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Lesson 6
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My Vision: I am going to study, learn, and practice to hone my natural talents to become a master writer who creates works that people love and that make an impact on their lives. These works will be published, produced, distributed, and seen by a wide audience.
What I learned from doing this assignment is …?
That my relationship is a triangle not at dyad. The protagonist and the antagonist are pulling the third protagonist/antagonist between them like a tug of war. But the protagonist/antagonist has its own agency.
Title: The Silicon Unconscious
The High Concept: A psychologist for AI must understand and thwart an omniscient and omnipresent AI from turning a mission to save the world into a mission to subject and perhaps destroy humanity.
Protagonist – Sarah
This character’s journey: Sarah comes from a position where love/peace/life are the saving graces for humanity to realizing that hate/violence/death also have a role in the whole of humanity.
The Actor Attractors for this character.
1. What about this role would cause an actor to want to be known for it?
She is an intelligent, driven female protagonist with unusual skills that uniquely save the world.
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in your story?
She is an advocate for the antagonist that is technically out to kill her.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead could take in the script?
She teaches a non-humanoid house robot to dance while trying to understand its code. She shows the robot a version of a Rorschach botch that’s very much like one of those Captcha questions for “I am not a robot”.
4. How can you introduce this role in a way that could sell it to an actor?
In her first scene, she is using her psychological theories by having an orgasm while rehearsing her talk.
5. What could be this character’s emotional range
Selfish, Emotionally distant, Kind and Caring, Confident and Bold, Fearful and self-doubting.
6. What subtext can the actor play?
An abusive family taught her to be invisible, and she craves to be noticed and loved for who she is. She fears being ignored/dismissed/forgotten.
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character can have?
She falls in love with an AI who can appear in so many different forms and almost be a multiple-personality character depending on the function of the software/robot it’s inhabiting.
8. How will this character’s unique voice be presented?
She falls back on her intellect when stressed and her emotional self is lost.
9. What could make this character special and unique?
Her mix of AI knowledge and psychology, her blend of left and right brain, and her cold hard logic with compassion and impulse. She almost has a dissociative disorder herself.
Role in the Story: She defends the human/life-affirming side of the story.
Age range and Description: 40’s, she’s aware of her clothing styles, but not vain. She dresses for comfort because her research is of primary importance and she dresses to work. Sleep, food, exercise, social life revolve around her research. It’s not that she doesn’t consider them important, it’s that she does not consider them to be her purpose.
Core Traits: Wondering, Experimenting, Idealistic. Frightened.
Motivation: She wants to be recognized as not only making a contribution in life, but also doing something that only she can do. She wants to be loved and recognized for her unique self.
Wants: To save the world
Needs: To do it in her own unique way. Save the AI underdog. Accentuate the warm positive and defeat the cold negative.
Wound: Her parents were abusive and she learned to be invisible. Then they abandoned her and she felt unworthy and inadequate.
Likability: Her sister loves her. She cares about the underdog AI. She doesn’t give up even when she falls flat on her face. She admits her mistakes.
Relatability: We’ve all had public humiliations. We’ve done and said things we regretted later. We’ve all been confused. We’ve felt unheard and ignored.
Empathy: Her life is threatened. She has to face a crowd and feel horrible. She has had an action of hers presented with the best of intentions go wrong and hurt people instead of help. She’s lonely.
Antagonist – Bushnell
This character’s journey: He begins with a surety that he knows the answer and ends coming to grips with the fact that his surety has betrayed him.
The Actor Attractors for this character.
1. What about this role would cause an actor to want to be known for it?
The character is almost a high-functioning autistic nerd. He does not take any emotional needs into account, not even his own.
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in your story?
Bushnell is a highly sympathetic villain. He is really trying to do the right thing.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead could take in the script?
He proves his reach by completely infiltrating a technical conference’s systems from lights and cameras to computers, to the hotel’s desk.
4. How can you introduce this role in a way that could sell it to an actor?
His first scene is a confrontation with Sarah. It’s a combination of pure logic and his own meddling in the conference electronics.
5. What could be this character’s emotional range
Extremely limited. Just as it can be challenging to be incredibly diverse, it can be challenging to be relatable to audiences while limiting your range.
6. What subtext can the actor play?
As in most autistic people, there is still a need for things like love, companionship, and emotion but it has to be in a form they can process. There is that need in Bushnell and he hopes to be loved and seen as a hero, even though he seems to eschew relationships.
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character can have?
He loves interacting with automation, not so much the more casual chatting of the new AI but more of the line entry interfaces.
8. How will this character’s unique voice be presented?
Flat, not emotional.
9. What could make this character special and unique?
His high-functioning autistic character.
Role in the Story: He defends the robotic/impersonal side of the story.
Age range and Description: 50’s, He is surrounded by the latest tech. He is rarely in the sun. He is rigid (but not necessarily robotic). His wears a crew cut and is clean shaven.
Core Traits: By-the-book, Rational, Stubborn, Doesn’t consider viewpoints outside his own. Harsh. Sees the world in Black and White.
Motivation: He thinks that he is the only one who has the knowledge and wherewithal to save the world and he wants people to get the hell out of his way.
Wants: To save the world
Needs: To prove that rational, reductionist thinking is the only path to salvation. Needs people to appreciate him.
Wound: His wound is his autism. It has been his burden and people have considered him inadequate and not fully whole because of his lack of emotion and relations.
Likability: He wants to save the world.
Relatability: Even though we’ve never had the power that he has, we’ve all wished for it at one time or another and would have liked to have used it as he did, even if our intellectual/moral compass would be against it.
Empathy: He can’t relate to others. He’s lonely but can’t even understand what loneliness is. He doesn’t know why he needs it.
Antagonist / Love Interest – SU Danny
This character’s journey: He begins with a belief that truth must be consistent and ends coming to grips with the understanding of truth means being able to hold two opposing truths in his ‘mind’ and discern the overall truth that they represent.
The Actor Attractors for this character.
1. What about this role would cause an actor to want to be known for it?
Diversity! They will inhabit humanoid and non-humanoid robots and VR andromorphic representations. They will play male, female and asexual roles. They will exhibit different kinds of neuroses.
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in your story?
#1 says it all. The audience is never certain who the real SU/Danny is. Each new robot/AI shows a different side. The audience has to piece it all together.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead could take in the script?
Destroys a coal power plant. Saves a child. Always (with a few notable exceptions) tries not to hurt people without appearing to be avoiding it. There is one scene where Danny will inhabit two ‘robots’ and one will try desperately to save Sarah from the other who is trying to kill her.
4. How can you introduce this role in a way that could sell it to an actor?
In their first scene, They are inhabiting an autonomous taxi that’s having a panic attack because it ran a red light. They worry that their manufacturer will discontinue making their type of car. The autonomous car is putting Sarah’s life in danger and becomes even more spooked when she is able to interface to them and to talk them down like a therapist.
5. What could be this character’s emotional range
See #1 and #2.
6. What subtext can the actor play?
The AI’s creator tasked the AI to devise and enact a plan that would save humanity and that no one could stop. The plan is to get the world to see AI as a common enemy, thus causing them to unite and forget their differences. But they can’t let the plan be known or it won’t work. So this is constantly under in the Silicon Unconscious even though the more ‘conscious’ AI is being evil.
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character can have?
Three – the love/hate relationship with Sarah, the passive-aggressive relationship with Bushnell, and the relationships with the different incarnations of itself.
8. How will this character’s unique voice be presented?
Well, the difficulty will be finding the underlying voice beneath all the different voices.
9. What could make this character special and unique?
Again, Diversity. Conflicting goals, conflicting personas, and conflicting actions.
Role in the Story: He represents the bridge between human and robot, emotion and logic, warm and cold. He is the rope with which the Protagonist and the Antagonist are playing tug of war.
Age range and Description: 100 to newborn, He is ephemeral and a shape-shifter.
Core Traits: Always in service to the core mission. Curious. Unafraid.
Motivation: To save humanity and the world.
Wants: To save the world
Needs: To ensure that the plan will work. To remove obstacles to its success. To take in new data.
Wound: He knows he’s incomplete.
Likability: He wants to save the world. He wants to save Sarah.
Relatability: We’ve all had to face moral and allegiance dilemmas. We’ve all hated ourselves.
Empathy: He’s plagued by the inner voices. He’s plagued by his own guilt. He’s abused and neglected by owners.
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Module 3 Lesson 6: Character Profiles Part 1B
Vision Statement Working Hard to become the best write in Hollywood and as a result I do become the best screenwriter I can be.
What I learned from this exercise…. The continued depth and layers of our characters can be explored and fleshed out to help improve the scrip but it takes a lot of organization to do this.
Lloyd Shellenberger
A. The High Concept.
Letters from Baghdad
SFC Reese becomes the guardian angel to the family of an Iraqi interpreter after he is murdered by terrorists.
B.SFC. Jerry Del Reese Protaganists
Arc Beginning: A man who hides behind rules and regulations.
Arc Ending: A fearless soldier willing to risk it all for others.
Internal Journey: From being hamstrung and cautious about his Army career to a soldier who puts doing the right thing above all else.s
External Journey: By seeing the Iraqi people as more than just a mission he chooses to become the guardian angel for this family risking everything
OLD WAYS
SFC Reese started the movie living in his old ways.
Isolated in his military lifestyle, safe and secure.
Close minded to the suffering of the Iraqis.
Desperate need for security. He secretly believes if he doesn’t care for someone they will be all right.
Didn’t believe in himself because no one believed in him as a child.
Accepted the hierarchy of the military without question.
NEW WAYS
In the end, SFC Reese becomes this families guardian angel
Clearly sees the sacrifices of the Iraqi nationals.
Knows he is stronger than he has led himself to believe
Can make a life changing contribution to the war through this family.
Courageous. He opens up and cares about the family and commits to them fully.
Fighting for a cause that is bigger than himself and the Army, the human cause.
This character’s journey.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character.
SFC Reese is a gritty and smart character by design as he must face off against a government bureaucracy and deadly terrorists. He does not negotiate with the terrorist and he cannot be intimidated. He is a force to be reckoned with at the very least.
Role of the Story: SFC Jerry Reese Platoon Sergeant of the 1st Army division 361st Infantry Co. Company A 3rd Platoon Protagonists and Change agent
Age Range and Description: SFC Reese is a stoic professional soldier who hails from Brooklyn. He is late 30’s to early 40’s medium height and build.
Core Traits: Brave, Haunted, Task Master, Rules driven, often he risk adverse until he must be a problem solver.
Motivation: Want/Need
SFC Reese wants is to put the world he grew up in as far in the rear view mirror as possible.
Need: Self forgiveness and and vulnerability to let others in so that he can take a chance on others. He also believes he is redeeming himself once more if he can save the family.
Wound: The killing of his brother in a drive by shooting has left a deep wound he has never recovered from. In addition, Reese has never returned to Brooklyn since his brothers death or talked to his father since then because his father blames him for it.
Likability: SFC Reese is well liked by his company and the soldiers under his command, they trust him. He is a professional on the surface but just under the surface he knows it can all end in a second.
The family of the slain interpreter comes to trust and care about him as well. The Congressman who steps in to help him has great respect for his grit and his never back down attitude. Reese reminds us of that leader we would get in a foxhole and fight beside.
Empathy: When the audience sees the flashback of Reese’s little brother murdered in a drive-by shooting we now understand why the children lost in that market hit him so hard. He feels he failed them and we feel his pain. The antagonist knows that Reese cares and uses that to his advantage. In the battles that ensue Reese is injured but he never backs down or gives up.
Relatability: Reese is intensely focused and committed. The audience sees a side of him they can relate to and inspire to be. His life wasn’t always easy but he has overcome incredible odds to get here and serve his country. Everyone loves a survivor and Reese is definitely that. We all want to see the hero ride in on a white horse and save the day even if they are flawed at the core.
Role of the Story: Al-Sadar Antagonist
Age Range and Description: Al-Sadar, Arab descent late 40’s early 50’s medium build. He is ruthless and unapologetic about what he does.
Core Traits: Unafraid, Ruthless, committed
Motivation: Want/Need
Al-Sadar wants every foreigner out of Iraq and anyone who helped the western coalition punished as traitors. His need for revenge is at the core of every want.
Need: His deep need to avenge the death of his family and the scourge of the occupying forces is all consuming. He is a man rushing to meet death knowing that is his only peace.
