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Day 5 Assignment
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Christina Parker Character Story Beats
What I learned from this exercise is that when separating the character’s beats we can see gaps in story and personality traits that may not intergrate.
Character Profiles
1. Character Name: Connor Peters
Role: 14yro protagonist, friend, brother, son
Core Character Traits: Natural-leader, visionary, smart
Character Subtext Logline: Connor 14, is a future pilot and born leader confined by poverty, a small town, and a father’s love.
Flaw: Selfish
Want: He wants to leave Creede so he can one day learn to fly planes.
Needs: a father’s love
Secret: He lies to his friends
What makes this character unique: He is a cool kid who is the leader of a bunch of misfits.
Character Arc: Connor Peters is a teen whose lack of a father figure has made him a leader who wants control at any cost until the plagues which causes him to trust others and be able to do what’s right instead of what he wants.
Improvement– We like Connor because he befriends kids who are different. The character arc was added and a character subtext. This will be an interesting change as a love interest for his mother in later episodes creates tension.
2. Character Name: Danny Souza
Role: 14, Connor’s best friend,
Core Character Traits: reliable, trustworthy, Christian, moral.
Flaw: He is afraid of everything
Want: Wants to do the right thing.
Need: to find the courage to stand up.
Secret: He has trouble being heard at home.
What makes this character unique: He knows Connor’s flaws but likes him anyway.
Character Arc: Danny is a teen who wants to do the right thing but fear stops him. The plagues force him to face those fears.
Improvement – Character Arc, Unique. The secret will help him in facing his family it will help him to face the demons in later episodes.
3. Character Name: Jacinta Cresswell (Jak)
Role: 14, The pastor’s daughter and friend to boys
Core Character Traits: feisty, flamboyant, witty, brooding.
Flaw: has a temper
Wants: Attention
Need: Her father’s love and understanding
Secret: She loves the color pink
What makes this character unique: her shock value.
Improvement – Brooding, Wants, unique. Make her dialogue more shockable.
4. Character Name: Gazza
Role: Criminal thief, antagonist
Core Character Traits: Devious, Big-thinking, thinks he’s smart,
Character Subtext Logline:
Flaw: Greedy
Want: To retire with money on the beach at San Tropez
Secret: Hates pineapple on pizza
5. Character Name: Tub
Role: supports Antagonist, petty Criminal
Core Character Traits: hungry, happy go lucky, gullible, humorous, resourceful
Character Subtext Logline:
Flaw: Passive
Want: Doesn’t want much except a good meal.
Secret: Wine connoisseur
What makes the character Unique: He likes to wear a suit and a tie.
Character Begining, Middle, End
1. Connor overall story this episode:
Beginning: Finds Egyptian box
Middle: Lies to his friends about putting the box back
End: In trying to get the box back he falls unconscious in the cellar
2. Gazza overall story this episode:
Beginning: He finds out about the possible value of the box
Middle: He steals the box
End: He has the box
3. Danny overall story this episode:
Beginning: Danny is trying to learn scripture
Middle: He tells his friends about the plagues
End: Is worried about Connor not answering the phone.
4. Jak overall story this episode:
Beginning: Connor and Jak don’t get on.
Middle: She doesn’t get along with her father or friends.
End: She is accepted by Connor, Danny & Baxter.
5. Tub overall story this episode:
Beginning: He is led by Gaz and finds Connor with the box.
Middle: He is concerned about his safety.
End: He and Gaz have the box.
Character Story Beats
Connor Story Beats:
Act 1
1. Create’s havoc in class
2. Connor tells his little brother to go home alone.
3. Connor steals a present for his mom’s birthday.
4. At home Connor accidentally breaks his brother’s present for his mom. He doesn’t care.
5. Connor finds an Egyptian box in a mine shaft.
Act 2
1. Connor and his mom argue over chores not done.
2. Connor is warned by Baxter that the box has a warning. Hapi God of Nile is one of the figurines.
3. Connor wants to move to the city. Plague of blood.
4. Connor takes the box to Second Hand Dealer finds out it could be valuable. But needs all figurines.
5. He tries to find one of the missing figurines.
6. He has an altercation with burglars but thinks it’s a bad dream.
Act 3
1. Connor helps Baxter get rid of frogs in his bedroom.
2. He doesn’t believe in the possibility of the 10 plagues of Egypt. He wants Danny and Baxter’s statue. He gets Danny’s
3. Baxter’s dog runs off with the figurine. The frog plague continues. Jak blackmails Connor giving him the figurine in exchange for not being bullied.
