
1. Role: Tells the story of how the ghost came to be.
2.Traits: shy and timid. A bit of a geek and history buff.
3.Fears: Most scary things, but he is a logical student of science and doesn’t believe in the supernatural.
4.Wants/Needs: To help people but
can’t help. Needs to be excepted by the boys. </div>5.Likability / Rooting factors:
Tries to help with technology whenever possible.6.How they react under stress:
Freezes up7.Relationship with other
characters: Kind of a tag along. Has a crush on Cameron who treats him
terribly.8.Character Intro: Is in the trunk
when Brad has to put his guitar away9.Denial: Believes in ghost and
thinks he can beat it with some gadgets10.Their reaction at first horror:
Shocked and terrified11.Relation to group after first
horror: Needs to follow the others12.How they fight back: killed making
a wrong move in the maze13.End Point: Falls into a pit
14.What insight do their deaths or
survival bring to the others/audience? The mansion is a trap and the only way out is death.</div>
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John Garofolo’s Character Journey Track
What I learned from this assignment is the necessity of individual character traits in helping to define character and create a realistic group of unique individuals
A. Character Profile – Step-mother
1. Role: Carrier (Triggers the monster. First at party to die)
2. Traits: A little obnoxious
3. Fears: Aging/losing her looks
4. Wants/Needs: Needs to be the center of attention and still sexy
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: Except for trying to seduce the groom-to-be (too much to drink), has generally been pretty helpful to her step-daughter
6. How they react under stress: surprise, shock, horror
7. Relationships with other characters:
B. Character Journey:
1. Character Intro: Getting ready for the party…checking clothes and make-up of bridal party
2. Denial: She doesn’t have time to be in denial for long
3. Reaction at first horror: Shock, then trying to tear the killer’s hands from her throat
4. Relation to group after first horror: She’s dead
5. How they fight back: Try’s to break the killer’s grip, wild strikes and kicks
6. End point:
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience: Not a good idea to have sex with the groom at your step-daughter’s shower
A. Character Profile – Bride-to-be
1. Role: Leader, Rescuer
2. Traits: She’s the bride-to-be so she’s stressed, worries about everything, but is smart, resilient and a good, caring person (maybe a little bit of an introvert)
3. Fears: The wedding won’t be perfect (and her husband-to-be will change)
4. Wants/Needs: She wants to be loved, needs to come out of her shell
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: She’s a good person. Who doesn’t love a bride?
6. How they react under stress: At first bewildered, shocked, afraid, at the end, a steely resolve
7. Relationships with other characters:
B. Character Journey: Runs the gamut from victim to vindicator
1. Character Intro: At her house getting ready for the party
2. Denial: First thought, “this cant’ be happening.”
3. Reaction at first horror: once she realizes what’s happening, initial shock
4. Relation to group after first horror: like everyone else is afraid and wants to hide or escape
5. How they fight back: Once she realizes that there’s no way out, she takes charge
6. End point: She kills the monster, avenging the deaths of her friends.
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience: We’re all stronger and more resourceful/resilient than we think we are.
A. Character Profile – Maid of Honor
1. Role: Rescuer
2. Traits: In some ways, she’s the younger version of the step-mother
3. Fears: That people will find out she’s not as confident as she projects
4. Wants/Needs: She wants her friend to have the wedding of her dreams
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: She’s a loyal friend who will give her life
6. How they react under stress: Shock, disbelief, than resolve to save her friends
7. Relationships with other characters:
B. Character Journey: She’s her best friend’s compass, confidante and later saviour
1. Character Intro: With the bride-to-be getting ready for the party
2. Denial: This can’t be real
3. Reaction at first horror: Shock, terror
4. Relation to group after first horror: She’s the bride-to-be’s support and reminder that they can do anything together
5. How they fight back: She is willing to go toe-to-toe with the monster
6. End point: last one killed by the monster. Her death propels the bride-to-be to kill the monster once and for all.
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience: Sometimes the best don’t always survive
A. Character Profile – Bridesmaid #1
1. Role: Complainer
2. Traits: A know-it-all and skeptic who criticizes ever action and reaction
3. Fears: that she’s going to die
4. Wants/Needs: to not die
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: She gets on the audience’s nerves
6. How they react under stress: even more critical
7. Relationships with other characters:
B. Character Journey:
1. Character Intro: Getting ready for the party, probably hanging with the step-mother and complaining
2. Denial: She maybe the one that thinks something is going on (since she’s a contrarian)
3. Reaction at first horror: probably panic
4. Relation to group after first horror: becomes more annoying
5. How they fight back: hide behind everyone else
6. End point: Begs for her life (maybe offers a sex act in exchange for not getting killed)
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience: no one’s happy about it, but the audience may not be as broken up about it as some of the others.
A. Character Profile – Bridesmaid #2
1. Role: Innocent
2. Traits: Maybe the youngest and most naive
3. Fears: everything
4. Wants/Needs: wants to be accepted as a full member of the group
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: Youth and naivetivity
6. How they react under stress:
7. Relationships with other characters: treated somewhat dismissively
B. Character Journey:
1. Character Intro: Getting ready for the party
2. Denial: yes, but, deep down, thinks things are wrong
3. Reaction at first horror: Constantly stating that everything is okay
4. Relation to group after first horror: They probably get a little annoyed
5. How they fight back: Maybe run before getting killed
6. End point:
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience:
A. Character Profile – Bridesmaid #3
1. Role: Innocent
2. Traits: She tries to make light of things (gallows humor)
3. Fears: Dying
4. Wants/Needs: to not die
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: not a bad or annoying person
6. How they react under stress: fear, apprehension, then terror
7. Relationships with other characters:
B. Character Journey:
1. Character Intro: Getting ready for the party crowded in a bathroom with #3 and #5
2. Denial: Yes
3. Reaction at first horror: This isn’t happening, maybe cracks an unfunny joke
4. Relation to group after first horror: No change
5. How they fight back: They don’t
6. End point: The monster finds and kills her
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience: The monster takes his killing very seriously.
A. Character Profile – Bridesmaid #4
1. Role: Innocent
2. Traits: She’s very smart
3. Fears: People don’t like her because she’s really smart.
4. Wants/Needs: To be liked and accepted
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: She’s really smart, but not really conceited about it
6. How they react under stress: Tries to find a rational solution
7. Relationships with other characters: Good, they like her (even if they really are intimidated by her intelligence).
B. Character Journey:
1. Character Intro: Getting ready for party in a crowded bathroom with #3 and #5
2. Denial: Maybe, but first, but, she’s smart enough to realize they’re toast
3. Reaction at first horror: shock, momentarily composed, terror
4. Relation to group after first horror: Probably good, since now they realize it’s helpful to have someone smart helping to solve a problem
5. How they fight back: Hiding, fighting back when there’s no other choice
6. End point: hunted and killed by the monster
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience: Being the smartest person in the room doesn’t guarantee survival.
A. Character Profile – Bridesmaid #5
1. Role: Moral one
2. Traits: Maybe is the most religious of the group
3. Fears: Maybe nothing if she puts her hands in God
4. Wants/Needs: To not have to test her faith
5. Likability/Rooting Factors: She’s a nice, sincere, young woman
6. How they react under stress: maybe prays out loud
7. Relationships with other characters: they put up with her
B. Character Journey:
1. Character Intro: Getting ready for the party in a crowded bathroom with bridesmaids 3 and 4.
2. Denial: Like everyone else
3. Reaction at first horror: once she realizes the inevitable, she’s rightfully scared, but tries to rely on her faith
4. Relation to group after first horror: probably okay, but there may be some eye-rolling
5. How they fight back: when it comes right down to it, she’s terrified and doesn’t want to die.
6. End point: The monster finds her and kills her
7. Insights their death (or survival) brings to the others/audience: faith does not guarantee survival.
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Charles Ferrell’s Character Track
What I learned from this assignment is the balance and or imbalance that needs to be created in the different character facets.
