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Lesson 2 Assignments
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Assignment 1:
Subject: Game of Thrones Character Circles
A. Main Characters: Daenerys, Queen Cersei, King Robert, Ned Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Jon Snow
B. Connected Circle: Kal Drogo, Vaserys, Ser Jorah Mormont, Catelyn Stark, Prince Joffrey, Jamie Lannister, Ser Sandor, Bran Stark, Robb Stark, Sansa Stark, Maester Lumin, Theon Greyjoy, the Stark’s head knight (didn’t get his name)
C. Environment Circle: Benjin Stark, Ser Illyin Payne, Cersei’s younger daughter and son, the assassin, the butcher’s boy, Dothraki warriors and people, King’s knights and retinue, Daenerys’s maidservants, Stark blacksmith, Stark soldiers and servants,townspeople, criminals, various servants
For some of the characters, it was not obvious to me whether they belonged in Main or Connected circles. Particularly, Catelyn Stark and Jamie Lannister.
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Assignment 2:
Subject: Marcus Wolf’s Three Circles of Characters
What I learned doing this assignment is that the characters tell the story. Not necessarily with what they say, but through their journey. The story is there for the characters, the characters are not there for the story. I’m doing a historical drama and my idea had been to tell the story according to history and have the characters show up as needed. It will actually be much more engaging to specifically follow the main characters as they move through the events. Separating the characters into three categories really helps on a number of levels. It clarifies every character’s purpose and what you can and shouldn’t do with them.
The three circles of characters for my show:
A. Main Characters Circle:
– Harold Godwinson – The second son of a powerful English Earl, he will work his way from a minor Earl to become King of England.
– William of Normandy – The bastard child of a powerful French Duke, he constantly defends his dukedom from those who would take it from him by force. Overcoming extreme odds, he will consolidate his power in France, then set his sights on conquering England.
– King Edward of England – Having returned from a life of exile in Normandy as an older man, Edward is uncomfortable in England. He hates his bitter rival, Earl Godwin of Wessex.
– Earl Godwin of Wessex – The most powerful man in England after the king, Godwin wants all of his sons in positions of power and a grandson on the throne.
B. Connected Circle:
– Robert of Jumieges, Archbishop of Canterbury
– Queen Edith (Edward’s Queen, Godwin’s daughter)
– as yet unnamed advisor to Harold
– Housecarl Scalpi (Saxon knight and servant)
– Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Herefordshire
– Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
– Edith Swannesha (Harold’s wife)
– Judith of Flanders (William’s wife)
– Count Geoffrey Martel of Anjou
– King Henry I of France
– William Fitz Osbern, Ducal Steward
– Count Robert of Mortain
– Bishop Odo of Bayeux
– Viscount Roger II of Montgomery
C. Environment Circle:
English:
– Gunhilda Godwinsdaughter
– Leofwine Godwinson, Earl of Kent
– Gyrth Godwinson, Earl of East Anglia
– Wulfnoth Godwinson
– Elgiva Godwinsdaughter
– Thegn Eadric
– Gytha Thorkelsdottir (Godwin’s wife)
– Judith of Flanders (Tostig’s wife)
– Spearhafoc, Archbishop-elect of London
– Earl Siward of Northumbria
– Earl Ralf of Herefordshire
– Bishop Stigand of Winchester (later Archbishop of Canterbury)
– Godwin Haroldson, Edmund Haroldson and Magnus Haroldson (Harold’s young sons)
– Gunhild Haroldsdaughter, Gytha Haroldsdaughter (Harold’s young daughters)
– Hakon Sweynson (Sweyn’s only son)
– Thegns (low level noblemen)
– Housecarls (Saxon knights)
French:
– Lord Walter Giffard of Longueville
– Ralph Fitz Gerald of Tancarville
– Count Guy of Ponthieu
– Ivo Taillebois
– Count William of Talou and Archbishop Mauger of Rouen (William’s uncles)
– Viscounts (low level noblemen)
– Mounted Soldiers (this is prior to the era of knights)
Others:
– Count Baldwin V of Flanders
– King Diarmait of Ireland
– Count Eustace of Boulogne
– Monks, Priests, Bishops, etc.
– Townspeople
– Sailors
– Servants
– Peasants
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Characters for sample show SECRETS AND LIES
A. Main Characters Circle: Ben Crawford, wife Kristi, Jess (Tom’s mom), Det. Andrea Cornell, Tom (in memory/story revolves around).
B. Connected Circle: daughters Abby and Natalie, brother Dave, Jess’s husband Scott, neighbors Kevin and Elaine, neighbors Vanessa and husband, neighbor woman with autistic son, friend acting as lawyer, Jess’s sister.
C. Environment Circle: jerky lawyer, promiscuous girl Dave brings home, Marino (policeman), Scott’s two kinda scary roommates, other neighbors and friends of Jess and Tom, various reporters.
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Assignment 1:
Handmaid’s Tale
Main Character Circle: June Osborne, Commander Fred Waterford, Serena Waterford, Aunt Lydia.
Connected Circle: Luke, Moira, Janine, Emily, Rita, Nick
Environment Circle: The Aunts, Eyes, Handmaids, Marthas, Commander’s wives, Commanders.
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Kristopher King. Three Circles of Characters
Sample Show: Empire
A. Main Circle: Lucious, Cookie, Andre, Jamal, Hakeem
B. Connected Circle: Wife(didn’t get her name), Vernon, Rhonda, Secretary, Tiana,
C. Environment Circle: Doctor, Porsche, 44, Dominique, Groupies, Empire staff
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Assignment #2
What I learned doing this assignment is that all characters are related in some way that will affect the main character’s journey. Do not waste a character for show, always have purpose for them in relation to how the story moves forward.
Three Circles of Characters
A. Main Character Circles:
Irene
48, activist, educated, serious demeanor, she is the self-proclaimed matriarch of her traveling family who has been living on the road in a dystopian world.
Jessie
35, Irene’s rebellious younger sister, crass, wild, issues with drugs and alcohol, conniving, uses sexuality and street smarts to get what she wants and is fiercely loyal to her family.
Isaac
9, Half Native American nephew to Irene and Jessie who was adopted by them at age two when his mother, their niece died of a drug overdose. Very bright and loves his family yet, wonders about his Native American family and if he will ever find them.
Grandpa Frank
60s, Native American spirit and ancestor to Isaac that only Isaac and Mira can see and hear. Grounded, wise, proud and the voice of reason who helps guide the family on their journey.
Mira
7, Muslim girl who is the daughter of Irene’s best friend. Irene and Jessie took her in after her parents were killed. Sweet and sensitive she looks up to Irene and Jessie and has adopted Grandpa Frank as her grandfather. She receives great comfort from Grandpa Frank.
A. Connected Circle:
Calvary Cullum
75. rancher and leader of Sandhills Nation. Does not let outsiders in to is his community. He is a distant cousin of Irene and Jessie. Jovial and friendly however, there is a sinister nature underneath that he has cultivated to protect his family and community.
Betsy
55, part of Calvary’s ranching community. Tough and extremely loyal to Calvary and her people. Does not trust outsiders.
Yellow Smoke
65, Native American leader of the UmoNhoN (Omaha) Nation people. Intimidating, strong, silent, an observer has great distrust for anyone that is not Native American.
Nita
Muslim women and is Irene’s best friend and mother to Mira. Thoughtful and protective of Irene. She consoles Irene how to handle her sister Jessie with her reckless behavior.
Shi Shir
Husband to Nita. Loving family man and cherishes his daughter Mira.
Amnimkii
25, Native American and the chief’s assistant to Ojibway Nation. Kind, considerate, educated. He was appointed as the chief’s liaison to handle foreigners that arrive in their nation. Very perceptive and studies human nature and outside cultures to understand his adversaries.
Percy
60, Native American part of Oglala Lakota Nation. Medicine man, leader of the Horse Spirit Society. He is friends with Calvary who he does trades with. Cares about the welfare of is people and is greatly respected in his community.
Monge Ska
30, Native American part of UmoNhoN (Omaha) Nation and nephew to Yellow Smoke and assists him in day to day activities. He is fascinated with outsider’s culture.
B. Environment Circle:
Dystopian Landscape what used to be the United States.
Ojibway Nation/Located on the Great Lakes what once was part of Minnesota, Wisconsin now it is its own sovereign nation.
UmoNhoN Nation, once was part of Nebraska and Iowa now is its own sovereign nation.
Oglala Nation, Once was part of South Dakota and part of Nebraska is now its own sovereign nation.
Sandhills Nation, A thriving ranching community that located in the sandhills of what once was northern and western Nebraska and parts of South Dakota. Lead by Calvary Cullum the nation has one of the world’s largest and cleanest water supplies.
Irene and Jessie’s Community, once a thriving and safe community in their dystopian world was raided and is currently defunct.
Displacement Camp: Established for US territory refugees who lose their home and/or territory.
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Assignment 2:
What I learned from doing this assignment is: how to think ahead about who will be important in the storyline. I’m used to coming up with people as I sail along. This new structure encourages me to consider sub-plots early on.
Main Characters Circle:
ERIC HOWARD, 34, has his own psychiatric practice, grew up financially well off with little responsibility and is prone to making poor decisions, despite having good intentions.
NATALIE HOWARD, 27, has a yoga studio, hides an undesirable childhood background from the people in the affluent neighborhood where she now resides with husband Eric.
MARILYNN (LINNIE) HOWARD, 11, sweet and friendly, lives part-time with Eric and Natalie and part-time with Danielle, Eric’s first wife.
KRYSTAL NICHOLSON, 41, Natalie’s therapist, often works with Eric and Natalie together and knows all of their secrets, fears, and desires, and holds more control over them than they could possibly imagine.
Connected Circle:
Danielle Howard, 38, Eric’s first wife.
Jeff, Natalie’s drug-addicted brother.
Cheryl and Garret, next door neighbors and close friends.
Missy, one of the instructors at Nat’s yoga studio.
Craig Nicholson, Krystal’s 15-year-old son.
LaDonna, Natalie’s older friend and mentor, knows a lot about Natalie except for her “big secret.”