4. Connor takes the figurines and box to the Antique Dealer. Where Gazza & Tub steal it.
Act 4
1. Connor gives chase and hides in Tub & Gazza’s van to get it back.
2. Connor walks in the house but has to run and falls down a trap door into the cellar unconscious.
Improvement In the scene where he steals the item for his mom. There needs to be more elaboration on why he is driven to leave the town Needs his dream of flying planes explained.
Danny Story Beats:
Act 1
1. Danny is concerned about Connor throwing the frog at the teacher.
2. Danny sees his pastor and asks him about struggling with learning scripture verses.
3. In the mine, he and Baxter get separated from Connor is worried they could be trapped in the rock slide.
4. Connor gives him one of the figurines from the box he found.
Act 3.
1. In Baxter’s house he helps get rid of the frogs but tells the boys that it’s the 10 plagues of Egypt and they need to put back the box.
2. In the park with the other boys he meets Jak and agrees not to bully her.
Act 4.
1. Danny calls Connor concerned for his safety.
Improvement Danny is not in Act 2 when the blood plague is happening. May need to include a text to Connor from Danny about the plague because he is the concerned one.
Jak Story beats:
Act 1
1. In the classroom Jak tries to thwart Connor’s disruptive class plan.
2. Gets heckled by Connor leaving school. Gives him a serve back.
Act 2
1. Jak gets home late her dad, Steve starts an argument about her dress sense.
Act 3
1. After having an argument on the phone with a so-called friend she acquires the figurine that the boys want and negotiates an exchange. She has pushed herself into the group.
Act 4
1. Is with the boys when they try to call Connor.
Gazza Story Beats:
Act 1
1. Gazza and Tub enter the town of Creede, the car breaks down. He’s infuriated.
2. They steal from people on the sidewalk. We find out Gazza carries a knife.
Act 2
1. While selling stolen goods they overhear Connor trying to get an evaluation on the box.
2. Gazza & Tub try to break into Connor’s house to steal the box but fail.
Act 3
1. Gazza & Tub follow Connor through the frog plague waiting for the right moment to pounce.
2. Gazza poses as an antique dealer and gets the box from Connor.
Act 4
1. Connor gives chase and Gazza & Tub get in the van and drive off dodging frogs but traffic is jammed. Gazza thinks this is what he’s waiting for the big heist. The heist that will get him away from the big boss and retirement.
2. At their hideout, Gazza makes calls to find out the box’s value. Plays nasty trick on Tub showing his mean side.
3. A ringtone alerts Gazza and he and Tub search the house. Can’t find anything.
Improvement Can’t think of anything at this stage as this is episode 1. I would like to show why Gazza is with Tub (Gazza took care of Tub in the orphanage or Tub has special skills that Gazza needs) it will be known in later episodes.
Tub Story Beats:
Act 1
1. Gazza and Tub enter the town of Creede, the car breaks down. He’s nonplussed.
2. They steal from people on the sidewalk. Tub steals edible items.
Act 2
1. While selling stolen goods they overhear Connor trying to get an evaluation on the box.
2. Gazza & Tub try to break into Connor’s house to steal the box but fail.
Act 3
1. Gazza & Tub follow Connor through the frog plague waiting for the right moment to pounce.
2. Tub ties up the antique dealer while Gazza gets the box from Connor.
Act 4
1. Connor gives chase and Gazza & Tub get in the van and drive off dodging frogs but traffic is jammed. Tub gets out directs traffic. Tub is worried that Gazza is going to get them in trouble with the big boss. He doesn’t want to get killed.
2. At their hideout, Tub is hungry and eats Gazza plays a nasty trick on him but he is not vengeful or upset.
3. A ringtone alerts Gazza and he and Tub search the house. Can’t find anything.
Improvement As with Gazza I don’t see the need for changes. These guys are a team but with different motivations for the same actions.