Jimmy
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Rebel / Rule BreakerTraits: little arrogant, not a great listenerFears: afraid of being irrelevant, at any costWants/Needs: to be validated by being followed and thus chooses his friendsLikability / Rooting factors: Fun to be around, instigatorHow they react under stress: Angry, annoyed at the disruption of his plansRelationship with other characters: Friendly, tries to help in a misguided way but is in general a superficial person.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Piloting the boat somewhat recklessly for his own enjoyment, mostly ignoring his friends’ thoughts feelings and assumes he has the answers.Denial: Is annoyed by being made a fool of, lashes outTheir reaction at first horror: Considers it a hoax, some type of prankRelation to group after first horror: separated emotionally by his lack of caution and dismissal of others concernHow they fight back: headfirst without much considerationEnd Point: the first to die and turned on his head literallyWhat insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? This is no game, toughness, brashness will not prevail. Bravado will be turned on its head and drained of all that it is.
Eric
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: LeaderTraits: PracticalFears:Wants/Needs:Likability / Rooting factors:How they react under stress:Relationship with other characters:
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro:Denial:Their reaction at first horror: reason, logicRelation to group after first horror: assumes lead after 1<sup>st</sup> character deathHow they fight back: Outsmart, runEnd Point:What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Survival is first about the obvious leader isn’t always a leader at all.
Chris
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Sacrificial lambTraits:Fears: Heights, spiders,Wants/Needs: Stability and predictability, adverse to changeLikability / Rooting factors: How they react under stress: panic, shut downRelationship with other characters:
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: opening sceneDenial:Their reaction at first horror: shaken, rattled begins to be obnoxiousRelation to group after first horror: full hysteria after 1<sup>st</sup> character killingHow they fight back: kamikazeEnd Point: dieWhat insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? It is possible to change and change drastically when the situation presents itself.
Fisherman
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: RescuerTraits: Former cigar smoker, still carries. Fears:Wants/Needs: to be helpfulLikability / Rooting factors: How they react under stress: jumps to actionRelationship with other characters: off chance meeting, simple one-time acquaintance
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Chance meeting at the marina, experienced boat owner that knows the area and his boat well.Denial:Their reaction at first horror: Steps up in crisis to help othersRelation to group after first horror:How they fight back:End Point: N/AWhat insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? N/A
Nikki
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Abrasive, resistant to followTraits: quick to say no, argumentative before saying yes, a plannerFears: secretly that her choices are wrong and spidersWants/Needs: to be in control, agency in all decisionsLikability / Rooting factors: How they react under stress: rejects the reality that it could be happening to her, angryRelationship with other characters: Dating Chris who allows her to control most of the relationship decisions so far. Considering breaking up with him due his fears and not standing up for himself.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Chance meeting at the marina, experienced boat owner that knows the area and his boat well.Denial: everyone else is wrong for believingTheir reaction at first horror: Steps up in crisis to help othersRelation to group after first horror:How they fight back:End Point: N/A
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
Reamus
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Traits: follower, impressionable and Fears:Wants/Needs: wants to be acceptedLikability / Rooting factors: a kid with an unfortunate childhood caught in a trapHow they react under stress: foldRelationship with other characters: switch sides to help them
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: face to face battle with EricDenial:Their reaction at first horror: change sidesRelation to group after first horror: How they fight back: run, helpEnd Point:
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Survival
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Douglas Ryan’s Character Journey Track
What I’ve learned from doing this assignment is that it is very similar to another course I took here so I had already worked out some of these traits in the outline it was a good workout.
Daniella
Role: Survivor/Final Girl
Traits: Tough, Skeptical, Intelligent, Kind
Fears: Xeno, Dying
Wants/Needs : to get out of the town and out of foster care
Likability / Rooting factors: she sticks up for those that are too little or too afraid
How they react under stress: She tries to find a solution as quickly as possible and buries anger.
Relationship with other characters: She mostly finds solace with wounded people and her and adults are at ends. Character Intro: She is hanging out trying to get someone to make her a fake ID.
Denial: She sees how creepy Xeno is but Stuart says its just the way his dad is.
Their reaction at first horror: They fight and run.
Relation to group after first horror: She takes charge and makes sure everyone is safe.
How they fight back: She gets her friends to help.
End Point: She is safe in the hospital but finds out she is the next victim.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? She was safe but with this family nothing is safe.Stuart
Role: Victim/Hero
Traits: Kind, Shy, Obsessive,Tactical
Fears: Xeno, and Rejection
Wants/Needs : to help his mother and get Daniella as a girlfriend.
Likability / Rooting factors: He is nice to his mom and finds his dad’s collection disturbing.
How they react under stress: He shuts down and freezes.
Relationship with other characters: They don’t like him and use him as a stepping stone, except Daniella and Levi.
Character Intro: He is hanging with Levi when the Levi’s mom talks to them.
Denial: He doesn’t see his dad as a bad guy.
Their reaction at first horror: Shock and awe.
Relation to group after first horror: He freezes and doesn’t know what to do.
How they fight back: Saves Daniella and runs to her house.
End Point: Trying to save his mom he is thrown down the stairs by his dad and killed.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? It was an accident that Xeno regrets and puts blame on Marcus.Levi
Role: Victim
Traits: Lazy, verbose, selfish, crass
Fears: His mother the sheriff
Wants/Needs : To sleep with Daniella and party
Likability / Rooting factors: He protects his mother in the end
How they react under stress: He’s quick to play hero but falters just as quick.
Relationship with other characters: Has good report with his mother, Daniella likes his crassness, Xeno can’t stand him.
Character Intro: His mom pulls up and talks to him about Daniella
Denial: He thinks Daniella is full of it but still thinks Xeno is a creep.
Their reaction at first horror: He runs and gets his mom.
Relation to group after first horror: He is a fighter and a runner.
How they fight back: He brings his mom and they confront Xeno.
End Point: He is killed by Xeno with tenacity.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? This kid tried to do right in the end but too little too late.Sheriff Mason
Role: Victim/Badass
Traits: Rough around the edges, Ignorant, Arrogant, Steadfast
Fears: losing her peaceful community
Wants/Needs : To keep the peace in the town at all costs.
Likability / Rooting factors: She tries to talk to the teens at their level without being a dick.
How they react under stress: She tries to find a solution as quickly as possible.
Relationship with other characters: She is liked by the community but disliked by the teens.
Character Intro: She brings a bar fight victim to Xeno
Denial: She sees Xeno and ignores his creepiness
Their reaction at first horror: She ignores it.
Relation to group after first horror: She denies that anything is wrong with this quirky guy in her town.
How they fight back: Seeing her son being killed she takes action
End Point: Xeno kills her without bias and did not want to do so.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? She is not the hero and her arrogance gets her killed.Detective Marcus
Role: Hero/Victim
Traits: Intelligent, Tenacious, Gruff, Inquisitive
Fears: Being too late to stop a murderer
Wants/Needs : To arrest Xeno
Likability / Rooting factors: He keeps at his job when he is told to leave Xeno alone, and he saves Daniella
How they react under stress: He’s tactical and uses critical thinking keeping him cool.
Relationship with other characters: He is liked by his partner and Daniella but not really anyone else.
Character Intro: He and detective Smith go to question Xeno and Johnson about the murders.
Denial: Not sure if Xeno could be the guy but it lingers.