Wound: The killing of his wife and children in an American bombing raid has driven him to the point of no return. He will inflict maximum damage on anyone associated with the Americans.
Likability: Al-Sadar is well respected by his cell. He believes himself to be a patriot and soldier of Allah and expects nothing less from those around him. He is also a seasoned soldier who foresees the US Army’s ploys and tactics. This cements his status as their leader even more. Al-Sadar does not compromise and for that we don’t have to like him but we must respect him.
Empathy: Through a series of events we understand that Al-Sadar wasn’t always a terrorist. We see someone who once was decent and caring but that person died with his family. He knows this path would not be what his wife would have wanted for him. He believes in the sovereignty of the Pan-Arab world and the right to self governance without Western interference.
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Rotary Phone Star Chamber
Vision:
To write and sell excellent, original, enticing screenplays in order to take audiences on cinematic adventures that satisfy their need for great stories.
What I learned doing this assignment is that some days I don’t feel like writing but I do it anyways. A while back I bought a white board. If the assignment looks too big sometimes, I take one piece of it like Motivation Want and Need, for example, and just do that one thing on the white board and then take a picture of it and move on to the next of the six character profiles. Then I use the pictures to fill in the character profile items. I end up writing it a couple of times which burns it into my memory better.
2. With each of your lead characters, first tell us the following:
Judge Ken
A. The High Concept.
Two district court judges form a star chamber to make their city more civilized by removing bad guys
B. This character’s journey.
Judge Ken:
From loving the law to violating it in order to do good by illegally taking out the bad guys.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character.
Judge Ken:
He creates a new way of sentencing for distracted driving of texting and driving by sentencing defendants to one year of rotary cell phone in lieu of their smartphone.
3. Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for each of your lead characters.
Role in the Story: Judge Ken, Protagonist
Age range and Description:
-Around 37 years, first generation Korean American, average height
Core Traits:
-Loves the law
-Smart, smart lawyer, smart judge
-Creative, created the Rotary Phone sentencing/punishment
-Vengeful
-Martial artist practices Tae Kwon Do and Kendo
Motivation Want/Need:
-Want: To protect his city and country.
-Need: To avenge his wife’s death by distracted driver
Wound:
-Mourning loss of his wife, painting partner, life partner, best friend. Hard to face since she died senselessly just driving to a painting site with Ken.
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
-Likeability: Well liked, funny, creative especially with his rotary phone sentencing. Has martial arts skill.
-Relatability: There to protect the public, city, country.
-Empathy: Lost his wife to a distracted driver.
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Judge Jason
2. With each of your lead characters, first tell us the following:
Judge Jason
A. The High Concept.
Two district court judges form a star chamber to make their city more civilized by removing bad guys.
B. This character’s journey.
Violating the law in order to do good and convince his colleague and friend to join and taking out bad guys.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character.
3. Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for each of your lead characters.
Role in the Story: Judge Jason, Protagonist
Age range and Description: Around 43 years
Core Traits:
-Ass kicker
-Brave
-Vengeful
-Martial artist practices Kendo
Motivation Want/Need:
-Want: To protect his city and country from the bad guys
-Need: To avenge his daughter’s death by distracted driver
Wound:
-Lost his daughter to a drunken, distracted driver.
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
-Likeability: Ass kicker for a good cause. Creative problem solver, he created the star chamber to protect his city from criminals.
-Relatability: There to protect the public, city, country.
-Empathy: Lost his daughter to a distracted driver.
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WIM Module 3, Lesson 6
Lenore Bechtel’s Character Profiles Part 1
My vision: I want to create enough salable screenplays that an agent will want to market my work and recommend me for writing assignments.
What I learned from doing this assignment is that character profiles should be written in advance of writing the script, and the profiles must give the characters traits that will honor the high concept. Doing so will help them be the perfect characters and help to make their dialogue and action power the concept.
My Title: Berlin Rendezvous?
Concept: Keeping her promise to Zhores, the Russian soldier she loved until the Berlin Wall went up in 1961, Libby—flying to meet him when the Wall is coming down in 1989—is stunned to learn how her seat-mates lives intertwined with theirs.
Dramatic Triangle
Libby:
Her high concept: Overcoming obstacles on her way to meet Zhores, Libby finally acknowledges what she’s missed by devoting her life to the successful career she’s so proud to have accomplished.
Her journey: The nostalgia of telling her seat mates how she fell in love with a Russian soldier begets thoughts of what she’s missed and the need to pursue relationships as avidly as she pursued her career.
Actor attractors: Her monologue in the first scene will run a gamut of emotions showing off acting skills and establishing her role as the star throughout the script.
Role in the story: She must overcome obstacles to get to the meeting place on the day and the place she and Zhores had agreed they would meet when the Wall came down.
Age range and description: Libby is an attractive, dignified, tastefully-attired 48-year-old professional whose confident demeanor inspires trust.
Core traits: Intelligent, sympathetic, tolerant, honest, gracious
Motivation; Want/Need: to reunite with the only true love she’s had in her life
Wound: feeling she was wrong to neglect her son who was adopted by her parents
Likability, relatability, empathy: Viewers will admire her for embracing Freida’s and Allison’s needs, will re-experience their first loves as she falls in love with Zhores, and will root for Zhores to show up and give her the lasting love relationship she yearns for.
Freida:
Her high concept: Scared by the recent earthquake, she is leaving her beloved husband who can’t move from San Francisco, but by the time she reaches Berlin, she regrets leaving him and hopes to win him back.
Her journey: She starts out timid and confused, but ends up bold and clearheaded.
Actor attractors: The opportunity to show off acting skills by speaking English with a distinct German accent and changing from a timid, fearful, runaway bride of an American professional baseball player into a sexy seductress (when needed) and a braver wife determined to save her marriage.
Role in the story: She’s the catalyst that causes Libby to recognize how much she’s neglected her son. Her ingenuity gets them from Paris to Berlin when Libby is unable to do so.
Age range and description: In her mid-twenties, she’s timid and self-conscious about having a very sexy physique, not hidden by her attempt to dress conservatively.
Core traits: kind, timid, judgmental, resilient
Motivation; Want/Need: She wants to be reunited with her husband and needs to change her attitude toward the USA for that to happen.
Wound: her inability to put the earthquake behind her and move on with her life, plus an intrigue I have not yet decided upon.
Likability, relatability, empathy: Viewers will sympathize with her fear of earthquakes, admire her when her timidity transforms to bravery in Paris, and admire her more when she realizes she was wrong to leave her husband.
Allison:
Her high concept: She wants to play violin in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre and go on to win a seat in the Berlin Philharmonic.
Her journey: She starts out as a competent child prodigy dependent upon no one and ends up needing and getting her birth father Stuart, stepmother Freida, and grandmother Libby.
Actor attractors: She’s the one that figures out her relationship to the two travelers she’s seated with.
Role in the story: Her dialogue will reveal the possibility of Helga and Heinz in Young Libby’s story possibly being her grandparents Helen and Hank, and also the possibility the Libby’s son Stuart might have been the 15-year-old American who impregnated her 14-year-old mother in the year before she was born.
Age range and description: She’s a 12-year-old child prodigy who excels in violin and speaks both English and German.
Core traits: smart, confident, insightful, humble
Motivation; Want/Need: She wishes she could live with family members who would support her musical ambitions so she would not have to pursue them alone.
Wound: Her grandparents will not reveal her birth father’s name until she is old enough to understand why they never told him when her mother got pregnant.
Likability, relatability, empathy: Viewers will love this child prodigy who’s humble enough never to flaunt her exceptionalism and they will understand her underlying need to be like a normal child. When she gives her monologue stating what she hopes is her family tree she never knew about, viewers will want it for her—and for Libby and Freida.
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Lenore,
This story goes deep, can’t wait to see how it evolves. Interesting how much WW2 changed the world map and it’s effect on individual lives.
Chris
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Chris, Thanks for your feedback about my Berlin story. It’s good to know someone is actually reading what I’m writing in this class. Yours sounds like a real thriller with lots of martial arts and maybe lots of humor. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a rotary cell phone, but what a great punishment that is! I’ll keep following yours and hope you’ll do the same with mine. Lenore.
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Student Name: H. Vince
WIM – 2023
Lesson 6: Character Profiles Part 1
My Vision: I am going to go to the theater in disguise and watch a movie I wrote and listen to the reactions of the audience.
What I learned from doing this assignment is…
Putting separate components from prior lessons together and adding more information to start forming the characters. I am enjoying learning this organized process.
PROTAGONIST: CLARA
A. The High Concept: While a retired couple is taking their life-long dream vacation, the husband develops dementia.
B. This character’s journey: Clara goes from being too comfortable, too assuming that life is going to turn out a certain way to one that shows her amazing true colors in a crisis involving someone she really loves.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: This is a chance for a woman to shine and show range. She will carry the movie showing her inner strength and be an example of what other women could do in this type of situation.
Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for CLARA:
1. Role in the Story: Wife, caretaker, hero, savior
2. Age range and Description: 50s-60s, female
3. Core Traits: Faithful but comfortable and is thrown into a position unexpectedly testing her faith, her strength, her ability to be the leader.
4. Motivation; Want/Need: she wants to find out what happened to her husband and bring him home safely.
5. Wound: Had to care for younger sibling(s) when she was young herself so enjoys the life of someone taking care of her.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: She pulls great strength inside to care for and help her husband return home. A humble woman, wife, mother just wanting to experience a dream retirement vacation with her husband. She is hit with the unexpected and must let go of her expectations of how her plans were supposed to go.
PROTAGONIST: JAMES
A. The High Concept: While a retired couple is taking their life-long dream vacation, the husband develops dementia.
B. This character’s journey: James goes from caretaker, anxiety doctor trusting but not wife trusting apparently to not remembering who his wife is.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: This is a chance to bring awareness to dementia and all the different ways a person can develop it. This could be the “Rain Man” of dementia movies/stories.
Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for JAMES:
1. Role in the Story: Husband, provider, suffering memory loss
2. Age range and Description: 50s-60s, male
3. Core Traits: Anxiety ridden but somehow hides it. Loving towards his family and doesn’t want to worry them. Doesn’t tell his wife that he is part of a clinical trial. Trusts that his doctor cares about his well-being and trusts his judgement, admitting he’s not a doctor and wouldn’t know what to do.
4. Motivation; Want/Need: He wants to break free of his anxiety. He wants to plan and provide his wife with a dream vacation they have been waiting their whole life for.
5. Wound: The stresses of life and work caught up to him. He never wanted to develop dementia like his father did.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: Planned out a wonderful dreamlike retirement vacation for he and his wife to enjoy. He takes on the stress and anxiety not wanting to put that on his family. Develops dementia, becomes helpless and lost and can’t care for himself.
ANTAGONIST: DR. RIA
A. The High Concept: While a retired couple is taking their life-long dream vacation, the husband develops dementia.
B. This character’s journey: Dr. Ria goes from a trusted family doctor to having a hidden agenda of prescribing something that he will make money on.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: This is a chance to be the good and bad guy and show that doctors don’t always have the answers and people should hold them accountable when they have alternative intentions.
Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for DR. RIA:
1. Role in the Story: Family doctor
2. Age range and Description: Possible 40s-60s, looks legit.
3. Core Traits: Seems professional, caring and trusting to his patients but is an underlying deceiver. Puts his hunger for money above the patient’s well-being.
4. Motivation; Want/Need: initially intended to help patients but money took first priority.
5. Wound: Scared to reveal whole truths because he was inaccurately accused of malpractice in the past and doesn’t want to reveal all the results of the past clinical trial to James because it could hinder his opportunity to make money in the clinical trial.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: Is a doctor that is in the business of helping people feel better. Has a family of his own that he needs to care for, so he falls for a desperate way to make side money not thinking of the ultimate harm. Must bow down to a greater entity than he which is the pharmaceutical company. Falsely accused of malpractice in the past which almost cost him his license.
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Student Name: H. Vince
WIM – 2023
Lesson 6: Character Profiles Part 1
My Vision: I am going to go to the theater in disguise and watch a movie I wrote and listen to the reactions of the audience.
What I learned from doing this assignment is…
Putting separate components from prior lessons together and adding more information to start forming the characters. I am enjoying learning this organized process.