Matt, Eric’s friend and lawyer
Environment Circle:
Various people who attend yoga classes
Receptionist at Dr. Nicholson’s office
Various police
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Assignment 1
“The Young Pope”
Main Character Circle: Pope Pius XIII (born Lenny Belardo), Sister Mary, Cardinal Angelo Voiello, Cardinal Michael Spencer
Connected Circle: Monsignor Gutierrez, Don Tommaso, Sofia Dubois, Cardinal Andrew Dissolier, Valente, Esther, Lenny’s parents
Environment Circle: Nuns, other cardinals and clergy, Swiss Guards, politicians, newspeople, the faithful masses
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Assignment 1. Examples from Mr. Robot.
A. Main Characters: Elliot Alderson, Angela Moss, Mr. Robot
B. Connected Circle: Shayla Nico, Darlene Alderson, Tyrell Wellick, Gideon Goddard, Krista Gordon
C. Environment Circle: Allsafe coworkers, Evil Corp Workers, Various Hackers
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Assignment 1:
Subject: Vampire Diaries Character Circles
Main Characters: Elena, Stefan, Damon
Connected Circle: Bonnie, Caroline, Jeremy, Tyler, Vicky, Matt, Aunt Jenna
Environment Circle: Mr. Tanner (teacher), high school students, teachers and administrators, hospital staff, victims of vampire attacks.
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Assignment 2. Examples from my script: “Perfect Candidate”.
A. Main Characters:
VERNA WILLIAMS – Protagonist, Black Woman, 40s, heavy, Devoid of sophistication but more clever then her uncouth mannerism would suggest. A street-smart woman who knows how to survive. Biting humor. Snappy quips. Acquitted of accessory to murder. She drove her car to assist disposing of dead body but was high on crack at the time and did not participate in the murder or know about it in advance.
LILI LEE – Antagonist, Asian Woman, 40s Greed, Poisons Ginny Acts like mole. Poison concealed in her prescription eye drops and not detected during check-in at the retreat. Acquitted of poisoning boyfriend she was jealous of but insufficient evidence.
JAKE MARLOW – White Male, 50s, Former Detective who reveals true identity after 2 death. Didn’t want to reveal after 1st death due to 250K job. Acts like mole. Acquitted of killing violent drug dealer claimed self defense but thug was unarmed and he planted weapon. Eventually fired from dept for insubordination.
Two other undecided characters from Connected Circle.
B. Connected Circle:
GRETCHEN KOVACS
SAM WONG
RON RAVEN
CONCHITA MORALES
VIRGINIA “GINNY” DAWSON
IRA RAMERIZ
BOBBY JOE PALLIDSTER
C. Environment Circle: Work in progress
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Eric Watterson Three Circles of Characters
“What I learned doing this assignment is how to start thinking deeper about character circles that will playout the entire series.”
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Watch the next episode of your Example Show to see how the characters fit into these three circles:
Sample Show – Stranger Things
Give us a quick list for each circle.
A. Main Characters Circle:
– Mike (teen 1)
– Lucus (teen 2)
– Dustine (teen 3)
– Will (missing teen 4)
– Eleven
– Jim Hopper (Sheriff)
– Joyce Byers (Wills Mom)
– Jonathan (Will’s Brother)
– The Monster
B. Connected Circle:
– Nancy (Mike’s sister)
– Steve Harrington (Mikes sister fling)
– Barbara (Nancy’s friend)
– Holly Wheeler
– Dr. Brenner
– Mr. Clarke (science teacher)
– Wills Father
– Wills Fathers girlfriend
– Mikes Mother and Father
C. Environment Circle:
– Holly Wheeler (Mikes little sister)
– School Bullies
– Police Officers
– School Kids (outside, hallway and classroom)
– Background City Scenes
– School Principal
– Government Agents
– restaurant eaters
<hr>ASSIGNMENT 2:
1. Create the three circles of characters for your show.
A. Main Characters Circle:
– Anthony David, Jr. (ex-military operative turns recluse)
– Edward Stanley (White Teen, privileged male with identity issues)
– Christopher Hope (Black Teen, grew up in abusive home)
– Rong “Ro” Chen (Chinese Teen, homeless immigrate)
– Francisco Rameriz (Latin Teen, fatherless home, runaway)
– Pierre Rameriz (Latin teen, Francisco little brother)
– Officer Tim Cain (Anthony ex-military friend – crooked cop)
– Trimmol (Male Dark leader)
B. Connected Circle:
– Anthony’s David (Anthony’s dead father, ex-military highly decorated, secretive, caring)
– Chris Mom and Dad (divorced couple, dad abused his mom and him
– Braylon “BrayBray” Willis (Black teen, Chris’ cousin)
– Edwards Mom, Dad and brothers and sisters (think Edwards has no skills and doesn’t fit into their perfect family)
– Francisco’s Mom (single mother raising two others younger kids in poverty)
– Loui Gonzales (Latin teen, drug cartels connection)
– Gang members that interact with Francisco and Chris
– Ms. Williams – School teacher that believes in the boys
– Mr. Wright – Social Worker who secretly works for Dark Providence
– Officer Hearst – neighborhood cop, divorced loving father, his wife left him for her boss
– Officer Hearst Ex Wife and daughter
– Mr. Trueblood – School Principal is hard on the teen boys and their negative behavior
– Sargent Abram – High ranking military official
– Sercy (Female Dark leader)
– Terry Smith (social worker)
– Lieutenant Jazmin Harper ((atheist cult member / military officer assigned to find Anthony)
C. Environment Circle:
– Police station officers and convicts
– Foster care workers
– Group home workers
– Group home boys
– Dark Providence workers and background characters
– School background kids and workers
– Neighborhood people
– Military Personnel
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ASSIGNMENT #1
Example Show: The Handmaid’s Tale
What I learned from this assignment:
It’s important to start with the core characters and branch out as all characters are intentional and need to connect with the main characters(s) and their journey.
Main Character Circle: June Osborne, Mrs. Waterford, The Commander, Aunt Lydia
Connected Circe: Moira, Janine, Offglen, Nick, Offwarren
Environment Circle: Other Handmaids’, other Wives, city guards, birthing mother, nurse, hanging corpses, other Aunts, Offwarren’s baby, other Marthas
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Charles Ferrell’s Three Circles of Characters
What I learned doing this assignment is just how many characters we see as we follow the main characters journey.
The Americans
· Main Characters Circle
o Philip Jennings – On mission for Russia but is falling for his American life.
o Elizabeth Jennings – Staunchly dedicated to the mission.
o Stan Beeman – Driven to succeed at any cost, highly suspicious of everyone.
· Connected Circle
o Paige Jennings – Daughter
o Henry Jennings – Son
o Sandra Beeman
o Chris Amador – Stans Partner
o Martha Hanson – FBI Mole
o General Zhukov
o Frank Gaad
o Agent Bartholomew
· Environment Circle
o FBI Agents
o KGB Agents
o Russian embassy staff
o US government officials
o School kids & Parents
o Travel Agency staff
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Assignment 2
Bob’s Three Circles of Characters
What I learned from this assignment is that thinking of a cast of characters who will populate your show generates story ideas as you go along.
Main Character Circle:
Daniel Shay – American, 26 years old now living in Israel and a Mossad operative, orphaned at 13 when his parents were killed during a terrorist attack while having his Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem.
Avi Tiber – Mossad bureau chief who clashes with Daniel but respects his abilities.
Najeh Tamra – Terrorist who participated in the attack that killed Daniel’s parents now a leader in the opposing faction.
Thomas Wade – Christian leader of the rebuild the Temple movement.
Connected Circle:
Stanley Collins – Daniel’s therapist.
Rena Meir – Mossad agent and potential love interest for Daniel.
Chaim Azar – Daniel’s best friend from America, now a rabbi and confidant.
Michael Grossman – Liaison between Mossad and Israeli Defense Force.
Ben & Leah Shay – Daniel’s grandparents who raised him after his parents’ deaths.
Environment Circle:
Soldiers, terrorists, other agents, religious groups, police, politicians, journalists, tourists, locals.
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Lesson 2 Assignment 1
Example Show: Mr. Robot
Main character circle: Elliot Alderson, Mr. Robot
Connected circle: Tyrell Wellick, Angela, Shayla, Darlene, Krista, Gideon, Ollie
Environment circle: Hackers, Allsafe employees, E Corp employees, lawyers, men in black
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What I learned in doing this assignment was to flesh out characters that needed more development.
Main characters circle:
1. Jill DiVarco – Late 20s, grew up in the mob world. She’s a collector for the Outfit who sees her male counterparts making money hand over fist and she wants a piece of that. She has anger issues and having a collection job helps her physically relieve some of those issues. These are issues that stem from childhood and events that led to her father’s murder at that time.
2. Jimmy Losito – early 40s, well established street boss/Caporegime of his crew. Has worked hard to get where he’s at. He’s one of the more successful crew leaders and knows that jealous eyes amongst the various crews target him. He is on a mission to be head boss of the entire Outfit.
3. Ernest “Ernie” Scalise – 60s, sadistic and maniacal rival crew leader of Jimmy’s. He’s the villain in the story. Though a brutal, barbaric leader, the Outfit bosses tolerate him because he’s a good earner. He and Jimmy have history so he is Jimmy’s #1 threat. He also is the main culprit in Jill’s father’s murder, so she seeks vengeance upon him even as he strikes fear in her heart.
4. Nicky Palladino/Nick DeFazio – 30s, low level mob associate. He’s an obnoxious and irritating crew member, but it’s a cover – he’s a government mole unbeknownst to anyone in the Outfit.
Connected circle:
1. Ray Napoli – Late 20s, low level mob associate and ex-boyfriend to Jill. He’s a collector like Jill, but also a degenerate gambler. He owes the mob a considerable amount of money. He’s jumpy character because he believes he’s in the crew’s crosshairs due to his debts. Secretly he does side deals with Ernest… to help his financial situation.
2. Giovanni “Gio” DiVarco – 30s, Tough but loving father to Jill and his two sons. Made member who’s attempted murder by Ernie Scalise sparks a war between crews.