Their reaction at first horror: Knows it Xeno but can’t prove it.
Relation to group after first horror: Takes lead
How they fight back: Investigates Xeno on his own time.
End Point: He is killed trying to rescue Daniella
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? No character is safe.Detective Smith
Role: Survivor
Traits: Chatty, Skeptical, Loyal, Happy
Fears: losing her partner
Wants/Needs : to make it to retirement
Likability / Rooting factors: She is funny.
How they react under stress: She gets angry and vengeful.
Relationship with other characters: She is only liked by Marcus.
Character Intro: She and Marcus go to talk to the doctors about the murders
Denial: She doesn’t like Xeno for the murders.
Their reaction at first horror: Skeptical and sits back.
Relation to group after first horror: She only hangs with Marcus.
How they fight back: She goes looking for answers about Marcus’s death.
End Point: She tells Daniella that the Dr.’s are dead.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Loose end or hero for a sequel.Betty
Role: Victim
Traits: Overtly religious, mentally ill, Sad,
Fears: Offending god
Wants/Needs : To be respected, and obeyed.
Likability / Rooting factors: none
How they react under stress: She gets angry and violent.
Relationship with other characters: Her husband is the only person that can stand her.
Character Intro: Betty is on the street corner screaming about Jesus, sinners and the end of days.
Denial: She thinks her foster daughter is a liar.
Their reaction at first horror: She is in denial.
Relation to group after first horror: Lamb to the slaughter
How they fight back: She quotes the Bible
End Point: She dies knowing she was wrong.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Xeno is paving a way to get to Daniella.Mary
Role: Red herring
Traits: Quiet, Melancholy,
Fears: ???
Wants/Needs : to get new eyes
Likability / Rooting factors: she is quiet and picked on by Xeno.
How they react under stress: She ignores it.
Relationship with other characters: She sits and says nothing.
Character Intro: She is in a chair staring out the window and Stuart comes to console her.
Denial: she says nothing when asked to leave
Their reaction at first horror: She helps her husband
Relation to group after first horror: helper
How they fight back: she grabs Daniella and helps strap her to the chair
End Point: She comes to take Daniella’s eyes in the hospital.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Sets up a sequel.Sam
Role: Victim/Nice Guy
Traits: Happy go lucky, Ignorant, Understanding, Fearless
Fears: Losing his wife
Wants/Needs : To get his wife help
Likability / Rooting factors: He tries to help Daniella out with how his wife treats her and he tries to save them from Xeno.
How they react under stress: He is cool and tries to solve the problem with understanding.Relationship with other characters: Everyone loves him and doesn’t understand why he hasn’t checked Betty into a clinic.
Character Intro: He helps Daniella to her room after she is accosted by his wife.
Denial: Doesn’t believe Xeno is a killer and Daniella is making it up.
Their reaction at first horror: He sees the blood and then sees Xeno on his driveway.
Relation to group after first horror: denier
How they fight back: He attempts to talk to Xeno
End Point: Xeno kills him.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?Dr. Johnson
Role: Survivor
Traits: Intelligent, Attentive, Loyal, SkepticalFears: ???
Wants/Needs : to be a great optometrist
Likability / Rooting factors: she tries to make sense of why the cops are after Xeno and help their investigation.
How they react under stress: She thinks it out critically and goes from there.Relationship with other characters: She enjoys her patients and her working relationship with Dr. Xeno.
Character Intro: She greets Dr Xeno at the clinic and tells him who is waiting for exams.
Denial: She can’t believe that Xeno or anyone from the clinic would or could kill the people they help.
Their reaction at first horror: She contacts Detective Marcus about Xeno not showing up and leaving with a patient.
Relation to group after first horror: Tattles and sits back.
How they fight back: She calls the cops
End Point: She never sees Xeno again.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? She becomes a liability or focal point for a sequel. -
Wayne’s Character Journey Track
I learned to build character frameworks that lead to clear conflict / alliance.
A. Character Profile:
Role: Leader – Stella – CIA senior agent.
Traits: Nerves of steel, intelligent, reads people, dry ironic wit.
Fears: She’s missing something. Not making a connect.
Wants/Needs : Catch bad guys / Survive THE TRAP.
Likability / Rooting factors: She is turned on by her job. It’s contagious.
How they react under stress: Nostrils flare. She lives for the take down.
Relationship with other characters: All but Jack live to serve Stella.
B. Character Journey:
Character Intro: Stella show task force surveillance of an agent death from Monster.
Denial: I will let you know if he’s really a monster. I will dissect him, or her.
Their reaction at first horror: Agent Peters, the victim, was very good. Noted?
Relation to group after first horror: All are rattled, know they have to get this “monster”.
How they fight back: They build THE TRAP. They are the bait.
End Point: She becomes the monster.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Perspective lost is a death sentence.
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Jack. Complainer, Spy, Snitch. Old. About to retire.
Traits: Bitter, Authoritarian.
Fears: Mistrusts everyone. Afraid they will kill him on retirement day.
Wants/Needs: Control/power. Will never get either.
Likability / Rooting factors: None.
How they react under stress: Proficient Soldier.
Relationship with other characters: He is angry and assigned to almost certain death.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: He is practicing drawing his pistol.
Denial: Monster ha. There is nothing in God’s kingdom a bullet won’t kill.
Their reaction at first horror: You’ve brought me here to die.
Relation to group after first horror: Stella cautions. Don’t disrespect Jack.
How they fight back: Jack resists being bait.
End Point: Character death #4. He always knew he wouldn’t retire.
What insight does their death to the others/audience? He was right.
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Donna. Moral One. Death #2.
Traits: Religious, Sexually desirous,
Fears: Hell, Devils, Authority.
Wants/Needs : Love/Self Respect
Likability / Rooting factors: Most love her open lust and ignore religion.
How they react under stress: She doubts Stella as leader.
Relationship with other characters: She thinks of bedding them.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: She’s mad at the monster as if she were a jilted lover.
Denial: The monster is a devil, I’ll give you that.
Their reaction at first horror: This smells evil.
Relation to group after first horror: We are doing the Lord’s work.
How they fight back: Holy water. Prayer. Mind meld. Visions.
End Point: The Monster had a choice. Why her?
What insight does their death bring to the others/audience? None. or the Monster had some kindness. Or was annoyed easily.
1. With each of your Survivors and Victims, answer the following questions:
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Brad. Love interest. Death #3. Dances.
Traits: young, enthusiastic, wants to pic the brains of these super agents
Fears: He’s a boy toy.
Wants/Needs: self respect / to love himself
Likability / Rooting factors: Practices Dance Moves for Sex. (seriously)
How they react under stress: He’s gonna dance through that too.
Relationship with other characters: Good. There is something genuine.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Practicing dance moves.
Denial: I can dance and think about the monster, yeah.
Their reaction at first horror: hysterical.
Relation to group after first horror: We need a buddy system. Survival!!
How they fight back: Dance. It works for a minute.
End Point: Death #3. (Needs a good punch line.)
What insight does their death to the others/audience? Damn, we like him.
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Rebel / Rule Breaker: Michael is a having a very successful streak. He is hated and loved by Stella.
Traits: charming, careless, terrifying bastard
Fears: Loosing his edge. instincts.
Wants/Needs : Cool, Cutting Edge / stay alive by any means
Likability / Rooting factors: He’s a charmer. But he will call you out.
How they react under stress: Like it doesn’t exist.
Relationship with other characters: They respect his track record but know that he’s in pain.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: He’s spending some serious mirror time smiling, winking.
Denial: He has a great denial smile. It’s a go to get away with anything.
Their reaction at first horror: He’s ready to be strong and tough.
Relation to group after first horror: Protect those less tough.