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Harvey’s Character Story Beats
I learned that characters have beats as well as stories.
Idris Rahim
Idris rediscovers his values, which he had misplaced to make a living, when he meets Liberty and helps her on her quest. He goes from having his values, which are rooted in his origins as an immigrant, emerge from dormant to vividly real and important. In other words, he rediscovers who he is.
√ Idris is a sculptor working for an anti-immigration campaign that’s using the Statue of Liberty as its centerpiece.
√ Idris meets Liberty, the Statue of Liberty in human form, and starts to question his values.
√ Idris rediscovers his convictions and helps Liberty to stop the campaign and return to her pedestal.
Character beats:
Idris, 6, immigrates to the U.S. and is awed by the Statue of Liberty.
Idris, 26, is a successful sculptor who’s been commissioned by an anti-immigration campaign to create a six-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty.
Idris is grateful for the work, but questions using the Statue of Liberty.
Idris meets Liberty and is smitten by her.
Idris wins Liberty’s trust.
Idris learns Liberty is the actual Statue of Liberty.
Idris conceals his involvement in the campaign from Liberty, but helps her to meet Dorkman, the ad exec behind the campaign.
Idris sleeps with Liberty, intensifying their relationship.
Idris is appalled that Dorkman is using Liberty as the face of the campaign.
Idris begins to rediscover his values.
Idris must free Liberty from a psychiatric institution.
Idris finally reveals his participation in the campaign to Liberty and asks for her forgiveness.
Idris must get Liberty back to her island before she’s apprehended by ICE and Homeland Security.
Liberty
Liberty is the Statue of Liberty who leaves her pedestal to stop her exploitation in an anti-immigration campaign and triggers a frantic search to recover her. She’s determined to fulfill her mission, but didn’t expect to be so enthralled with being human, being a woman, and, finally, being in love.
√ Liberty meets Idris while trying to stop an anti-immigration campaign.
√ Liberty falls in love.
√ Liberty stops the campaign and realizing how important she is to the country, returns triumphantly to her pedestal.
Character beats:
The Statue of Liberty comes to life, assumes human proportions, and storms Manhattan determined to stop her exploitation by an anti-immigration campaign.
Liberty meets Idris; she’s partial to sculptors.
Liberty revels in being human.
Liberty revels in being a woman.
Liberty falls in love with Idris.
Liberty becomes the face of the campaign.
Liberty is institutionalized for being crazy (she insists she’s the Statue of Liberty).
Liberty flees from the institution, ICE, and Homeland Security.
Liberty realizes how important thre Statue of Liberty is to the nation.
Liberty returns triumphantly to her pedestal.
Dorkman
Dorkman is the manic advertising executive who uses the Statue of Liberty as the symbol of an anti-immigration campaign by a cynical Senator, prompting the statue to confront him as human-sized Liberty.
√ Dorkman plows ahead with the campaign.
√ Dorkman realizes Liberty is the Statue of Liberty and rediscovers his values.
√ Dorkman ends the campaign and helps Liberty return to her pedestal.
Character beats:
Dorkman films the anti-immigration campaign using the Statue of Liberty.
Cynical but not shallow, Dorkman is about making money.
Dorkman decides to use Liberty as the face of his campaign.
Dorkman realizes that Liberty is the actual Statue of Liberty.
Dorkman gets back in touch with his core values and ends the campaign.
He helps Liberty return to her pedestal.
Flak
Flak represents New York City in the story as she wrestles with squeaky-straight Cornfield to find an impossible explanation for an impossible theft—that of the Statue of Liberty.
√ Flak wrestles with solving the theft of the Statue of Liberty.
√ Flak realizes Liberty is the missing Statue of Liberty.
√ Flak helps Liberty return to her pedestal.
Cornfield
Cornfield is a straight, cornfed Midwesterner who must work with a funky NYC detective in, for him, the alien world of Manhattan to solve an impossible theft.
√ Cornfield is earnestly determined to recover the Statue of Liberty.
√ Cornfield is befuddled by both the theft and NYC.
√ Despite himself, Cornfield helps Liberty return to her pedestal.