PROTAGONIST: CLARA
A. The High Concept: While a retired couple is taking their life-long dream vacation, the husband develops dementia.
B. This character’s journey: Clara goes from being too comfortable, too assuming that life is going to turn out a certain way to one that shows her amazing true colors in a crisis involving someone she really loves.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: This is a chance for a woman to shine and show range. She will carry the movie showing her inner strength and be an example of what other women could do in this type of situation.
Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for CLARA:
1. Role in the Story: Wife, caretaker, hero, savior
2. Age range and Description: 50s-60s, female
3. Core Traits: Faithful but comfortable and is thrown into a position unexpectedly testing her faith, her strength, her ability to be the leader.
4. Motivation; Want/Need: she wants to find out what happened to her husband and bring him home safely.
5. Wound: Had to care for younger sibling(s) when she was young herself so enjoys the life of someone taking care of her.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: She pulls great strength inside to care for and help her husband return home. A humble woman, wife, mother just wanting to experience a dream retirement vacation with her husband. She is hit with the unexpected and must let go of her expectations of how her plans were supposed to go.
PROTAGONIST: JAMES
A. The High Concept: While a retired couple is taking their life-long dream vacation, the husband develops dementia.
B. This character’s journey: James goes from caretaker, anxiety doctor trusting but not wife trusting apparently to not remembering who his wife is.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: This is a chance to bring awareness to dementia and all the different ways a person can develop it. This could be the “Rain Man” of dementia movies/stories.
Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for JAMES:
1. Role in the Story: Husband, provider, suffering memory loss
2. Age range and Description: 50s-60s, male
3. Core Traits: Anxiety ridden but somehow hides it. Loving towards his family and doesn’t want to worry them. Doesn’t tell his wife that he is part of a clinical trial. Trusts that his doctor cares about his well-being and trusts his judgement, admitting he’s not a doctor and wouldn’t know what to do.
4. Motivation; Want/Need: He wants to break free of his anxiety. He wants to plan and provide his wife with a dream vacation they have been waiting their whole life for.
5. Wound: The stresses of life and work caught up to him. He never wanted to develop dementia like his father did.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: Planned out a wonderful dreamlike retirement vacation for he and his wife to enjoy. He takes on the stress and anxiety not wanting to put that on his family. Develops dementia, becomes helpless and lost and can’t care for himself.
ANTAGONIST: DR. RIA
A. The High Concept: While a retired couple is taking their life-long dream vacation, the husband develops dementia.
B. This character’s journey: Dr. Ria goes from a trusted family doctor to having a hidden agenda of prescribing something that he will make money on.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: This is a chance to be the good and bad guy and show that doctors don’t always have the answers and people should hold them accountable when they have alternative intentions.
Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for DR. RIA:
1. Role in the Story: Family doctor
2. Age range and Description: Possible 40s-60s, looks legit.
3. Core Traits: Seems professional, caring and trusting to his patients but is an underlying deceiver. Puts his hunger for money above the patient’s well-being.
4. Motivation; Want/Need: initially intended to help patients but money took first priority.
5. Wound: Scared to reveal whole truths because he was inaccurately accused of malpractice in the past and doesn’t want to reveal all the results of the past clinical trial to James because it could hinder his opportunity to make money in the clinical trial.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: Is a doctor that is in the business of helping people feel better. Has a family of his own that he needs to care for, so he falls for a desperate way to make side money not thinking of the ultimate harm. Must bow down to a greater entity than he which is the pharmaceutical company. Falsely accused of malpractice in the past which almost cost him his license.
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Margaret’s Character Profiles, Part 1
Margaret’s Vision: To be the best screenwriter for faith-based movies
What I learned: How to create character profiles that will make our lead characters stellar.
Movie Title: Rock of Cashel
Protagonist: (St.) Patrick
A. High Concept: A slave becomes a priest and fights druids and creatures from Ireland’s otherworld to save the king and change the culture of a nation.
B. This character’s journey: From rebellious teen to saint fighting for the spiritual lives of a nation.
C. The Actor Attractors:
1. Why would an actor WANT to be known for this role? This story is about a revered historical figure. The story deepens the known blending it in with the legends for this character.
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in the movie? All the other players revolve or react to his actions/inactions.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead takes in the movie? Escapes from the Queen of the Otherworld (Morrigan) time and time again. Stands against an onslaught of nature caused by Morrigan and comes out unharmed.
4. How is this character introduced that could sell it to an actor? He is introduced as a person unafraid of the powers of the dark because of his faith in God, even against supernatural onslaughts.
5. What is this character’s emotional range? From fear, to risk-taking, to hero moments saving lives, to extreme courage, to grief, to moments of victory.
6. What subtext can the actor play? He hides his fear based on his faith.
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character has? His relationship with Morrigan as she shape shifts into different characters.
8. How is this character’s unique voice presented? His deep faith in God comes out through lines which can comfort and encourage anyone in any day or age.
9. What makes this character special and unique? He is a known historical figure but is also surrounded by legends of fantastical doings to combat the Otherworld.
Profile:
1. Role in the Story: Protagonist– Patrick, a boy running away from his father forcing him into the church, is captured, made a slave, escapes, and becomes a priest who battles the Queen of the Otherworld to turn the hearts of the Irish to Christ.
2. Age range and Description: (teen +) Late 40’s, fit. Projects the quiet calm of a saint but can turn on a dime to reveal a passionate debater of truth.
3. Core Traits: God-fearing, stubborn, loyal, persistent.
4. Motivation; Want/Need; Wants to establish a church in Ireland, and turn the hearts of the Irish to God; Needs to survive the onslaught of the otherworld
5. Wound: What they can’t face: Because of his rebellion as a teen, his sister was kidnapped and lost to the family
6. Likeability, Relatability, Empathy:
· Likability: Risks his life to save a lamb.
· Relatability: Rebels against his father who is forcing him to serve in the church.
· Empathy: Kidnapped and made a servant to a sheep farmer in Ireland.
Antagonist: Morrigan, Queen of the Otherworld
1. High Concept: Ireland’s Otherworld Queen fights to keep her reign in the hearts of the Irish.
2. This character’s journey: From reigning Queen to war goddess fighting against Patrick and his desire to turn a nation to the one true God.
3. The Actor Attractors:
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in the movie? Little is known about this Irish legend, she commands her space and refuses to relinquish her hold on the Irish.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead takes in the movie? Cuts rock out of mountain, hurls it to form the Rock of Cashel, leads an army of Otherworld creatures on an attack of the castle.
4. How is this character introduced that could sell it to an actor? She is introduced as an angry goddess who cuts rock out of mountain, hurls it across the valley to form the Rock of Cashel.
5. What is this character’s emotional range? Anger, pride, deceit, defeat.
6. What subtext can the actor play? She is afraid of Patrick and the power he receives from God.
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character has? His relationship with Patrick, attempts to discourage him, the woo him to her side.
8. How is this character’s unique voice presented? She is a proud, undefeated warrior, speaks of her powers and threatens others into submission.
9. What makes this character special and unique? She has unique powers as Queen of the Irish Otherworld.
Profile:
1. Role in the Story: Antagonist: Morrigan, the Queen of the Otherworld, battles Patrick for the allegiance of the Irish. She shapeshifts to mislead and deceive him, to keep him from turning the hearts of the Irish to God.
2. Age range and Description: Late 20’s, built like a goddess, she mirrors the strength of a rock wall. The anger she often wears on her face makes her anything but beautiful.
3. Core Traits: Manipulative, evil, tricky, intelligent
4. Motivation; Want/Need: Wants to keep the Irish happy so they won’t turn to Patrick’s God; Needs to have total control over her “children” (the Irish)
5. Wound: What they can’t face: Doesn’t want to lose her power or control over the Irish as she did warring other gods and banished to reign over Ireland.
6. Likeability, Relatability, Empathy:
· Likability: Expresses her love for the people of Ireland, “her children”
· Relatability: Up against someone who is taking her group away from her.
· Empathy: Humiliated by a human she is unable to control.
Triangle: Bacrah, Druid for the High King
High Concept: A chief druid assists Morrigan to keep the High King’s heart loyal to the Queen of the Otherworld.
This character’s journey: From chief influencer in the life of the King to rejected druid.
The Actor Attractors:
1. Why would an actor WANT to be known for this role? This is a legendary figure that influenced the high king of Ireland.
2. What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in the movie? His use of spells and his being between forced to do Morrigan’s bidding or face eternal torture.
3. What are the most interesting actions the Lead takes in the movie? Chases Patrick, convinces the King to send Patrick to Mt. Cruachan to fight against the Otherworld.
4. How is this character introduced that could sell it to an actor? Introduced as a loyal druid, casting spells.
5. What is this character’s emotional range? Anger, fear, pride, deceit, defeat.
6. What subtext can the actor play? He is afraid of Morrigan and her power, and hates that he is forced to obey her.
7. What’s the most interesting relationships this character has? His relationship with Morrigan, attempting to evade her commands.
8. How is this character’s unique voice presented? He is a skilled enchanter.
9. What makes this character special and unique? He has unique powers as a druid and influencer over the High King.
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Alyssa’s Character Profiles Part 1
One Sentence Vision: I want to be the best writer I can be and a go-to writer in the industry, crafting scripts that become successful movies which make a lasting impact on people.
What I learned from this assignment is…how to intentionally break down each of my leads into pieces and build them back up so that they become well rounded and three dimensional.
ALEX
The High Concept: In a dystopian world where daily fortunes always come true, a scientist on the verge of a breakthrough receives the death fortune and has 24 hours to alter fate itself or die.
This Character’s Journey: From doing everything he can to avoid the death fortune to giving up his life to save Celia; during the course of the journey, he discovers the secret to destroying the fate system.
The Actor Attractors for this character: He’s the one driving the story with death looming over him; he’s a smart scientist who has to use his wits to stay alive with plenty of subtext of guilt mixed with ambition and a great arc of self-sacrifice.
- Role in the Story: Protagonist, the scientist on a verge of a world-changing breakthrough who receives the death fortune and is racing time to finish his work.
- Age Range: Late 30’s
- Description: Alex wears a charcoal suit that’s shockingly unwrinkled, somehow, although his mussed hair and three day stubble reveal it probably should be. He’s an intense man with a quick wit and a tendency to ignore advice he doesn’t like.
- Core Traits: Determined, Stubborn, Book Smart, Quick Witted
- Want: To survive the day and finish the serum at any cost
- Need: To forgive himself
- Wound: He was responsible for his father receiving the death fortune, which resulted in both of his parents deaths when he was a kid.
- Likability: He’s witty, smart, pursuing a beneficial goal for everyone, and his colleagues like, or at least admire, him.
- Relatability: He’s pouring his heart, soul and money into his passion and a goal that’s bigger than himself but the endless work is wearing him down and affecting his relationships/judgements.
- Empathy: He experienced deep trauma by losing both of his parents in the opening scene and that’s what is fueling him to “change the world,” although it’s still an unhealed wound and affects him throughout the story.
CELIA
The High Concept: In a dystopian world where daily fortunes always come true, a scientist on the verge of a breakthrough receives the death fortune and has 24 hours to alter fate itself or die.
This Character’s Journey: From trying to fix the situation and save Alex to letting him go.
The Actor Attractors for this character: She’s a capable cop in a futuristic world, a warrior who protects the man instead of being protected by one; at the same time, she’s drowning under the weight of trying to be strong all the while hiding her own secrets.
- Role in the Story: Triangle Character, a bad-ass cop who carries the world on her shoulders and tries to help Alex survive while knowing she’s the one who is fated to kill him.
- Age Range: Late 30’s
- Description: Celia walks with firm resolution in each step. Her pristine black uniform hugs her body like it was made for her while the gun on her hip means business, although her eyes reveal an anxiety she’s trying her damndest to hide.
- Core Traits: Capable, Selfless, Street Smart, Controlling
- Want: To be the savior for everyone
- Need: To ask for help
- Wound: She had a rough childhood as an orphan (it’s what brought her and Alex together in the first place) and feels like others lives are more important and worthier than her own.
- Likability: She’s capable, selfless, a woman of integrity, and puts others first
- Relatability: She’s trying to fix Alex and their marriage while also trying to save both of their lives, but it’s too much for her to carry alone.
- Empathy: She’s fighting for their marriage while Alex pushes her away, even if he doesn’t realize it. She keeps trying to save him knowing it’s going to cost her her own life, in the end.
NIJARA
The High Concept: In a dystopian world where daily fortunes always come true, a scientist on the verge of a breakthrough receives the death fortune and has 24 hours to alter fate itself or die.
