Lesson 11

[Mark napier]

ASSIGNMENT 11 Title: (Mark) Full-out Characters

What I learned: Where I was provided the scene arc, a given situation and traits to develop a scene using interests and traits to develop a scene, I am now developing my own character traits and laying the foundation to the development of my own scene.

[CURRENT]
Characters:
Description: Joe is a lesbian soccer coach living the double life of drag queen.
Joe’s Traits – Introvert, Sarcastic, Bold, and Perverse
Subtext: Despite being shy and perverse, Joe will maliciously retaliate against adversaries if crossed.

Description: Mace is a bipolar drag queen and alter ego of Joe bent on fame and fortune.
Mace’s Traits – Flamboyant, Feminine, Whimsical, and Catty
Subtext: Joe‘s bipolar ‘alter ego’ is Mace who –on stage and behind– seeks fame and fortune, but will play cat and mouse with competition to get attention.

Description: Robin is an ambitious college graduate of psychology who uses his tradecraft to destroy to get ahead.
Robin’s Traits – Ambitious, Giving, Crafty and Treacherous
Subtext: Robin schemes to exploit his competition on stage to turn Joe against Mace treacherously applying psychologically to destroy.

[REVISED ]
Characters:
Description: Joe is a lesbian soccer coach living the double life of drag queen.
Joe’s Traits – Introvert, Sarcastic, Bold, and Deviant
Subtext: Despite being shy, Joe stands her ground on values but will maliciously retaliate against adversaries if crossed.

Description: Mace is a bipolar drag queen whose alter ego –Joe– is bent on fame and fortune.
Mace’s Traits – Flamboyant, Feminine, Bipolar, and Backstabbing
Subtext: Joe‘s bipolar ‘alter ego’ is Mace who –on stage and behind– seeks fame and fortune, but will backstab competition to get attention.

Description: Robin is an ambitious college graduate of psychology who uses his tradecraft to destroy to get ahead.
Robin’s Traits – Ambitious, Giving, Crafty, and Treacherous
Subtext: Robin schemes to exploit his competition on stage to turn them against treacherously against one another applying psychologically to destroy the competition.

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[Rita Roberts]

Rita’s Full-out Characters

What I learned:
I’m not clear enough yet about the story or the characters.
These assignments will help get clear.
In a writing assignment or writing from producer’s notes if their vision is different than mine… it’s definitely a needed skill to immerse myself in someone else’s vision. And then, if I enhance it, will they like my changes or additions?

[CURRENT]

SALLY

DESCRIPTION: Sally is a leader, everyone want to be around her, she’s a bridge who connects ideas and people, extremely curious but doesn’t want to disappoint anyone.

TRAITS: Leader, Curious, Adventurous, Charming

SUBTEXT: Sometimes impulsive, and pushes too far.

Lulu

DESCRIPTION: Lulu is the quiet thinker who is sometimes misunderstood because she doesn’t show her feelings.

TRAITS: intellectual, independent, hides emotion, aloof

SUBTEXT: Lonely except for her long friendship with Sally.

DAN

DESCRIPTION: Dan is a feeling person who connects deeply but is also too shy to initiate contact.

TRAITS: empathetic, intuitive, nervous, shy

SUBTEXT: Dan longs to be with Sally, she naturally expresses what he lacks, but he’s shy and she’s oblivious.

[REVISED]
1. SALLY

DESCRIPTION: Sally is a leader, everyone want to be around her, she’s a bridge who connects ideas and people, extremely curious which leads her to ask personal, embarrassing questions. She’s impatient with other peoples’ reticence.

TRAITS: Leader, Curious, Adventurous, Overbearing

SUBTEXT: Sally’s impulsive actions and excessive demands cause her friends to abandon her on their exploratory adventure.

2. LULU

DESCRIPTION: Lulu is the quiet thinker who is sometimes misunderstood because she doesn’t show her feelings. She often ignores people because she’s lost in thought, which offends them.

TRAITS: intellectual, independent, aloof, arrogant

SUBTEXT: Her long friendship with Sally gets Lulu front row seats to all the attention Sally gets and builds her lonely resentment.

3. DAN

DESCRIPTION: Dan continuously sets up situations for Sally to get that he likes her but she’s too distracted by the attention of others. He plots to get Sally alone on their adventure but it nearly kills her when she tumbles down the mountain.

TRAITS: empathetic, intuitive, nervous, shy

SUBTEXT: Dan’s shy and nervous traits hold everyone back, not just himself.