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Hi Harvey,
I’m looking for feedback. Would you like feedback? It seems a lot of the people who said they were going to give feedback have a lot on their plate. So, I thought I would ask you.
Feedback is so important from each other in a course where there is none from the teacher.
Christina
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Anna Harper Old Buffalo Hospital
What I learned from this exercise. I should have done this before writing the script!
Small changes in the outline make the character more fully dimensional.
CONVENTIONS
Bolded text indicates character changes or additions.
Traditional knowledge refers to First Nations/Aboriginal spiritual practices and cosmology, ie spirit animals.
Small changes in the outline make the character more fully dimensional.
Log line What would happen if an unemployed single mother accepted a job in a Yukon bush hospital?
Character Profiles
1. SARAH WARWICK unemployed social worker. British. Single mother.
Role: Main protagonist, takes on the role of a mental health worker in a Yukon bush hospital.
Core Character Traits: Loving, empathic, insecure, is reluctantly brave.
Character sub text log line: A harsh upbringing, soul wounds. She heals through loving her son and providing him with a more nurturing home life. She feels called to work in the helping professions.
Flaw: She tries to hide her issues. Her friends know exactly who she is.
Wants/Needs Prefers to maintain the status quo. She wants love and security.
Mission: to raise her son in a happy home.
World view: All you need is love.
Metaphor: Wounded Healer
Secret: She wants a man in her life but will never admit that to herself as she perceives it as a weakness.
Doesn’t want to admit: She has an anxiety disorder and sometimes drinks to cope and has not sort out help.
Unique: She is a foreigner, in another layer of foreignness in a new environment.
2. DR TEDDY SULEMAN
Role: Antagonist: Chief of Medical Staff, Drug Dealer
Core Traits: Delusional, narcissistic, sociopath.
LL sub text: Lives in an unreal world in his head.
Mission: Power:
Worldview: People do not understand his greatness. He should at least be a Minister back in his homeland.
Character Arc: Is only a one way escalation of evil.
Life Metaphor: Admires and models himself on Desmond Tutu. Despot.
Secret: He has E.D. His wife has affairs. Unknown to him, his kids are starting to use recreational drugs.
Doesn’t want to admit: His family hate him
Unique: He is very handsome, well built, tall, deep voice. He is an honorary member of the Hell’s Angels.
DR PAUL CONNOR
Role: Junior Doctor, Secondary Protagonist, one of Sarah’s romantic interests. Irish.
Key Traits: A genuine, really decent guy. Intelligent, romantic.
Subtext Logline: He wants to be a healer, not just a doctor. Still waters run deep. Don’t judge the affable exterior of this book by it’s cover.
Flaw: He doesn’t have any. Yet. He is the perfect man, almost. He has zero insight into his needy personality
Mission: To do his expected life tasks; be a good son, a good doctor, get married (Catholic) have 2.5 kids, have his own practice. Would also like to runaway on a motorbike.
World View: The world is his oyster.
Life Metaphor: A ‘lost’ healer, waiting for a magician with magic beans to show up and show the way.
Secret: He watches MASH reruns every night, and wants to be Alan Alda.
Unique: He’s an an expert lover; but hasn’t gotten any in over a year and doesn’t know why.
BONNIE
Role: Secondary Protagonist, Sarah’s assistant.
Core Traits: Integrity, loving wife and mother, very competent at anything she puts her hand to, traditional knowledge.
Subtext: I don’t feel appreciated. I’ll try harder.
Flaw: Doesn’t have any. Well, maybe one secret flaw.
Mission: To care of and save my community.
World view: I love my community; the changes out there in the larger world, are here and I don’t like those changes.
Life metaphor: A potential leader; ignored, wasted potential.
Secret: I secretly want to run for town council. My husband would not approve. I have had an on and off affair with Cody
CODY
Role: Secondary Protagonist, Youth Group Leader, works with inmates.
Core Traits: Heroic, traditional knowledge and beliefs. An adventurer.
Subtext LL. Tough outside, fragile inside.
Flaw: Alcoholic. He is currently sober attends weekly AA meeting in a town 100 kilometres away. He is on the fourth step.
Want/need He wants to stay sober and heal his relationships with his children.