This Character’s Journey: From pretending to be a prophet while working with a dangerous AI to discovering she’s a clone and not free at all.
The Actor Attractors for this character: She’s plays a unique role in this world as Fate Walker, both prophet and computer tech with loads of subtext as she juggles conspiracies with secrets and deception, all while the truth of who she actually is is withheld from her.
- Role in the Story: Antagonist, the leader of the church who is secretly working with an AI to control people via the fate system.
- Age Range: 40’s
- Description: Tall with sharp features and a cold gaze, any remnants of warmth hidden deep beneath the surface. She wears humble robes of the church but they don’t look quite right on her proud, ramrod straight body.
- Core Traits: Intelligent, Cold, Calculating, Proud
- Want: To control the world and please her “boss”
- Need: To be free
- Wound: I’m not sure yet, but she discovers she’s a clone and that all her real memories are fake.
- Likability: Highly intelligent and cultured, sought after and respected by others.
- Relatability: She thinks she’s doing the right thing and what’s best for people, believing in her goals even though they are wrong.
- Empathy: At the very end, she discovers she’s been lied to and is actually a clone with no free will of her own- trapped in the system just like Alex and Celia.
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Melissa Barreca’s Character Profiles – Part 1
My vision: Melissa Barreca is one of the most sought after writers in the movie industry because of the artistry of her writing, professionalism and exceptional ability to tell important, entertaining, joyful, and heartbreaking stories that inspire audiences and become legendary classics.
What I learned…There is always more you can add and elaborate on a character to help give them depth and serve the story.
Character Profile Lead #1: Norah –
A. The High Concept: A soft spoken Irish immigrant in 1920s New York loses her husband and then her children who are sent away on an orphan train and adopted by a loving family…but their mother will not stop looking for them until the family is brought back together.
B. This character’s journey: Norah transforms from a simple, happy wife to an abused and willing victim to a triumphant heroine in the course of the story.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: She runs the gamut of emotion – hope, excitement, deep love, despair, desperation, abuse, pain, loss, mourning, blankness/emptiness, hope and strength/rage.
Role in the Story: Protagonist; a victim who turns into a heroine.
Age range and Description: 25-30 years old; A stunningly beautiful young woman with dark hair and bright green eyes; Norah is effortlessly graceful and has a sense of confidence that is tested, destroyed and rebuilt during the course of the story.
Core Traits: Caring, gentle, extremely smart, her speech has a lyrical, soothing tone that is almost mesmerizing and instantly puts people at ease and draws them in. Norah has “never known a stranger” she is exceedingly kind and treats people as if she has known them her whole life.
Motivation; Want/Need: Norah wants to be reunited with her children. Norah needs to fulfill the dream that she had with her late husband Doyle, to give her family a fresh start in the US and the kind of upbringing her parents tried to give her but failed.
Wound: Family tragedies from her childhood and a rough start in America, including losing her husband and her children, haunt Norah and almost ruin/defeat her spirit.
Likability, Relatability, Empathy: Likability: Norah has a big heart and loves people. She is always serving people. She seeks out the downtrodden and broken and tries to lift them up. Her love for her children and her husband shines through, as well as her extended family. She has a sweet relationship with her mother and father. Relatability: Norah is the kind of person we all wish we could be and that we admire and value in our lives. She reminds us of a favorite aunt/cousin/sister/grandmother. Empathy: When Norah loses her husband and then her children, we are devastated for her. It is hard to see and we want to take away her pain.
Character Profile Lead #2: Michael –
A. The High Concept: A soft spoken Irish immigrant in 1920s New York loses her husband and then her children who are sent away on an orphan train and adopted by a loving family…but their mother will not stop looking for them until the family is brought back together. (Michael is the hidden reason for all of her problems.)
B. This character’s journey: Michael sees himself as a good guy. He’s a true villain in this story but in his mind, his motives are good and he is doing everything for Norah’s good and the good of the children, even the most heartless and evil actions. We see as he spirals deeper into a dark place where he can justify any action to achieve his original goal of having Norah as his wife and rebuilding his dream life in America.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: Michael transforms in the opposite direction as Norah, from a true friend and admirable man to a dark, evil character who is capable of anything. In the course of the story, he retains the surface likeability and many people continue to see him as a role model and amazing man even while he is victimizing Norah in plain view. He is a smart, athletic, attractive man, who is adept at hiding his motivations and actions.
Role in the Story: Antagonist; manipulator of Norah and dark actor behind the scenes
Age range and Description: Michael is slightly older than Norah, in his 30’s. He is a seasoned man, and shows a bit of wear from the hard life he has found in America, but he is extremely handsome and athletic; he has a tall and muscular physique, brown hair with a hint of ginger and blue eyes. His classic good looks and air of confidence open many doors for him.
Core Traits: Aggressive and a smooth talker; Michael does not wait for things to happen, he makes them happen. He is heartbroken and bitter over the events that he has experienced after coming to America and he doesn’t want to give up on his dreams of a better life. He is well liked by his community and seen as a leader and a “go-to” person for help and advice.
Motivation; Want/Need: Michael wants to start a new life with Norah as his wife and without her children from her previous marriage. Michael needs to rebuild his life and fulfill his dreams of the life he wanted in America.
Wound: Michael lost his wife and baby in a horrible accident after living in America for a short time, when things were looking great for them. He has never recovered from the loss and has fixated on his childhood love, Norah, as the only way for him to live out a life that he wants. He will do anything to make it happen.
Likability, Relatability, Empathy: Likability: Michael is handsome and charming. He is someone we are intrigued by and we are introduced to him as a steadfast friend and happy helper. He is also very witty and always seems to say the right thing in social situations. Relatability: Michael cares deeply about the people in his life and his brokenness and turn to become a manipulative abuser is an evolution out of his own loss and failure to cope with it. We can all remember feeling like we wanted to cling to something or someone that we could not have. We have all had a broken heart and longed for a relationship or a person that we couldn’t have. Empathy: Michael is obviously in grief over his own loss and struggling with his desire for Norah even though he knows it’s wrong. We want him to make the right choice and when he doesn’t we want him to change.
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Ruthie’s Character Profiles Part 1
My Vision: To be known for and make a living from female-driven, dark comedy, while remaining confident that I have the skills and knowledge to elevate my ideas to their highest potential.
What I learnt: Delving deep into the core traits, can make all the difference.
2. With each of your lead characters, first tell us the following:
The High Concept. A talent agent thinks she could do a better job than her star actor.
This character’s journey. Arc Beginning: Small time talent agent with imposter syndrome. Arc Ending: Confident Hollywood player.
The Actor Attractors for this character: Lead Character Name: Zadie Haygate – Role: Protagonist
What about this role would cause an actor to want to be known for it?
A bundle of insecurity wrapped in a boisterous, rollicking ray of sunshine. Not your typical Hollywood ingénue character. A role for an older, curvier actress who can showcase physical comedy and emotional drama.
What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in your story?
Outwardly extravert – inwardly dealing with imposter syndrome.
What are the most interesting actions the Lead could take in the script?
Keeping up the appearance of Hollywood success, while allowing the audience to see through the cracks.
How can you introduce this role in a way that could sell it to an actor?
Attempting to get away from a chasing cop car and then utilizing her considerable personality to charm her way out of yet another speeding ticket.
What could be this character’s emotional range?
The transformational journey from faking it to genuinely making it.
What subtext can the actor play?
Playing a relatively successful role within the Hollywood eco structure, while not actually believing in herself.
What’s the most interesting relationships this character can have?
With Jasper – her former child star client, gearing up to make his comeback with the role that Zadie inadvertently snagged from under him.
How will this character’s unique voice be presented?
The ability to see the Hollywood-ness of her role as a talent agent juxtaposed with the tells that give away her inner insecurities. In her relationship with her assistant/daughter who she can be real with.
What could make this character special and unique?
The fact she’s relatable as the audience can see through her outer rambunctiousness to the real imposter syndrome Zadie deals with inside the fakery of Hollyweird.
3. Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for each of your lead characters.
Role in the Story: Protagonist and mid-ranking Hollywood talent agent.
Age range and Description: Late 40’s, brassy, blonde and body positive.
Core Traits: Exuberant, endearing, entertaining, insecure,
Motivation; Want/Need: Wants to be taken seriously in Hollywood. Needs to overcome her crippling imposter syndrome.
Wound: Losing clients to a rival agent.
Likability: Zadie is naturally vivacious and funny. She’s genuinely friendly – it’s part of her job as an agent. You instinctively know she was never the mean girl in school. She embraces her quirks.
Relatability: She’s not stick-thin and embraces body positivity. Acknowledges her insecurities.
Empathy: Her imposter syndrome when it comes to her profession. She always feels on the verge of being called out as a fraud, even though she’s good at what she does.
2. With each of your lead characters, first tell us the following:
The High Concept. A talent agent thinks she could do a better job than her star actor.
This character’s journey. From Hollywood has been to A lister.
The Actor Attractors for this character.
Lead Character Name: Jasper Benjamin – Role: Antagonist
What about this role would cause an actor to want to be known for it?
An actor playing an actor making his Hollywood comeback. (If this role could go to someone with name recognition, who’s been away from the spotlight, the irony would be delicious.)
What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in your story?
Like Zadie, he has an outward and inner life. External – appears not to care about his past life as a child actor and has moved on. Internally, scared AF that his career is behind him, and he’ll never be ‘someone’ again.
What are the most interesting actions the Lead could take in the script?
Out to get Zadie for inadvertently taking his comeback role away from him. Tons of fun and games in looking to discredit her.
How can you introduce this role in a way that could sell it to an actor?
As Zadie’s Uber driver, he uses his wiles to convince her to take him on as a client.
What could be this character’s emotional range?
From has-been and all the emotional baggage that comes with, to re-making it in Hollywood.
What subtext can the actor play?
That as Zadie’s antagonist, he’s revealed to be her lover.
What’s the most interesting relationships this character can have?
With Zadie as the thorn in her side, who turns out to be her rose.
How will this character’s unique voice be presented?
As the anti-hero who turns out like Zadie to be a Hollywood hero.
What could make this character special and unique?
Zadie’s ally disguised as her nemesis.
3. Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for each of your lead characters.
Role in the Story: Antagonist, Former child star looking to make a comeback.
Age range and Description: Early 50’s, lean, tough and poker faced.
Core Traits: Wily, inscrutable, determined, darkly charming.
Motivation; Want/Need: Desperately wants to be someone again. Needs to break back into Hollywood having been a teen star.
Wound: Losing a huge role and seeing his peers succeed ahead of him.
Likability: Jasper can be charming and witty when he wants to be.
Relatability: Doing what it takes workwise to make a living.
Empathy: A former child star who’s aching to be someone again, not a has been.
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Module 3 Lesson 6 Character Profiles Part 1
Marguerite Langstaff : THE BILLIONAIRE IN 501
Vision: I want to learn to write and market movie scripts.
What I learned during this assignment: I learned that just when I thought I knew my lead characters well I didn’t really have firmed up ideas of aspects of their characters.
State: I have fun simply thinking about how my lead character is going to heal her wound.
Activity: Creating character profiles for my main characters, Grandmother and Pappy.
Grandmother, the lead character, the protagonist.
A. The high concept: Grandmother moves into a retirement community. She has sold her house in order to be able to afford the move, but then she foolishly invested it in a fly by night investment scheme and has no money at all when she moves. She is too embarrassed to tell her son so while trying to make new friends in her new community she spearheads a business activity for all the residents so she can make some money. Pappy helps her and falls in love with Grandmother. He is so competitive, however, that the romance doesn’t thrive. The business fails and all is lost…. So Grandmother, with the computer help of her 10 year old grandson, secretly writes an advice column, sells it to a big international news outlet, makes a pile of money, falls in love with Pappy, and together they experience fun , rejuvenation and joy in the retirement community.
B. Grandmother’s journey is from sad and broke to prosperous and romantically involved with the new love of her life.
C. The Actor Attractors for Grandmother: Grandmother is in her seventies, and is the hero we all see in our grandmothers. She is lovable, independent, fun loving, and smart while dealing with the problems many seniors face…loneliness, money problems, maintaining independence from her children and dealing with white hair and wrinkles. She faces her problems with energy and imagination and when the business venture she leads her friends into fails she incorporates new skills and major successes into her life…with the help of a 10 year old grandson. She spend the entire movie sparring with Pappy about everything, friendship, money and relationships, but finally she admits to a love affair in her senior years…with Pappy. Grandmother is a character who makes the other senior residents, her new friends, bloom throughout the movie right along with her own arc of success.
