BWTV-AI Mod 3 – Lesson 3: Creating Your Pilot Structure

[Moses Quainoo]

BWTV-AI MOD 3 – LESSON 3: CREATING
YOUR PILOT STRUCTURE

Moses Quainoo

“What I learned doing this assignment is…?”

ASSIGNMENT

1. Present the first draft of your Pilot Acts.

Teaser:

Essence: SKYY LAR takes a solo freedom flight over the London Eye. A Falcon, equipped with a small, almost undetectable device, ambushes SKYY LAR, who engages in a fierce aerial battle.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR evades an oncoming car which knocks down the Falcon.

Act 1:

Essence: SKYY LAR mentors young pigeons. He is deeply connected to its habitat and the city. SKYY LAR goes to the market to seek sustenance and gets its legs trapped in synthetic waste. EMMA discovers SKYY LAR, intervenes/de-strings, and cannot save one of the Pigeon’s legs.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR loses its left leg.

Act 2:

Essence: EMMA takes SKYY LAR to her house and constructs a prosthetic leg to overcome barriers. While she investigates the source of the waste, SKYY LAR returns home to an enticing proposal from RAVEN.

Turning Point: 20,000 pigeons with one leg lost will visit SKYY LAR to show concern and support RAVEN’s proposition. SKYY LAR can only protect its habitat if it forms and leads a bird coalition against environmental harm.

Midpoint: SKYY LAR forms and leads a bird alliance. It collaborates with EMMA to broaden human allies. The Rebellion aims to combat the Beauty Industry’s environmental harm.

Act 3:

Essence: SKYY LAR embarks on an operation to rescue birds harmed in a river and build momentum. The Rebellion embarks on its first campaign to infiltrate a Beauty Industry facility.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR and allies uncover a global conspiracy and become a target.

Act 4:

Essence: SKYY LAR takes a freedom flight. A Falcon ambushes it, and an aerial battle ensues.

Turning Point: The Falcon is knocked over by a car.

Act 5:

Essence:

Lock In: After losing the left leg, forming and leading birds and human alliance against the Beauty Industry, infiltrating the Industry’s facility, and embarking on a mission/s to rescue birds harmed by chemical spills in a nearby river, SKYY LAR feels alive again. It is doing what he does better and will continue for a very long time until death does it part on the sixth birthday

2. Use AI to generate a version of your 5-act Structure. For this Prompt, the word “Requirements” means the things you are wholly committed to and need as part of the Pilot structure. For example, I knew my Teaser scene and the final Cliffhanger. Those two were requirements for my Pilot.

Please create the beats of a TV series Pilot 5-Act Structure, including turning points, for [Format/Genre] with the Pilot being [Pilot Logline] with [Characters].

The Pilot aims to set up the journey and engage audiences to watch the entire series. It must deliver an engaging “Inciting Incident” of the whole TV series.

Definition of Turning Point: A surprising major twist at the end of an Act. It will change things for one or more characters and/or the plot.

And please honor the [Requirements] that I need for this Pilot.

5-Act Structure =

Teaser: What opening scene presents a compelling and dramatic hook that sets the tone, introduces a character doing something intriguing, ends with a twist, and compels us to watch the episode?

1ST ACT: Introduce the world and main characters as they look on the surface.

Turning Point:

2ND ACT: How is the conflict that leads to the Midpoint introduced?

Turning Point: What Midpoint twist will reveal the intriguing future of this show?

3RD ACT: With the Midpoint twist, the characters are reeling. How does this uncertainty reveal more profound layers of the characters?

Turning Point:

4TH ACT: What major complications come from the character’s efforts to resolve the uncertainty, and how does that make things worse?

Turning Point:

5TH ACT: How does this final act lock the characters into the journey of this show so that there is no going back?

Cliffhanger: What completely unexpected twist or major reveal will shock us to the core and make us want to watch the next episode?

Format/Genre = 1 hour Drama/Family/Animation

Pilot Logline = An injured pigeon SKYY LAR who mentors young pigeons about survival in the urban environment, aided by a girl with a prosthetic leg, unites birds and humans against the Beauty Industry’s environmental harm, embodying resilience and unity in a battle for ecological justice amidst the city’s urban sprawl.

