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Lesson 8
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A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Protagonist
Traits: Black/white, right/wrong thinking, can’t take chances, family above all.
Fears: Losing family
Wants/Needs: to protect at all costs
Likability/Rooting factors: Stands up for what’s right
How they react under stress: Denies it, eats it/eats cadbury mini eggs/smokes
Relationship with other characters: Increasing closeness that ups the stakes and twists the screws
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Introduced arguing with deli clerk over a black/white issue
Denial: Has nothin to do with it, coincidence
Their reaction at first horror: Denial, so close to home, a little shaken, she was just in there
Relation to group after first horror:
How they fight back: eats/stress
End Point:
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Husband Protagonist
Traits: Easygoing, sports coach, fearless
Fears: His wife’s job
Wants/Needs: to protect at all costs
Likability/Rooting factors: Just all-around good guy
How they react under stress: Works out
Relationship with other characters: Doesn’t know them
B. What is their Character Journey for this story?
Character Intro: Being supportive of his wife after first death
Denial: Worry, compartmentalization
Their reaction at first horror: Fear for his wife, buy new locks
Relation to group after first horror:
How they fight back: Fights to the death and tells his wife to keep fighting
End Point: Dead
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
Sometimes maintaining a belief is really hard
A. What is their Character Profile?
Role: Daughter Protagonist
Traits: Teen traits, parents are heros
Fears: Not being accepted
Wants/Needs: to live her life without being the center of her parents’ lives’ attention
Likability/Rooting factors: she loves her parents
How they react under stress: Gets high
Relationship with other characters: loves her parents but wants healthy distance
B. What is their Character Journey for this story? She loses both her parents, in effect
Character Intro: Day of deli clerk killing, has better things to worry about
Denial: sucks, but not her fault
Their reaction at first horror: too much attention on her, doesn’t like it
Relation to group after first horror:
How they fight back: edibles
End Point: safe, but life forever c hanged
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
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Tasha’s Character Journey Track
What I learned doing this assignment is creating a track for each character elevates the story beyond the horror.
ASSIGNMENT
1. With each of your Survivors and Victims, answer the questions for their Character Profile and Character Journey:
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Role: The leader
Traits: Ruthless, selfish, Quick to Anger, Mean, Has a soft spot for Nikki
Fears: None
Wants/Needs: Money/Goods/to live the high life, needs control
Likability / Rooting factors: Only redeeming factor is that he cares for Nikki
How they react under stress: Denial, getting tougher/meaner
Relationship with other characters: An authority, what he says goes. Leader of his group, his “boys”. Faye’s boyfriend.
Character Journey
Character Intro: Makes the final call about not helping Sheena
Denial: Isn’t worried about Sheena’s threat to haunt them
Their reaction at first horror:
Reaction to Sheena: he’s a bit scared at first but then she calls her bluff.
Reaction to Mirror Mirror: he guards Nikki
Relation to group after first horror:
Tells the others that Sheena’s scare tactics aren’t shit and they need to ignore her
How they fight back: Ignores Sheena, Physically fights Mirror Mirror, car pursuit of Mirror Mirror and enters the house of horrors
End Point:
He may be the sole survivor
Or he is stabbed through the heart by Mirror Mirror
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
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Mirror Mirror is tougher than he is
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Mirror Mirror will make simple, off brand kills when pushed
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If he dies, then Sheena succeeds in getting her revenge
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If he doesn’t die, then he’s still unfinished business for Sheena (and maybe she can be strong enough to affect him in numbers–with added help from Nikki)
Ike’s Profile:
Role: The moral one
Traits: A bit of a follower, slight mob mentality, guilt-ridden, wants to seem tough and unaffected
Fears: Sheena’s threat
Wants/Needs: Wants to be tough/Needs Kade’s approval
Likability / Rooting factors: Starts to feel bad about what happened to Sheena even before she haunts him. Wants to keep Nikki safe.
How they react under stress: Shows fear but tries to solve it or stays to fight.
Relationship with other characters: Kade’s second in command. Respected by the group. One of Kade’s boys. Has a mother/son type relationship with Liv.
Character Journey
Character Intro: A little objection to not helping Sheena but gives in to save face in front of Kade
Denial: Believes Kade when he says Sheena is nothing to worry about as a ghost
Their reaction at first horror:
Reaction to Sheena: He’s scared and goes to Kade for help.
Reaction to Mirror Mirror: Terror but wants to help protect Nikki and Faye.
Relation to group after first horror:
Runs from Sheena like the rest but defers to Kade and starts withstanding her scares.
Is hopeful that they can stop Mirror Mirror.
How they fight back:
Researching how to banish Sheena. Follows Kade to Mirror Mirror’s shack of terrors.