Character Arc: The story commences with Cody being a hero and a flirt. He gets involved with saving the community from drugs. He is genuinely attracted to Sarah. End point he is thwarted in his romantic pursuits, has to cope with disappointment without drinking..
World view: Confused. He does not know the next step in his life, the bigger picture. He is considering becoming an environmental advocate.
Identity/life metaphor: Wounded/healing Warrior.
Secret (s) He has a lot of secrets. He would like to stop his compulsive over compensating womanizing and settle down.
Does not want to admit: Sometimes he gets depressed and feels like a failure. He thinks about leaving the community and starting over. He has made several suicide attempts.
Unique: He writes poetry and paints.
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Rewrite Assignment 5
Aleta Rafton’s Elevated Character Stories
I learned to add complexity to each character in the context of the story. It made them and the story more interesting.
Hank – Protagonist
Core Character Traits: very smart, nerdy, clumsy, persistent, kind, caring, fearful, cautious
Character Subtext Logline: 35 years old, nerdy, awkward, clumsy, overly cautious, super smart computer scientist, sincere, always does the right thing, secretly wishes he was athletic, confident adventurous like his hero Indiana Jones, his persistence makes him successful
Character’s Beginning Middle End:
Hank starts of as nerdy, smart but clumsy, timid man and in the process of trying to please Jack becomes a hero
Beats:
Hank is taking ornaments of the Christmas tree, carefully bubble wrapping them and storing them in individual boxes.
Hank gives Jack a drone for Christmas but overhears him making fun of him
Hank goes on a quest to retrieve the forgotten ornament with Jack and Grandpa
While dangling from the edge of the motorcycle sidecar, Hank reaches to grab forgotten ornament off tree in back of garbage truck buts chickens out and fails to grab it
Hank fights off loose lion and nearly recovers ornament but fails again when owl swoops it up and flies off
Hank goes to top of One Times Square and swings out to grab ornament from owl but drops it.
His heroic risk changes how he sees himself and he becomes a hero to Jack
Improvement Area:
Hank hears jack say the drone was a lame gift and that he wishes Hank wasn’t around
Jack – Antagonist
Core Character Traits: smart with computers, very athletic, angry at new stepdad, wants stepdad gone so he ridicules him, undermines him sabotages his efforts secretly, secretly likes lots about Hank
Character Subtext Logline: 9 years old, firefighter father died fighting a fire when he was 6 who is undermining his stepdad in an effort to get rid of him
Character’s Beginning Middle End:
Jack starts out disliking Hank and wanting to make his mom see him as a loser and dump him but after a series of events he realizes Hank is just as much a hero as his real dad.
Beats:
Jack ridicules Hank’s ideas and clumsiness
Jack tells Hank all the ornaments are off tree and creates the problem
Jack starts to see Hank as on his side when he helps him try to retrieve his favorite ornament forgotten on the tree and picked up by garbage truck
Hank fails to grab ornament so Jack he was right and Hank is a loser
Jack watches Hank risks his life to make him happy and realizes he’s a real hero
Jack asks Hank to help him complete a project
Improvement Area:
Jack tells Hank that all the ornaments are off tree so it can be put curbside for garbage truck and creates the problem and needs Hank’s help
Grandpa – Connecting role between Jack and Hank
Role: Connecting character
Core Character traits: happy, peacemaker, likes to poke fun at Hank, brave, carefree, risk taker
Character Subtext Logline: Grandpa sometimes joins Jack in laughing at Hank but other times defends Hank.
Character’s Beginning Middle End:
Beats:
Observes all the household activity.
Laughs with Jack over Hank’s clumsiness
Drives motorcycle sidecar wildly through the city to start the rescue mission coming dangerously close to the garbage truck so Hank can grab the ornament hanging off the back of the truck
Closes door with Jack trapping lion in container
Calls police to let them know loose lion is trapped and city is safe but hangs up without identifying himself
After second defeat takes Jack home
Watching breaking news and rushes with Jack to One Times Square realizing it’s Hank on the top of the building.