3. Marion DiVarco – 30s/50s, reserved, anxious wife to Gio and stepmother to Jill. She’s bitter after the death of her husband and helpless to keep her two sons out of the life. She has a strained relationship with Jill.
4. Natalia Wojcik – 30s/50s – mother to Jill, hooker, girlfriend to Gio DiVarco.
5. Angelo “Jelly” DiVarco – Gio’s brother and uncle to Jill and her stepbrothers. Also her boss at the bar he owns and she works at. He’s a slimy character who cuts corners and never gives a straight answer. He’s also very “handsy” with the women that work for him, including with his own niece, Jill. He’s not a made member due to his sleazy character and cheap ways with money.
6. Gerald Amato – 40s, Jimmy driver and right hand man. He and Jimmy go way back to their beginnings in the Outfit. Jealous of Jimmy’s favoring of Jill over him in certain situations. Skeptical of Jill’s intentions and her loyalty to the crew.
7. Pasquale DiVarco – early 30s, Jill’s older half-brother. Mob associate who has a hard time earning for the crew.
8. Salvatore “Salvie” DiVarco – early 30s, Jill’s older half-brother. Mob associate but doesn’t have much of a heart for the life. Tries to forge a life in a legitimate line of work but thanks to his association with the Outfit, it’s next to impossible.
Environment Circle: Mob members and associates, Police, FBI agents, attorneys, judges, District attorneys, States attorneys, U.S. attorneys, barmaids, bar patrons, prostitutes, airport workers, Union officials.
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Mary J. Andrews
THE 100
Three Circles Of Characters Assignment 1What I learned from this class: How characters interlaced in different degrees can successfully be used on screen to create a solid environment to tell a story. All character’s actions and reactions contributed to world building with and without dialog. However, it is impossible to keep up with their names since they use nicknames sometimes, and I have not had time to verify my notes from the script yet.
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE
Lead character is Clarke Griffen, daughter of Dr Abigail Griffen (ALSO A MAIN CHARACTER) who sits on the Ark’s Council to make Ark policies) Clarke is imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement for knowing too much about the equipment failure and depletion of Oxygen in the Ark.
Bellamy “Space-walker” Black is a janitor suspected of shooting the Chancellor by Ark management. His parents were spaced by the Chancellor for having a second child and hiding her below the floor. Bellamy somehow has a gun, and arrives aboard the drop-ship in a guard’s uniform to be with his sister, Octavia. He is a natural leader and commands loyalty of most of the ones planetside. He calls them “his people” and listens to Clarke’s advice. They are gradually becoming close.
Finn(?) Wells gets himself arrested to follow Clarke to apologize for turning her dad in and causing her imprisonment and solitary confinement because she knows the Ark is running dangerously out of oxygen due to equipment failure. Both Clarke (the Doctor’s daughter) and Wells (the Chancellor’s son) are intelligent and educated rule-followers. but are at odds because of his having turned in her father for wanting to warn citizens of impending failures of equipment aboard the Ark.
Octavia Black: Bellamy’s sister (called “the Girl who lived under the floor”). Forever confined and hidden, she wants to experience life and is passionate to do everything. Her brother has his hands full here and Atom is interested in a relationship.
SECOND CIRCLE:
Techno-nerds: Jasper is enamored of Octavia (Bellamy’s sister) Works as feel good comic relief.
Monty is from a farm station and is an engineer.Murphy has attitude and is the bully waiting for his chance to take over. He hates Wells because his father was spaced by the Chancellor and is interested in a relationship with Clarke, but can’t compete with Bellamy.
Atom is asked to keep an eye on Octavia and ends up kissing her—her brother ties him to a tree for insubordination
Aboard the Ark, Chancellor Thelonious Wells allows the 100, including his son, to be dropped onto the planet to discover if it is safe to send citizens down yet. Doing so has given the Ark one week’s reprieve from needing to cull 109 citizens to keep the rest alive.
Aboard the Ark, Kane: seeks to overthrow the Chancellor and take command of the Ark. Dr. Abigail is his nemesis.
Aboard the Ark, Raven: a zero-G mechanic who while looking to visit her boyfriend in lockup is told they are being quarantined but reasons it’s a ruse and decides the prisoners have been shipped out. After being confronted, Abigail confirms her suspicions and consigns her to fix a hundred-year-old drop pod so they can check on the situation on the planet themselves.
The grounders: natives of the planet before they arrive, and background citizens on the Ark.
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Mary J. Andrews
THE 100
Three Circles Of Characters Assignment 1What I learned from this class: How characters interlaced in different degrees can successfully be used on screen to create a solid environment to tell a story. All character’s actions and reactions contributed to world building with and without dialog. However, it is impossible to keep up with their names since they use nicknames sometimes, and I have not had time to verify from my notes from the script.
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE
Lead character is Clarke Griffen, daughter of Dr Abigail Griffen (ALSO A MAIN CHARACTER) who sits on the Ark’s Council to make Ark policies, is imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement for knowing too much about the equipment failure and depletion of Oxygen in the Ark.
Bellamy Black (Space-walker) a janitor suspected of shooting the Chancellor by Ark management. His parents were spaced by the Chancellor for having a second child and hiding her below the floor. Bellamy somehow has a gun, and arrives aboard the drop-ship in a guard’s uniform to be with his sister, Octavia. He is a natural leader and commands loyalty of most of the ones planetside. He calls them “his people.” He listens to Clarke’s advice and they are gradually becoming close.
Finn(?) Wells gets himself arrested to follow Clarke to apologize for turning her dad in and causing her imprisonment and solitary confinement because she knows the Ark is running dangerously out of oxygen due to equipment failure. Both Clarke (the Doctor’s daughter) and Wells (the Chancellor’s son) are intelligent and educated rule-followers. but are at odds because of his having turned in her father for wanting to warn citizens of impending failures of equipment aboard the Ark.
Octavia Black: Bellamy’s sister (called the Girl who lived under the floor). Forever confined and hidden, she wants to experience life and is passionate to do everything. Her brother has his hands full here and Atom is interested in a relationship.
SECOND CIRCLE:
Techno-nerds: Jasper enamored of Octavia (Bellamy’s sister) Works as feel good comic relief.
Monty was from a farm station and is an engineer.Murphy has attitude and is the bully waiting for his chance to take over. He hates Wells because his father was spaced by the Chancellor and is interested in a relationship with Clarke.
Atom is asked to keep an eye on Octavia an ends up kissing her—her brother ties him to a tree for insubordination
Aboard the Ark, Chancellor Thelonious Wells allows the 100 including his son, to be dropped onto the planet to discover if it is safe to send citizens to planet. Doing so has given them a week’s reprieve from culling 109 citizens to keep the rest alive.
Aboard the Ark, Kane: seeks to overthrow the Chancellor and take power aboard the Ark. Dr. Abigail is his nemesis.
Aboard the Ark, Raven: a zero-G mechanic who while looking to visit her boyfriend in lockup is told they are being quarantined but reasons it’s a ruse and decides the prisoners have been shipped out. After confronted, Abigail confirms her suspicions and consigns her to fix a hundred-year-old drop pod so they can check on the situation on the planet.
The grounders: natives of the planet before they arrive
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Mary J. Andrews
THE 100
Three Circles Of Characters Assignment 1What I learned from this class: How characters interlaced in different degrees can successfully be used on screen to create a solid environment to tell a story. All character’s actions and reactions contributed to worldbuilding with and without dialog. However, it is impossible to keep up with their names since they use nicknames sometimes, and I have not had time to verify from my notes from the script.
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE
Lead character is Clarke Griffen, daughter of Dr Abigail Griffen (ALSO A MAIN CHARACTER) who sits on the Ark’s Council to make Ark policies, is imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement for knowing too much about the equipment failure and depletion of Oxygen in the Ark.
Bellamy Black (Space-walker) a janitor suspected of shooting the Chancellor by Ark management. His parents were spaced by the Chancellor for having a second child and hiding her below the floor. Bellamy somehow has a gun, and arrives aboard the dropship in a guard’s uniform to be with his sister, Octavia. He is a natural leader and commands loyalty of most of the ones planetside. He calls them “his people.” He listens to Clarke’s advice and they are gradually becoming close.
Finn(?) Wells gets himself arrested to follow Clarke to apologize for turning her dad in and causing her imprisonment and solitary confinement because she knows the Ark is running dangerously out of oxygen due to equipment failure. Both Clarke (the Doctor’s daughter) and Wells (the Chancellor’s son) are intelligent and educated rule-followers. but are at odds because of his having turned in her father for wanting to warn citizens of impending failures of equipment aboard the Ark.
Octavia Black: Bellamy’s sister (called the Girl who lived under the floor). Forever confined and hidden, she wants to experience life and is passionate to do everything. Her brother has his hands full here and Atom is interested in a relationship.
SECOND CIRCLE:
Techno-nerds: Jasper enamored of Octavia (Bellamy’s sister) Works as feel good comic relief.
Monty was from a farm station and is an engineer.Murphy has attitude and is the bully waiting for his chance to take over. He hates Wells because his father was spaced by the Chancellor and is interested in a relationship with Clarke.
Atom is asked to keep an eye on Octavia an ends up kissing her—her brother ties him to a tree for insubordination
Aboard the Ark, Chancellor Thelonious Wells allows the 100 including his son, to be dropped onto the planet to discover if it is safe to send citizens to planet. Doing so has given them a week’s reprieve from culling 109 citizens to keep the rest alive.
Aboard the Ark, Kane: seeks to overthrow the Chancellor and take power aboard the Ark. Dr. Abigail is his nemesis.
Aboard the Ark, Raven: a zero-G mechanic who while looking to visit her boyfriend in lockup is told they are being quarantined but reasons it’s a ruse and decides the prisoners have been shipped out. After confronted, Abigail confirms her suspicions and consigns her to fix a hundred-year-old drop pod so they can check on the situation on the planet.
