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Day 6 Assignments
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Ron Reid LOST Relationship Map
“What I learned doing this assignment is there is more to these shows than meets the eye and in terms of relationships the shows I use for my sample show are clearly relationships on all kinds of levels. And I must bring this relationship mapping to my characters the two shows I am writing for a Sci-Fi crime show and a mystery show about the relationships between people in their 20s who band together to solve a kidnapping of a frienemy!!
Assignment #1 LOST TV Relationship Map
JACK KATE SAWYER
Relationship Surface: get along well. antagonist
like a couple.
Common Ground: like-minded plane crash
Conflict: 1st one to stay on beach. at almost every turn
History: none-met after crash none-met after crash
Subtext: they really connect well. no love lost between them
Relationship Arc: day by day they grow. day by day they grow to hate each other.
ASSIGNMENT #2
MY SHOW#1 THE KIDNAPPING OF CASEY K. TV Relationship Map
CASEY KEN MOLLY
Surface: -bailed Ken out of a jam. -helped keep Molly out of porn.
Common Ground: -invited to annual party -loves going to party/working
small projects together. together on small things.
Conflict: -none. Casey is angel. -none. Casey bailed her out.
History: -knew each other for years. -know each other only 2 years.
Subtext: -Ken would like to be self- -would like to be independent.
financed.
Relationship Arc: -almost grew up together. -she is appreciative of help.
But Casey has a gift for making
money.
MY SHOW # 2 SIGMA 2619 TV Relationship Map
BRUCE MYSTERY AGENT 1 AGENT 2 SNOWY
alien WOMAN. guy girl. lost soul
Surface: Do they want slow slow virtually none
the same thing? trust trust
Common Ground: she has what he can work on wants the the effect of
wants. same side. same thing the tech
Conflict: they both want only if Bruce. if job is if she is controlled
the same tech doesn’t help. interfered with. to kill by the tech
History: possibly, only on earth after robbery. after getting
he lost memory. memory back
Subtext: they might know wants that attracted to might also like
each other. promotion. Bruce Bruce
Relationship Arc: from enemy to enemy to enemy to Maybe to something
friends/more friends. something more. more.
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What I learned doing this assignment is, to look at what is lying underneath not just on the surface. What is really going on between these characters, what is the internal conflict not just external.
Handmaid’s Tale – June’s relationships
The Commander
Mrs. Waterford
Nick
Surface
boss
boss
colleague
Common ground:
scrabble, reading, breaking the rules
Breaking the rules, keeping secrets
Both hate their circumstances, their country
Conflict:
The Commander is developing strong feelings for June and putting her at risk.
Mrs Waterford forces June to go against the commander, to try and become pregnant with another man – Nick.
Both June and Nick forced to have sex in the hope of impregnating June but they have feelings for each other.
History
June was sent to live with the Waterfords after the last handmaid killed herself.
As above.
They live in the same house, work for the same family.
Subtext
Enemy, a prisoner/prison guard relationship.
Competition for the Commander’s affection. Enemy.
Conspirators
Relationship Arc
From being fearful of the Commander, to seeing his weakness and using him
From hating Mrs Waterford to bonding with her after breaking the law together.
From distrust to falling in love
My series. Working title ‘stroke’
Zoe’s relationships
Nadine
Alex
James
Surface
Friend
Son of family friend, dating daughter
Husband
Common Ground
Both wanting to support each other in creativity and helping Leo
Same political views. daughter.
Married, children.
Conflict
Nadine is secretly trying to destroy Zoe’s father, but struggles because she still cares for Zoe
Alex also wanting to destroy Zoe’s father but also her family
Verbally abusive, controlling, financial abuse
History
Best friends from 25 years ago.
Old family friends – has met Alex off and on since he was young.
Married 20+ years, met through Zoe’s father.
Subtext
Dependent on Nadine – her shield, teacher.
A possible future son in law. Star struck to a point.
Abusive, controlling
Relationship arc
From best friends, to arch enemies.
A distant family friend, now a huge threat to her family.
Turns the relationship around – she is now in control.