How they fight back: We better have explosives.
End Point: Survivor.
What insight does survival bring. A deep respect for his tough brilliance.
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Abby. Monster Bait: Abby a young recruit, believes in supernatural, and is literally trying to make herself bait by studying who is being killed.
Traits: techie nerd scientist sensitive.
Fears: She needs to stay stressless to function but can’t.
Wants/Needs: Solve the puzzles / Solve her need for puzzles.
Likability / Rooting factors: Everyone loves her. She is genuine.
How they react under stress: Gets up tight but is good at talking herself down.
Relationship with other characters: All good except for lovers that want to own her.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Scanning weird energy at Agent Peters murder.
Denial: Have to work, no time for denial. Contradiction.
Their reaction at first horror: I choose work. Don’t have time to think.
Relation to group after first horror: Can’t feel. Time to work.
How they fight back: Tell me what you need. Make it a long list.
End Point: Surviver.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The audience should have one more OMG she’s going to die moment and then be so happy she lives. Everybody loves her.
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Carmen’s Character Journey Track w/ working outline
What I learned doing this assignment was that I could really focus on the characters, motivations, etc and how that will work into my outline. It is bringing it all into focus and I am loved finding out who everyone is! Working it properly into the outline was the biggest challenge, but I know the next assignment will help clear up and make it more precise.
ACT 1
Atmosphere of Evil established: Don Bruno makes a deal with the devil for power and money.
Horror Situation: Doing something forbidden – Fredo and Cecilia have an affair – The Don finds out.
FREDO SALVATORE
Role: Instigator/Newest Don
Traits: Power-hungry, selfish, desperate, impatient, cunning
Fears: Death, being alone
Wants/Needs: Wants to be respected and have power. Needs validation from younger women, other family members
Likability / Rooting factors: He is slimy, no one really likes him. He is always driven by power and money. But he does love his children.
How they react under stress: He cowers – cannot meet head-on. He always reverts to his right-hand man – Luca- to deal with problems.
Relationship with other characters: They put up with him as the new Don, but he has struggled to earn their respect.
CECILIA SALVATORE
Role: Helps to humanize the Don; shows his true pain at the betrayal
Traits: Self-serving, Insecure, Greedy, Vain, Brave, Fun-loving
Fears: Poverty, Va, Wants/Needs: Wants people to think she is a good mother, wants financial security/Needs a powerful man, attention from men
Likability / Rooting factors: She is a shallow, greedy woman , but likes a good time. She does care for Fredo, tries to be a good mother
How they react under stress: She never panics or is affected much; as long as she looks good.
Relationship with other characters: Because she is fun she has a lot of friends – but her closest family sees her ugly underbelly
Reaction – Fight: Fredo and Don Bruno argue – it escalates and Fredo shoots the Don and bury him in the desert south of town.
CECILIA’S CHARACTER JOURNEY
Denial: She doesn’t lay any credence to the Don coming back from the grave – she thinks he wouldn’t take the time or wonders “what’s in it for him”?
Their reaction at first horror: Blames too many booze or something else – does not lay credence to it
Relation to the group after the first horror: Thinks she needs to take everything more seriously and that the Don is after her too
How they fight back: She says “let him come for me, if he’s man enough”
Horror Situation: Impending doom: Fredo and Luca dig up the Don’s grave – looking for the money
LUCA COSTA
Role: Fredo’s cousin and sidekick
Traits: Slimy, loyal, short on intelligence, vulnerable,
Fears: Being irrelevant to the family
Wants/Needs: Wants to be a badass; Needs validation from the family – especially Fredo
Likability / Rooting factors: He doesn’t care who or if anyone likes him – he craves respect. Rooting factor is his loyalty, even though it gets him killed
How they react under stress: Tends to be dramatic and cannot remain calm
Relationship with other characters: Everyone think he is the biggest screw-up and that only Fredo would give him the time of day
Connect with the characters: Flashback to Don Bruno and Cecilia, the kids and the whole family at an anniversary party for them. Dancing and having fun.
The characters are warned not to do it: At the party Grandmother Sofia tells them of the Don “curse”. How every Don generation has made a deal with the Devil for wealth and power and subsequently the entire family or the Don’s “old team” dies to fulfill his pact
Denial of Horror: The group laughs at her story – the Don especially – in his own denial since he has already made the pact a few years before
Safety taken away: The Don is targeting the family!
Horror Situation: See another killed – Fredo and Luca forced to watch the Don kill his oldest son.
Character Death 1: Dante Salvatore (Fredo’s Son)
Why: He is the next who would take over the Family
How: His Soul is sucked out and it’s the first portions of “skin” the Don puts on his face
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>LUCA’S CHARACTER JOURNEY
Denial: He at first doesn’t believe in the supernatural, until they go back for the money
Their reaction at first horror: Becomes unglued, believe there is no way it is real – it must be a trick or a power play
Relation to group after first horror: They didn’t think much of him before and now looks more like a coward
How they fight back: Wants to get out of town, hide, deny what’s happening
End Point: He stuck by Fredo until it was too late.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The Don was willing to go outside of family bloodline if he deemed it necessary
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>FREDO’S CHARACTER JOURNEY:
Denial: Doesn’t believe in the supernatural; can’t face it
Their reaction at first horror: Scared, to protect himself and his family.
Relation to group after first horror: They look to him for answers; he has none
How they fight back: He reaches out to his brother, Leonardo for help. He knows Leonardo is smarter than him.
Reaction: Escape – Fredo tries to hide his twin teens from Don Bruno.
Horror Situation: Trapped – it becomes clear that it doesn’t matter where they go – Don Bruno can get to them.
Reaction – Fight: Fredo enlists the help of his brother, Leonardo, who lives out of state and left the family “business” to do other things.
LEONARDO SALVATORE
Role: Leader, eventual next Don –
Traits: Intelligent, fearless, clever, persistent
Fears: Losing moral compass getting involved in family business again; loosing his wife
Wants/Needs: Wants to maintain his current lifestyle – not get drug back in; Needs to eliminate the threat
Likability / Rooting factors: No nonsense, badass, charming but emotionally distant; Understands he has to put family first – even if he doesn’t want to be part of the life.
How they react under stress: Senses become sharper, acts with no hesitation headlong into danger
Relationship with other characters: The characters look up to him and respect him.
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>BIANCA SALVATORE
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: To show another perspective on how women are in the mob; strong and not subservient or scared
Traits: Loyal, Strong, Intelligent,
Fears: Leonardo get drawn back into the family
Wants/Needs: Wants to support Leonardo regardless; Needs to know he won’t become a murderous man like the rest of the Salvatores
Likability / Rooting factors: She is kind and everyone likes her. She is analytical and strategic in everything she does
How they react under stress: Cool, calm and collected
Relationship with other characters: She is kind of like Leo’s second in command, doesn’t take crap from Fredo or anyone else in the family
Monster: The nature of the beast: Don Bruno comes to Fredo in a dream promising him that he will see everyone he loves die before he dies his own horrible death.
Horror Situation: Physically tortured – Cecilia gets tortured – he sucks her soul and uses some of her skin to put on him
Character Death 2: Cecilia Salvatore is killed (the Don’s wife)
Why: Revenge – she cheated on the Don with the nephew, Fredo
How: The Don, stalks her on the Las Vegas Strip tearing and slashing at her before cornering her and sucking her soul dry and breaking all of her bones. Takes some of her skin for himself
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>LEONARDO’S CHARACTER JOURNEY:
Denial: Calls Fredo a fool and that dead is dead
Their reaction at first horror: Able to pivot quickly and understands the threat
Relation to group after first horror: Looks to him to help solve how to get rid of the Don
How they fight back: Head-on – he makes the plans, he hides the women and children, his idea to go to the family bunker.