End Point:
He may or may not be the one the one survives or is stabbed in the chest by Mirror Mirror. Need to figure out if it’s Kade or him. If he survives, he’s the moral one who sacrifices Nikki to save himself.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
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Mirror Mirror is tougher than he is
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Mirror Mirror will make simple, off brand kills when pushed
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If he dies, then Sheena succeeds in getting her revenge
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If he doesn’t die, then he’s still unfinished business for Sheena (and maybe she can be strong enough to affect him in numbers–with added help from Nikki)
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Ike is a coward, not a noble hero
Jean Tyrone’s Profile
Role: The complainer/the lady’s man
Traits:
Pretty Boy, ladies man of the group, vain, selfish, materialistic, charming
Fears: nothing
Wants/Needs:
Money/Needs reassurance
Likability / Rooting factors:
Will die for his sisters and mother – Viv, Faye and Liv well.
His fight to rescue Liv and Nikki, his love for his family, and his sacrifice for his family makes you root for him.
How they react under stress:
Curiosity and wanting to solve the problem
Relationship with other characters:
Brother of Faye and Nikki, Son of Liv, One of Kade’s boys
Character Journey
Character Intro:
Taunts Sheena along with the others, doesn’t object to leaving her, thinks her curse it funny
Denial:
Agrees with Kade that there’s nothing to worry about when Sheena’s murder is reported in the news
Their reaction at first horror:
Curiosity
Relation to group after first horror:
Catalyst for Kade to declare the Sheena has failed and for Sheena to use Mirror Mirror (He’s hurt, so Kade feels protective towards him but also further angered that everyone is letting Sheena get under their skin)
How they fight back: Follows Kades advice to ignore Sheena. Probably tries to fight Mirror Mirror but is killed. Maybe we see a scene where he tries to figure out how to escape from captivity. Maybe Liv left him a clue or he finds Liv slowly dying from her body mods and he tries to get them out of there. Maybe Mirror Mirror lets them almost escape and he has a chance to leave his mom behind and save himself in a situation that will foreshadow Kade/Ike’s decision with Nikki. Staying to help Liv is tragic because Liv passes away anyway and Mirror Mirror gets Jean Tyrone.
End Point:
He’s captured by Mirror Mirror posing as Faye broken down by the side of the road. (Faye texts him, he almost blows her off, telling her to ask Kade). If there is an escape scene at the end, then Mirror Mirror could tranquilize him or just have one awful booby trap stun him/fatally wound him or just kill him.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
That Jean Tyrone is actually a more decent guy than he’s initially portrayed. He cares deeply for his family members and would sacrifice himself for it selflessly even though he can come off as selfish.
Targ’s Profile
Role: Out of Control/ Obnoxious
Traits:
Loud mouth, clown, hot head
Fears:
J horror
Wants/Needs:
Wants attention, needs approval
Likability / Rooting factors:
His almost childlike fear of Sheena that turns into humbling desperation
How they react under stress:
He freaks out, loses rational thought, makes impulsive decisions in order to get away from the horror
He runs.
Relationship with other characters:
He’s the clown that tries to show off and make everyone laugh. Causes fights that his group has to put out. They have his back but they tolerate him. Also can cause fights within the group.
Character Journey
Character Intro:
He helps seal Sheena’s fate by aiding the group’s decision.
Denial:
He listens to Kade.
Their reaction at first horror:
Scared, runs, believes he’s in danger.
Relation to group after first horror:
Clings to them for help.
How they fight back:
Tries to escape.
End Point:
After Sheena ups the visceral scares, Targ runs into the street and is hit by a car (maybe an homage to Halloween 2 when the two cars hit that poor guy dressed like Mike Myers)
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
Maybe the meanness of Sheena and how mean her relentlessness is.
Liv’s Profile
Role: The Carrier: The one who brings the horror to the group
Traits: Warm, motherly, tough, single mom, hard worker
Fears:
Not providing for her children, fears for her children safety, worries about Jean Tyrone’s path
Wants/Needs:
She wants a thriving family/She needs a helping hand (is that how Mirror Mirror gets her? He offers her help with something?)
Likability / Rooting factors:
She’s moral. She’s kind. She’s a fighter, even when threatened with her own mortality, she worries about her kids.
How they react under stress:
She keeps calm and tries to solve the issues causing the stress.
Relationship with other characters:
Motherly matriarch. Generally respected, even by Kade.
Character Journey
Character Intro:
After Sheena’s death, when the guys agree to give Nikki a ride. She interacts with all of them, warning them to be alert because there’s a serial killer on the loose – she especially warns Nikki, her baby. She says that the guy seems to only kill women, but the guys should be just as careful because who knows. Of course Ike, the smart ass moral one, asks how she knows it’s a man and not a woman. Liv brings the horror to them by telling them about the news story around Sheena. This causes Ike’s wheels to start turning about Sheena and what they did to her.
Denial:
Maybe the thought that Mirror Mirror isn’t a threat to the group of guys?
Their reaction at first horror:
Escape. She figures out what happened to her and she tries to get out of Mirror Mirror’s house of horrors.