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Janeen’s Show Relationship Map – Assignment 1
What I learned doing this assignment is that the relationship map follows (or defines) the plot as it changes over time.
Big Little Lies Relationship Map
Madeline’s Relationship Map
Surface:
Renata: Warm friends now that they’ve killed/covered up together
Celeste: Affectionate Friends
Jane: Affectionate friends in an older/younger sister way
Common Ground:
Renata: Shared secrets (Anabella’s bully and Perry’s death)
Celeste: Love for kids, shared secrets (bully, Perry and Madeline’s affair)
Jane: Love for kids, shared secrets (bully, Perry), mutual hate for Jane’s rapist
Conflict:
Renata: Money/Rich; Stay-at-home/working Moms;
Celeste: Get out/stay with Perry
Jane: Avoid/take revenge on her rapist
History:
Renata: Competitors for “best mom”, “most influential” at school
Celeste: For years, besties with Madeline always calmed/steadied by “perfect” Celeste
Jane: New friends, Madeline wants/tries to help Jane and Jane needs friends who won’t learn her secrets
Subtext:
Renata: Each thinks “I’m better than you” and “You have the perfect life”
Celeste: Madeline thinks Celeste has the perfect husband, family, life while Celeste thinks Madeline is too hot-headed and overboard with her opinions and involvement
Jane: Madeline thinks Jane needs guidance and friendship. Jane thinks Madeline will not like her if she finds the truth.
Relationship Arc:
Renata: From bitter enemies to close friends after the bullying is sorted and Perry’s death.
Celeste: Madeline goes from open to secretive to Celeste and Celeste does the opposite, sharing everything. Their secrets make them grow more co-dependent.
Jane: Madeline tries to help Jane, but Jane ends up more independent and a role model for Madeline.
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Janeen’s Character Relationship Map — Assignment 2
What I learned doing this assignment is that these relationships are starting to get so complicated that I can’t keep track. I will be using these and the previous character-related notes a LOT in future lessons. Also, if there is a trick to getting WordPress to allow tables to be included in replies, that trick should be shared in the intro to each class.
Cara’s Relationship Map:
Surface:
Randy: Mutual grief for Mike and Mindy and love of the twins. Cordial and caring
Mindy: Best friend and confidant, open and honest about everything
Mike: Mutual love for Mindy and her happiness
Jim: Do not know each other initially, but then are both cool and reserved because there is suspicion on both sides
Common Ground:
Randy: Love for the twins, obligation to carry out Mike and Mindy’s wishes
Mindy: Love for learning about parapsychology techniques, love for Mike and the twins
Mike: Love for Mindy and the twins
Jim: Do not know each other initially, but then fight big ag companies, fight for the school,
Conflict:
Randy: Use of parapsychology to help the farm succeed
Mindy: Use and ethics of using parapsychology to help the farm
Mike: Minimal
Jim: Do not know each other initially, but then are fighting for the same land/rental opportunities and there is residual distrust about his wife’s and Mindy/Mike’s deaths
History:
Randy: They heard about each other for years before they met and it was usually good or minor frustrations
Mindy: Best friends since daycare
Mike: Good friends since college
Jim: None to begin.
Subtext:
Randy: Are we really working for the same things? Are our motives/ethics the same?
Mindy: Play devil’s advocate for each other, but always support the decisions of one another.
Mike: Both love Mindy and that will have to be enough. Mike doesn’t know that Cara had/has the hots for him, but now he’s gone anyway.
Jim: Are they going to remain frenemies?
Relationship Arc:
Randy: They move from grieving over Mike and Mindy to wanting what’s best for the twins to haggling over the use of parapsychology to mutual regard with good-natured banter to fear of Randy’s deteriorating mind and greater dependency later in the series.
Mindy: She’s dead, so there’s that. Cara begins to more fully understand and use all that Mindy has told her of her family, neighbors, community and norms over the years.
Mike: He’s dead, too. Cara begins to see how dependent he was on Mindy and to question his relationship with Jim’s wife in high school and in the years leading up to her suicide. She thinks of him a little differently.