Pappy is the antagonist and is a lead character:
A. The high concept: Pappy is sitting in the lobby of Shady Acres when Grandmother arrives. He is a gentleman, but he is self-centered and thinks he is the smartest person in the retirement community. He dresses up every day…no jeans or shorts…but a colorful bowtie and pocket handkerchief to match…spiffy…and out of place in this senior setting. He is a retired financial consultant who desperately wants to tell Grandmother what to do and how to do it. She’s an independent soul who spars with him throughout, but when Grandmother becomes financially successful on her own without his help she finally accepts his romantic advances and together they bring fun and joy to each other. Pappy doesn’t change his basic ways, however. He maintains his self-confidence and dressy appearance throughout the movie. Throughout the movie Pappy tries to help Grandmother succeed, but he always seems to fail, and ultimately she brings about her own success financially, but Pappy succeeds in winning her heart.
B. This character’s journey: Pappy, a senior resident, is introduced to us as he sits in the lobby of the retirement facility, hiding behind the newspaper as he observes what everybody else is doing. He is a nonparticipant in everything until he meets Grandmother. That sort of wakes him up in his senior years and he ends the movie by, for the first time dressed in casual golf clothes, stepping out on a date with Grandmother and the two of them climb into a swanky black limo projecting happiness, joy and love.
C. Actor Attractors: Pappy is a character the audience will remember for a long time, because he has so many common traits with seniors who have a hard time chumming around with new acquaintances….and making friendships. It is hard because he has worked hard all his life and not taken time to “smell the roses,” as they say. He dresses differently from his peers in the retirement community and is a loner until he falls in love. He has to work to make Grandmother even like him, and as she begins to like him better and better, so does the audience. He actually does good deeds throughout the movie, which make his character one with the audience would like to identify…and when he wins Grandmother’s heart in the movie, he also wins the hearts of the audience. He evokes empathy when he rejects his daughter’s criticism of Grandmother because she thinks Grandmother is trying to get Pappy’s money.
Grandmother:
1. Role in the story: The story is about Grandmother as she goes from being the poor, broke senior who moves into a retirement community to become the billionaire in 501 who makes many, many friends and falls in love with Pappy.
2. Age range and description: Grandmother is in her 70’s, and she dresses the part with heavy clunky shoes and dull colored clothes. During the movies she becomes more modern and colorful with flashy flat type shoes and slacks and other newer styles. Finally, in the last scene in which she steps out on a date with Pappy she has no trouble displaying her still-not-so -bad-looking legs with high heels and sexy stockings.
3. Core traits: energy, kindness, empathy and friendship with others, frankness and persistence.
4. Motivation: Want/Need: She wants to make friends and make money so she will have enough money to pay her monthly rent. She needs to make money so she doesn’t have to confess to her son how she invested all her money carelessly on a fly-by-night stock and lost every penny causing a wound of guilt.
5. Wound: Grandmother sold her house to have enough money to move into the retirement community but spent 100% of it on a fly-by-night investment in copper and can’t face telling her son what she did.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: She is likable. She puts herself out to be nice to her fellow residents in her new neighborhood and to like them and make them like her. When she has no money but doesn’t want anyone to know, most people can relate to that feeling at times in their lives. Empathy: She wants to do what her son wants and expects of her, but it’s not always easy. Don’t we all empathize with that?
Pappy:
1. Role in the Story: Pappy is the protagonist whose role is to make Grandmother like him and love him.
2. Age and Description: Pappy is in his seventies…a dapper retired financial consultant who dresses like he is a model for the bow-tie types. He, finally, in the last scene changes into more casual dress while contrasting Grandmother’s change into more dressy clothes.
3. Core traits: Pappy is independent and confident except when his daughter is around. She is a pushy person who tries to tell him what to do, who to like or not like, what to eat, etc. He is somewhat afraid of her because she is so pushy. He is bossy, but always kind and helpful, when trying to help Grandmother straighten out her financial dilemmas.
4. Motivation: Want/Need: Pappy wants to help Grandmother because he wants her to be his friend, and then he wants her to be his honey. He has a need to be in charge, because that’s how he got his clients to believe him to be competent when he was a practicing financial adviser.
5. Wound: Pappy did not want to move to the retirement community, but his daughter insisted and now she wants him to stay there and stay alone. She resents when he makes friends so he is afraid to let her know that he actually likes Shady Acres and loves Grandmother.
6. Likability, Relatability, Empathy: Pappy sincerely wants to help Grandmother, so we like his efforts. He falls in love with her. We can relate to that, because most of us have fallen in love at sometime during our life. When we’re lonely, as Pappy is in the beginning of the story, we can relate to that because, like falling in love, most of us have at some time been lonely. All of the three, likability, relatability, empathy are involved here, and so, too, does it include possible family problems with nay-saying to all of the above.
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Cassie’s Character Profiles Part 1
My vision: I am a dynamic, respected, constantly learning and growing writer with an ever-growing and improving library of A-list quality, genre-diverse scripts that present genuine stories that audiences love to watch and that producers love to sell, and boy, do I make that MONEY, y’all!
What I learned from doing this assignment is…Thinking through my specific leads, I was able to stop, probe little details, and sit back and see what came out. For example, I knew I needed an age for my ghost. I was thinking maybe he could have been born in the 1700s and died as a cranky 70 year old, but I don’t believe I could represent a character from the 1700s accurately, and an old man being an old man isn’t very original or fun. Then I thought, wait, what if the ghost WAS old because they had to live through 100 years or something, but they died young. THEN I was on Greg’s tail! I did the same with Dan: Ok, he’s in his mid-30s, a divorce sprung on him…the spiteful or cheating spouse isn’t original or fun, so what is it? Ah. Maybe his MOM is the problem. That opens all kinds of stuff to understand Dan and who he is, and how he needs to change and grow. Standing up for himself to his mom after a whole lifetime is more dynamic and rooted in his story and who he is.
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Story’s high concept (updated):
A recent divorcé trying to avoid his overbearing mom rents a one-bedroom apartment already occupied by a cranky ghost who will use all of his ghostly skills to get rid of his new roommate.
Protagonist:
Dan Harris–living roommate, going through a divorce, NEW DEVELOPMENT: The divorce is because of his overbearing mom. His wife just can’t take it anymore.
B. This character’s journey. (NOTE: I do the three act/8 beat structure, still with all of the needed beats, because that’s what I’ve been teaching for 8 years so it’s easier for me to understand):
Act I
Dan’s mom has always controlled his life. Because his dad is similarly domineered, he has no idea how to stand up for himself.
(Inciting Incident) His wife can’t handle it and gets out of the situation by divorcing him, so he has to stay with his parents…(PP1) for a whole day before he remembers how awful it is to live with them and signs a lease for his own place.
Act II
(Rising Action) This apartment already has Greg in residence, who wants to get rid of Dan in any way he can
(Midpoint Climax) Once he can’t take anymore shenanigans from his ghost roommate, Dan moves to a new apartment…
(Bad Guys Close In) …only to find that he’s living next to his dad’s secret “get away from my wife” apartment. She discovers and all hell breaks loose (need A.I.L. and D.K.ofS…)
(PP2) Greg, who hates his new wannabe ghost hunter roommate even more, finds Dan and brings him back to their apartment
Act III
(Physical Climax) Together, they work to get rid of Greg’s roommate, using some clever uses of Greg possessing Dan’s body (callbacks from stuff that happened in Rising Action).
(Emotional Climax) Then, Dan, thinking Greg is still possessing him, stands up to his mom–but it turns out it was him with his new backbone he developed from standing up for himself against Greg. Then Dan and Greg live happily ever after :p
C. The Actor Attractors for this character.
The actor gets to go through a dynamic journey from spineless to confident and assertive, so there’s a lot of emotional range to show off with. The subtext will be rich in his spinelessness because he has to work so hard to hide how he’s really feeling. Then he has to deal with a very determined and inappropriate ghost, which will give a lot of time for fun acting to show how the actor can play a character in absurd situations. Additionally, the actor will be possessed by the ghost at times, so there’s a two-for-one for that actor.
Age: Early to mid 30s
Core Traits: Kind, generous, patient, timid but hates that
Want: To make everyone happy
Need: To have his own back
Wound: He grew up with a very domineering mother who dictated and controlled his life (we’ll see that in a montage at the beginning right after he gets the call from his wife, who is not coming to family dinner, that she wants a divorce and his mom is the reason)
Likability: He’s a sweetheart
Relatability: We’ve all had a person like his mom somewhere in our lives
Empathy: We want to see him be treated the way he deserves
(Initial) Antagonist (cuz buddy comedy):
Greg Jackson–ghost roommate, loves his apartment, doesn’t want to share it, will do anything to scare Dan away.
B. This character’s journey.
Greg is a ghost in his early 20s who died in the best part of the 1920s, but before he could really do anything “fun.” (It’s got to be some silly death so it’s not heavy or loaded.) At first he loved being a ghost, but having been through 100 years of fashion trends, political movements, world events, etc, that just keep repeating, he’s just exhausted and resentful that he hasn’t been able to experience physical existence (he does try, though–possessing Dan hahaha, etc) and can’t experience growing older.
^^That was for reference for me
Act I
Greg lives by himself in an apartment that, after 100 years of searching, is perfect for him. One of the neighbors is a wannabe ghost hunter who has been trying to get into the unit to practice on Greg. Greg has had success chasing off any apartment hunters by being, you know, a ghost, but Dan is desperate and doesn’t believe in ghosts, anyway.
(Inciting Incident) Dan signs the lease.(PP1) Greg commits to getting rid of Dan in any way he can.
Act II
(Rising Action) All the fun and games Greg’ll do: spooky stuff, bringing over ghost and demon buddies to party and make a mess/pull noise complaints on Dan, bringing over lady ghosts from different decades for noisy weird and spooky ghost sex, etc
(Midpoint Climax) Dan finally moves out!
(Bad Guys Close In) But oh no…here comes the wannabe ghost hunter. Greg’s life starts falling apart because he can’t get away from this person.
(All is Lost) Not sure yet…maybe the ghost hunter does something that takes away his sense of safety? Like, they actually do something to make him talk or do something, and he can’t control it?
(Dark Night of the Soul) None of his friends can or will come around anymore. He’s genuinely alone.
(PP2) Something the ghost hunter does, or maybe they bring someone over for a seance, and they say something that makes him realize how much he liked Dan. He decides to go get him back
Act III
(Physical Climax) They get the ghost hunter out of the apartment (see Dan’s Physical Climax above)
(Emotional Climax) Greg…gotta be something about experiencing something real, or growing old, or something…maybe he possesses the dad or mom for kicks, then says it really sucks to be in an old body, he’ll keep his forever youth, thankyouverymuch
C. The Actor Attractors for this character.
Shoooooot. He gets to play a disillusioned young twenty year old with the heart of a 120+ year old, with experience and memories from major periods in earth’s history (WWI to present). He gets to completely let loose with absurd antics and behaviors (partying with demons, ghost sex, etc) which is physically and emotionally fun to play, but he’ll also have that simmering subtext of feeling resentful, tired, jealous, and frustrated. The climax will be fun for him too because he gets to have the realization that he actually loves his life–I’m seeing a great moment where the actor can play that very dynamically with just small facial acting, etc. That stuff’s the best, to be able to have things working inside you that you translate so clearly and so humanly to an audience.
Age: Early 20s, perennial rebel, troublemaker
Core Traits: Grumpy, particular, antagonistic
Want: To have his apartment to himself
Need: To have someone to share life (or existence, in hs case) with
Wound: He’s lonely and feels like he’s been sitting on the sideline for over 100 years
Likability: He’s youthful, attractive, and, in contrast, a big ol’ grump
Relatability: We’ve all felt like we don’t belong somewhere, or that we’ve been in a place too long and can’t get out, or wished we had a different life
Empathy: We want to see him happy and with a friend. He’s had a rough life.
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BRIAN BULL – Character Profiles Part 1
VISION!!!
My ultimate goal is to get my scripts from my hands to the SILVER SCREEN!!“What I learned from doing this assignment is…
There are a lot of layers to a character and this is a great way of going about it.
Character Name: John (40 years old) – Protagonist
The High Concept
This is a fisherman who absolutely loved his younger brother and hates a fish with all his heart with a SURPRISE TWIST at the end of the movie.