Requirements =

Teaser Scene: SKYY LAR takes a solo freedom flight over the London Eye. A Falcon ambushes SKYY LAR, and the birds engage in a fierce aerial battle, showing SKYY LAR’s resilience.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR evades an oncoming car which knocks down the Falcon.

Act 1: SKYY LAR is a Squaddie (Squadron Leader) who mentors five hundred young pigeons about urban survival. SKYY LAR goes to the market for sustenance, gets its legs trapped in synthetic waste, and cannot break free. Three seasons pass. EMMA discovers SKYY LAR and intervenes. She cannot save one of SKYY LAR’S legs.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR loses its left leg.

Act 2:

EMMA takes SKYY LAR to her home and constructs a prosthetic leg. While EMMA investigates the source and properties of the synthetic waste, SKYY LAR returns to its original home under the train bridges, and RAPHAEL tells it rented out SKYY LAR’s roost/place.

Word travels around the community that SKYY LAR returned alive with a Marvel fake leg which sparks interest. Fifteen thousand pigeons with one lost leg show concern and wish SKYY LAR well, discussing what lies ahead or the future. SKYY LAR’s original flock and many diverse birds visit SKYY LAR. RAVEN arrives from Pembrokeshire Coast to spend the weekend and with an enticing proposition for SKYY LAR to form and lead a bird coalition against environmental harm.

Turning Point: 20,000 pigeons, each with a leg lost to environmental harm, call on SKYY LAR to show concern and solidarity.

Midpoint: SKYY LAR agrees to form and lead a birds’ coalition.

Act 3:

Coalition Formation:

SKYY LAR says, oh my God, there are 20,000 brethren, all without a leg. It asks why the invalid pigeons have come to it. The pigeons say they have lost a leg like SKYY LAR and live with the pain. They are not so lucky to have prosthetics. They say SKYY LAR is one step better and should use the opportunity to bring about change in the community. They support RAVEN that SKYY LAR should form a coalition and lead the community to combat the environmental harm before it swallows all their offspring.

In the open area of London Fields Park, SKYY LAR acknowledges the scale of the injury and suffering witnessed among the 20,000 pigeons. It expresses empathy and solidarity.

SKYY LAR identifies and recruits RAVEN as mentors, key pigeons, and other avian species with leadership potential or unique skills to form the core group. The key avian includes birds affected by or showing resilience in adversity. Each core member has a specific role based on their strengths, such as scouting, communication, medical assistance, or advocacy.

The coalition selects a central location within London Fields Park as their meeting and planning hub. When it snowed or rained heavily, they would congregate at the top of the London Fields Estate Tower block across Lansdown Drive. The Council sealed the top of the Tower block where a large water tank and a television antenna are mounted. The cluster of trees in the park offers some privacy and protection during the summer. The two bases close to each other symbolize their cause and practical space for organizing, training, and strategizing. SKYY LAR recruits RAPHAEL. There was skepticism among birds about joining the Rebellion, saying they could not make an impact. SKYY LAR collaborates with EMMA to broaden the movement with human allies.

DR. AVA GREEN joins the movement and offers technological advice SKYY LAR establishes a communication network among the birds and utilizes bird calls, visual signals, or other means of bird communication to spread messages and coordinate actions. The aim is to ensure rapid information dissemination and the coalition members’ quick mobilization. SKKY LAR launches a widespread recruitment campaign across various boroughs of London. The campaign targets birds affected by environmental issues and emphasizes unity and collective action.

SKKY LAR professes to use dramatic displays, storytelling, and direct engagement to inspire and attract new members, highlighting the coalition’s purpose and successes. SKKY LAR will educate on environmental hazards, survival tactics, and the importance of ecological balance. It will also train birds in specific roles, enhancing their effectiveness in the coalition’s activities. The result will be to empower the avian community with knowledge and skills, fostering a sense of agency and commitment.

The Rebellion will embark on prominent rescue and protection missions, starting with smaller, achievable targets to build confidence and public support. SKKY LAR’S team rescues birds caught in pollution, cleans up small regions of environmental hazard, or disrupts harmful human activities nonviolently. They build momentum.