Jim: Jim is usually trying to get Cara to leave the farm so he can be Randy’s new “Mike”. Eventually, since she is staying, he decides he should pursue her to unite the farms via marriage.
Randy’s Relationship Map:
Surface:
Mindy: Mutual respect and shared goals, kindness and empathy
Mike: Strong familial love and, with the Alzheimer’s diagnosis, a haunting sense that Randy will become very dependent on his son.
Jim: Lifetime friends and competitors, always cordial these days although wary about whether they are helping each other or competing at any point in time.
Common Ground:
Mindy: The good of the farm and the twins, the need to use Mindy’s parapsychology to aid the farm/business
Mike: The legacy of the farm
Jim: Wary of his intentions and his temper
Conflict:
Mindy: Use of parapsychology where it is borderline unethical
Mike: “Modern farming upgrades” vs. status quo. Typical father/son conflicts
Jim: Senses that Jim is treating his wife badly and wants to do something but doesn’t want to provoke his temper out of fear of his physical prowess over Randy
History:
Mindy: Mindy proved herself a true farmwife in her early years on the far, won Randy’s wife over and Randy as well. She’s a keeper. He feels the same with a lot of empathy for Randy when he lost his wife.
Mike: Typical father/son stuff — them against the world, although they often fought over who would have a better chance of getting the rental or purchase of a piece of land when it became available.
Jim: Knew Jim as a short-tempered boy and saw his violence increase over time and that has made him wary.
Subtext:
Mindy: Randy wonders if Mindy will take good care of him as the Alzheimer’s progresses or if he will alienate her as his mind deteriorates.
Mike: Will Mike be able to carry on the farm — did he know about the Alzheimer’s and has he instilled the value of the family farm in the twins yet?
Jim: Randy’s parental-equivalent power over Jim is fading and both know it.
Relationship Arc:
Mindy: She’s dead, so…
Mike: He’s dead, so…
Jim: The relationship becomes more adversarial as more evidence of his role in his wife’s and Mike and Mindy’s deaths come into play during the season. There is great suspicion by the end as Jim begins to wonder just a tad about Randy’s memory occasional lapses.
Mindy’s Relationship Map:
Surface:
Mike: Through flashback, we see Mike and Mindy fall in love and remain strongly so through thick and thin.
Jim: Through flashback, we see Mindy become more afraid of Mike’s temper with his wife and eventually his threatening looks toward her.
Common Ground:
Mike: Their mutual love of the farm, the business, Randy and the twins.
Jim: Their fight against big ag, weather-related hardships, love for their kids.
Conflict:
Mike: Use of parapsychology techniques when she and Cara have decided it would be unethical.
Jim: Jim’s treatment of his wife and the times his wife sought solace with Mike and Mindy
History:
Mike: From college forward, a clear couple.
Jim: From her first visits to the farm, Jim was a part of the social circle although much less so once his wife died (or committed suicide as they believe)
Subtext:
Mike: She is the love of his life and his moral compass and his everything.
Jim: They are wary of each other as Jim thinks his wife has talked to her about the abuse and she feels he knows it and that puts her in danger.
Relationship Arc:
Mike: They’re both dead, so…it’s however we reveal their attraction and the few things they disagreed on, their joys and disappointments
Jim: The initial friendship during Mike and Mindy’s courtship unwinds as Jim’s jealousy grows and so does his viciousness as revealed by his wife, the kids and observation.
Mike’s Relationship Map:
Surface:
Jim: Life long friend and competitor and finally, a withdrawal by both as they suspect him of his wife’s abuse/death.
Common Ground:
Jim: Both are farm kids who were lucky enough to get to farm with their folks and marry women they loved and have great kids.
Conflict:
Jim: Jim grows more bitter and angry as his personality and business decisions have his farm falling behind Mike’s in size and success.
History:
Jim: Lifelong neighbors, schoolmates, sports mates, etc.
Subtext:
Jim: Jim feels he never quite measures up to Mike since he’s always 2nd to Mike’s first in everything.
Relationship Arc:
Jim: Their relationship unwinds as Jim suspects Mike is having an affair with his wife, knows that he had a hand in her death and suspects that Jim might try to cover up that knowledge by killing them.