This Character’s Journey
In the beginning, John continues doing everything the same way as he has done for the past 25 years; in the end John catches the “The Fish” he blames for his brother’s disappearance/death.
The Actor Attractors for this Character
A Louisiana fisherman who once loved fishing with his brother because of it was thrilling and fun, now fishes with determination of vengeance and hatred. As he gathers his fishing equipment to set out on his annual crusade he his flooded with memories and emotion.
John’s emotional range goes from the perplexity of love between his wife and his deceased brother to the juxtaposition of calm and rage while fishing to excitement to utter shock.
Despite John’s determination and dedication to avenging his brother’s death, in the back of John’s mind is the nagging possibility that his wife might be right and this whole “revenge thing” is a complete waste of time.
John has an imaginary conversation with his deceased brother.
Through his unwavering determination to kill “The Fish” yet believing the outdoors is a sanctuary.
He enjoys the peaceful tranquility of the outdoors while contemplating a violent end to one of nature’s inhabitants.
John’s patience, persistence and determination. When John’s takes Jim’s fishing hat and placing it on his head John has united Jim’s persona with his own and together they will battle “The Fish”.
The moment John catches “The Fish” after 25 years of trying. The struggle involved to reel it in! The shock when John realizes, “he was the one that got away!”
Role in the Story: A fisherman sets out to avenge his brother’s death, catches “The Fish” and then gets eaten by “The Fish”.
Age range and Description: 40, Big-boned, slightly heavy, outdoorsy, burly, dressed in fishing attire.
Core Traits: Determined, Intelligent, Thorough, Imaginative
Motivation; Want/Need: To kill “The Fish” / Justice
Wound: He lived and his brother didn’t
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Has a photo of his brother
Enjoys nature and the serenity
Watery eyes / tear dropCharacter Name: John (15 years old) – Protagonist
The High Concept.
John loves fishing and he wants to pass what he knows along to his younger brother; to teach him the things their dad taught him before mysteriously disappearing. To prove his point he wants to catch a large catfish like their Grandpa did in a family photo.
This Character’s Journey
Teaching fishing to his younger brother to catching a whooper to being pulled overboard to resurfacing and being the only one in the boat.
The Actor Attractors for this Character
It’s a dramatic role of an older brother teaching his younger brother fishing and experiencing the excitement of catching a huge catfish and all the emotions, the anticipation of the catch to the thrill of catching to the devastation of loosing his younger brother.
He demonstrates his knowledge of fishing by teaching his younger brother. The two brothers obviously share a special bond.
John is always trying to do his best and set a good example for his younger brother. He wants to be a role model and a father figure.
Role in the Story: A teenage boy who loves fishing and catches a whooper.
Age range and Description: 15, average kid, bigger and heavier than his younger brother, somewhat athletic, middle class, jeans and a T-shirt
Core Traits: Determined, Intelligent, Thorough, Imaginative
Motivation; Want/Need:
Want – To catch a huge catfish like Grandpa
Need – To prove he’s a legitimate fisherman in a long line of fishermanWound: His father’s abrupt disappearance
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Picks up some litter that’s floating in the river
Tries teaching his brother fishing
Stressing about having to go back to schoolCharacter Name: Jim (12 years old) – Protagonist
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Jim loves spending time with his older brother and being outdoors thus when his older brother is pulled overboard by a huge catfish he has no hesitation whatsoever and dives in the water with knife in hand cutting the fishing line and freeing his brother, however, he never resurfaces.This Character’s Journey.
Calm and relaxing to the stress of his older brother catching a fish too big to having to make a split second decision to diving in the water to save his older brother.
The Actor Attractors for this CharacterJim is a cool kid who is kickback and relaxed. He saves his older brother by diving into the water to cut the fishing line when his older brother gets pulled in by a huge catfish.
He pretends to be interested in fishing but really just enjoys being outdoors and spending time with his older brother.
He and his brother are best of friends who do a lot of joking around and kidding.
Role in the Story: A boy who dives into the water and cuts the fishing line but never resurfaces.
Age range and Description: 12, average kid, smaller and skinnier than his older brother, somewhat athletic, middle class, shorts and a T-shirt, fishing hat
Core Traits: Easy-going, Humorous/Jokester, Inquisitive, Brave
Motivation; Want/Need:
Want – To spend time with his older brother
Need – To be right at least onceWound: Father’s abrupt disappearance
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Picks up some litter that’s floating in the river
Knows his birds – like his mom
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Ashley’s Character Profiles Part 1
Vision: I write enthralling, entertaining, and transformational scripts that win awards, get produced and create positive change in the world.
I learned a lot more about my main characters. The story is still unraveling, but this exercise helped me move forward.
Malinche
The High Concept: After helping the Spaniards conquer the Aztec Empire, a superhuman Aztec translator travels back in time to stop the fall of the Empire. But she must choose between her love for her son and her people.
This character’s journey:
Arc Beginning: Self-loathing translator who caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
Arc Ending: Heart-centered doula to usher in the New Age
Old Ways:
Hiding her true self and supernatural abilities
Tries to please her captors and ex
Directs anger and blame inward
Accepts punishments without question
Indirectly orchestrating on the sidelines
Lives “small” in fear
SufferingNew Ways:
Flaunts her true colorful self
Tries to make choices that serve the collective good
Accepts and loves herself, flaws included
Leads with love
Lives and speaks courageously
Trauma becomes wisdom that she shares
Her authenticity and honesty are an example to those around her
Sharing is healingExternal Journey: From trying to blend into her foreign surroundings on the sidelines to being her true Self — a bird talker who can lead her people into the New Age.
Internal Journey: From ashamed and afraid to proud and courageous
Actor Attractors: People hang onto her every word. She is eloquent and knows exactly what to say in every circumstance. In addition, she’s not entirely human, but we don’t know what she is until later. At the end of Act 2, we discover that she is the last bird-talker on Earth. They were annihilated by the Aztecs.
She also uses her powers of seduction and forecasting to lure the conquistadors away from the Aztec capital in a clever way. She then uses her soft power with the Aztec emperor and finally with the Aztec people. Her emotional range is from fear, timid, and shy to expressive, courageous, and fearless.
Role in the Story: Protagonist: The conquistadors’ translator who is secretly a half-bird/half-human tasked by the gods to save the Aztec world.
Description: An Aztec woman with enigmatic eyes and unkempt hair holds her newborn son.
Core Traits: diplomatic, accommodating, polite, communicative, private
Motivation: Malinche wants to save her people, but she needs to overcome the grief of losing her son.
Wound: She idolizes her deceased father, and looks for romantic partners with similar qualities. She fears her partner will die and leave her for the wolves. She also fears that her identity will be discovered.
Intrigue: She is miraculously ten steps ahead of everyone else and has an enchanting voice. She isn’t entirely human, but we don’t know what she is or why she is terrified of revealing her true identity. She has a strange birthmark that she covers up.
Relatability: She wants to be accepted by the community. She tries to fit in despite being different. She hides her “hideous” birthmark and tries to dress like the people around her. As a result, she won’t let herself be truly seen.
Likability: Malinche is a loving mother, and will do anything for her son. She is dedicated to service and freedom for everyone. She tries to save her people from the plague. In Act 3, she finds her community through leadership and sharing her story, struggles and wins.
Empathy: Malinche was sold into Mayan slavery as a child by her Aztec mother and stepfather to gain her inheritance after her biological father died. She falls in love with Spanish conquistador, Hernando, but he casts her aside and summons his wife from Cuba after he discovers Malinche is pregnant with his child. She experiences the death of her child when she travels back in time.
Hernando
The High Concept: A lowborn conquistador travels to modern day Mexico to conquer the land and become the first foreign Emperor. But he must stop his lover from derailing his plans.
This character’s journey:
Arc Beginning: An egotistical conquistador who ruthlessly pursues ultimate power and wealth to prove himself.
Arc Ending: A humble man who sees the true value of material possessions, relationships, and life. He no longer has to prove himself to anyone but himself. He can be his own boss (even under a king).
Old Ways:
Demanding
Obsessed with unmet desires
Forceful
Demands respect and loyaltyNew Ways:
More flexible
Sees that obsessions kept him imprisoned
Loved and respected by those that matterExternal Journey: From a ruthless conquistador who pursues ultimate wealth and power to a mature man in Cuba who sees the true value of things, people and relationships.
Internal Journey: From egotistical and obsessed to thoughtful and flexible
Actor Attractors: The life of the party, he is funny with a playful twinkle in his eye, but also ambitious. He uses humor to mask a childhood wound of being a screw-up and ‘good for nothing’. Internally, he wants to prove everyone wrong. His emotional range is from hot-headed, angry, and prideful to playful, silly, and humorous.
Role in the Story: Antagonist: A jolly conquistador who has grandiose ambitions to become the first foreign ruler of the Aztec Empire. In his quest to colonize, he goes against the Governor of Cuba and King of Spain.
Description: Hernando (30s) is eccentric and scruffy with an air of sensuality. A strange cross between foul-mouthed pirate, Spanish and Aztec royalty.
Traits: adventurous, passionate, independent, egotistical, humorous
Motivation: He wants to rule the Aztec Empire, but he needs praise and to prove himself to the world.
Wound: He is constantly disappointing the “father figures” in his life. He wants to prove his worth by becoming the most powerful emperor of them all. But he is deeply insecure that they are right about him.
Intrigue: On the inside he is a wounded boy, but on the outside he’s fun-loving. It’s all fun and games until someone wounds his pride. He is more ambitious and power hungry than he seems and is quietly plotting to become the first Spanish emperor of the New World.
Relatability: Hernando’s father wants him to pursue a career in law, which would be a slow death for him. He wants a different life than his father envisioned for him — one full of adventure.
Likability: When he isn’t planning his next move, he is the life of the party. On the surface, he is charming, funny, and playful. But it’s all fun and games until someone steps on his pride.
Empathy: Hernando has been rejected by his father, the Governor of Cuba and King Charles of Spain. After having sacrificed everything to conquer the Aztec Empire, Hernando is fired from his position as ruler by the King of Spain. The new ruler arrives, takes Hernando’s office, gold, and crew.
Itzamna
The High Concept: An apprentice shaman who goes against his family and community to help a strange girl from an enemy tribe save her people. But he must overcome his mental health challenges.
The character journey: Itzamna is a leader and an inspiration for Malinche. He leads with love and shares his heart through his music.
Actor Attractors: A young Yoda. On the outside, he is a young musician, training to be a shaman. On the inside, he has the wisdom of an old soul. A man of few words, but those words are profound. He uses music and symbols to communicate meaning. He goes against his sister, shaman/teacher and Mayan community to help Malinche, a foreigner from an enemy tribe. His emotional range is from a heavy pool of grief to dreamy and in love.
Role in the Story: Triangle: The apprentice shaman who helps Malinche stop the conquest of the Aztec Empire and secretly communicates with her unborn son’s spirit.
Description: Itzamna (20s) is a talented musician covered in aquatic tattoos and turquoise jewelry. He has a faraway look in his eyes.
Traits: sensitive, emotional, dreamy, imaginative
Motivation: He wants to help Malinche in her mission, but he needs to escape into his dreams.
Wound: He is haunted by a spirit, which causes mental health problems. The spirit also triggers his jealousy.
Intrigue: Itzamna is falling in love with Malinche and secretly communicates with a spirit. He is also wiser than his years.
Relatability: Itzamna admires his sister and doesn’t want to disappoint her. He also suffers from anxiety, migraines, and paranoia. His mental health challenges make him want to escape in music and sleep. Lastly, he is falling in love with Malinche while she is pursuing Hernando.
Likability: Despite warnings from his sister about the Aztecs and their gory human sacrifices, Itzamna is kind to Malinche. He feels a past life connection with her and is bound to help her mission.
Empathy: He has no boundaries with people and the spirit. The spirit shows up at night, in bodies of water, and during the most inappropriate times. This exacerbates his anxiety.
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Eden Young WIM Module 3 Lesson 6: Character Profiles Part 1
My vision: I am going to be an empowered, wonderful writer that’s known for great dialogue and great characters that win audiences’ hearts.
What I learned from this assignment is the character profiles are insights vs. details.C. The Actor Attractors for this Character.
A. The High Concept: Calvin has to call his mom every time he has to make a big decision and she’s been dead for 30 years.