Keeps secret of what really happened with Jack and Hank from Julie
Openly likes and admires Hank
Improvement Area:
Amplify him joining Jack in laughing at Hank then amplify his newfound admiration for Hank
Julie – Jack’s mom – Supporting role to Hank
Role: Supporting to Hank
Core Character traits: Kind, supportive, not totally aware, optimistic but naïve
Flaw: Often so busy she’s oblivious
Character Subtext Logline: Julie works hard but works to put family first
Character’s Beginning Middle End:
Julie begins the story so busy she’s oblivious to a lot of what is going on in the house but by the end she becomes more aware
Beats
Compliments Hank of his effort taking ornaments off tree
Works at keeping Hank from getting too discouraged about his relationship with Jack
Knocks the firetruck ornament box off the table without realizing that she did which leads to the chain of events that follow
Julie sees in the footage of the garbage dump where lion is in container what looks lie hanks scarf she knitted him.
At One Times Square Julie notices a cap that looks like Hanks. She wonders if it belongs to Hank.
When she finds the ornament in her bag after they arrive home she knows what really happened
Improvement Area:
Julie wants to work less and be more involved and less oblivious. She shows Hank his hat and kerchief when they are alone in the kitchen after she finds the ornament in her bag. Says to him only “I think you lost these” and walks away/
Samantha- Jack’s friend – Supporting role to Jack
Role: Best friend to Jack
Core Character traits: fun loving, observant, optimistic, fair minded, sees good in Hank
Character Subtext Logline: Samantha is ignored by her busy parents and likes Jack and his family because they make her feel wanted. Samantha’s dad is not reliable like Hank so she tries to help Jack see Hank’s good.
Character’s Beginning Middle End:
Samantha is disappointed in her family life but takes action to change that by insisting they go as a family to see the New Year’s Eve ball drop at One Times Square which brings them all closer together.
Beats:
Samantha defends Hank to Jack because she thinks he’s smart, has a cool job and is involved in Jack’s life.
Improvement Area:
She tells Jack she convinced her parents to go to One Times Square to see the New Year’s Eve ball drop and plan a family vacation.
She runs into Jack and his family there.
Samantha finds Hank’s hat. Thinking Hank is with Jack and Grandpa, gives it to Julie.
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Fred’s Character Story Beats
What I learned from this exercise is that thinking about each character’s journey from their own perspective lends them more depth and purpose. The task I have now is intertwining their story lines into a structure that holds greater intrigue.
CHARACTER STORY BEATS
JIN’S OVERALL STORY:
B: Heir to fortune, preserver of tradition, ACTION?
M: Quest to find out truth about family and mother, renounces his loyalty/inheritance, hurt Han
E: Forgives father, returns to both families (father/mother)
JIN’S CHARACTER BEATS — DETAILS
1. Jin attends the Jesa and is brought into the fold of patriarchy. maybe he should question the tradition? (show american side)
2. He ignores his Mother’s pain and pretends not to notice when she finds out about Mistress.
3. Breaks glass plate, calls to Mother for help but sees Han put his hand on her. He hides himself when Mother walks out.
4. Doesn’t tell Emma what’s going on. Believes Han when he says she’s gone to be with her brother.
5. TURNING POINT ACTION (commits to the journey) HOW?
– goes looking for his Mother
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JIN’S CHARACTER BEATS — BROAD STROKES
1. Jin accepts new responsibilities as an adult.
2. He cowers at the idea of infidelity between his parents.
3. DEBATE: Something has to trigger him towards action.
– cleans up house? Finds evidence
4. Decides to go on the journey/quest for tangible goal.
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HAN’S OVERALL STORY:
B: Well respected, new leader of family
M: Attempts to keep a lid on his affair and maintain his reputation
E: Dishonored/disowned by family and now has to work his way back up
HAN’S CHARACTER BEATS — DETAILS
1. Bosses around Jesa to show his authority, in place of Grandpa
2. He is caught having an affair by Mother in the car ride home.
3. He tries to stop Mother from leaving but fails
4. Lies to Jin about Mother’s whereabouts, won’t admit or confess his wrongdoing.
5. Tells he’s gonna be home late, order delivery, hands him money, again? If there’s leftovers at the restaurant he’ll bring that.