End Point: He sees that the only way to defeat the Don and save who is left of the family is to become the next Don – to accept the curse
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Bianca is the only main character left; she understands that the curse is real and what he must now do.
Reaction: Try to solve it – They go to Grandmother Sofia for answers.
ACT 2 — THE POINT OF NO RETURN
Isolated / Trapped / Abducted: They try to drive to California, but the borders are closed due to water shortage. The UT border is closed as well.
Horror Situation: Mentally tortured – The Don stalks his victims – torturing them not knowing who is next
Reaction: They go back to the family home highrise and try Grandmother Sofia’s warding off spell.
Horror Situation: The spell doesn’t work! The start to hear strange noises.
BIANCA’S CHARACTER JOURNEY:
Denial: Lays no credence to Grandma Sofia’s story – she doubts anyone would want Fredo in charge/and or that he isn’t smart enough to devise any kind of plan
Their reaction at first horror: She is a realist – if she can see it – it’s real
Relation to group after first horror: Some think she can Leo should be in charge – the other woman look to her
How they fight back: Weapons and education about the curse
End Point: She decides to support Leo being the next Don – it’s better than death, and the money and power certainly doesn’t suck
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? That the Don still did have a human side
Reaction: They Flee – Leonardo and Bianca keep looking for answers.
Character Death: Two more members of the family are brutally killed.
Character Death 3: Antonio Salvatore (Fredo’s young twin boy)
Why: Revenge – makes Fredo watch again and to show the ferocity of the Don’s anger
How: Off-Screen, screams and begging to be spared – soul-sucking and bones crunching
Character Death 4: Luca Costa – (Fredo’s cousin on his mother’s side) – his partner in crime
Why: He helped Fredo cover up the affair with Cecilia, although not in the bloodline – he is collateral damage and punctuates the Don’s rage directed at Fredo’s actions
Horror Situation: Don Bruno follows Fredo and his family to a bunker.
Character Death: One of Fredo’s twins is savagely killed.
ACT III
Horror Situation/Character Death: Fredo’s wife, Sasha is killed in front of him. Don Bruno is patchworking the skin of his victims onto his face and arms. He is even scarier now!
Character Death 5: Sasha – Fredo’s wife
Why: To ensure there will be no more Salvatore’s from Fredo’s bloodline
How: Fredo is held against the wall and eyes forcibly opened to watch the Don skin her alive and each her flesh then cut a section and stick it on his neck.
Reaction: Fredo tries to appeal to Don Bruno’s human side. He weeps and yells.
Character Death: Don Bruno slits Fredo’s daughter’s throat.
Character Death 6: Caterina Salvatore (Fredo’s young twin daughter)
Why: Revenge – to further torture Fredo – makes him watch
How: Although off-screen the soul sucking and bone crunching are heard. He spares her taking any skin
Horror Situation: Leonardo and Bianca and Fredo are cornered.
Reaction: Hide: Fredo tries to hide under a couple of the dead bodies, but Don Bruno finds him.
Character Death: Fredo’s soul is sucked out and he is skinned and Don Bruno takes his flesh to wear on his face.
Character Death 7: Fredo
Why: Revenge – the final blow to the bloodline
How: Fredo is in such a state of dread and hysteria that he begs. The Don makes Fredo eat one of the pieces of flesh from his mangled/disgusting face. Then he skins him alive and eats his entrails.
Horror Situation: Leonardo and Bianca are trapped in the bunker
Reaction: Leonardo appeals to Don Bruno’s human side and strikes a deal.
FINALE: Leonardo becomes the new Don – Don Bruno’s debt is paid and he is at rest. Leonardo and Bianca leave the bunker. Leonardo on the phone setting a meeting with his second cousin – ready to start giving souls for power and money
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Larry Fraller’s Character Journey Track
What I learned doing this assignment is I have too many characters! I need to find which are necessary to the essence of the plot. Also, character profile and journey is a bit different for horror.
LORETTE
PROFILE
Role: Victim/cause of the horror
Traits: Selfless, repressed, adventurous, fantasizes
Fears: aging
Wants/Needs: Want to be rescued by a prince and live in a castle, free of the rules and boredom of her life. Need to feel guilt for eating meat, but she feels no guilt. She feels relief to be freed of her own restrictions and inhibitions
Likability: She’s practically a Disney character, at least in her own imagination, sweet natured, and caring about and for animals, even after giving up being vegetarian
How they react under stress: She doesn’t even recognize stress until it’s too late, then she panics.
Relationship with other characters: Loves her husband but bored with his life style. Everyone loves her, some love her too much, and she doesn’t know where to draw the line. The old women despise her.
JOURNEY
Character intro: Painting a fantasy of prince coming from castle. Perhaps with some kind of evil or trapped damsel in an upper window.
Denial: She denies the old woman’s warnings about keeping traditions because she has no idea what that means. She lives in a fantasy world where good always wins over evil.
Their reaction to first horror: Romanticizes the darkness she sees in Megarette as a test of her faith in good over evil
Relation to group after first horror: She’s attracted to the prince even more, drawn toward the dark side, as it were.
How they fight back: She runs from the Prince, but teases her husband into fighting the prince, which he doesn’t do, because she lacks the courage to tell him the truth, and because she’s gotten selfish enough to just want to follow her lustful desires
End point: She drowns, then eaten by piranhas, as a final deed protecting her husband by succumbing to death, thereby cleansing her of guilt she never felt to begin with
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience: Your actions come back to haunt you
CHAMBERS
PROFILE
Role: Survivor/ hapless magnet for horror because of his wife’s behavior for which he takes no responsibility
Traits: Domesticated, nurturing (gardener), unimaginative
Fears: Just about everything new, especially the warning about following traditions
Wants/Needs: Want a quiet life Need to step outside himself and experience new things
Likability: He’s a gardener, loves and trusts his wife, law-abiding
How they react under stress: Paranoia
Relationship with other characters: Loves his wife, keeps to himself, except friendly with the Vintner because of his gardening.
JOURNEY
Character intro: Gardening
Denial: Believes that so long as he’s doing what’s right, evil will leave him alone.
Their reaction to first horror: He doesn’t recognize it in Megarette and doesn’t believe Lorette
Relation to group after first horror: He stays away from the castle and all the goings on up there.
How they fight back: He tries to kill the creatures that attack.
End point: He uses Lorette’s corpse to hold off the piranhas.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience: No one’s immune.
PRINCE
PROFILE
Role: Monster – conduit for the Eumenides wielding of justice
Traits: Perceptive, deceitful, charismatic
Fears: Losing his power
Wants/Needs: Want control over the living. Need victim’s souls
Likability: He’s glamourous and noble
How they react under stress: Deflects it back onto those who cause him stress
Relationship with other characters: Commands their respect and attracts their carnal desires
JOURNEY
Character intro: Rides jauntily up to the couple’s cottage, warmly welcoming them to a feast in their honor
Denial: He denies he’s evil. Feels only his own power over others.
Their reaction to first horror: Embraces it
Relation to group after first horror: Seeks to increase their misery
How they fight back: He pretends to offer aid, but pushes victims closer to disaster
End point: He regrets destroying Lorette who’s such a consummate object of his desires
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience: Even the most horrible amongst us has regrets for their evil deeds when those deeds come back to haunt them
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Jason Lassen’s Character Journey Track
What I learned doing this assignment is… I may have too many characters. Once again my story keeps changing. It’s difficult to come up with so many profiles and story journeys that are not too similar.
The Toy Keeper
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: The Carrier
Traits: Old, creepy-looking
Fears: None.