The grounders: natives of the planet before they arrive and the extra citizens aboard the Ark
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Mary J. Andrews THREE CIRCLES OF CHARACTERS Assignment 2
The Fireborn Chronicles Pilot paranormal sci fi
What I learned from this lesson: That piecework is more fun and not as stressful…and that I need to cull back my words. (Curse this novelist’s mind of mine.)MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE:
Rael Point: (middle aged, mid 30’s) Universal Government Dark Ops Agent, Captain of the Nemesis, the only person to have ever escaped the Hive Penal Planet as a newborn, rescued by a Gov Agent, Marion Mahata, he had already been implanted with the Hive temple plates allowing him to wirelessly interlink to anything with a electronic pulse as well as to access the universal web. He currently leads a specialized dark ops Nemesis Team, a seeker squad. He is more comfortable with tech than people, he has muted emotions. He mourns in moments, cannot cry for long, anger dissipates as it is born. He has never known elation.Ira Haze: (early 20’s) Wall Master, a highly trained empath, able to rewrite minds and/or control them. He has steel gray multifaceted crystalline eyes denoting him as a rogue talent. He is a psionic Finder, able to track any target from emanations left upon items. Enslaved at a young age alongside his younger sister, Alandra, after his parents were murdered by planetary control during the anti-Psi movement, he was stringently taught control of what powers his captors knew he possessed. He speaks softly but can always be heard and prefers the quiet and safety aboard the Nemesis. He is grateful and loyal to Rael for saving him and his sister from The Wall, a Corporately operated facility used to keep mostly their workers aligned to production by using Psionic manipulation in the guise of an empathy station. He is a tortured young man destined to be alone even in a crowd. Skin-to-skin contact with him can be dangerous. Everyone aboard the Nemesis wears gloves.
Laynald Lockheim: (a smart 63) Team’s Healer/Assassin/Strategist Once a King’s Healer on a backward planet, he is dedicated to Rael for saving his life and giving him a new future. He is older and feels the need to watch over the others. He is also the one who does, without qualm, whatever needs to be done. He doesn’t differentiate between healing or killing and he’s extremely good at both. He is hyper suspicious, always prepared, armed to the teeth, and a little bit sadistic, but beneath it all, he cares for his teammates
Tristen: (early 20s or so) Selected as a CHOSEN one by the 3 Oracles who rule Oracle Earth in another dimension. They prophecy she will save their planet in the future. At the age of 10, she is surgically blinded and set to drift in cryo ship in Origin Earth’s dimension. She is found as a grown woman by slavers and sold to Mallory Switt, eventually she is claimed by The Corporate Overlord and under the guise of a terrorist Psi Ring who the Nemesis has been searching for, she is used to attract Rael’s attention. She is the one who Psi-jacked the ambassador and when she tries to do the same to Rael, she is captured and taken away. She knows she has a mission and awaits the moment she will know what to do. Until then, she does as she’s told. Her planet’s survival depends on it.
CONNECTED CIRCLE:The Oracles: 3 long-lived balding old men whose predictions always come true. For centuries, they have guided and aided their world’s betterment.
Mallory Switt: Slaver and proprietor of two entertainment facilities on pleasure planet Tanivol. He has a sadistic twisted mind and enjoys his wealth. It is he who enslaves and discovers her abilities. He uses her to ensnare corporate information and prospers greatly doing so. Though he is frequently cruel, he also protects her from other things until Harbringer catches him and takes her away to become bait to lure Rael with.
T.L. Harbringer: (looks about Rael’s age but is centuries old) Known as The Corporate Overlord, his rule spans across galaxies. He runs the Hive Penal Planet for The Universal Government. He is cruel and arrogant, the most powerful man in existence but goes unnoticed. His smile exudes no warmth, his chiseled features and fierce cold eyes are devoid of humanity.
Alandra Haze: (2 years younger than Ira) she is Ira’s sister, a telepath now working for The Universal Government Psi Ops division. She couldn’t handle Rael’s compu-links and didn’t like his disregard of how it hurt her brother. She is very judgmental of her brother’s choice to remain as part of Rael’s team.
Marion Mahata: Head of Dark Ops for the Universal Government. Nemesis Teams sponsor and commanding officer as well as adoptive mother of Rael.
Lythia Lyconza—Marion Mahata’s successor as The Universal Government’s head of Dark Ops and an acquaintance from Rael’s youth. She is Rael’s age and has crimson colored hair and blue-green eyes, a very rare side-effect of genetic enhancement.
Ambassador Walter Dash: Gov ambassador mind-jacked on the way to an important assignment. He is found barely conscious writhing in pain and unable to talk. The team rescues him.
Officer Dinak & Officer Banks: assigned by Planetary Retrieval Bureau on pleasure planet Tanivol, to return Government Ambassador into Universal government control, attempt to capture Rael but are easily defeated and sent to the Planetary Deportation Bureau to be turned over to the Hive Penal Planet.
Rassa Mu: frenemy from his childhood who delivers message that his mother is dying.
ENVIRONMENT CIRCLE:
Tanivol crowds of fun seeking guests on walkways all day and night; a large hall of partiers musicians, bar attendants, gravity dancers above at The Palace where they retrieve Tristen.
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Character Circles for Riverdale
A. Main Characters Circle: Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones
B. Connected Circle: Fred Andrews, Hermione Lodge, Hal Cooper, Alice Cooper, Cheryl Blossom, Geraldine Grundy, Jason Blossom
C. Environment Circle: Josie McCoy, Moose Mason, Reggie Mantle, Kevin Keller, Pop Tate, Melody Valentine, Valerie Brown, Penelope Blossom, Cliff Blossom, Coach Clayton, detectives
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Assignment 2
<font face=”inherit”>What I learned. </font>Characters can have a major impact with little screen time and slow development.
The Fisherman Three circles of character
Main character circle
John Martin – 21, Deckhand on a fishing vessel out of Southern California.
Clare Martin – 45, John’s mother.
Skylar Bishop – 21, Deckhand, John’s best friend.
Connected circle
Captain of said fishing vessel
A few peers of John and Skylar
Environmental circle
Southern California fishing community
UCSD
Surfing community
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What I learned doing this assignment is that this exercise has given me an insight into how these characters will interact.
ASSIGNMENT 2: Three circles of characters for Assumption.
A. Main Characters Circle:
Fr. Joseph: 25 years old. Newly ordained Catholic Priest first assignment is as the parochial vicar for the wealthy parish of Our Lady of Assumption Church in Washington, DC. His secret: Not the first to try, but the first transgender male to “pass” through seminary and become fully ordained.
The Fr. Charles, the pastor: 55 years old. Legendary Parish Priest of Our Lady of Assumption. Closeted gay, fighting his feelings with faith. Full of bluster, love of performance, ambitious, upwardly mobile, star struck, loves the media and being the center of attention.
The Principal of the Assumption School: Janet Stathis 52. Recent hire by the current pastor. She’s neurotic. Worries about how she is perceived the priest, by the Asst. Principal, by the parents. Treats teachers as inferiors.
Asst. Principle: 55. Never feels appreciated. Compulsively overworks, overachieves. Continually crushed by the lack of approval from Fr. Charles and Principal.
School Counselor: 50. the emotional center of the parish. Keeps confidentiality for all. Unofficial therapist for the Priest, the Principal, the Asst. Principal, and most importantly, the new Priest, Fr. Joe.
B. Connected Circle:
The Archdiocese Bishop: Cardinal Schandale, leader of the Catholic old boys club. At the tail end of sexual abuse scandal which will see him called to the Vatican and fired; eventually arrested. Chief confidante to Assumption’s Pastor, Fr. Charles, who will eventually replace him.
The Assistant Superintendent of Catholic Schools. Ken Deturna; 41 years old. Outwardly very Godly; supportive of the the Assumption school staff. Has been embezzling from the Archdiocese for 8 years to fund a secret lifestyle (Luxury Car, Boat, and Row House). Will get caught and threaten Fr. Joe’s secret.
Sister Joan: A leader of spiritual guidance and social justice groups. Great at work, but when not working, questions her faith. Professes her love for a Priest at another parish under different circumstances. Has unrealistic assumptions of married life.
Women of the parish office: busy bodies, gossips, very judgmental; the Greek chorus.
Members of the country club, who are also members of the congregation.
C. Environment Circle:
Members of the congregation. Teachers of the school. Parents of the school. The students of the school. Other priests. Archdiocese staff. Reporters. Members of Congress. Nuns. Sexual Victims. Vatican Cardinals. Vatican Staff. The Pope.
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Mary J. Andrews THREE CIRCLES OF CHARACTERS Assignment 2
The Fireborn Chronicles Pilot
What I learned from this lesson: That piecework is more fun and not as stressful…and that I need to cull back my words. (Curse this novelist’s mind of mine.)MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE:
Rael Point: (middle aged, mid 30’s) Universal Government Dark Ops Agent, Captain of the Nemesis, the only person to have ever escaped the Hive Penal Planet as a newborn, rescued by a Gov Agent, Marion Mahata, he had already been implanted with the Hive temple plates allowing him to wirelessly interlink to anything with a electronic pulse as well as to access the universal web. He currently leads a specialized dark ops Nemesis Team, a seeker squad. He is more comfortable with tech than people, he has muted emotions. He mourns in moments, cannot cry for long, anger dissipates as it is born. He has never known elation.Ira Haze: (early 20’s) Wall Master, a highly trained empath, able to rewrite minds and/or control them. He has steel gray multifaceted crystalline eyes denoting him as a rogue talent. He is a psionic Finder, able to track any target from emanations left upon items. Enslaved at a young age alongside his younger sister, Alandra, after his parents were murdered by planetary control during the anti-Psi movement, he was stringently taught control of what powers his captors knew he possessed. He speaks softly but can always be heard and prefers the quiet and safety aboard the Nemesis. He is grateful and loyal to Rael for saving him and his sister from The Wall, a Corporately operated facility used to keep mostly their workers aligned to production by using Psionic manipulation in the guise of an empathy station. He is a tortured young man destined to be alone even in a crowd. Skin-to-skin contact with him can be dangerous. Everyone aboard the Nemesis wears gloves.
