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Lesson 2
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Kevin Lobo’s Hero and Villain.
What I learned…This lesson helped me define my hero and villain, their personalities, strengths, weaknesses and other finer details long before the story/plot takes shape. It helped me focus entirely on these two important entities in themselves, thus building the two strong pillars before getting caught in the noise of the plot.
ASSIGNMENT:
1. Fill in the blanks and see what shows up.
Concept:
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- Hero Morally
Right: Cyber Security specialist – white collar hacker and defender. - Villain
Morally Wrong: Money launderer who moves and handles hundreds of millions
of dollars from illicit arms and drug sales in the cyber world. - A. Unique
Skill Set: Knows cyber security, IT protocols, loop holes and zero day exploits
intricately. - B. Motivation:
To achieve cyber crime free world, to prevent cyber fraud and prevent
innocent IT users from being defrauded. - C. Secret or
Wound: Let his parents down in his childhood, leading to their early death
and thus robbing his younger brother of their parents. Thus feels bound to
keep coming to his errant younger brother’s aid while neglecting his wife
and kids. - A. Unbeatable:
Has an international, well established network of connections in the
underworld to trade large illicit arms deals and supply terrorist networks
and drug networks with deadly weapons. Has a large army of IT specialists
from the dark web and scores of hit men. - B. Plan/Goal:
Use the hero to take down a rising rival and by pass government watchdogs
that are working to end his trade and bring him to justice. - C. What they
lose if Hero survives: The villain will lose his underground empire,
earnings in hundreds of millions and face justice – a long prison sentence
and possible the death sentence. - A. Puts Hero
in Action: The hero must sacrifice his ideals, put his killer IT-Cyber
skills to take down the IT set ups, both good and bad – all against his
good ethical practices to rescue his brother. - B. Demands
They Go Beyond Their Best: When the Villain, uses a charming business man
to lure his disappointed wife away from their marriage, he must take up
arms – gun and physical violence – two things that are totally alien to
him. - C. Destroy the
Villain: He must secretly bring down the villains own IT & Cyber
resources and physically take down the villain himself.
If he fails then, banking, government and health networks are compromised.
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If he fails to supply arms to the rogue armies and terrorist around the world, he might have to pay for it with his life, lose his earnings in millions; if his cyber world is compromised, he will be exposed and lose out to his rival who wants this black market exclusively for himself.
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Villain
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Impossible Mission
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Lesson 2 Nov. 1, 2023
Dave’s Hero and Villain
What I learned from this lesson: None of this story even crossed my mind until Monday. It’s just an exercise for class, but maybe there’s a comedy here worth developing.
CONCEPT:
Morally right hero – Weary divorced dad seeks to please his kids, and maybe his ex-wife, on Christmas Eve while saving his fledgling delivery service.
Morally wrong villain – New husband of ex-wife tries to win the hearts of the kids by crushing the dad’s promise and destroying his business.
HERO:
Unique skill set – He knows every street, alley, tunnel, and secret passageway in town from his days as a bicycle messenger.
Motivation – Trying to salvage relationships with his kids, and maybe his ex-wife.
Secret or Wound – His father was a failure and abandoned his family. He has never forgiven him.
VILLAIN:
Unbeatable – He has the resources to stop the hero at every turn.
Plan/goal – To completely disgrace the hero in the eyes of his kids.
What he stands to lose – The respect of his stepchildren, and his standing in the community if his unscrupulous nature is revealed.
IMPOSSIBLE MISSION:
Puts hero in action – Hero must deliver for his clients alone because the villain has run off the hero’s men.
Demands they go beyond their best – The villain turns up the heat on the hero by using his connections in the city.
Destroy the villain – Hero completes his rounds to save his business, then exposes the villain’s dishonesty and treachery.
Carol L Paur Hero and Villain
What I learned by doing this lesson is I probably am in the wrong class. I also feel my idea is cliche. And I didn’t do improved answers because I had all I could do to finish this exercise.