SKKY LAR will seek alliances with other wildlife groups, environmental organizations, and sympathetic humans like Emma and expand the coalition’s influence and resources.

They create a diverse support network that can offer various forms of assistance, from logistical support to advocacy. With each successful mission, leverage media attention (animal or human) to highlight the coalition’s cause, attracting more support and putting pressure on responsible parties. The action will establish the alliance as a significant movement in London, capable of instigating real change and effectively protecting avian habitats. The team maps pollution sources. SKYY LAR embarks on an operation to rescue birds harmed in a river and build momentum. The Rebellion embarks on its first campaign to infiltrate a Beauty Industry facility.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR and allies uncover a global conspiracy and become a target.

Act 4:

SKYY LAR and EMMA plan their first move/campaign against the Beauty Industry. The group faces internal conflicts as they debate the best action against the Beauty Industry. SKYY LAR and EMMA devise a daring plan to infiltrate a Beauty company’s Headquarters and gather evidence. They execute their plan, facing many obstacles and close calls. Just as they think they have succeeded in gathering evidence, they did cover the Company has covered up their tracks, leaving them with nothing and becoming future targets. SKYY LAR takes a much-deserved freedom flight and gets ambushed by a Falcon, and an aerial battle ensues.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR takes a much-deserved freedom flight and gets ambushed by a Falcon hit by an oncoming car in the heart of London’s cityscape.

Act 5:

Turning Point:

Cliffhanger: RAPHAEL’s loyalty is questioned as he
compromises, casting doubt on the coalition’s success and hinting at future
conflicts

Lock In: After losing the left leg, forming and leading birds and human alliance against the Beauty Industry, infiltrating the Industry’s facility, and embarking on a mission/s to rescue birds harmed by chemical spills in a nearby river, SKYY LAR feels alive again. It is doing what he does better and will continue for a very long time until death does it part on the sixth birthday.

Characters Profiles =

1. SKYY LAR – The Unpredictable Leader

2. EMMA – The Conscientious Ally

3. DR. AVA GREEN – The Innovative Scientist.

4. RAPHAEL (English Trumpeter Pigeon) – The Doubtful Participant.

5. RAVEN – SKYY LAR’s Mentor.

(AI GENERATED)

5-Act Structure for SKYY LAR TV Series Pilot:

Teaser:
SKYY LAR takes a solo freedom flight over the London Eye and shows its resilience through a fierce aerial battle with a falcon. This scene sets a dramatic and compelling tone for the series, highlighting SKYY LAR’s leadership and survival skills.

Act 1:

Introduction to the World: SKYY LAR, a Squadron Leader, teaches young pigeons about survival in the urban environment.

Incident: SKYY LAR gets trapped in synthetic waste while seeking food at the market.

Turning Point: EMMA discovers SKYY LAR but is unable to save its left leg, leading to its amputation.

Act 2:

Conflict Introduction: EMMA crafts a prosthetic leg for SKYY LAR, which sparks interest and curiosity among the urban bird community and beyond.

Turning Point: Fifteen thousand one-legged pigeons visit SKYY LAR, showing support and concern. This overwhelming support inspires SKYY LAR to lead a coalition against environmental harm, spurred by RAVEN’s proposition.

MIDPOINT:
With newfound determination, SKYY LAR forms and leads a bird-human alliance. The group, including EMMA and urban birds, begins to map out pollution sources, marking the start of their environmental campaign.

Act 3:

Deepening of the Conflict: The coalition gains momentum with successful rescue operations and campaigns against the Beauty Industry.

Turning Point: SKYY LAR and the alliance uncover a global conspiracy, making them target and escalate the stakes.

Act 4:

Complications Intensify: The coalition’s actions gain public and enemy attention, leading to internal and external conflicts. Dr. Ava Green joins, offering technological assistance.

Turning Point: A significant event occurs—A vehicle hit Falcon during the ambush.

Act 5:

Climax and Resolution: The coalition must rally after the accident, proving their resilience and commitment to the cause.

Cliffhanger: Raphael’s loyalty comes into question, introducing a potential internal conflict and setting up intrigue for the next episode.

LOCK-IN: SKYY LAR reaffirms its dedication to the cause, signifying a more profound commitment to the movement and the long journey ahead.