Wants/Needs: Wants to get more souls for the devil. Enjoys watching the deaths on the security system.
Likability / Rooting factors: We don’t want to like him.
How they react under stress: He laughs.
Relationship with other characters: They think he’s weird and creepy.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: He opens the gate and tells them the “Rules”
Denial: No denial. He knows the truth.
Their reaction at first horror: A smile and laughter
Relation to group after first horror: Not sure how he’s going to interact with them?
How they fight back: He lets the souls do his dirty work.
End Point: He lives to gather more souls.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? He survives.<div>Heather
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Innocent Badass
Traits: Badass, confident, smart
Fears: Not knowing what’s going on.
Wants/Needs: To find a way to get out.
Likability / Rooting factors: She’s smart and sweet.
How they react under stress: Cool and thinks straight.
Relationship with other characters: She’s concerned about how to get everyone out safely.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: She reiterates to follow the rules
Denial: Concerned why this is happening and to get everyone out safely.
Their reaction at first horror: Runs to tell others.
Relation to group after first horror: Wants to work together to get out.
How they fight back: Using her smarts and staying calm.
End Point: She’s the only one to make it out.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? She dies to show no one really escapes the devils grasp.Andrew
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Innocent Leader
Traits: Smart, caring, quick minded
Fears: Thinks something is fishy with Honey and Nathan.
Wants/Needs : Wants to find out the truth about Honey and Nathan.
Likability / Rooting factors: He’s sweet to Honey and very eager to help others.
How they react under stress: Calm and level headed.
Relationship with other characters: Wants to help others out.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: First to offer to help out get stuff inside the storage facility.
Denial: Doesn’t believe it.
Their reaction at first horror: Shocked but quick to react to get safe.
Relation to group after first horror: Wants to help others escape.
How they fight back: Using his smarts.
End Point: He dies at the hand of someone who he loved but they didn’t love him.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? He gets his revenge by killing Honey.Roz (Toby)
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Complainer Bitch
Traits: Bossy, condesending, and thinks she’s “Better than” everyone.
Fears: None. She’s a cold hearted bitch.
Wants/Needs : Wants others to just shut up and do as she tells them to.
Likability / Rooting factors: We love to hate her.
How they react under stress: She doesn’t stress.
Relationship with other characters: She bosses them around.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: She bosses her workers, Gayle and Erick around at the entrance.
Denial: She enjoys being possessed.
Their reaction at first horror: She likes killing.
Relation to group after first horror: They are her play things.
How they fight back: She kills.
End Point: She is killed by Heather.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The death we’ve been waiting for. She gets her comeuppance.Honey
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Lover
Traits: Condescending, bitchy, know it all
Fears: That people will see what a fake she is.
Wants/Needs : Wants to continue her affair with Nathan under Andrew’s nose. Loves being sneaky and feeling like she smarter than everyone else.
Likability / Rooting factors: None. Love to hate her.
How they react under stress: No stress because she’s one of the possessed.
Relationship with other characters: She hates people.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: She’s excited to be at the storage unit with Nathan and Heather, especially Nathan.
Denial: No denial.
Their reaction at first horror: Loves it.
Relation to group after first horror: Preditor
How they fight back: With sex
End Point: Dies at the hand of the man she’s been cheating on.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? She gets her comeuppance.Nathan
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Lover Meathead
Traits: Asshole, Narcissist
Fears: None, he thinks he’s invincible
Wants/Needs : Wants to pump iron and pump Honey.
Likability / Rooting factors: None. Very hate-able.
How they react under stress:
Relationship with other characters: Cheating on Heather with HoneyB. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: He’s posing with his arms up talking about pumping Iron
Denial: He’s one of the possessed.
Their reaction at first horror: He likes it.
Relation to group after first horror: He gets turned on sexually
How they fight back: He doesn’t
End Point: He’s hit on the head with weights by Honey while they have sex.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? He begs her to kill him while they are having sex. It seems to turn him on.Erick
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Monster Bait Asshole
Traits: Like a sleazy car sales man, fake, brown noser
Fears: Afraid of people finding out what a fake he is.
Wants/Needs : To get ahead in life not mater the cost.
Likability / Rooting factors: None
How they react under stress: Cower and curl up
Relationship with other characters: Wants them all to like him.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: He and Nathan know one another. Erick admits to divorcing his past two wives because they got fat.
Denial: None
Their reaction at first horror: Excited, he’s also possessed
Relation to group after first horror: Excitement
How they fight back: He doesn’t get a chance to.
End Point: Nathan kills him.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Friends killing friends?Gayle
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Monster Bait Annoying
Traits: Nag, thinks she’s really smart
Fears: Her Mom, her family name, people finding out how week she is.
Wants/Needs : To be loved but is unlovable.
Likability / Rooting factors: None.
How they react under stress: Runs screaming
Relationship with other characters: Hates them but fakes liking them.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Toby is bossing her around while waiting for the storage unit place to open.
Denial: She can’t believe it.
Their reaction at first horror: Runs
Relation to group after first horror: Fuck them! She has to save herself.
How they fight back: By running.
End Point: Killed by Toby.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? A mother will kill her own daughter while under this things possession.Guitarist/Singer
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Rebel
Traits: Arogant, Lead Singer Syndrom, Gods gift to the world
Fears: People will find out he sucks as a musician and see through his bullshit.
Wants/Needs : Wants to be loved.
Likability / Rooting factors: He’s arrogant but kind of likable in an you love to hate him sort of way.
How they react under stress: Get angry.
Relationship with other characters: Bosses them around.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: He’s doing his vocal warmups for practice.
Denial: None.
Their reaction at first horror: Loves it.
Relation to group after first horror: Loves chasing them.
How they fight back: He doesn’t
End Point: Killed by Toby.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The possessed will even kill one another. No one is safe.Bass Player
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Rebel Level headed follower
Traits: Nice, kind, caring
Fears:
Wants/Needs : Needs to find a new band. Hates the singer.
Likability / Rooting factors: He wants to help others get out.
How they react under stress: Level headed.
Relationship with other characters: Caring, wants to help.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: He’s the glue holding the band together.
Denial: Can’t believe it but kind of can because the singer is that much of an ass.
Their reaction at first horror: Shocked and runs.
Relation to group after first horror: Trys to find people to help get out.
How they fight back: Hits back when necessary.
End Point: Jump scare just as he’s about to escape and killed by Toby.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Sad he didn’t make it.Keytarist
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Coward
Traits: Coward, clueless
Fears: Everything
Wants/Needs : To stay in the band forever
Likability / Rooting factors: He’s the goofball
How they react under stress: Run screaming
Relationship with other characters: They like him because he’s the funny one.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: With the rest of the band fooling around before Storage unit is opened.
Denial: Can’t believe it.
Their reaction at first horror: Petrified and doesn’t want to be next. Literally runs down the bass player while escaping.
Relation to group after first horror: He’d use them as bait so he can get away.
How they fight back: Using the brains of others who are calm.
End Point: Killed by singer
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? It’s a fun kill but we always hate to see the goofballs die.Drummer
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Sacrificial Lamb
Traits: Cool, relaxed
Fears: A crazy singer
Wants/Needs : Wants to spend life in a drunken high.
Likability / Rooting factors: He’s silly and harmless.
How they react under stress: Calm because he’s drunk and high.
Relationship with other characters: Wants everyone to be drunk and high with him.B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Spinning drumsticks and spinning them in the air.
Denial: No time to deny
Their reaction at first horror: Dies before he can react.
Relation to group after first horror:
How they fight back:
End Point: Killed by singer
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? A second death by a different killer. What’s going on?Worker #1
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Sacrificial Lamb
Traits: lazy, complainer
Fears: Toby
Wants/Needs : Wants a new job
Likability / Rooting factors: We can all relate to having a job we hate.
