Day 10 Assignments

[Dawn Rochelle]

Dawn’s Level 1 Action Emotions

What I learned doing this assignment is how to create anxiety, fear, and relief in my action scenes.

Hero follows and captures suspect.

Anxiety: Hero crouches behind bushes. Her eye on the metal trash can where she planted the package. A jogger passes by and slows but keeps going.

Fear: A second jogger approaches, quickly dips his hand in the trash, and grabs the package. The hero jumps out about to give chase only to be attacked by the first jogger. The jogger pulls a gun to shoot, but the hero moving faster than light disarms and incapacitates the jogger. She checks her watch to track the package and sprints off.

Relief: When she catches up to the other jogger, he doesn’t waste any time shooting. The hero rolls through the air dodging every bullet. The stunned jogger is frozen in place. The hero lands in front of him and says, “I believe that’s mine,” and snatches the package from his hands. The hero raises her hand to knock out the jogger, but he faints before she can touch him.

[Dexter Miller]

(Dexter Miller) – Level 1 Action Emotions

I learned that showing these imptions build character

ASSIGNMENT #10

Anxiety: Penny gets a call that her husband has died in the lab. She shutters in discomfort. She scampers over to a lab chair and holds her face in herhands.

Fear: Agents and CIA comes to the lab and explain her husbands crises to her. She becomes edgey and shuts down.

Relief: Penny calls her daughter and gets a sigh of relief when she talks about her day.

[Judith Resell]

I learned that a scene which begins with anxiety–awakening to a man she knows but dislikes sitting on the edge of her bed–to fear–he threatens her with a knife to her throat–to relief– he leaves–is a good model for the arc of a scene that can be used again and again.

[Kay Hones]

Kay’s Level 1 Action Emotions

“What I learned doing this assignment is look at small interactions that impact whole narrative.

Anxiety Maurice & DeVon play chess. Maurice rubs his forehead & groans. Then he has a series of flashbacks of Vietnam both battle action & drug use in town.

Fear Maurice struggles to stop the flashback, including hitting his head. The images grow more intense & louder.

Relief DeVon talks softly to Maurice, in a quiet, soothing voice. “Hey man, we can use your visions.” He ask Maurice to describe what he is seeing & feeling & then explains how they can use the mental manipulation of Mac. Maurice slowly relaxes & becomes enthusiastic about this new idea.