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[Jean-Pierre Serra]

JP Serra’s Pilot Structure

What I learned doing this assignment is that a TV show episode has 5 acts and that an act ends with a turning point.

1. Present the first draft of your pilot Acts.

Teaser:

• Essence: While escorting a mineworker through the forest, Urnek and his comrade are ambushed by a horde of grimlopes, shadowy creatures known for their greed.
• Turning Point: Breaking from their usual motive of stealing gold, the grimlopes unexpectedly kidnap the mineworker, signaling a sinister shift in their behavior.

Act 1:

• Essence: Lionel, the town’s blacksmith, finds himself in a heated argument with Urnek regarding the town’s safety measures.
• Turning Point: Amidst their dispute, the automatic cannon Lionel is repairing misfires, striking the earth and uncovering a mysterious oil that seeps out from the ground.

Act 2:

• Essence: Lionel surprises his son, Cody, by completing Cody’s automatic cannon project. However, they discover the project in ruins.
• Turning Point/Midpoint: Heartbroken, Cody flees and accidentally falls into the mysterious oil, causing some drops to fall on the shattered metal pieces. The pieces take a life of their own, revealing the oil’s magical properties.

Act 3:

• Essence: Seeking understanding, Lionel invites Citrine, known for her knowledge of magic, hoping she can shed light on the oil’s power.
• Turning Point: Driven by curiosity rather than caution, Citrine animates a metal butterfly with the oil. Lionel, fearing the unknown implications, destroys the creation and bans further experimentation.

Act 4:

• Essence: To bolster the town’s security, King Marcus decides to significantly increase the guard for the mineworkers, hoping to deter further attacks.
• Turning Point: Sylvanor, the vengeful druid, observes the town’s movements through his spy bat. Seeing an opportunity, he orders his entire army to launch a surprise attack on the town, aiming to capture the mineworkers all at once.

Act 5:

• Essence: Lionel tucks Cody into bed, reassuring him about the town’s defenses and their capability to ward off any outside threats.
• Lock In: In a bold move, Citrine stealthily collects all of Cody’s discarded toys. Using the magical oil, she breathes life into one, hinting at her plan to harness the oil’s power for purposes unknown.

2. Use AI to generate a version of your 5-Act Structure.

Teaser:

Scene: Urnek, the brave but simple-hearted warrior, is escorting a miner back to camp through a dense, misty forest at dusk. The atmosphere is tense, hinting at danger lurking.

Action: Suddenly, they are ambushed by a horde of Sylvanor’s minions, eerie creatures that blend the grotesque and the mystical. A frantic battle ensues.

Twist: As Urnek fights valiantly, the miner is abducted by the creatures, disappearing into the fog. Urnek is left shouting defiantly into the night, setting a tone of danger and adventure.

1ST ACT:

World Introduction: Gemvale, a village renowned for its technological defenses against the wilderness’s dangers, thanks to Lambert’s genius. We see daily life, hinting at tensions between reliance on technology and the magical.

Character Introductions: Lambert is seen working in his forge, crafting with a mysterious silver oil. Mirelle, the sorceress, practices her magic in secrecy, hinting at her depth and motivations.

Turning Point: Lambert discovers the mystical properties of the silver oil by accident when a scrap piece animates briefly before crumbling.

2ND ACT:

Conflict Introduction: Lambert, driven by curiosity but skeptical of magic, consults Mirelle about the oil. The interaction lays the groundwork for their complex relationship, balancing skepticism with wonder.

Midpoint Build-up: The village is shown to be under constant threat from Sylvanor’s forces, emphasizing the stakes and Lambert’s motivation to protect it without resorting to magic.

Turning Point (Midpoint): Mirelle, intrigued by the oil, secretly uses it to animate one of Lambert’s child’s metal toys—a war figurine. It moves, a moment of wonder and potential.

3RD ACT:

Characters Reeling: Lambert and Mirelle debate the implications of this discovery, revealing their inner conflicts—Lambert’s fear of the unknown and Mirelle’s desire to push magical boundaries.

Deepening Layers: Their debate is interrupted by a spy bat, hinting at Sylvanor’s awareness of their experiments. This raises the stakes, showing no secret is safe.