How they react under stress:
Relationship with other characters: Co-workerB. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Toby bossing them around not calling them by their name, just “You” or “Thing One”
Denial: No time to deny.
Their reaction at first horror: No time to react.
Relation to group after first horror: They are the first horror
How they fight back: Can’t
End Point: Killed by Toby
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The killings have begun.Worker #2
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Sacrificial Lamb
Traits: Hard worker
Fears: Toby
Wants/Needs : To get work done and go
Likability / Rooting factors: Hard worker
How they react under stress: Runs
Relationship with other characters: Co-WorkerB. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Toby bossing them around not calling them by their name, just “You” or “Thing Two”
Denial: Shocked
Their reaction at first horror: Runs
Relation to group after first horror: Trying to find help and a way out.
How they fight back: Trying to find others.
End Point: Killed by singer
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Killers kill anyone.
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Jeff Hall’s Character Journey Track
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: ZOE
Traits: adventurous / strong / expresses opinion
Fears: tight spaces?
Wants/Needs : Wants a real “home” / connect to sister after losing brother
Likability / Rooting factors:
How they react under stress: shut down
Relationship with other characters: strained with family due to stress of move/lose of brother
B. What is their Character Journey for this story? Learn to overcome Claustaphobia / resolve relationship with sister.
Character Intro: discovers dead body / shutdown
Denial: ??
Their reaction at first horror: shutdown
Relation to group after first horror: does not want to be in this house
How they fight back: she does not, until the end… she talks to the monster.
End Point: loves sister unconditionally
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Survival/monster can be reasoned with
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A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: LYNN
Traits: Timid / weak / nice / submissive
Fears: The unknown
Wants/Needs: does not want her sister to hate her
Likability / Rooting factors: very likable
How they react under stress: rely on others/ask for help
Relationship with other characters: gets along/non-confrontational
B. What is their Character Journey for this story? Dependent/self-dependent.
Character Intro: Finding body and screaming
Denial: The monster is a friend and can live with them
Their reaction at first horror: scream
Relation to group after first horror: clingy
How they fight back: Screams for help
End Point: Helps herself / takes action to resolve her problem
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Survival/The monster is lonely
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A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: RON
Traits: Leader / father / problem solver / financial stresses
Fears: the family falling apart
Wants/Needs: Safe family under one roof
Likability / Rooting factors: distant toward others
How they react under stress: Logical / maps out steps to resolving issue.
Relationship with other characters: Loves family / cautious with everything else
B. What is their Character Journey for this story? Learns to trust people / trust daughters
Character Intro: Proud father buying first family home
Denial: His daughters need him 24/7
Their reaction at first horror: protect the family
Relation to group after first horror: “circle the wagons”/protect
How they fight back: action / secures house
End Point: Lets go of Zoe so she can save Lynn
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? ??
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A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: ADA
Traits: loving mother / home maker /
Fears: losing another child / marriage is over
Wants/Needs: Make the house a home / heal after son’s death
Likability / Rooting factors: stress causes her to be distant
How they react under stress: cries
Relationship with other characters: loves family and over protects them
B. What is their Character Journey for this story? (stress to action)
Character Intro: cries / over protection
Denial: the house is not haunted
Their reaction at first horror: cries
Relation to group after first horror: fearful of lose
How they fight back: cries turn to anger
End Point: Strength and takes action/she is the one who retrieves zoe/lynn from under the monster’s layer.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? ????
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A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: JOHN
Traits: tortured / sees supernatural beings / alcoholic
Fears: Being alone / rejection
Wants/Needs: family / acceptance
Likability / Rooting factors: not very likable / bitterness
How they react under stress: calm
Relationship with other characters: tries to get them to like him
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Intoxicated
Denial: believes that his ability is punishment/bad thing.
Their reaction at first horror: grossed out / dumbfound / unbelievable
Relation to group after first horror: confused
How they fight back: assists Ron
End Point: Accepts his gifts / finds blood trail into the woods
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? ????
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Jennifer’s Character Journey Track
What I learned – It is important at this point to “know” my characters and how they will react and interact so that I can design the action.
Richard – Character Profile
· Role: Leader
· Traits: Deceitful, Conniving, Cocky, Superior,
· Fears: Truth being discovered, losing Kendria
· Wants/Needs : Wants wealth/status; needs to hide truth
· Likability / Rooting factors: protective of family
· How they react under stress: Scoffs; blames others; defends; flees; cowers
· Relationship with other characters: Desires Kendria – to possess her; Torments/taunts/teases Frank; Wary/weirded out by Leya
Character Journey for this story?
· Character Intro: Sneaky hiding things – in garage? File drawer? Office?
· Denial: Is making things up to scare everyone else – which he knows are untrue; denies that they are in danger that he cannot control
· Their reaction at first horror: Has family hide – talks tough to desert killers; Thinks it is just natural stuff – desert animals; is inclined to sacrifice Frank;
· Relation to group after first horror: Acts tough – wants to appear to be in charge
· How they fight back: Tries his wits, then brute strength, then flees
· End Point: Is killed by the forces wielded by Leya’s monster
· What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Richard deserved to die – he killed his friend to get Kendria, he made himself wealthy at others’ expense
Kendria – Character Profile
· Role: Rescuer
· Traits: Apologetic, insecure, protective
· Fears: Unknown; outdoors/animals
· Wants/Needs : Wants to keep the peace; needs to save her family
· Likability / Rooting factors: kindness and loyalty to family
· How they react under stress: Avoids; numbs herself, claws back
· Relationship with other characters: “Owes” Richard – dependent on him, and a little afraid; feels responsible for Frank – protective, defending him; adores daughter Leya, only piece of her beloved husband she has left – also in awe of Leya
Character Journey for this story?
· Character Intro: Loving and indulgent with Leya – taking her to library, putting her to bed; fearful/careful/tip-toe around Richard – intimidated by him; protective of Frank – defending him, explaining for him, encouraging him
· Denial: Tries to keep kids from being scared; goes along with Richard in denial – nothing to be afraid of; then she thinks it may be ghosts
· Their reaction at first horror: Hide and protect kids; obey Richard
· Relation to group after first horror: tries to guide/advise/protect kids; tells kids to run
· How they fight back: tries to draw evil away from kids, outrun & outsmart it
· End Point: Crawls out of her trap and finds the kids
· What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Being good and not preying on others lets you survive.
Frank – Character Profile
· Role: Introvert/Loner
· Traits: Nervous, Fearful, timid, sensitive, frail, crafty, needling/sarcastic
· Fears: heights, dark
· Wants/Needs : Wants to be accepted/understood being different; needs to be seen as a strong and brave young man
· Likability / Rooting factors: adores his niece Leya and appreciates her quirkiness; is grateful to his older sister Kendria and wants to be helpful to her
· How they react under stress: retreats; cowers
· Relationship with other characters: Confrontational with Richard and covertly messes with him; big-brotherly and protective with Leya; looks up to Kendria and is grateful – also wants to do anything to help her
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
· Character Intro: Plays games and enjoys Leya; listens to Leya when she is reading; respects Leya’s eccentricities & defends her and Kendria when Richard belittles them
· Denial: Tries to keep Leya and Kendria from being afraid, but quickly succumbs to fear that it could be haunted ground
· Their reaction at first horror: screams when dog is attacked and when he gets caught in cactus;
· Relation to group after first horror: hides; tries to figure things out; tries to rescue; runs
· How they fight back: strategy – hiding, evading, trapping, leading into a pit/trap
· End Point: falls into the pit/mine with the creatures he lured there, but survives
· What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? If you are a good person the monster will not kill you.