Relation to group after first horror:
She can only pray she can get out alive to warn everyone and help the authorities capture Mirror Mirror. (Wouldn’t it be crazy if she was allowed to call them but Mirror Mirror was about to spoof the signal to a tower in another state so the authorities can’t track it. – cell tower spoofing or IMSI catching)
How they fight back:
By being clever. She figures out how to escape her prison. She finds the cell phone. She gives as much description as she can about where she is (she doesn’t know that it’s Mirror Mirror until after the call and he takes off his mask – maybe it’s someone she works with every day at the hospital. She is a nurse or she’s a medical tech. It has to be someone unsuspecting that she’s unassumingly around. That new guy at work she didn’t even know was there until they have a meet-cute).
End Point:
She is outsmarted and overpowered because Mirror Mirror has the home team advantage. She is killed by the body modification he does.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
That Mirror Mirror not only kills his victims, but he toys with them slowly and really tortures them. This gives the audience insight into what Sheena experienced at the hands of Mirror Mirror and why she is so vengeful.
Faye’s Profile
Role: Monster Bait
Traits: Tough, kind of like a female Kade, a bit of a dick
Fears: Nothing
Wants/Needs: Wants Kade, needs a strong partner
Likability / Rooting factors:
Not sure yet, maybe her way with Nikki or her mother
How they react under stress:
Solve it, not afraid, doesn’t run
Relationship with other characters:
Respected by the group as Kade’s girl
Character Journey
Character Intro:
She could be in the van or she could be with Kade when they pick up the group in the beginning
Denial:
Agrees with Kade and thinks it’s ridiculous because it doesn’t happen to her.
Their reaction at first horror:
She is either curious about the old lady and wants to help her or she’s mad at the old lady and tells her to get out or she’s going to kick her out. But since the Old lady is Mirror Mirror, he gets the upper hand (maybe with Sheena’s influence over Faye to not resist or be helpful suddenly).
Relation to group after first horror:
She is used as bait to get the other person Mirror Mirror is after.
How they fight back:
We don’t get to see Faye fight back or we could see her end with the lipstick.
End Point:
Mirror Mirror kills her through body modification. It could be depicted because the smothering with lipstick is interesting. Perhaps Faye has actually survived all of the horrendous torture and should have died, but because she’s a survivor, Mirror Mirror will give her one last beauty treatment, a technique he’s perfected on others – akin to tar and feathering but with the use of lipstick to smother you.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
You realize that no one has ever gotten away from Mirror Mirror. Does that mean that Sheena was fated to be his victim? Did others get a chance to escape like a ride out of danger, just to be hunted down again. Is there a girl that survived Mirror Mirror that Ike could track down and talk to?
Nikki’s Profile
Role:
Sacrificial Lamb or Innocent (if she’s the sacrificial lamb then it’s her image that Sheena uses to lure Mirror Mirror, but she uses the whole family – Liv, Faye and Jean Tyrone – so then they would technically all be the sacrificial lamb. Either it’s just Nikki that lures him or the emphasis is placed on Nikki in Mirror Mirror’s mind. Also, Mirror Mirror should stalk her before he even goes after Liv to show that she the sacrifice that will bring him – Sheena wants the group killed, so she gives Mirror Mirror Nikki)
Traits:
Kind, good, gets along with everyone and anyone (maybe a scene where Kade gets uppity with a rival and Nikki gets him to act decently/help because she’s working with him somehow), excellent student working hard for a scholarship, works and goes to school, helps her family
Fears:
Not getting into a good college
Wants/Needs:
She wants to financially help her family/ She needs to get into a good college.
Likability / Rooting factors:
Kind, considerate, a friend to everyone, give what little pocket money she has to the homeless (Jean Tyrone: Now how is giving your money away going to help you get into college. Don’t look at me for help. You’re cute, but you’re not that cute. Jean Tyrone laughs and playfully jabs her in the ribs.)
How they react under stress:
She’s scared, she tries to run.
Relationship with other characters:
Everyone loves and protects Nikki.
Character Journey
Character Intro:
Gets a ride to a party from Kade and the boys.
Denial:
Stays optimistic that Kade could save her from Mirror Mirror. If she finds out about the Sheena theory, she could doubt that Sheena could be so vengeful.
Their reaction at first horror:
Devastation at the loss of Liv. Desperate concern for Faye and Jean Tyrone. (Does Mirror Mirror make it seem like either person has gone away?)
Relation to group after first horror:
Clings to them for help and protection.
Could possibly try to send Sheena to the light via the Ouija Board.
Relation to group after first horror:
Clings to them for help and protection.
Could possibly try to send Sheena to the light via the Ouija Board.
How they fight back:
Runs from Mirror Mirror.
End Point:
Is pulled back into the inferno of the burning shack by Mirror Mirror and roof collapses on them.
What insight do their deaths or survival bring to the others/audience?
Ike selfishly chose not to save Nikki because he was scared it would cost him his life.
Sheena can carry out her unfinished business through Nikki.
Does the punishment fit the crime?
Should one selfish mistake cost your life?
2. Build those Character Journeys into your outline.
Completed this but too long to post in this forum.
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