Turning Point: Mirelle, undeterred, animates a metal butterfly, showcasing the beautiful potential of their discovery. Lambert, overwhelmed by fear of the consequences, destroys it and bans further experimentation, highlighting his inner turmoil and overcautiousness.

4TH ACT:

Major Complications: The destruction of the butterfly creates a rift between Lambert and Mirelle, each questioning the other’s motives and vision for the future.

Efforts to Resolve: They attempt to hide their discovery from Sylvanor and the village, leading to missteps that draw more attention from Sylvanor’s spies.

Turning Point: Sylvanor, intrigued by the potential of the silver oil, plans to seize it for his own dark purposes, revealing a new threat to both the protagonists and the village.

5TH ACT:

Journey Lock-In: Despite their differences, Lambert and Mirelle realize they must work together to protect their discovery from Sylvanor, setting them on a path of uneasy alliance.

Final Scenes: They secure the silver oil, hinting at future adventures and challenges in mastering its power while safeguarding it from Sylvanor.

Cliffhanger: In the final moments, Mirelle secretly creates the first metal creature, a small, lifelike animal. She looks at it with a mix of wonder and maternal affection, suggesting a new level of magical creation and hinting at deeper secrets to be explored.

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[Hiram Taylor]

MODULE 3 LESSON 3 – CREATING YOUR PILOT STRUCTURE.

Hiram Taylor. What I learned doing this lesson is that I now see the entire pilot episode in my mind and on paper. It still needs to define minor points and clarity. But there is a show here.

TEASER:

ESSENCE: Lily, a news reporter, and Eric, her cameraman, attend Madam Rosa’s healing event and Eric secretly films it to expose her on the nightly news. Lily knocks the walker away from an old man acting like a cripple being healed by Madam Rose, proving he’s a fake, and he runs out. Lily speaks into the camera and announces that Madam Rosa is a phony.

TURNING POINT: Madam Rosa screams for her henchmen to capture Lily and Eric and to get that tape. Eric and Lily escape.

ACT ONE:

ESSENCE: Lily shows the footage on the news but is interrupted by the head anchor Janet who brings on Madam Rosa for a rebuttal. Madam comes across as a sweet little old lady trying to give hope into poor people’s lives. This embarrasses Lily live on stage. Lily and Janet hate each other. Later, Eric asks Lily to marry him. She turns him down.

TURNING POINT: Janet sets up Eric to discover Lily and Phil, their boss, kissing. They are having an affair. Eric leaves in a huff. Sweet Madam Rose, pretending to help Lily to reveal a real fake medium gives Lily the card of Mystic Rivina Swift.

ACT TWO:

ESSENCE: Eric is forced to attend Rivina’s event as Lily’s cameraman. Their relationship is icy. Lily is determined to prove Rivina is a fake. As Eric films, Rivina goes into a trance. She is also being recorded by her husband Raymond. In her trance, Rivina calls on an entity spirit from another realm of existence who speaks through her.

MIDPOINT: An orb appears and suddenly audience members start turning into light and disappearing. Lily and Eric get it all on film.

TURNING POINT: Rivina is no fake and Lily has the proof.

ACT THREE:

ESSENCE: At the station, Janet refuses to let Lily show Eric’s footage on the news. Phil does not believe any of it happened. It has to be fake. Lily and Eric are devastated. Janet coos in delight because she won.

TURNING POINT: Rivina shows up and demands the film. She does not remember anything that happened at the event.

ACT FOUR:

ESSENCE: Lily and Eric fill Rivina in on the details of what happened. Rivina reveals that her husband Raymond has disappeared. She is convinced that she was possessed by an evil spirit during the event, but says someone else must have called the spirit into this world. Someone human is involved. Eric is now determined more than ever to get the footage onto the news. He locks himself in the glass room with the editor and they start to watch the film footage.

TURNING POINT: In the editing room, the two men watch and edit the film. Phil and Janet are furious. Rivina is overcome with grief. Lily consoles her. Suddenly in the editing room as the orb appears on screen, the glass room becomes filled with light.

LOCK-IN: Lily, Rivina, Janet and Phil stand outside the glass room and watch in horror as Eric and the other editor turn into light and disappear.