Leya -Character Profile
· Role: Carrier
· Traits: Precocious/genius; quirky; conspires with Frank;
· Fears: Losing her mother
· Wants/Needs : Wants – to punish the evil-doer; needs to keep her loved ones safe
· Likability / Rooting factors: innocent child who lost her father
· How they react under stress: She is matter-of-fact and governed by facts and knowledge;
· Relationship with other characters: She looks up to her uncle Frank; loves her mother, obeys Richard, but will conspire with Frank to covertly mess with him.
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
· Character Intro: She chooses unusual books, far beyond her apparent age. She shows wisdom and understanding unusual for a child.
· Denial: She never thinks she is in danger – but she does what she’s told – running, hiding, helping to fight.
· Their reaction at first horror: She is eerily calm, and has to be told to be afraid.
· Relation to group after first horror: She tells them that the animals are more afraid of them – that they should remain calm.
· How they fight back: She doesn’t need to fight back – she is the conduit of the horror.
· End Point: The monster inhabits her body until the end when Richard is destroyed. Then the monster returns to the book and she is unaware of what happened.
· What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? The most innocent and helpless one is the one who wields the power of retribution.
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George’s Character Journey Track
What I learned from doing this assignment was a new way to develop characters for a script. What works for horror would probably work for a thriller, too.
A. CHARACTER PROFILES
1. Role (from Lesson 3): John: LEADER, SACRIFICIAL LAMB (VICTIM)
· Traits (main characteristics): Smartest, wise, nurturing, admits mistakes, in control
· Fears (Primal fears): failing at all-important life’s work, causing everyone else’s death
· Wants/Needs (main motivations): Contact with E.T.s/to train a protege
· Likability / Rooting factors: Cares about others, a doer/brave
· How they react under stress (numb out, denial, avoid it, blame others, dramatize, angry, give up, shut down, deflect, etc.): get moving (Confront it)
· Relationship with other characters: benevolent boss, mentor to protege
2. Role (from Lesson 3): Jose: RESCUER
· Traits (main characteristics): Can do handyman, self-educated in astronomy
· Fears (Primal fears): dismemberment, death
· Wants/Needs (main motivations): to learn/ respect from John
· Likability / Rooting factors: sense of humor/self-made, brave
· How they react under stress (numb out, denial, avoid it, blame others, dramatize, angry, give up, shut down, deflect, etc.): can handle it until monster: first impulse to run
· Relationship with other characters: tries to form relationships, thoughtful, brings laughter
3. Role (from Lesson 3): Al: COMPLAINER (Eventually, VICTIM)
· Traits (main characteristics): Second ranking scientist, conceited, insecure, bossy, cowardly, sociopath
· Fears (Primal fears): not being respected, the monster = death
· Wants/Needs (main motivations): respect/status
· Likability / Rooting factors: none
· How they react under stress (numb out, denial, avoid it, blame others, dramatize, angry, give up, shut down, deflect, etc.): blame others, angry
· Relationship with other characters: they fear him and dislike him
4. Role (from Lesson 3): Deborah: LOVER (SURVIVOR)
· Traits (main characteristics): intelligent intern, romantic
· Fears (Primal fears): none until monster
· Wants/Needs (main motivations): cute Custodian/John’s mentorship
· Likability / Rooting factors: smart, plucky, caring, brave
· How they react under stress (numb out, denial, avoid it, blame others, dramatize, angry, give up, shut down, deflect, etc.): numb out—until end
· Relationship with other characters: close to Custodian and John. Follows surviving Handyman
5. Role (from Lesson 3): Carlos: LOVER/MONSTER BAIT (VICTIM)
· Traits (main characteristics): romantic, willfully ignorant, immature
· Fears (Primal fears): thinking
· Wants/Needs (main motivations): Deborah/to grow up
· Likability / Rooting factors: Deborah likes him
· How they react under stress (numb out, denial, avoid it, blame others, dramatize, angry, give up, shut down, deflect, etc.): ignore it, monster doesn’t give him reaction time
· Relationship with other characters: surly when asked to clean, hits on Lashonda, too
6. Role (from Lesson 3): Sandy, Camper: LOVER, MONSTER BAIT (VICTIM)
· Traits (main characteristics): fit, injured
· Fears (Primal fears): first to witness monster, dismemberment, death, fears no one believes her
· Wants/Needs (main motivations): to be believed, to be with others/
· Likability / Rooting factors:
· How they react under stress (numb out, denial, avoid it, blame others, dramatize, angry, give up, shut down, deflect, etc.): logical, brave until monster, then runs (limps)
· Relationship with other characters: stranger to patient to comrade
7. Role (from Lesson 3): Lashonda: COMPLAINER 2 (VICTIM)
· Traits (main characteristics): loud, opinionated, smart, needy
· Fears (Primal fears): dying
· Wants/Needs (main motivations): respect, recognition for ideas/attention
· Likability / Rooting factors: smart, brave
· How they react under stress (numb out, denial, avoid it, blame others, dramatize, angry, give up, shut down, deflect, etc.): brave, angry
· Relationship with other characters: tells what she thinks, in the end fights for them
B. CHARACTER JOURNEYS
1. Character Intro:
John talks to Deborah at AM coffee about planet that sent signal and sense of loss at star’s explosion. They leave to repair dish.
2. Denial: He thinks Sandy could be hallucinating due to hypothermia.
When a person first hears about a monster attack, the natural thing to do is to go into denial. He finds attacked ambulance when driving Sandy and returns them to Control building.
3. Their reaction at first horror: A bit of fear as the evidence indicates that Sandy is right.
4. Relation to group after first horror: Still the Leader with practical logic as his guide.
5. How they fight back: He takes Jose in search of Carlos and alien.
6. End Point: He faces the monster to buy time for Jose’s escape.
7. What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? John first to realize monster comes out at night. He inspires Jose to carry on the fight against monster.
1. Character Intro: Deborah, the intern, looks up to John as mentor.
2. Denial: She agrees with Al that it’s a bear. She believes when monster abducts Carlos right before her eyes.
3. Their reaction at first horror: She runs for help. Quite distressed because Carlos is her lover.
4. Relation to group after first horror:
Protégé of John; makes out with Carlos; leads the last stand against the monster.
5. How they fight back: Taking her cue from John, she tries to assess the creature’s vulnerabilities.
6. End Point: She is one of two survivors after possibly killing the monster.
7. What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
Survivor. She exhibits good qualities that the audience would approve of: curiosity, love, intelligence, imagination, great determination.
1. Character Intro:
Al doesn’t have anything good to say. He’s glad Deborah will climb dish with John. Mind games: “I hope you’re not afraid of heights.” Self-important follower /skeptic.
2. Denial: He suggests that the monster is a bear. He believes when he goes into the landing craft with Jose.
3. Their reaction at first horror: He runs away, leaving Jose to die.
4. Relation to group after first horror: He holes up trying to devise a way of communicating while Deborah and the rest prepare a defense.
5. How they fight back: He tries to work out a way to communicate with monster. He’s not a fighter, but perhaps he can talk his way out.
6. End Point: Belatedly, he joins Deborah and Jose on the telescope to disconnect the transmitter. It’s his finest hour.
7. What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
We all get a shot at redemption before we die.
Character Intro: Jose also a protégé of John.Denial: Treats it as a jokeTheir reaction at first horror: runsRelation to group after first horror: he tries to provide some leadershipHow they fight back: he goes back to landing ship and quickly figures out an escapeEnd Point: he helps Deborah to dismantle the transmitter and drops it on alienWhat insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience? Survivor
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