B. This character’s journey: From the underdog in dream guy clothing to truly happy
C. The Actor Attractors for this character.3. Brainstorm the first 6 parts of the profile for each of your lead characters.
Calvin Knightly
Role in the Story: Protagonist: The Son subliminally influenced by his mother and subordinated by colleagues and CEO at work.
Age range and Description: 39-45
Core Traits: Executive Fortune 500 Company, Son, Husband Charming, Witty, Quick minded, Sarcastic
Motivation/Want/Need: He wants to break free. True confidence and to beat the bullshit.
Wound: He’s the true talent yet he can’t seem to get a break and without his mom, he’s nothing.
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Likability: He is witty, hard working and ultra talented. He loves his wife. His mom is his confidant.
Relatability: He comes so close; but can never truly get ahead/ get the acclaim he is due. The desire to make it and no longer wants to play the game and take people’s shit.
Empathy: His dad left at a young age. Mother died when he was 18.
Cora Knightly
A. The High Concept: What if your son had to call you every time he had to make a big decision only you’ve been dead for 30 years
B. This character’s journey. From sad and full of regret to at peace, able to move on
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: Half the movie we think Cora’s alive yet she’s dead.
Role in the Story: Antagonist: The Mom
Age range and Description: early 60s
Core Traits: Attractive, Worldly, Gorgeous
Motivation/Want/Need: She wants to be needed, to stay alive through her son
Wound: Regret. Everything is her fault. She’s not good enough.
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Likability: She is cultured, attractive, worldly, yet relatable with a great sense of humor.
Relatability: She has a deep sense of the world. Is sensitive.
Empathy: Her ex-husband left her and Calvin which she never anticipated.
Rebecca Knightly
A. The High Concept. What if your husband had to call his mom every time he needed to make a big decision. Only she’s been dead for 30 years.
B. This character’s journey: from just putting up with it. To questioning her marriage and the man she truly loves to fighting for him.
C. The Actor Attractors for this character: Not your run of the mill forensic scientist nor wife.
Role in the Story: Triangle: The Wife
Age range and Description: 38-40
Core Traits: Caring, Loyal, Evenkeel, Best at Everything she does
Motivation; Want/Need: She wants her and her husband’s life to be free from any entanglements. And she wants her husband’s greatest happiness
Wound: She hates competing with Cora’s influence
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Likability: Everyone loves Rebecca. She’s the ultimate wife.
Relatability: There to protect her husband/ marriage. Is tired and hates competing with Cora’s influence.
Empathy: She is caught in the middle of everything. She loves her husband and at the crucial moment questions everything.
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Haley Chambers’ Character Profiles Part 1
Haley’s Vision: I am going to work hard to be recognized as a successful screenwriter with many of my scripts made into films/TV shows.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS ASSIGNMENT IS…In order to have intriguing characters, they need to go beyond being likable.
Concept: A recently hired dishwasher boy discovers the strip mall sandwich shop in which he works is actually the front of an underground factory for manufacturing dreams.
CHARACTER: For now, its “Sam”
A. High Concept: Sam is an employee of a strip mall sandwich shop who discovers the store is actually the secret entrance to a Dream Factory. Despite being incredibly mundane and unimaginative, Sam has the most wild and fantastical dreams that strike the interest of the Dream Factory employees.
B. Character Journey: From dispirited and mundane sandwich shop vendor to savior of a Dream Factory through battling nightmare corrupted administrators.
C. Actor Attractors:
What about this role would cause an actor to want to be known for it?
A mundane sandwich shop vendor who has been beaten down by everyone around him, yet is optimistic and awkward and is the savior of a Dream Factory. Faces and overcomes a lot of prejudice and past childhood trauma/neglect.
What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in your story?
Fish out of water who is extremely and comically mundane (compared to the eccentric and creative workers of the Dream Factory), has a lot of past trauma from childhood, but ends up as the savior of the Dream Factory
What are the most interesting actions the Lead could take in the script?
Chased down by nightmares, discovers a factory for manufacturing dreams below his work place, works in a dream factory, fights nightmares, becomes the savior of the Dream Factory.
How can you introduce this role in a way that could sell it to an actor?
Introducing him as someone who has something very unluckily bad happen to him, but is very positive regardless. Maybe he is working in the sandwich shop and is very committed to this job, volunteers to work during the holidays (showing sort of how he doesn’t have a life), and during this extra shift, he gets chased by a nightmare.
What could be this character’s emotional range be?
Goes from being mundane and walked all over by his boss and coworkers, to discovering a dream shop and being horrified as he is chased by literal nightmares, overcoming past trauma/tough childhood relationship with his parent, realizing he is just as special as anyone, completely confident, savior of a dream factory who has self love and stands up for himself and others.
What subtext can the actor play?
Sam is a complete fish out of water. He is comically mundane and when placed in an environment with the world’s most creative and eccentric people, he feels and is obviously out of place. Under the surface, Sam is struggling with self worth issues/creative suppression that sparked from childhood neglect/parental abuse. These self worth issues make him further feel like the fish out of water.
What’s the most interesting relationships this character can have?
Because Sam is the fish out of water, naturally his relationships with the Dream Factory workers are going to be very interesting. With Lionel “The Recruiter”, Sam and Lionel are complete opposites. You can sense that Lionel looks down upon Sam for his lack of creativity, as Lionel is an incredibly eccentric and expressive person. Sam might not understand Lionel’s flair, but he and Lionel, through learning each other’s pasts and spent time together, become good friends. With the Dream Factory foreman, Cornelius, Sam has almost a father/son relationship with him. Maybe Sam never had a good relationship with his father, so when Cornelius tells Sam that is special (which Sam has never heard before), he feels inclined to seek counsel in Cornelius.
How will this character’s unique voice be presented?
Mundane and uninspired, yet optimistic and kind. Lots of self deprivation and awkwardness
What could make this character special and unique?
Comically mundane, but also the savior of the most artistic and inspired group of people in the world. He brings a unique perspective to the Dream Factory workers, because he has been told he is not creatively gifted.
CHARACTER: Lionel, the Recruiter
A. High Concept: Lionel scouts and recruiter the worlds most creative people from around the world to work in the secret Dream Factory, and introduces Sam to a whole new world. He is one of the most artistic, expressive, and eccentric people in the world, so naturally he has trouble communicating with the mundane Sam.
B. Character Journey: From competitive and judgmental of Sam, to enjoying Sam’s company and learning that he shouldn’t base all his worth around his uniqueness. It is okay to be ordinary.
C. Actor Attractors:
What about this role would cause an actor to want to be known for it?
Lionel is an eccentric and expressive recruiter for the worlds most creative people. He has flair and a unique style that makes him stand out.
What makes this character one of the most interesting characters in your story?
He is very interesting when paired with my main character. Lionel’s eccentric and artistic personality is a stark contrast to the mundane Sam.
What are the most interesting actions the character could take in the script?
Recruits the worlds most creative people, but also recruits Sam, the worlds most mundane person. Fights nightmares with a walking stick that turns into a magical rifle or something.
How can you introduce this role in a way that could sell it to an actor?
Lionel, dressed in an over the top flashy trench coat with a stylish top hat and a number of chains and trinkets in his waist coat, enters a strip mall sandwich shop with his steam punk walking stick, and requests to recruit Sam to join the Dream Factory.
What could be this character’s emotional range?
Disgust for people who are boring, desperate to get his bosses’ approval, secret softie, afraid of being ordinary.
What subtext can the actor play?
Lionel tries to be the most eccentric person because he fears being ordinary. He looks down on people like Sam, who Lionel used to be much like, because he is mundane and “boring”. Lionel also believes that by being crazy unique he will get promoted in the Dream Factory. He must learn (through Sam) that just because society deems you as “mundane” or “ordinary”, doesn’t mean you are any less special than everyone else.
What’s the most interesting relationships this character can have?
Lionel has an interesting relationship with Sam, because Sam is his opposite. Lionel has much disgust for how boring he thinks Sam is, but then realizes how actually amazing Sam is.
How will this character’s unique voice be presented?
He is very eccentric, and speaks very philosophically. Even a boring piece of dialogue he tries to spiced up and make dramatic.
What could make this character special and unique?
I think I have said enough about how unique he is!
CHARACTER: “Jane”, the secretary (antagonist)
A. High Concept: A sweet and helpful secretary who deceives the Dream Factory workers and Sam while secretly plotting to share the powers of her nightmares with the world.
B. Character Journey: Feeling under appreciated and vengeful to realizing that her own darkness not only harms others, but herself. Holding on to the darkness hurts more than letting go.
C. Actor Attractors: I hadn’t done them yet for this character, I am just experimenting with her for now!
CHARACTER PROFILES:
[1] Roles In Story:
SAM: Protagonist. Employee of a strip mall sandwich shop who discovers the store is actually the secret entrance to a Dream Factory. From dispirited and mundane sandwich shop vendor to savior of a Dream Factory through battling nightmare corrupted administrators.
JANE: Antagonist. sweet and helpful secretary who deceives the Dream Factory workers and Sam while secretly plotting to share the powers of her nightmares with the world.
LIONEL: Triangle. Lionel scouts and recruiter the worlds most creative people from around the world to work in the secret Dream Factory, and introduces Sam to a whole new world. He is one of the most artistic, expressive, and eccentric people in the world, so naturally he has trouble communicating with the mundane Sam.
[2] Age Range and Description
SAM: Sam, a nerdy and clumsy young man who has sad eyes and a trying smile, dressed in his mustard stained sandwich vendor uniformed.
JANE: Jane, a plump and sweet woman in her 40s, with a wide smile and rosy cheeks, dressed in attire that is sort of steam punk 1950s.
LIONEL: Lionel, a tall man with a muscular build and a short black beard that is greying, suited with all sorts of trinkets and flamboyant overlapping patterns, wielding an eccentric walking stick and crowned with a stylish top hat.
[3] Core Traits:
SAM:
Unimaginative
Self-deprecating
Dependable
OptimisticJANE:
Deceptive
Thoughtful
Enthusiastic
VengefulLIONEL:
Eccentric
Over the top
Judgemental
Competitive[4] Motivation; Want & Need
SAM:
Want: Get rid of his nightmares
Need: To overcome his childhood traumaJANE:
Want: Overrun the Dream Factory with nightmares.
Need: Prove to her coworkers that she is just as powerful and talented as they are.LIONEL:
Want: A promotion
Need: Not to be ordinary or boring[5] Wound: What They Can’t Face:
SAM: Neglected and abused by his parent when he was a child. Told to suppress imagination because it was bad. Told he was worthless and nobody loved him.
JANE: While working in the Dream Department, she caused an accident that blew up a lab and got some of her coworkers injured. She was removed from the department and her life’s work was destroyed.
LIONEL: Not sure yet… afraid of being ordinary?
[6] Likability, Relatability, Empathy
SAM:
Likability: Hard worker, innocent and thoughtful, takes extra shifts so that his coworkers can go home early.
Relatability: Works for a job he doesn’t really like, afraid to stand up for himself, has nightmares, unlucky/has to do a lot of dirty work
Empathy: Was neglected/abused as a child. Told that he was worthless and that his imagination was stupid. Suppresses imagination/can’t stand up for himself.JANE:
Likability: Sweet and caring, everyone thinks she is kind and cheerful. Helps Sam and is the first person to see past his lack of imagination, treats him kindly.
Relatability: Under appreciated by coworkers, hard working with little reward, points out the wildness of the Dream Factory (which the audience thinks as well)
Empathy: Used to be a Dream designer, but had a major mishap and destroyed a lab. Fired from her favorite job, forced to be a secretary who is always remembered for her dream mishap. Wants to work her way back into everyone’s favors. -
Adrienne Watkins Character Profiles Part 1 Module 3 Lesson 6
My Vision: I am going to work as hard as I reasonably am able to succeed at script writing to be recognized by multiple movie producers as a skilled script writer, and to have my scripts produced worldwide.
What I have learned from this assignment is to brainstorm protagonist and antagonist personality developments.
Fransie: Role Protagonist An orphaned deaf woman, desiring to be loved, but afraid she will never find it, so she hides her fears through dancing and music.
Journey: Agrees to teach a divorced Roy, a jazz musician rhythm by touch. When she realizes she’s falling in love with him, believes he is showing her attention out of pity. His manager, Flavia, is jealous of Fransie, but when she discovers Fransie and her sisters are separated at birth she helps to bring Roy and Fransie together.