[Hiram Taylor]

Hiram Taylor – Module 3 Lesson 3 AI part 2:

What I learned was that AI did not give me the answers I needed because I could not get it to understand enough of the structure. Example below:

Pilot Episode: “Vanishing Act”

TEASER

INT. NEWS STUDIO – NIGHT

Lily (30s, sharp) and Eric (30s, cameraman) huddle near a hidden camera in a deserted news studio. Lily nervously adjusts her earpiece.

LILY (Whispering) Ready?

ERIC (Whispering) Born ready.

On the main stage, MADAM ROSA (70s, deceptively sweet) smiles radiantly at JANET (40s, sharp, smug) the news anchor.

JANET Madam Rosa, so many people have been touched by your healing powers. Can you share your secret with our viewers?

MADAM ROSA (Beaming) It’s all about faith, dear. A touch of divine energy…

Lily throws Eric a “can you believe this?” look. Suddenly, the lights flicker and a demonic GROWL echoes through the studio. A shadowy figure lunges at Madam Rosa.

LILY (Shouting) Cut! Cut!

Pandemonium erupts as the crew scrambles. Lily and Eric flee as the demonic figure lets out another chilling roar.

FADE OUT.

ACT ONE

INT. NEWSROOM – DAY

Lily and Eric nervously edit their footage. Phil (50s, gruff, news director) approaches, arms crossed.

PHIL What was that stunt in the studio?

Lily explains their investigation of Madam Rosa’s fake healings. Phil scoffs.

PHIL Dismissed. Nobody wants to see ghost hunters on primetime.

Janet enters, radiating fake concern.

JANET Phil, darling, they might be on to something. Remember Mr. Johnson’s “miracle cure”? Turns out he was taking steroids.

Phil sighs, considering. Janet shoots Lily a triumphant smirk.

TURNING POINT

The news report airs. Lily exposes Madam Rosa’s fake healings with undeniable proof. The segment ends with a scathing critique.

LILY (V.O.) The truth is, Madam Rosa is nothing more than a con artist.

END ACT ONE

ACT TWO

INT. RIVINA SWIFT’S SEMINAR HALL – NIGHT

Lily and Eric, begrudgingly attending on Janet’s “tip,” watch Rivina Swift (40s, ethereal, haunted eyes) perform a channeling ritual.

RIVINA (Eyes closed, chanting) I connect with the higher realms…

Suddenly, a blinding light engulfs a person in the audience. They scream, then vanish in a shower of golden sparks. Panic erupts.

TURNING POINT (WITH A TWIST)

Lily and Eric rush to help a young woman trapped in the light. As they reach for her, she disappears too.

Raymond (40s, Rivina’s husband) steps forward, calm and collected.

RAYMOND They’ve ascended. They’ve reached the other side.

Lily stares, confused and horrified. This isn’t news anymore, it’s something far more terrifying.

END ACT TWO

ACT THREE

Lily and Eric confront Rivina backstage. Rivina confesses, terrified, she can’t control the light. Lily doesn’t believe her.

LILY You’re a fraud just like Madam Rosa!

Rivina breaks down, revealing visions of a monstrous entity feeding off the light.

RIVINA It devours souls! I can’t stop it!

Lily grapples with the truth. Could this be connected to Madam Rosa? Is there something more sinister at play?

TURNING POINT

Eric notices a demonic symbol on Raymond’s hand. As Eric confronts him, Raymond’s eyes turn black.

ERIC He’s not who he seems!

Raymond lunges, revealing monstrous fangs. Lily throws a book at him, giving Eric time to escape.

END ACT THREE

ACT FOUR

Lily and Eric race back to the newsroom, desperate to warn Phil and Janet. The studio is empty. Lily notices a news report playing on a monitor. It’s Janet, live on air. She’s with Madam Rosa.

JANET (Smug) Lily’s been spreading lies about me and Madam Rosa. But the truth will prevail!

Madam Rosa smiles, her eyes glowing ominously. She touches Janet’s shoulder. Janet screams as she’s enveloped in light.

TURNING POINT

Lily and Eric burst into the film editor’s room. The editors are staring at a monitor – a news report showing Lily desperately calling out to them for help.