Laynald Lockheim: (a smart 63) Team’s Healer/Assassin/Strategist Once a King’s Healer on a backward planet, he is dedicated to Rael for saving his life and giving him a new future. He is older and feels the need to watch over the others. He is also the one who does, without qualm, whatever needs to be done. He doesn’t differentiate between healing or killing and he’s extremely good at both. He is hyper suspicious, always prepared, armed to the teeth, and a little bit sadistic, but beneath it all, he cares for his teammates
Tristen: (early 20s or so) Selected as a CHOSEN one by the 3 Oracles who rule Oracle Earth in another dimension. They prophecy she will save their planet in the future. At the age of 10, she is surgically blinded and set to drift in cryo ship in Origin Earth’s dimension. She is found as a grown woman by slavers and sold to Mallory Switt, eventually she is claimed by The Corporate Overlord and under the guise of a terrorist Psi Ring who the Nemesis has been searching for, she is used to attract Rael’s attention. She is the one who Psi-jacked the ambassador and when she tries to do the same to Rael, she is captured and taken away. She knows she has a mission and awaits the moment she will know what to do. Until then, she does as she’s told. Her planet’s survival depends on it.
CONNECTED CIRCLE:The Oracles: 3 long-lived balding old men whose predictions always come true. For centuries, they have guided and aided their world’s betterment.
Mallory Switt: Slaver and proprietor of two entertainment facilities on pleasure planet Tanivol. He has a sadistic twisted mind and enjoys his wealth. It is he who enslaves and discovers her abilities. He uses her to ensnare corporate information and prospers greatly doing so. Though he is frequently cruel, he also protects her from other things until Harbringer catches him and takes her away to become bait to lure Rael with.
T.L. Harbringer: (looks about Rael’s age but is centuries old) Known as The Corporate Overlord, his rule spans across galaxies. He runs the Hive Penal Planet for The Universal Government. He is cruel and arrogant, the most powerful man in existence but goes unnoticed. His smile exudes no warmth, his chiseled features and fierce cold eyes are devoid of humanity.
Alandra Haze: (2 years younger than Ira) she is Ira’s sister, a telepath now working for The Universal Government Psi Ops division. She couldn’t handle Rael’s compu-links and didn’t like his disregard of how it hurt her brother. She is very judgmental of her brother’s choice to remain as part of Rael’s team.
Marion Mahata: Head of Dark Ops for the Universal Government. Nemesis Teams sponsor and commanding officer as well as adoptive mother of Rael.
Lythia Lyconza—Marion Mahata’s successor as The Universal Government’s head of Dark Ops and an acquaintance from Rael’s youth. She is Rael’s age and has crimson colored hair and blue-green eyes, a very rare side-effect of genetic enhancement.
Ambassador Walter Dash: Gov ambassador mind-jacked on the way to an important assignment. He is found barely conscious writhing in pain and unable to talk. The team rescues him.
Officer Dinak & Officer Banks: assigned by Planetary Retrieval Bureau on pleasure planet Tanivol, to return Government Ambassador into Universal government control, attempt to capture Rael but are easily defeated and sent to the Planetary Deportation Bureau to be turned over to the Hive Penal Planet.
Rassa Mu: frenemy from his childhood who delivers message that his mother is dying.
ENVIRONMENT CIRCLE:
Tanivol crowds of fun seeking guests on walkways all day and night; a large hall of partiers musicians, bar attendants, gravity dancers above at The Palace where they retrieve Tristen.
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Lesson 2, Assignment 2
Subject: Phyllis Strong’s Three Circles of Characters
What I learned from this assignment was that I could find connected characters by treating my main characters as a the hub of a wheel and branch off from that. I devised family members, love interests, ex-love interests, and employees and figured a journalist (who as yet is fairly undefined) would be a fitting character in this series. I also found the environment circle easier than I anticipated, by taking the main focus of the main characters and building a world of EPA officials, climate scientists, firefighters, oil conglomerate execs and politicians.
Main Characters
SASHA LAMBERT (30) is a pragmatic, by the book investigator for the EPA who is betrayed by the institution she loves when she is dismissed from her job as part of a ground-breaking settlement with an oil conglomerate.
DUNCAN PRICE (50’s) is the idealistic black-sheep of the family that controls the afore-mentioned oil conglomerate, who wants to atone for the sins of his family by slaying the monsters that have been spawned by the high level of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.
DELIA PRICE (50’s) is Duncan’s shrewd and manipulative older sister, the star of the family, who is now the CEO and positioning the family oil conglomerate as a responsible, sustainable partner in fighting climate change.
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Lesson 2, Assignment 2 (Continued)
Connected Circle
Sasha’s estranged father
Sasha’s flighty mother
Sasha’s ex-boyfriend at the DOJ who betrayed her
Sasha’s former partner in the Criminal Investigations Division of the EPA
Sasha environmental activist love interest
Duncan’s ex-wife who is still close to Delia
Duncan’s quirky climate science professor friend
The founder of the climate change forecasting company that Duncan invested in
Delia’s female sustainability chief at the oil conglomerate
Delia’s fixer who keeps an eye on Duncan
Journalist who is tracking Duncan and Sasha’s activity
Environment Circle
Environmental Activists
Biodiversity professor
Climate scientists
Firefighters
Disaster Relief Workers
FEMA Executives
Tornado chasers
Oil Conglomerate Execs
Politicians who are pro-environment that Duncan supports financially
Politicians who are pro-fossil fuel that Delia and her company supports
Journalists who specialize in climate change, extreme weather and environmental justice
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Mary J. Andrews THREE CIRCLES OF CHARACTERS Assignment 2
The Fireborn Chronicles Pilot
What I learned from this lesson: That piecework is more fun and not as stressful…and that I need to cull back my words. (Curse this novelist’s mind of mine.)
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE:
Rael Point: (middle aged, mid 30’s) Universal Government Dark Ops Agent, Captain of the Nemesis, the only person to have ever escaped the Hive Penal Planet as a newborn, rescued by a Gov Agent, Marion Mahata, he had already been implanted with the Hive temple plates allowing him to wirelessly interlink to anything with a electronic pulse as well as to access the universal web. He currently leads a specialized dark ops Nemesis Team, a seeker squad. He is more comfortable with tech than people, he has muted emotions. He mourns in moments, cannot cry for long, anger dissipates as it is born. He has never known elation.Ira Haze: (early 20’s) Wall Master, a highly trained empath, able to rewrite minds and/or control them. He has steel gray multifaceted crystalline eyes denoting him as a rogue talent. He is a psionic Finder, able to track any target from emanations left upon items. Enslaved at a young age alongside his younger sister, Alandra, after his parents were murdered by planetary control during the anti-Psi movement, he was stringently taught control of what powers his captors knew he possessed. He speaks softly but can always be heard and prefers the quiet and safety aboard the Nemesis. He is grateful and loyal to Rael for saving him and his sister from The Wall, a Corporately operated facility used to keep mostly their workers aligned to production by using Psionic manipulation in the guise of an empathy station. He is a tortured young man destined to be alone even in a crowd. Skin-to-skin contact with him can be dangerous. Everyone aboard the Nemesis wears gloves.
Laynald Lockheim: (a smart 63) Team’s Healer/Assassin/Strategist Once a King’s Healer on a backward planet, he is dedicated to Rael for saving his life and giving him a new future. He is older and feels the need to watch over the others. He is also the one who does, without qualm, whatever needs to be done. He doesn’t differentiate between healing or killing and he’s extremely good at both. He is hyper suspicious, always prepared, armed to the teeth, and a little bit sadistic, but beneath it all, he cares for his teammates
Tristen: (early 20s or so) Selected as a CHOSEN one by the 3 Oracles who rule Oracle Earth in another dimension. They prophecy she will save their planet in the future. At the age of 10, she is surgically blinded and set to drift in cryo ship in Origin Earth’s dimension. She is found as a grown woman by slavers and sold to Mallory Switt, eventually she is claimed by The Corporate Overlord and under the guise of a terrorist Psi Ring who the Nemesis has been searching for, she is used to attract Rael’s attention. She is the one who Psi-jacked the ambassador and when she tries to do the same to Rael, she is captured and taken away. She knows she has a mission and awaits the moment she will know what to do. Until then, she does as she’s told. Her planet’s survival depends on it.
CONNECTED CIRCLE:
The Oracles: 3 long-lived balding old men whose predictions always come true. For centuries, they have guided and aided their world’s betterment.
Mallory Switt: Slaver and proprietor of two entertainment facilities on pleasure planet Tanivol. He has a sadistic twisted mind and enjoys his wealth. It is he who enslaves and discovers her abilities. He uses her to ensnare corporate information and prospers greatly doing so. Though he is frequently cruel, he also protects her from other things until Harbringer catches him and takes her away to become bait to lure Rael with.
T.L. Harbringer: (looks about Rael’s age but is centuries old) Known as The Corporate Overlord, his rule spans across galaxies. He runs the Hive Penal Planet for The Universal Government. He is cruel and arrogant, the most powerful man in existence but goes unnoticed. His smile exudes no warmth, his chiseled features and fierce cold eyes are devoid of humanity.
Alandra Haze: (2 years younger than Ira) she is Ira’s sister, a telepath now working for The Universal Government Psi Ops division. She couldn’t handle Rael’s compu-links and didn’t like his disregard of how it hurt her brother. She is very judgmental of her brother’s choice to remain as part of Rael’s team.
Marion Mahata: Head of Dark Ops for the Universal Government. Nemesis Teams sponsor and commanding officer as well as adoptive mother of Rael.
Lythia Lyconza—Marion Mahata’s successor as The Universal Government’s head of Dark Ops and an acquaintance from Rael’s youth. She is Rael’s age and has crimson colored hair and blue-green eyes, a very rare side-effect of genetic enhancement.
Ambassador Walter Dash: Gov ambassador mind-jacked on the way to an important assignment. He is found barely conscious writhing in pain and unable to talk. The team rescues him.
Officer Dinak & Officer Banks: assigned by Planetary Retrieval Bureau on pleasure planet Tanivol, to return Government Ambassador into Universal government control, attempt to capture Rael but are easily defeated and sent to the Planetary Deportation Bureau to be turned over to the Hive Penal Planet.
Rassa Mu: frenemy from his childhood who delivers message that his mother is dying.