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Jean’s Show Relationship Map
What I learned doing this assignment is that thinking about how the relationships between my main characters will help me build in specific directions that I want the relationships to go. If I hadn’t done this beforehand, it would be difficult to change it later on and have the drama show up from the beginning.
Assignment 1: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Stefan Salvatore in relation to Elana Gilbert
Surface: boyfriend/girlfriend
Common Ground: Both lost family. Both keep diaries
Conflict: Stefan is a vampire and doesn’t want Elana to know.
History: Stefan saved Elana’s life a year ago when her parents died in a car crash, but she doesn’t remember.
Subtext: Stefan doesn’t want Elana to find out he’s a vampire from 1864 and Katherine, his former girlfriend who looks just like Elans, was a vampire too.
Relationship arc: from friends to lovers.
Stefan Salvatore in relation to Damon Salvatore
Surface: brothers
Common ground: family, both turned at the same time, both vampires
Conflict: both want Elana
History: Both loved Katherine. Damon has been torturing Stefan since 1864
Subtext: Damon tortures Stefan any way he can. Damon is a loose wire, and Stefan tries to stop/keep him in control.
Relationship arc: From enemies to willing to die for each other
Assignment 1: THE VAULT
Sharra Lane in relation to Tanner Holmes
Surface: recruit/trainer
Common ground: Work together. Both play the hero. Both have lost family.
Conflict: They fight over her safety. Fight over her relationship with Faolan.
History: Tanner has met Sharra on a reconnaissance mission, but Sharra doesn’t remember him.
Subtext: Sharra falls for Faolan but also has feelings for Tanner. Sharra schemes to change her past to save her parents.
Relationship arc: From trainer/student to close friends
Sharra Lane in relation to Faolan
Surface: aquaintances
Common ground: honorable/do the right thing. Both are loners.
Conflict: He doesn’t want her to join the agency and tries to stop it. They fight their feelings for each other.
History: Faolan meets Sharra on her first training mission, but she doesn’t know he’s a rogue agent.
Subtext; Sharra’s need to protect the Vault and herself wars with her feeling for Faolan and her need to fix her past.
Relationship arc: From acquaintances to lovers
Sharra Lane in relation to J.D. Dash
Surface: adversaries
Common ground: Both have a relationship with Grayson, Sharra’s brother.
Conflict: Fight over Lazarus’ handling of the Agency. What ‘freedom’ of the agents means.
History: Associate accountants. For him- as a mission to stop Sharra before she gets recruited.
Subtext: J.D. has been working for her brother, who has been behind her troubles all along.
Relationship arc: from a work associate to destroying each other’s worlds.
Lazarus Maitland in relation to Faolan
Surface: estranged friends
Common ground: Longest together of all the agents. Both see the big picture.
Conflict: Lazarus wants to keep the Vault’s true identity a secret. Faolan wants to expose it.
History: Lazarus saves Faolan from death and takes him to the Vault without his permission. Lazarus broke Faolan’s trust when he revealed the true nature of the Vault after his assimilation.
Subtext: Faolan has unresolved grievances with Lazarus. Lazarus misses Faolan. He’s like a brother to him.
Relationship arc: From distrusting to mutual understanding.
Lazarus Maitland in relation to Tanner Holmes
Surface: Head Director/Trainer
Common ground: long-time friends. Respected
Conflict: Sharra’s training and safety. Tanner’s recklessness.
History: Lazarus stopped Tanner from committing suicide before his recruitment. Tanner is Lazarus’ go-to man.
Subtext: Lazarus is secretly grooming Tanner to take his place as Head Director. Tanner views Lazarus as a father figure.
Relationship arc: Trusted friend to shaky ground.
Lazarus Maitland in relation to Sharra Lane
Surface: Head Director/recruit
Common ground: They both understand loyalty and the greater good over their own needs.
Conflict: Lazarus wanting to hold Sharra back wars with his knowledge that she is the key to fixing what’s wrong with the Vault.
