Lesson 1

[David Thompson]

David Thompson’s Big Picture Components

What I learned doing this assignment is there is a lot to convey in the pilot. I watched three different pilots, and one was tough to determine the act structure, where-as the other two seemed to follow a standard structure, so I had an easier time looking for the various points I was told to look for. I found them, but in one drama it was a bit harder to figure out than in others.

I also notice I’m still locked into the concepts introduced in my source material, but this will expand as I work through all this.

SERIES INFO:

• World: Mythological beings, gods and goddesses, demons and monsters exist in our world.

• Main mystery: Who is this mysterious demon possessing this serial killer

• Impossible Goal: Can the Furies prevent a demon army from taking over the planet

• Main Conflict: Find the serial killer

• Second Mystery: Who is this serial killer – who is this demon?

• Season 1 Arc: Murder, then investigation, all while the Furies handle murderers who have gotten away with murder.

• Season 1 Protagonist Internal Journey: Atheist to actual Grecian-style hero, all while

PILOT INFO:

• Pilot Conflict: Dan on desk duty after a store stand-off, not wanting to be upfront with the counselor who pushes him into self examination about his lonely lifestyle.

• Characters Introduced: Dan, Megaera, Gaia, Tisiphone, Alecto, Jones, Brianna

• Inciting Incident of Season 1: Murder of Dan’s Niece (cliff-hanger)

[David Wickenden]

David Wickenden Big Picture Components

What did I learn?

This is similar to the outlining of a thriller movie to ensure there are layers, multiple mysteries and loops, to make every episode compelling.

Series Info

World: The international exploitation of children is worth billions, with little risk from overwhelmed or corrupt authorities hindered by politics and borders.

Main Mystery: Who is targeting pedophiles and why?

Impossible Goal: Janice must discover and stop the vigilante while finding a killer before he kills the next child.

Main Conflict: If Janice doesn’t discover the killer, another child will die, but if she doesn’t follow orders, she might lose her job.

Second Mystery: Why is the vigilante killing judges?

Season Arc: Janice realizes that sometimes, the law is not perfect.

Season 1 Protagonist Internal Journey

Pilot Info

Pilot Conflict: Janice has one week to break her case.

Characters Introduced: Janice, Laura, Kilgour, Forbes, Rob, Father Gilles

Inciting Incident of Season 1: The assassination of a child abuser being released from prison.

[Sydney Burtner]

Big Picture Components M3_L1

World: Mughal Empire, circa 1565; a conglomeration of principalities (city states) under the Emperor; the cosmopolitan center of global trade
Main mystery: Who’s plotting to take assassinate the king and take over Golden City?
Impossible Goal: Charita, a low-born female, conspires to restore the infant crown prince to the Golden City throne.
Main Conflict: Foreign and domestic traders, Mughal politicians and members of the king’s own family fight for economic and political control of Golden City.
Second Mystery: How will Charita compete with these powerful entities, when, as a village girl, she struggles for individual autonomy.
Season 1 Arc: From lone female struggling for individual autonomy to novice spy working to reclaim Golden City for King Abzar’s son.
Season 1 Protagonist Internal Journey: From self-focused ambition to saving the queen and crown prince to fighting for the welfare of Golden City.

2. PILOT INFO:

Pilot Conflict: Kidnappers take the crown prince. Charita’s framed.
Characters Introduced: Charita, Queen Vanhi, Bhadrabahu, General Veer, Anala,

Inciting Incident of Season 1: Charita must become a spy to uncover King Abzar’s real killers and restore the crown prince to the throne.

[Moses Quainoo]

MODULE 3 – LESSON 1: PILOT BIG PICTURE COMPONENTS

“What I learned doing this assignment is…?”

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ASSIGNMENT

1. Give us the basic Series Info:

SERIES INFORMATION: THE DO WELLS

World: The deregulated Intelligence gathering world of The Do-Wells/ The perilous world of Intelligence gathering. / The
world of Intelligence gathering of The Do-Wells. / The world of recruiting
for The Do-Wells Organization.

Main mystery: The Origins of
The Do-Wells.

Impossible Goal:
Win
the $6 million dollar Kung Fu contest

Main Conflict: Hu must win the fight for the sixth position. / The extended
family won’t accept failure to come home with cash. / Hu needs to
win the contest to provide for the family and himself. / Hu must win the contest to get hired by The Do-Wells Organization. / Chopstones, Entrants of
the contest, will not permit Hu to win.

Second Mystery: How are Ishey
and Hu going to reach the goal with the unaddressed hernia? Where is Hu going to get the money to finance/train/prepare himself now he is
an entrant?

Season 1 Arc: From the entire flour
jobs drying away and winning the contest and the need to cash the cheque. Ishey leaves the city to seek opportunities in Black Gold land.

Season 1
Protagonist Internal Journey: From handling the extended family to wooing AC as his girlfriend.

2. Tell us the basic Pilot Information:

PILOT INFORMATION: THE DO WELLS

Pilot Conflict: Hu fights another job applicant for the sixth position and two talent scouts capture the event on their riding hat CAMERAS.

Main Characters
Introduced: Brader
Hu, Ishey Garfunk, Loveday Sebastian, AC, Job Seekers.

Inciting
Incident of Season 1: Hu enters the Kung Fu Contest to win
the six million dollar prize.

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[Wayne Petitto]

Wayne’s Big Picture Components

What I learned doing this assignment is how taking all my known resources of character and situation helps to create a story line yielding an outline also helping to envision conflicts on many levels for depth and width facilitating further expansion, layers, and intrigue.

SERIES INFO:
• World: The planet Romal 6.2-lightyears from Earth. All terrain, plants, animals, buildings, and humanoids are uncommon to earth.

• Main mystery: Can Mike survive on Romal? Who is Desae? Why does the Romali government consider Mike an “alien invader” to be captured and tortured. Why is Desae a single mother subsistence farming on the edge of civilization?

• Impossible Goal: Live freely with a new family.

• Main Conflict: Amixmu & authorities fear Mike “an alien invader” & want to capture / torture him.

• Second Mystery: How does Bendal know Amixmu, and will he betray Mike & Desae? Can they retrieve the ships AI from the “Alien Invasion” Museum Lab?

• Season 1 Arc: Mike & Desae find each other’s differences intriguing as their adventures together lead to love interest…

• Season 1 Protagonist Internal Journey: Mike must adjust to never seeing Earth again and to a new life & family.

PILOT INFO:
• Pilot Conflict: Mike is considered an alien invader and is relentlessly pursued by Amixmu who the humanoid Desae has extreme historical animosity for.

• Characters Introduced:
Major Michael Bennington: We first see Mike returning to earth, marrying, and raising children, then his dream is awakened by his AI onboard computer as they approach the planet they were sent to explore.

Desae: A humanoid inhabitant of the planet Romal toils on her farm and cares for her 2-yea-old son, Nome. Returning to work, she looks to the sky to see Mike’s ship descending to a crash landing. She rushes toward it.

Amixmu: A Security Force leader trying to keep Romal safe from the alien invader. He shows fierce leadership as his men recover Mike’s ship from the wilderness. He retraces Desae’s tractor tracks despite the wind having dusted them over.

Nome: Is a precocious 2-year-old who quickly overcomes his fear of Mike to help his mother teach Mike Romali words by miming them.

• Inciting Incident of Season 1: The fuel transfer valve on Mikes ship is struck by a small meteor, and is rapidly losing fuel, causing Mike to immediately crash-land on the edge of wilderness on the planet Romal with no possible return to earth.