ENVIRONMENT CIRCLE:
Tanivol crowds of fun seeking guests on walkways all day and night; a large hall of customers partiers musicians, bar attendants, gravity dancers above at The Palace where they retrieve Tristen.
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Mary J. Andrews
THE 100
Three Circles Of Characters Assignment 1What I learned from this class: How characters interlaced in different degrees can successfully be used on screen to create a solid environment to tell a story. All character’s actions and reactions contributed to worldbuilding with and without dialog. However, it is impossible to keep up with their names since they use nicknames sometimes, and I have not had time to verify from my notes from the script.
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE
Lead character is Clarke Griffen, daughter of Dr Abigail Griffen (ALSO A MAIN CHARACTER) who sits on the Ark’s Council to make Ark policies, is imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement for knowing too much about the equipment failure and depletion of Oxygen in the Ark.
Bellamy Black (Space-walker) a janitor suspected of shooting the Chancellor by Ark management. His parents were spaced by the Chancellor for having a second child and hiding her below the floor. Bellamy somehow has a gun, and arrives aboard the dropship in a guard’s uniform to be with his sister, Octavia. He is a natural leader and commands loyalty of most of the ones planetside. He calls them “his people.” He listens to Clarke’s advice and they are gradually becoming close.
Finn(?) Wells gets himself arrested to follow Clarke to apologize for turning her dad in and causing her imprisonment and solitary confinement because she knows the Ark is running dangerously out of oxygen due to equipment failure. Both Clarke (the Doctor’s daughter) and Wells (the Chancellor’s son) are intelligent and educated rule-followers. but are at odds because of his having turned in her father for wanting to warn citizens of impending failures of equipment aboard the Ark.
Octavia Black: Bellamy’s sister (called the Girl who lived under the floor). Forever confined and hidden, she wants to experience life and is passionate to do everything. Her brother has his hands full here and Atom is interested in a relationship.
SECOND CIRCLE:
Techno-nerds: Jasper enamored of Octavia (Bellamy’s sister) Works as feel good comic relief.
Monty was from a farm station and is an engineer.Murphy has attitude and is the bully waiting for his chance to take over. He hates Wells because his father was spaced by the Chancellor and is interested in a relationship with Clarke.
Atom is asked to keep an eye on Octavia an ends up kissing her—her brother ties him to a tree for insubordination
Aboard the Ark, Chancellor Thelonious Wells allows the 100 including his son, to be dropped onto the planet to discover if it is safe to send citizens to planet. Doing so has given them a week’s reprieve from culling 109 citizens to keep the rest alive.
Aboard the Ark, Kane: seeks to overthrow the Chancellor and take power aboard the Ark. Dr. Abigail is his nemesis.
Aboard the Ark, Raven: a zero-G mechanic who while looking to visit her boyfriend in lockup is told they are being quarantined but reasons it’s a ruse and decides the prisoners have been shipped out. After confronted, Abigail confirms her suspicions and consigns her to fix a hundred-year-old drop pod so they can check on the situation on the planet.
The grounders: natives of the planet before they arrive and the extra citizens aboard the Ark
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Mary J. Andrews THREE CIRCLES OF CHARACTERS Assignment 2
The Fireborn Chronicles Pilot
What I learned from this lesson: That piecework is more fun and not as stressful…and that I need to cull back my words. (Curse this novelist’s mind of mine.)
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE:
Rael Point: (middle aged, mid 30’s) Universal Government Dark Ops Agent, Captain of the Nemesis, the only person to have ever escaped the Hive Penal Planet as a newborn, rescued by a Gov Agent, Marion Mahata, he had already been implanted with the Hive temple plates allowing him to wirelessly interlink to anything with a electronic pulse as well as to access the universal web. He currently leads a specialized dark ops Nemesis Team, a seeker squad. He is more comfortable with tech than people, he has muted emotions. He mourns in moments, cannot cry for long, anger dissipates as it is born. He has never known elation.Ira Haze: (early 20’s) Wall Master, a highly trained empath, able to rewrite minds and/or control them. He has steel gray multifaceted crystalline eyes denoting him as a rogue talent. He is a psionic Finder, able to track any target from emanations left upon items. Enslaved at a young age alongside his younger sister, Alandra, after his parents were murdered by planetary control during the anti-Psi movement, he was stringently taught control of what powers his captors knew he possessed. He speaks softly but can always be heard and prefers the quiet and safety aboard the Nemesis. He is grateful and loyal to Rael for saving him and his sister from The Wall, a Corporately operated facility used to keep mostly their workers aligned to production by using Psionic manipulation in the guise of an empathy station. He is a tortured young man destined to be alone even in a crowd. Skin-to-skin contact with him can be dangerous. Everyone aboard the Nemesis wears gloves.
Laynald Lockheim: (a smart 63) Team’s Healer/Assassin/Strategist Once a King’s Healer on a backward planet, he is dedicated to Rael for saving his life and giving him a new future. He is older and feels the need to watch over the others. He is also the one who does, without qualm, whatever needs to be done. He doesn’t differentiate between healing or killing and he’s extremely good at both. He is hyper suspicious, always prepared, armed to the teeth, and a little bit sadistic, but beneath it all, he cares for his teammates
Tristen: (early 20s or so) Selected as a CHOSEN one by the 3 Oracles who rule Oracle Earth in another dimension. They prophecy she will save their planet in the future. At the age of 10, she is surgically blinded and set to drift in cryo-ship in Origin Earth’s dimension. She is found as a grown woman by slavers and sold to Mallory Switt, eventually she is claimed by The Corporate Overlord and under the guise of a terrorist Psi Ring who the Nemesis has been searching for, she is used to attract Rael’s attention. She is the one who Psi-jacked the ambassador and when she tries to do the same to Rael, she is captured and taken away. She knows she has a mission and awaits the moment she will know what to do. Until then, she does as she’s told. Her planet’s survival depends on it.
CONNECTED CIRCLE:
The Oracles: 3 long-lived balding old men whose predictions always come true. For centuries, they have guided and aided their world’s betterment.
Mallory Switt: Slaver and proprietor of two entertainment facilities on pleasure planet Tanivol. He has a sadistic twisted mind and enjoys his wealth. It is he who enslaves and discovers her abilities. He uses her to ensnare corporate information and prospers greatly doing so. Though he is frequently cruel, he also protects her from other things until Harbringer catches him and takes her away to become bait to lure Rael with.
T.L. Harbringer: (looks about Rael’s age but is centuries old) Known as The Corporate Overlord, his rule spans across galaxies. He runs the Hive Penal Planet for The Universal Government. He is cruel and arrogant, the most powerful man in existence but goes unnoticed. His smile exudes no warmth, his chiseled features and fierce cold eyes are devoid of humanity.
Alandra Haze: (2 years younger than Ira) she is Ira’s sister, a telepath now working for The Universal Government Psi Ops division. She couldn’t handle Rael’s compu-links and didn’t like his disregard of how it hurt her brother. She is very judgmental of her brother’s choice to remain as part of Rael’s team.
Marion Mahata: Head of Dark Ops for the Universal Government. Nemesis Teams sponsor and commanding officer as well as adoptive mother of Rael.
Lythia Lyconza—Marion Mahata’s successor as The Universal Government’s head of Dark Ops and an acquaintance from Rael’s youth. She is Rael’s age and has crimson colored hair and blue-green eyes, a very rare side-effect of genetic enhancement.
Ambassador Walter Dash: Gov ambassador mind-jacked on the way to an important assignment. He is found barely conscious writhing in pain and unable to talk. The team rescues him.
Officer Dinak & Officer Banks: assigned by Planetary Retrieval Bureau on pleasure planet Tanivol, to return Government Ambassador into Universal government control, attempt to capture Rael but are easily defeated and sent to the Planetary Deportation Bureau to be turned over to the Hive Penal Planet.
Rassa Mu: frenemy from his childhood who delivers message that his mother is dying.
ENVIRONMENT CIRCLE:
Tanivol crowds of fun seeking guests on walkways all day and night; a large hall of customers, musicians, bar attendants, gravity dancers above at The Palace where they retrieve Tristen.
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The Walking Dead
Assignment 1
Main Characters:
Rick Grimes, Shane Walsh, Lori Grimes, Morgan, Amy, Glenn Rhee
Connected Characters :
Carl, Theodore Douglas, Jacqui, Morales, Andrea, Merle Dixon
Environmental Characters:
Walkers
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Stacy Martin- Three Circles of Character
What I learned was how to group characters according to the roles that they will play in the story. This makes the characters more manageable in my mind and lets me bring them in and out of the narrative as needed.
Assignment 1-Scandal
Main Circle: Olivia Pope(hero), President GrantConnected Circle: , Quinn, Huck, Harrison, Abbey, Stephen, David Rosen, Cyrus Beene, Amanda Tanner, Mellie Grant, Sharon Marquette, Gideon Wallace,Billy Chambers, Stacy Keating, Patrick Keating
Environment Circle: Judge Nora,Morris Elcott, Inez Parks,police officers, extras
Assignment Two:
I have never written a script before and my script is still in the very beginning stages but I wanted to list what I have so far!
The show is set in the world of professional Show Jumping (horses)
Main Character Circle:
1. Mother of two girls, housewife, husband is missing
2. Oldest Daughter, junior in college/going to veterinary school, jumper rider
3. Youngest daughter, going to trade school, all out tom boy
4.Twenty something, gay male, jumper rider, male model and best friend
Connected Circle: her missing husband, boyfriends of best friend, 2nd best friend/riding instructor, stable manager
Environment Circle: Trainers, riders, audience, event planners, physical therapist, veterinarian, farrier, commitee members, announcers, spa employees, vendors, male escorts, owners, importers, celebrity riders, judges, -
Assignment #2:
What I learned doing this assignment is that in the World I’m creating is like the World itself. Variables, conditions, situations and Characters are in abundance. I know I have to separate the wheat from the chafe.
Main Character Circle:
Margie Osborn: Afro-Cuban NYPD Detective near retirement. She is a practicing Santera and uses her understanding of Santeria to help her solve crimes
Josephine Miranda: Cuban American, she is the Godmother of Margie.