History: Lazarus from the future informed Lazarus from the present to recruit Sharra. Lazarus spied on Sharra and her family before recruiting her.
Subtext: Lazarus thinks of Sharra as a daughter. He has foreknowledge that she will find out his dreaded secret and that her recruitment will hurt him in some way in the future.
Relationship arc: from authoritative to fatherly figure.
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Rob’s Show Relationship Map
What I learned doing this assignment is how my antagonist has been a cardboard cutout “bad guy” as opposed to a living, breathing human being. Also the value of finding common ground between my protagonist and antagonist – otherwise the antagonist isn’t serving his proper function.
Also, the value of switching between the various creative processes when one stalls out, like cycling through a set of tools.
Assignment 1: Relationship Map of Vampire Diaries, Episode 6
ELENA-STEFAN
Surface
Elena: Love, Fear, Mistrust.
Stefan: Love, fear of being misunderstood
Common Ground
Love, affection
Conflict
Stefan wants to keep secrets; Elena wants to expose them
History
Strangers, then school-friends, then lovers, then estranged as a result of Stefan’s secret
Subtext
Love and desire
Relationship Arc
From love to fear
ELENA-DAMON
Surface
Adversaries
Common Ground
Loss, grief
Conflict
Elena wants a normal life
Damon wants to draw Elena into a life among vampires
History
Damon is Elena’s lover’s brother
Subtext
Competition, grudging affection
Relationship Arc
Elena: From contempt to fear
ELENA-JEREMY
Surface
Affection, concern
Common Ground
Loss of parents
Conflict
Elena wants to protect Jeremy
Jeremy wants to be with Vicky, do drugs
History
Siblings who lost their parents
Subtext
Maternal
Relationship Arc
Fluctuating between anger and affection
Assignment 2: Relationship Map for “Mirage”
DAVID-JULIA
Surface
Collaborators
Common Ground
Wanting to solve the mystery of who is trying to kill Julia
Conflict
David thinks he knows best but Julia hates being controlled, told what to do. David sees Julia as stuck in her head, over-intellectualising. She sees him as stubborn, set in his ways, “the way things have always been done.”
History
David rescued Julia from a demon attack
Subtext
Love
Relationship Arc
David: From mistrust to love
Julia: From fear to love
DAVID-MADELEINE
Surface
Friendship, Affection, cohabiters
Common Ground
Fear of the demons, shared history together
Conflict
David refuses to discuss a succession plan, who will take over as David’s confidante after Madeleine’s death.
Madeleine seeks to control David’s relationships with others.
History
David befriended Madeleine when she was a child
Subtext
Maternal
Relationship Arc
From clinging to one another to letting go of one another
DAVID-VINCENT
Surface
Adversaries
Common Ground
Having secret knowledge of the supernatural world. Desire for control, discomfort with untidiness, the unknown
Conflict
Vincent wants to steal David’s powers out of jealousy and fear of his own death
History
Vincent has been researching David covertly; David encounters Vincent for the first time when Vincent presents a mystery for the Mirage to solve
Subtext
Competition
Relationship Arc
David: From friendship to destroying Vincent.
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<st1:city w:st=”on”><st1:place w:st=”on”>Tracy</st1:place></st1:city> Assignment 6 – Character Relationships
I learned that I have to spend more time on the intricacy of the relationship triangles. I already have them in a general sense, but need to bring more more layers to them. I didn’t feel I brought much new information, as I had most of my character relationships established already.