[Marie Jordan]

Assignment lesson 3 module 3

Marie’s plot structure

What I learned doing this assignment is to create a structure for my pilot, using the essence and turning point to get to the core. It’s a great lesson. I couldn’t get AI to do the job. I tried to feed it 3 different way but I finally fed it differently to get to somehting I liked better.

TEASER

Essence: VO Emily while she orchestrates her own scheme to divert the police from arresting her friends and her aunt.She is moving money of the loot to the kidnapper’s house.

Turning point: VO Emily reading a mystery novel to a group of naughty elder women (her aunt’s writing club called book club).

ACT 1

Essence: A bank robbery shakes the peace of the little town.

Turning point: The robbers used an idea she had developped in a writing piece at her aunt’s book club.

ACT 2

Essence: A handsome navy officer courts her. It turns out that he is a smuggler who wants the loot but also falls in love with her.

Turning point: He vanishes just in time to avoid being arrested for a crime he committed years before and that was reported to the police by her aunt to prevent her to marry him and it leaves her in distress.

ACT 3

Essence: Comforted by her music teacher, Charles, she decides on a ruse with him : If he pretends to court her, her father will not rush into marrying her immediately to that boring man of church.

Turning point: She discovers that Charles is a police informant who needs the reward to settle his debts so he can go and marry a French aristocrat and her aunt and her former governess will be arrested.

ACT 4

Essence: Emily plants evidence of the robbery to save her aunt and her friends although it implies Charles’ arrestation.

Turning point: Her father who wants Charles to be his son-in-law, saves him at the condition he becomes a man of church.

ACT 5

Essence: Not only she has to stand the boring life of a woman married to a man of church, she finds herself pregnant, is harrassed by Joseph who doesn’t want to let her go and Charles becomes more and more extravagant, buys a track of land in the new world to start a colony, where he will be king! Emily, her aunt and her friends, all reformers fighting for democraty cannot believe it!

LOCK IN: She finds out the land sale is a scam and the new world is not the paradise she believed. But Charles is on a journey she cannot stop.

AFTER USING AI

Teaser:

Essence: A voice-over about women’s necessity to adopt “Robin Hood” tactics to create a better world for men, while Emily discreetly relocates the robbery’s proceeds to the kidnappers’ house but she gets caught by the owner of the house, a very dangerous man…

Turning Point: The twist is revealed when we understand the voice-over is actually Emily reading a mystery novel to a group of mischievous older women in her aunt’s writing club, humorously dubbing it a “book club.”

Act 1:

Essence: The tranquility of a small town is shattered by a daring bank robbery.

Turning Point: The robbery’s ingenious method shockingly originates from an idea Emily had shared during a session at her aunt’s book club, illustrating the unintended consequences of creative storytelling.

Act 2:

Essence: A charismatic navy officer, who turns out to be a smuggler eyeing the robbery’s loot, woos Emily. His unexpected affection for her complicates his motivations.

Turning Point: His sudden disappearance to evade arrest for a past crime, informed to the police by Emily’s aunt to protect her, leaves Emily distressed and abandoned.

Act 3:

Essence: Seeking comfort and a solution, Emily conspires with her music teacher, Charles. They devise a plan where he would feign courting her to deter her father from marrying her off to an undesirable suitor.

Turning Point: Emily discovers Charles’s ulterior motive: he is an informant for the police, aiming to use information about the robbery to clear his debts and marry into French aristocracy, endangering her aunt and governess in the process.

Act 4:

Essence: In a bold move, Emily plants evidence to implicate Charles in the robbery, aiming to shift suspicion away from her and her allies. Joseph saves her from being killed.

Turning Point: Her father, preferring Charles as a son-in-law, intervenes to save him under one condition: Charles must renounce his current life to become a clergyman and marry Emily, altering both their futures.

Act 5:

Essence: Desperate to live a stifling existence married to a clergyman, pregnant, having to elude Joseph’s persuasive temptations, Emily is astonished when Charles invests in a new beginning in the New World, hoping to fullfill his dreams of a royal life.

Lock-In: Upon discovering the New World settlement is a sham, Emily realizes she’s embarked on a journey with Charles that’s irreversible, setting the stage for a series of challenges and adventures in unknown lands with Joseph who will never give up.