HAN’S CHARACTER BEATS — BROAD STROKES
1. Fills in Grandpa’s shoes as leader of the family
2. Weakened status at home, loses out to Mother, does he slap/attack her?
3. Lies to Jin to maintain his image/status.
MOTHER’S OVERALL STORY:
B: Servant, in law, to Han’s family
M: Leaves family to have time by herself, relieve herself from the duties
E: Reconnects with her own family
MOTHER’S CHARACTER BEATS — DETAILS
1. Working her tail off at Jesa, under appreciated
2. Drives home, receives call from Mistress
3. Grabs her stuff and leaves home, tells Jin?
4. Finds her own place, how much explaining does she do?
MOTHER’S CHARACTER BEATS — BROAD STROKES
1. She is taken advantage of by her in laws
2. Decides to call it quits, relieves herself of her duties
3. Goes off to live her own life, happier, but alone (no family)
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EMMA’S OVERALL STORY:
B: Loving girlfriend to Jin, wants to become part of his family
M: Torn between both sides, Mother/Jin vs Han
E: Lets go of abusive relationship, learns that staying would be toxic
EMMA’S CHARACTER BEATS — DETAILS
1. Asks to go to Jesa with Jin, is denied
2. Goes on a date with Jin, feels invalidated with rings
3. Shooed out of his house
4. Wants to know what’s going on but Jin won’t tell her, instead goes to Han and hears his side
5. Tries to stick up for him, Jin reacts angrily
6. Comes to Grandparent’s as a surprise, meets them and she becomes a prime candidate for their new granddaughter in law
7. Has a falling out with Jin where he intentionally hurts her by proving a point, comparing himself to Han.
8. Needs to let go of this relationship and take care of herself.
EMMA’S CHARACTER BEATS — BROAD STROKES
1. Attempts to get closer to Jin’s family, pushed away
2. Pries open curiosity by going around Jin to talk to Han
3. Sticks up for Han, reamed out by Jin
4. Meets Grandparents and is finally accepted, happy
5. Dumped by Jin intentionally to avoid Mother’s fate
6. Comes to terms with situation, looks after her own well being for once instead of trying to please others
GRANDPA’S OVERALL STORY:
B: Sets up his vision for the future, so that his family will be alright after he is gone
M: Plan crumbles, watches his whole life become meaningless
E: Compromises tradition and family by accepting changes and imperfection
GRANDPA’S CHARACTER BEATS — DETAILS
1. Lets Han take over proceedings, a bit reluctantly due to health
2. Introduces Jin to the patriarchy, business and family tradition, he is now next in line, has to maintain old roots
3. Holds onto the old by seeing Emma as a new candidate, even though she is American
4. Supports Han even though Jin continues to challenge him, HOW? Need specific event/action
5. Almost has a heart attack at the news of Han’s illegitimate son.
6. Banishes Han and goes in to full depression.
– debate/epiphany needed here, talk with Jin?
7. Eventually comes out of hiding to continue Jesa, tradition, but with changes
GRANDPA’S CHARACTER BEATS — BROAD STROKES
1. Tries to hold on to position, but can’t
2. Gives leverage to Jin, instead of Han taking it from him
3. Envisions a future without him, but still conservative in his approach with Emma
4. Takes Han’s side instead of Jin’s, with infidelity? news of politician?
5. Defeated at the toddler’s arrival, all his life has becoming meaningless, immense shame and dishonor
6. Let’s go of pressure to maintain perfect family, changes his stubborness
GRANDMA’S OVERALL STORY:
B: Babies Jin
M: Tries to stay neutral during the divide/situation
E: Finds new passion project in Toddler
GRANDMA’S CHARACTER BEATS — DETAILS
1. Feeds Jin
2. Stays on his side
3. But turns out to be helpless at reveal, doesn’t want to anger Grandpa or startle him
4. Meets Toddler and treats him like her own
GRANDMA’S CHARACTER BEATS — BROAD STROKES
1. Grandma represents the ladies in this household
2. Cares more for Jin’s wellbeing than family/tradition, Han, Grandpa, etc
3. But she is too timid to bring forth all this news to Grandpa who is the leader in her mind.
4. Recognizes Jin as an adult finally and looks after new toddler.
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