LOST Three relationships Jack develops more in episode 6 are with Sayid, Sawyer, and Shannon
Surface: Sayid – allies when it comes to dealing with <st1:place w:st=”on”>Shannon</st1:place>’s acute attack and Sawyer’s withholding of
her drugs; Sawyer – righteous judge and disbelieves him; Shannon –
doctor/patient <div>Common Ground: they are all stuck on the island having endured
a horrific crash and survived — coping in individual ways based on
previous experience<div>
Conflict: Sayid – going against Jack’s oath to do no harm when
he allows Sayid to torture Sawyer; Sawyer – antagonistic just for the sake
of argument, violent toward physically superior and smart Sayid; Shannon –
fighting for breath, not listeningHistory: all have only met over past 6 days, reacting
differently to the crisis – Jack preserving life in belief most likely
won’t be rescued; Sayid actively trying to establish SOS to get off
island; Sawyer indifferent, unhelpful, selfish; Shannon also unhelpful and
selfish, but expects to be rescued as that’s who she is.Subtext: Jack and Sawyer in competition for Kate, see her in
different ways;Relationship Arc: Jack and Sayid building respect for each
other, but the torture goes too far for both men; Sawyer has an
expectation of being shunned, enjoys being the martyr; Shannon is a queen
bee used to wrapping her brother and men around her finger to get what she
wants. She is insufferable until her illness warms her up to be more
pleasant and grateful.EL <st1:city w:st=”on”><st1:place w:st=”on”>PUEBLO</st1:place></st1:city>
The relationship of the four new men in the community to Antonia and how they affect her standing in the village. The year is November 1818:
Antonia and Lucas
Surface: courting couple </div>
Common Ground: dancing — Antonia is an eager student
<div>
Conflict: Lucas has a tendency towards bossiness and jealousy;
he doesn’t have the means to be a serious suitor except that Antonia
doesn’t like the men Grandma picks outHistory: Lucas arrived nine months earlier feeling superior to
the rural colonistsSubtext: Neither is infatuated with the other, but don’t see a
lot of choiceRelationship Arc: like the other girls, Antonia was excited to
have a new young man arrive — a cosmopolitan gentleman; she is shown the
most attention because of her status as the granddaughter of an original
settler even though she is of the Zamba caste, and because others are
already spoken for and she is not.Antonia and Father Diego
Surface: mentor and student
Common Ground: love of art and science — Antonia wants to
learn to read better and borrow the Father’s books, and wishes to paint
like the mission Indians </div><div>Conflict: Fr. Diego is drawn to Antonia, his most apt pupil,
while having a crisis of faith; she daydreams of him — the unattainable.
Supposed to be learning the catchism only, but tutoring sessions go beyond
that HHistory: Fr. Diego arrived on the last summer supply ship 5
months earlier, not welcomed by the frugal Franciscans as he is a rich,
elegant figure.Subtext: Fr. Diego plans to leave in the summer on the first
ship out as he hates the pro-Royal rough frontier and especially the
mission’s enslavement of the Indians under the Franciscan religious
viewpointRelationship Arc: from being an exiled guest priest to caring
for the villagers, who had begged for their own priest rather than
trekking to the mission each Sunday for church; the girls love going to
confession!Antonia and Thomas
Surface: Like oil and water </div><div>
Common Ground: both understand the stigma of darker skin determining
fateConflict: Antonia does not want a black suitor, though her
grandparents are Black/Native American; rebuffs all Thomas’ attempts to be
friendlyHistory: Thomas is the most ferocious pirate captured in battle,
scaring most villagers who do not want him to staySubtext: Thomas wants to grow close to Antonia’s grandmother —
he is looking for a mother figure; Antonia is at odds with her grandmotherRelationship Arc: Antonia rebuffs any offers of friendship,
scared of Thomas though he is the inseparable buddy of Joseph and assists
him skillfully.Antonia and Joseph
Surface: Rock star and head of the fan club </div>
Common Ground: both Joseph and Antonia want him to stay in El
PuebloConflict: She likes him far more than he likes her
History: Antonia takes sides with the villagers who see
Joseph’s worth as a carpenter and want to keep him after his capture —
and not send him back to the pirate shipSubtext: She sees a marriage with someone who doesn’t know all
the strictures of the Spanish caste system to elevate her even if it’s a
forbidden foreigner — willing to step-out- of-bounds; he sees a way to
possibly get out of California by aligning with some powers-that-beRelationship Arc: Antonia is the driver of this relationship of
instant infatuation; Joseph is grateful for her ministrations but also figuring
out who he must curry favor with.</div>
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TV Relationship Map
Module One, Lesson 6 – Part I – Big Little Lies
Module One, Lesson 6, Part- 2 – Off Your Rocker
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