Concept: An environmental scientist must stop terrorists from infiltrating the world’s water supply
Hero Morally Right: Protect the water while saving the planet
Villain Morally Wrong: Destroy water and destroy the planet
Hero: Davis
A. Unique Skill Set: Intuitive scientist; Japanese weapons expert – especially with the chigiriki: the Japanese mace
B. Motivation: To stop the terrorists from poisoning the water systems
C. Secret or Wound: Widow who neglected her daughter in grief
Villain: Chagro, a widow of a terrorist who wants to destroy the world in revenge because her husband was executed.
A. Unbeatable: She has unlimited resources, owns her own island and people to do her bidding
B. Plan/Goal: Destroy the water supply and kill anyone who tries to stop her.
C. What they lose if Hero survives: Chagro will lose her life and everything her husband worked for.
Impossible Mission: Davis has to stop Chagro to save the earth
A. Puts Hero in Action: Chagro sends assassins to shoot at Davis, bomb her car, chase her in river and finally fights her –
B. Demands They Go Beyond Their Best: Davis investigates where Chagro is and the damage that can be done all while avoiding assassination and bombing attempts.
C. Destroy the Villain: Stopping Chagro from poisoning the world’s water supply – then fighting Chagro to her death.
Mary’s Hero and Villain
Concept:
A CIA agent must rescue her sister who’s been kidnapped by a mysterious Russian Operative in order to force the agent to access and divulge classified information which the Operative plans to sell to the Russian and Chinese governments.
Hero Morally Right:
Sky Silver, CIA agent must save her kidnapped sister from (Russian crime organization?, Russian FSB?) and take down the Operative in order to protect U.S. classified nuclear info.
Villain Morally Wrong:
Andros Zmey, known as The Serpent, is a Russian Crime Boss. He sends one of his operatives to kidnap Sky’s sister in order to force Sky to access and divulge the location of U.S. nuclear subs. He plans to sell this info to the Russian government.
Hero
- Unique Skill Set: Duel U.S./Israeli citizen, Sky was an Olympic gymnast in her teens, served in the Israeli army where she developed skills as a sharp-shooter, was then recruited and trained by CIA
- Motivation: Loves her sister, who is her only remaining family. Devoted patriot to U.S.
- Secret or Wound: Lost her parents in a terrorist bombing in Israel. Conflicted from witnessing the oppression of the Palestinians while serving in the army, she jumped at the chance to train with the CIA in the U.S., hoping to eventually train in de-escalation and negotiation to make a difference from the inside.
Villain
- Unbeatable: Andros heads a formidable crime organization—a virtual army of paid, ruthless mercenaries
- Plan/Goal: To become the next Putin
- What they lose if Hero survives: The favour of the high-placed Russian government official who is the next wrung on the ladder to his ultimate goal. As well, will lose the considerable fee to be given by both the Russian and Chinese governments in exchange for the classified information.
Impossible Mission
- Puts Hero in Action: the kidnapping of her sister.
- Demands They Go Beyond Their Best: Sky finds a way to forge and deliver the classified info, but just after the trade (her sister for the info) Andros discovers the ruse. Now Sky must use all her skills (smarts, parkour, sharp-shooting) to elude or kill the army of assassins the enraged Andros sends after her.
- Destroy the Villain: Sky frees her sister but is captured by Andros’ men who take her to face him in his secret lair. Using all her skills she manages to escape and ‘turn the tables’, obliterating his crew and forcing Andros to off himself.
What I learned from this assignment:
To think more deeply about the motivations of both my hero and villain and ensure that the stakes for each of them are life-or-death high. To ensure that they are on opposite sides of the moral compass.
Tony J Scott Hero and villain
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Concept:
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life
hero.
Hero
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leader, trained in weapons and mixed martial arts close in fighting
techniques and knife fighting.
year old nephew with downs syndrome whom she’s never met.
since becoming leaving the Vatican for becoming a vampire.
Villain
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world and has control of cops, gangs, and vampire connections on the
council.
trafficking and is facing the death penalty
death.
Impossible Mission
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existed or that his mother was the whistle blower she heard had been
murdered. He shows up on her doorstep with a video message from his
mother, her sister.
trying to keep her nephew alive, she has to deliver him to the Vatican
Embassy hearing in time.
alive herself and killing everyone who tries to stop them trying to get to
the embassy
2. Once you have filled in a quick answer to each, go back and extrapolate (If _____, then how might _____?) to elevate any answers you can.
3. Tell us your improved answers.