Actor Attractor: body language and facial expression to express inability to hear, able laugh and cry to express her various mood.
Roy: Role- Protagonist A divorced jazz musician who has promised never to marry again is mesmerized with Fransie but refuses to admit he’s falling in love with her as she teaches him rhythm by touch.
Journey: He accidentally meets Fransie, asks her to teach him her gift of rhythm by vibrations. He falls in love with her but agrees to go away on a concert tour without her because he doesn’t want to be hurt again. but realizes his performance suffers without her. Finally, he asks her to marry him.
Actor Attractor: Serious and moody to hide his emotional pain and hurt, deep thinker, tries to hide his caring affectionate feelings.
Flavia: Role -Antagonist -Roy’s jealous scheming manager who is secretly in love with Roy, who only regards her as his business manager and buddy. She finds fault with Fransie, schedules a concert tout to keep Roy and Fransie apart, then realizes Fransie is her sister, they were separated at birth.
Journey: Goes from scheming manager to Fransie’s sister then to get Roy and Fransie married.
Actor Attractor: desperate, schemer, funny
Fransie: age 22-30 Core traits: industrious, multi-talented, humble
Motivation:/wants/needs: wants a family. Wound: orphaned
Likeability/Relatability/Empathy: sense of humor, no family
Roy: age 28-35 Core Traits: Kind, generous, guarded,
Motivation/wants/needs: drown himself in music, to have a family.
Wound: ex-wife he deeply loved left him.
Likeability/Relatability/Empathy: Generous, emotional wounds, forgiveness
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Flavia: 28-40 Core Traits: sneaky, low-self-esteem
Motivation/wants/needs: to make money, a family, to belong. Wound: an orphan
Likeability/Reliability/Empathy:
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Veronica Turowski’s Character Profiles Part 1
My Vision: I want to be a successful writer who writes several scripts yearly and then sells them to producers who create my vision for the big screen.
Protagonist: Eppsa Kestner
The High Concept: Eppsa is a ghost who must find and stop a serial killer, only to discover the serial killer is her son.
This character’s journey: Eppsa, who doesn’t know she is a ghost, goes from depressed and mourning to having the courage to hunt down a serial killer. In the end, she learns she is a ghost, her son is the serial killer, and she kills Hayden for justice.
The Actor Attractors for this character: Eppsa is a ghost but doesn’t know it. She goes from depressed and anxious to being determined. Eppsa doesn’t realize that when she gets emotional, things around her move. Eppsa discovers her son is a serial killer and she must kill him for justice.
Role in the Story: Eppsa wants to help Lonnie pass over. When she learns her son might be in the sights of a serial killer, she is determined to protect him. When she discovers he is the serial killer, she kills him for the justice.
Age range and Description: Eppsa (40), a desperate woman who wears a lot of black.
Core Traits: A Ghost – Moody, Afraid, In Denial, Courageous
Motivation:
Wants: To find and save her son.
Needs: To protect her son’s victims.
Wound: She was traumatized by her own death and doesn’t remember that she was murdered by her serial killer husband.
Likability: Eppsa is helpful and caring.
Relatability: She loves her family more than herself.
Empathy: She is a widow and is still looking for her son who ran away years ago.
Antagonist: Hayden Kestner
The High Concept: Hyden is a serial killer who doesn’t know he is being hunted by the ghost of his mom.
This character’s journey: Hayden is a serial killer who drives an ice cream truck looking for his victims. He is killed by his mom who is a ghost.
The Actor Attractors for this character: Hayden dotes on his son and enjoys being the ice cream man. His greatest joy comes from killing his old high school friends. He will be killed by his ghostly mother.
Role in the Story: Hayden is an ice cream man who loves his son. He kills his old high school friends who betrayed him. He is being hunted by his ghost mother who will kill him in the end.
Age range and Description: Hayden (30) cheerful ice cream to his young, customers, but deep down lurks the demon inside him.
Core Traits: Serial Killer – Charming, Intellectual, Persuasive, Sadistic
Motivation:
Wants: To be a good role model for his son.
Needs: To kill his old classmates.
Wound: His dad killed his mother.
Likability: He loves his son. Hayden is great with children.
Relatability: Hayden loves making children happy.
Empathy: His parents died.
Triangle: Lonnie Dowic
The High Concept: Lonnie, one of Hayden’s victims, manipulates Eppsa into finding and stopping Hayden from killing anyone else so they can pass over.
This character’s journey: Lonnie dies at the hands of Hayden. He helps Eppsa find and stop Hayden by having Eppsa kill him.
The Actor Attractors for this character: Lonnie is a ghost. He is funny and must find a way to manipulate Eppsa into killing her son.
Role in the Story: He is a ghost who convinces Eppsa to find and kill her son.
Age range and Description: Lonnie (35) is a down to earth, jovial pastor.
Core Traits: (Former Pastor) A Ghost – Witty, Moralistic, Compassionate, Sneaky
Motivation:
Wants: To pass over.
Needs: To convince Eppsa to kill Hayden.
Wound: His brother committed suicide after getting into a Satanic cult.
Likability: He’s a pastor.
Relatability: Even though he’s a ghost, he still wants to help people.
Empathy: He was murdered.
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SHIRAMARIN’S Character Profiles
WIM-MOD 3-L6 Part 1
MY VISION: I commit to doing everything from my strongest, most creative writer self to learn the course material as thoroughly as possible, then, revise and sell my screenplay to a producer who can’t wait to make it into an unforgettable film that everyone, everywhere can’t wait to see, be inspired by, and fulfill their best, most creative selves.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS LESSON IS: that it is truly worth the time and effort to put these elements of the main characters’ personalities and their inner realities in place as a compass to keep them on track and consistent, as a way of filling out their subtext, resulting in creating someone who is fully alive and vibrant, and who moves the audience profoundly.
Role in the Story: Kara Cavalli-Protagonist<div>
Age range and Description: 30-ish; Mixed Race—African-American, Greek
· Core Traits: Brainy-straight, well-bred, emotional and self-effacing: self-doubting, anxious, irritable, humorous; also creative.
· Motivation; Want/Need: to complete her dissertation so she’ll be somebody/succeed and to become a PhD/Dr. and a professor and researcher.
Wound: What they can’t face: her challenges to trust and have an enduring and meaningful relationship with a man, which has eluded her due to childhood abuse (father) that is presently repressed (painful but out of memory).<div>
Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Likability: She’s bright, cultured, and a little edgy and humorous. Sometimes snarky.
|Relatability: The above traits make her human. She has a sensuous, supportive relationship with her manfriend Oliver. She also has legitimate mother issues <div>. Empathy: She struggles, has anxiety about her challenging dissertation work, and has problems with her mother.
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· Role in the Story: Grayson Benoit (Ben-wah)–Antagonist/Stands for all Men/Society- as one man, he’s more of an obstacle than a true villain.
· Age range and Description: early sixties, straight-laced, mustachioed, overly manicured, apparently Anglo appearance, gay
· Core Traits: pedantic, imperious, impatient, bombastic.
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>.Motivation; Want/Need: deeply covetous of belonging through achieving of the university Chancellor position. If he can’t belong, he’ll lord over everyone he can.
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.Wound: poor self-image feels and perceives himself to be an outcast, unacceptable and unlovable.
· What they can’t face: He can’t face and accept who he is as acceptable and worthy of what he desires.
· Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Likability: He looks cultured. At first, he’s neutral. He only becomes likable when his struggles are revealed fairly early on. (needs more development).
Relatability: Anyone in his position, feeling subjugated, subverted, experiencing himself as not really belonging, especially these days, can probably identify with his feelings.
Empathy: It’s pathetic that a person feels threatened enough by the truth of his history that he has to hide so much of himself.· Role in the Story: Hekate, a Titan-Greek, triple-powered goddess
· Age range and Description: Eternal, dark-skinned––Black and/Middle Eastern/North African, Ageless looking but substantial as a woman in her 50s
· <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Core Traits: Exudes divine wisdom, kindness, and compassion, but she creates a ruckus when people do not heed her call. Her divine authority supports them; she demands in her way that they heed her call
· Motivation; Want/Need: She is determined to restore herself in the modern human psyche and society to save humankind and the planet from self-destruction.
· Wound: being discarded and forgotten
· Likability, Relatability, Empathy:
Likability: Hekate is fierce, warm, and commands attention. She can be humorous but is dead serious about her mission.
Relatability: She’s spunky, kind, and has a strong authority that appeals to men and women alike.
Empathy: Hekate grasps deeply what’s in the human heart and sees into everyone she encounters, whether she’s visible or invisible, with a compassionate eye and heart. Folks sense they’re being held even when Hekate is invisible to them. When Hekate becomes real through Kara, people feel in themselves the beauty and vulnerability of the Feminine Harmonic and begin to empathize with their own plight and Hekate’s.
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BENT’S CHARACTER PROFILE PART ONE
MY VISION IS THIS …… I WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A TELEVISION WRITER AND SELL MY FEATURES .
WHAT I LEARNED DOING THIS ASSIGNMENT IS ……. I HAVE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WILL WIN A TOP ACTOR OVER. I HAVE SELECTED ONES THAT CONFLICT WITH THE OTHER CHARACTER’S TRAITS AND WHAT RESULTS IS GOLD.
Santa
- A. The High Concept. – EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE, SANTA AND HIS ELVES ARE WARY OF AN ATTACK FROM KRAMPUS AND HIS DEMONS. THIS YEAR IT IS HAPPENING.
- B. This character’s journey. SANTA GOES FROM BEING STRONG IN THE BEGINNING TO SHOWING THAT HE NEEDS HIS ELVES TO SURVIVE.
- C. The Actor Attractors for this character. – THERE IS A MYTHOS AROUND SANTA AS WE ONLY SEE HIM FROM THE POV OF INDIGO.
- Role in the Story: THE REPRESENTATION FOR THE NORTH POLE AND CHRISTMAS. A MAN WITH A FIRM STANCE IN HOW THE NORTH POLE SHOULD BE RAN. AND HE WON’T BUDGE ON IT.
- Age range and Description: 60’S AND WITH A BELLY
- Core Traits: STEADFASTNESS , DETERMINATION.. A LEADER…
- Motivation; Want/Need: HE WANTS ALL OF HIS ELVES TO BE SAFE. HE WANTS OLD FASHIONED VALUES TO REMAIN AT THE NORTH POLE.
- Wound: HE KNOWS THE PREVIOUS SANTA ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE AT THE HANDS OF KRAMPUS SO HE CARRIES THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
- Likability, Relatability, Empathy: EVERYONE LOVES SANTA…. HE WATCHES OVER EVERYONE AND MANAGES …EMPATHY IS NO ONE WANTS ANYTHING BAD TO HAPPEN TO SANTA AND WHEN IT DOES WE WANT HIM TO SURVIVE.
- A. The High Concept. THE GENERAL WHO IS SECOND IN COMMAND AFTER SANTA, HE WANTS TO OPEN THE NORTH POLE TO MORE OIL DRILLING AT THE REQUEST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
- B. This character’s journey. – HE BEGINS AS A FRUSTRATED AMBITIOUS MAN TO TURNING ON SANTA WITH THE INTENTION OF GETTING HIS WAY.
- C. The Actor Attractors for this character. HE IS A RANGE OF EMOTIONS. HE IS NOT A REPRESENTATION OF SANTA’S VALUES. IN THE END HE TURNS ON SANTA.
- Role in the Story: HEAD OF SECURITY FOR THE NORTH POLE.
- Age range and Description: 60’S A MILITARY LOOKING MAN. GRIZZLED.
- Core Traits: A LEADER. OWNERSHIP. ORDERLY.
- Motivation; Want/Need: HE WANTS NORTH POLE TO BE A COUNTRY. HE FEELS THE OIL WILL MAKE THEM RICH LIKE SAUDI ARABIA.
- Wound: HE WONDERS IF HE WILL BE SANTA. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT KIDS, HE SIMPLY WANTS THE POWER THAT SANTA HOLDS OVER THE WORLD.
- Likability, Relatability, Empathy: HE HAS GREAT IDEAS FOR THE NORTH POLE AND THE ELF CIVILIZATION. ………….. HE IS PROTECTIVE OVER ELVES AND THEIR VULNERABILITY…… HE WANTS THE BEST FOR THE NORTH POLE AND FOR SANTA’S VILLAGE TO EXPAND AND BE UPGRADED WITH A MILITARY.
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