Det Alexandra Patel: East Indian partner of Margie. Stout Christian
Baba Tio Pimentel Santero: and Palero owner of Mari del Rios Botanica Ojubona of Margie.
Consuela : Is an Egun of Margie’s that possesses her when the need arises.
Connected Circle
Cops, Detectives, complainants, Santeros, Paleros, Vodun priests,Espiritistas, Osainistas,
Babalawos, Babalochas, Iyanifas, Iyalochas, All. Ranks of NYPD including some civilian personnel. Eguns of Tio and Josephina.
Environmental Circles
Ghosts/Spirits, Demons, Primordial creatures, mediums, spirit chasers, civilian personnel,
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Charles Ferrell’s Three Circles of Characters 2
What I learned doing this assignment is just how many characters we generate, as we follow the main characters journey.
My Story
· Main Characters Circle
o Scarlett Taylor
o Dr. Lester White – Surgeon, with a few habitual issues and no license
o Vasilli Petrov – Organ Broker
o Lilly Clark – Sister has it all together do gooder
· Connected Circle
o Lewis Clark – Brother in law
o Pilot – this is what he calls turning it around, from being a drug smuggler
o Parents- religious to a fault
o Child – requires organ transplant
o Ex Husband – Dead beat dad
o Head of Security – ex football player
o Computer Nerd (donor list)
o Scarlett’s Boss – useless when needed but full of nosey questions
· Environment Circle
o Hospital staff
o Patients
o Police
o Co-Workers
o Illegal transplant staff
o Money people
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Nadine’s Three Circles of Characters
What I learned doing this assignment is how much fun it is to use this model in creating a new series
After watching the next episode of LOST, I fit the characters into these three circles:
Main Characters Circle
Jack, Kate, Hurley, Charlie, Sawyer, Syed
B. Connected Circle:
John Locke, Japanese ♀︎♂︎, Walt and his dad, wealthy siblings
C. Environment Circle:
Crash victims, Plane Captain, Vincent the dog, Monster
Give us a quick list for each circle.
ASSIGNMENT 2:
1. I created three circles of characters for my show, (KUNO and JAI).
A. Main Characters Circle:
Kuno, Jai, Stacy, Harold
B. Connected Circle:
Bad cops, Harold’s exec. asst., Kuno’s Mom and Deceased dad, Jai’s mom, Stacy’s funding source.
C. Environment Circle:
The police force, Oakland organization, a prisoner who attacks Kuno, other prisoners, extras on street.
2. Give us a one-sentence description of each of the Main Characters.
Kuno- His name means Wise counselor and he’s always been a gifted… child. But as a teen, when his dad commits suicide and he’s falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned, he almost loses hope.
Jai- Her name means fighter. But when she’s given a break after she actually committed the crime Kuno was charged with, she can’t deal with the guilt and seeks him out.
Stacy is a woman who appears in the lives of both Kuno and Jai. Both later seek her out to help them find the truth. She has a past she won’t speak of.
Harold has achieved more than most people can even dream of. But somehow he’s become connected with helping Kuno and Jai in their big mystery.
4. Posted in the forums at https://www.screenwritingclasses.com/courses
End of Nadine’s 3 circles of Characters
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Diana’s Three Circles of Characters
What I learned: Let perfectionism go. Just leave it at the door and know it’s there for the taking when finalizing a script. It’s OK to fumble and send in imperfect assignments, and to keep going even if I don’t have all the answers yet or fully know how all the characters will interact. I didn’t realize there were so many circles the characters in shows ran in. It was fun to watch the show and designate who goes where. After reading the examples and doing the first assignment, the world of my show is starting to take shape.
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Watch the next episode of your Example Show to see how the characters fit into these three circles:
A. Main Characters Circle: Elliott, Mr. Robot, Elliot’s friend at work, VP of Evil Corp
B. Connected Circle: Elliot’s boss, Elliot’s therapist, Douchebag boyfriend, Elliot’s drug dealer
C. Environment Circle: Coworkers, Other hackers, Cheating boyfriend, people Elliot blackmails, Men in black, Drug Dealer’s supplier
Give us a quick list for each circle.
Deadline: 24 hours
ASSIGNMENT 2:
1. Create the three circles of characters for your show.
• A. Main Characters Circle: Antihero, Husband of Antihero, Antihero’s two kids,
• B. Connected Circle: Antihero’s mom, husband’s parents, husband’s siblings, Mafia cousins (police, FBI, priest, captains)
• C. Environment Circle: Attorneys, judge, FBI agents, school principal, DCF, inmates
2. Give us a one sentence description of each of the Main Characters.
Antihero: Psychopathic cunt who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Husband of antihero: Unsuspecting/gullible victim of antihero framed for mail fraud.
Kid 1: Autistic kid conceived at bachelorette party in New Jersey; born nine months to the day after the party. Quiet. Only eats Mac and Cheese and pizza. Poisoned against father by antihero.
Kid 2: Kid conceived by seducing husband in pool to delay her prison sentencing by 9 months. Throws tantrums on the regular. Lazy. Poisoned against father by antihero.
Antihero’s mom: Barnacle; speaks Spanish with antihero in front of husband to plot behind his back and say horrible things about him.
Husband of antihero’s parents: Suspicious of antihero but cannot convince their son not to marry her.
Siblings of husband: Sister jealous and always trying to get him in trouble. Brother alcoholic. Always asking for money.
Mafia cousin: Cop:
Mafia cousin: Bookie: Doesn’t want to give antihero a shot, because she’s an idiot.
Mafia cousin: FBI agent: Votes against giving antihero a shot.
Mafia cousin: Priest: Convinces brothers to give antihero a shot at the family business.
Antihero’s attorney: Incompetent.
Husband’s attorney: Gets him off on false charges and sends antihero to jail.
Judge: Exacting. Unsympathetic.
Inmates: Conspire with antihero to ruin husband’s life.
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ASSIGNMENT 1:
Watch the next episode of your Example Show to see how the characters fit into these three circles:
A. Main Characters Circle: Walt, Jessie
B. Connected Circle: Walt’s son, Skylar, Hank, Marie,
C. Environment Circle: Steve Gomez, gus, gus’s henchman, tuco,
Give us a quick list for each circle.
Deadline: 24 hours
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3. I learned about more of my characters.
1. Create the three circles of characters for your show.
A. Main Characters Circle: Peebag, Dirty Wig, Old timer
B. Connected Circle: Hull, The Janitor, Travis, Young smoke
C. Environment Circle: Rodger, Chase, Marie Beth, Rafacon, Treystar
2. Give us a one sentence description of each of the Main Characters.
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Lesson 2 Assignment 1
“What I learned doing this assignment is…”
I would have to say that I began to look at the outer circles of characters in a different way and questioned whether they would either play a bigger role in the upcoming episodes, or quietly lose their air time? But, it also really made me question the layers of characters that I would be introducing in my pilot and who would make the cut for thee initial introduction…hmmm? But also for my own creating, whoa! There is so much tip toeing around these circles when trying to critique who fits where JUST FOR THE PILOT…
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE
Serena Van Der Woodsen
Blair Waldorf
Dan Humphrey
Nate Archibald
CONNECTED CIRCLE
Jenny Humphrey
Chuck Bass
Lily Van Der Woodsen
Rufus Humphrey
Eric Van Der Woodsen
ENVIRONMENT CIRCLE
Bart Bass
Isabel Coates
Eleanor Waldorf
Katie Farkas
Male Concierge
Limo Drivers
All the friends and co-workers of the parents
All the fellow martini sippers, store shoppers, cafe diners as well
Lesson 2 Assignment 2
MAIN CHARACTER CIRCLE
Rikki: Mix of Irish, German, Spanish, Indian, Mexican. She is a beautiful 21 yr.old mom of 3 year old daughter. Still has no clue who she is, searching for the greatness she always felt inside, and questions the tough girl she’s grown up to be. Born in West LA, childhood years in Woodstock NY, then at 9 and into adolescent years in Pomona, CA. Has a heart of gold, an innocence about her but is a product of her environment and the dysfunction she grew up in.
Gabbi: (Rikki’s big sister) 23 yr old mom of 3, very independent, drug dealing and lowrider driving hustle type chick. Beautiful yet very ghetto behaving, harsh in her words, letting everyone know she does not give two f%#@s if they like it or not, very opinionated to the point of aggression. Same ethnicity as Rikki but hangs out with crip gangs so is mistaken for a mixed girl, has a tough girl attitude, fights a lot. Just like Rikki, this girl has a heart gold, takes care of everyone around her, but has been so hardened by her upbringing…
Arthur: (Rikki and Gabbi’s little brother)19, handsome olive skin toned young man, always told he was nothing, grew to be a lost child within himself. He rebels and turns to gang life in the streets of Pomona, CA. searching for acceptance because his only love comes from his sisters, they’re what he calls family. Becomes a product of their dysfunctional homelife and has been in jail since he was 13; just came home, only to go back a month later facing the death penalty on 4 new charges.
Those are the 3 Main Characters.
CONNECTED CIRCLE:
Tessa- Their Mom
Wayne- Their Dad
Gramma Lou- Tessa’s Mom
Gramma Dorothy- Wayne’s Mom
Jane- Wayne’s Girlfriend
Terry- Tessa’s New Husband
Mundo- Rikki’s Baby Daddy
Azj- Rikki’s Daughter
Dai- Gabbi’s Daughter
Woo- Gabbi’s Son
Boonks- Gabbi’s Son
ENVIRONMENT CIRCLES
Grampa Andy- Waynes biological Dad
Grampa Leo- Waynes Adopted Dad
Aunt Toni- Wayne’s Sister
Aunt Sandi- Tessa’s Sister
Dorado Family- Neighbor’s in Pomona
Pomona Detectives
Live News Anchors and Reporters
D.J.’s
Pomona Judge, courtroom staff and Jury
Girls in the clubs
This will take form, just bear with me
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I agree with your sentiment about trying to decide who’s making the cut, haha! Since your main characters are related to one another, you have so many ways you can take this. I can see that their family loyalty would create a strong bond, and yet tempers could erupt and deteriorate that bond. This is going to get interesting, I can tell. 🙂
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Why thank you!!
