Day 7 Assignments

[Terrell Harris]

Terrell’s Connection with Audience

What I learned doing this assignment is how to get the audience to relate to my characters.

Characters to intentionally connect with audience

John

A. Relatability – likes to have a good time, outgoing
B. Intrigue – zero
C. Empathy – being forced to do something he doesn’t really want to do
D. Likability partyboy, handsome guy

Cyndi

A. Relatability – doesn’t care really for the ultra rich
B. Intrigue – she’s recruited to as a spy
C. Empathy – zero
D. Likability – she’s tough, compassionate, loves kids, cute, athletic

Joyce

A. Relatability – has integrity
B. Intrigue – zero
C. Empathy- she’s put up with a cheating boyfriend (sort of), has her pride
D. Likability has integrity

Eva (step mom)

A. reliability – zero
B. she really hates people from the Lower City.
C. Empathy – probably zero
D. Likability – zero, she’s the closest to being the villain, so no likability

[andrea cabanas]

Andrea Cabanas, Connection with Audience

What I learned from this is the importance of giving different traits to your characters to make them believable, also helping the story to be more attractive to the audience.

Characters: Zoe and Georgia.

Zoe

A. Relatability: Zoe never cared much about savings, and now, she struggles to have independence at thirty-five. As a teenager, she realized her beliefs differed from the church she used to go to. Single, she falls for a man who doesn’t want to commit to her; she suffers.

B. Intrigue: she goes to gay pubs, but she is still ashamed to admit she also likes women. Who’s taking pictures of her with Paula? Why she still lives with her mother? What happened to her uncle? Why does her mother treat her the way she does?

C: Empathy: every year, she brings flowers to her uncle’s grave on his birthday, accompanied by Georgia. Zoe suffers when she sees Paula with another woman. Despite her bad relationship with her mother, Zoe misses her mother’s embrace.

D: Likability: whenever she can, Zoe encourages her mother to follow her dream of being an artist. She has a good sense of humour.

Georgia

A. Relatability: Georgia wants to be accepted by her community as a migrant and a transgender. After years of the passing of her partner, she finds love again.

B. Intrigue: Why did she leave her home country? Will she have her bottom surgery? Who is her new lover?

C: Empathy: Georgia suffered prejudice for being a gay man in her hometown, and then for being a migrant in a country she didn’t speak the language. Over the years, she fought racism and homophobia; she transitioned to being a woman and became a renowned artist who help children with gender dysphoria through the arts.

D: Likability: she has an extreme sense of humour; her laugh is contagious. Although ultra-feminine, sometimes she uses her masculine side (without losing her poise) to defend herself or Zoe from bullying situations.

[Diane Lorene Phelps]

Diane Phelps Connection with Audience

Intentionally created connection characters are going to be the two leads. First Sami, she is the ballerina with a broken ankle. And Justin the love interest who is antique dealer and new head of the historic preservation society.

Sami

A. Relatability = show someone who has worked hard for a dream and then have it taken away.

B. Intrigue = TBD

C. Empathy = the broken ankle

D. Likability = have her be nice to animals

Justin

A. Relatability = Just an average guy selling antiques

B. Intrigue = what secret is he hiding?

C. Empathy = he’s heart broken, lonely, grieving??

D. Likability = he is kind to his customers and townspeople