It’s always nice to hear from ya 🙂
I swear, it takes me days to do my assignments…between work, kids, fiancé, LIFE, home…just finished Lesson 3’s assignments and rushing to get kids from school, make them a quick meal and off to work I will go…what about you?
I plan to catch up on your project later…Have a blessed evening <3
it’s 12:55 pm here Friday afternoon.
Toodles,
Ahnee
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YES! I just started a new job, so my brain is FRIED by the time I get to the lesson material. Just two teen boys and me at home, but somehow I have fifteen times the housework. How does that happen???
And yes, weekends are for dates with the boyfriend. But a big part of me craves (needs) these creative moments.
Keep up the awesome job! 🙂 TTYL
-Kim
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Anne James
3 Circles of CharactersWhat I Learned doing this assignment:
I began to understand more clearly the difference between the Main Characters and the Connected ones. I think I’ve tended to lump a lot of them into Main characters.ASSIGNMENT 1:
The Young PopeA. Main Characters Circle: Lenny; Sister Mary; Cardinal Voiello
B. Connected Circle: Cardinal Gutierrez; Cardinal Dussolier; Cardinal Michael Spencer (he might become a Main–can’t tell yet); Sophia Dubois; Don Tomanaso; and Esther (maybe? They’ve just introduced her and she was given a lot of screen time)
C. Environment Circle: Domen; Other cardinals; priests; nuns; Vatican staff.
ASSIGNMENT 2:
My Show
A. Main Characters Circle:
Nerilla (30’s-40’s) – The hero. The reluctant new head priestess who has doubts about her own mystic capabilities and strength to remain true to the Vesta covenant.
Aeliana (30’s) Vestal priestess, 2nd in line, the epitome of the “chaste, demure” brand. Passed over for head priestess.
Laurus – (30’s) Vestal priestess, now 3rd in line. Quiet, smart and shrewd.
Rufus (50’s) – Pontifex Maximus Chief priest who presides over the House of Vesta.
B. Connected Circle:
Livia (30’s-40’s) – Vestal priestess who is killed for reportedly violating her vow of chastity. Beloved. Only see in flashbacks.
Clodia (30’s) – Vestal priestess. Impulsive, awkward, bored.
Naevia (Early 20’s) – Vestal priestess. Recently promoted out of her training. Inexperienced and naive.
Janus (30’s-40’s) – Nerilla’s body guard and protector
Galla (40’s) – Nerilla’s personal servant
Barnabas (50’s-60’s) – Philosopher, writer and orator who helps manage the Vestal’s narrative.
C. Environment Circle:
Vestal servants; body guards; emperors; politicians; senators; citizens;
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3 circles of characters for BEYOND TEMPLE WALLS
A. Main Characters Circle:
Dekhune Serey: Grew up as a monk and now questions the entire of his belief system as his mentor was murdered in front of him. Is on a mission to uncover the truth about that night.
Dekhune Thom: Head monk of the temple. Murdered suspiciously in the middle of the night.
Sovannah (aka Vannah): suspicious of the activities happening at the temple. This is her community and she will defend it to the end.
Captain Tran: Local police somehow involved in the underground activities at the temple. We’re unsure which side of the law she’s on.
B. Connected Circle: 3 other resident monks, Pete Collins, Crime Boss, Sasda Thach
C. Environment Circle: Nuns, worshippers/community members (all ages), meditation retreat attendees, criminals, other crime bosses, federal investigator, city people
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Subject line: Michelle Farias Three Circles of Characters
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Watch the next episode of your Example Show to see how the characters fit into these three circles:
A. Main Characters Circle: Elizabeth Jenning and Philip Jennings, Stan Beeman and the General
B. Connected Circle: (Daughter) Paige Jennings, (Son) Henry Jennings, Beeman’s wife
C. Environment Circle:FBI agents, Police, Political figures, neighbors
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Subject line: (Michelle Farias) Three Circles of Characters ASSIGNMENT 2:
1. Create the three circles of characters for your show.
A. Main Characters Circle: Dr. Amy Kupp, her husband Dr. Jake Kupp, Serial Killer Annie Black, Head of FBI, Police Chief
B. Connected Circle: Wife of Head of FBI, Wife of Police Chief
C. Environment Circle: Police, Serial killers, FBI agents, Neighbors, friends
2. Give us a one sentence description of each of the Main Characters.
Dr. Amy Kupp is a forensic psychiatrist who is very analytic and wants to prove that serial killers are born with a propensity to kill.
Annie Black is a serial killer who has suffered extreme abuse in her life.
3. Answer the question, What I learned doing this assignment is that as a writer it is important to be aware of the three circles of characters and that all the characters in the main circle have depth and are engaging.
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What I learned doing this assignment:
I learned about the importance of layering characters, from the main characters to the environmental support characters. Effective layering adds to the richness and authenticity of the script and makes for a more engaging experience for the audience.
ASSIGNMENT ONE –
“The Americans” – Episode #2:
Main Characters –
Elizabeth Jennings – KGB agent planted in America to blend in while carrying out espionage for Russia. Married to fellow agent Philip. She is unwavering in her loyalty to Russia. Although she exhibits some concern for her children who are completely unaware of their parents double life.
Philip Jennings – KGB agent planted in America to blend in while carrying out espionage for Russia. Married to Elizabeth. His dedication to the cause is weakening. He raises the idea of defection to Elizabeth, who will not hear of it.
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Stan Beeman – FBI agent who moves in across the street from the Jennings. While this is apparently a coincidence, Stan has an FBI-man’s suspicion of the Jennings. Like Elizabeth, he is very committed to his work.
Connected Characters –
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Paige Jennings – Elizabeth and Philip’s 13-year-old daughter.
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Henry Jennings – Elizabeth and Philip’s 10-year-old son.
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Chris Amador – FBI agent and Stan’s partner.
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Frank Gaad – Stan and Chris’ FBI boss.
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Violet Johnson – Weinberger maid, coerced into planting a bug in Weinberger home.
Nina Sergeevna Krilova – Russian embassy employee coerced into becoming FBI informent.
Environmental Characters –
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Annalise Gerard – Philip’s informant.
Stereo Store Guy
Mrs. Weinberger
Viola’s Brother
Babysitter
Party-goers at Weinberger’s house
FBI agents on stakeout
Fruit Stand patrons
KGB office workers/Officials
ASSIGNMENT TWO –
“Paris, Illinois”
Main Characters –
Benny Jameson (aka. Benito Jimenez) – Mobster with a talent for painting, wants to get out of the business, but knows the only way he can do that is to get rid of the man who has been like a father to him.
<b style=”font-style: italic;”>Mickey “The Mackerel” O’Connor – Runs a very lucrative Chicago gang who has let success and wealth goes to his head and his delusions of grandeur have made his dangerously reckless.
Rosa Jimenez – Beautiful, strong-willed prostitute, and long-lost sister of Benny, who has developed a hard, cold disposition that belies the sensitive young woman who longs for the warmth of the family she remembers.
Connected Characters –
Bootsie Green
Mitzy Toussaint
Slicker Walsh
Clover Fox
Alvero Perez
David Jimenez
Enrique Jimenez
Ignacio “Hoppy” Velazquez
Grim O’Shaunessy
The Swede
Sadie McDaniels
Henry Katz
Red Grange
Environmental Characters –
Mob toughs
Prostitutes
Boxers
Gamblers
Musicians
Hotel guests
College students
Indigenous people of Central Illinois
Rail workers
Art museum patrons
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What I learned was to identify the characters in each circle. I noticed that the three main characters want something. Ana wants to be famous, Todd wants to be recognized as a good lawyer and Vivian needs a good story because she wants to regain a good reputation as a journalist before the birth of her little girl. It’s obvious that they are related to the theme of the series: “Everyone wants something”.
(Sorry I didn’t chose a TV show from the list, I was dying to study “Inventing Ana”.)
TV show:
INVENTING ANA
A. Main Characters Circle:
Ana Sorokin-Delvey: 26 year old scam artist, wannabe socialite criminal who stole from the biggest banks and hotels in NY. She has been arrested, waiting for her trial. She wants to be famous.
Vivian Kent: a pregnant journalist, feature writer at Manhattan Magazine in search of a good story to boost her career after a previous flop and wants it done before the birth of her baby.
Todd: a small lawyer stuck with little cases, married to a wealthy beautiful woman. He suffers from coming from a poor background so if he could win this case, he would become more self-confident in the eyes of his wife’s successful friends.
B. Connected Circle:
Around Ana’s past:
Chase: her boyfriend. He’s looking for funds for an app he is creating that tap into the subconscient. (hot futurist « it » boy with the next big click thingy) but he is actually using the money he raises to fund his private life with Ana. He is also a scam artist.
Neff, Ana’s only true friend, receptionist at the 12 George Hotel, the only one who visits her in prison.
Val: a fashion designer who loves Ana deeply. He had no love from his own mum and is attached to Nora (mother-son relationship)
Nora: a wealthy woman who hosts Val, Ana and Chase.
Around Vivian:
Her husband: who complains she is so involved with Ana that she neglects her own private life.
Landon: her big boss who gives her 2 weeks to get her story
Paul: her direct boss who wants her to write meaningless articles and refuses to let her work on Ana’s story.
Barry, Lou and Maud: her three supporting colleagues who do research for her.
Around the lawyer Todd:
Margaret: his beautiful wife
Catherine McCaw: ADA, prosecutor.
C. Environment Circle:
Ana’s circle:
Talia Mallay: runs a global empire, she invites Ana on a yacht in Ibiza.
Yacht owner and his wife.
Couple of friends of the yacht
A man from the company Fortress
The owner of a art gallery
The clients at the opening of an exhibition at the art gallery.
Rachel, the woman dressed by Ana who refuses to visit her in prison.
A gym coach (I didn’t pick up her name and who she is) who understands that Ana is not who she said she was.
A young woman with a bun.
Vivian’s circle:
The ultrasound technician.
The lawyer’s circle:
His assistant
Aggie, his daughter
Brian, his son.
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MODULE 1 LESSON 2 ASSIGNMENT
Big Little Lies
CHARACTERS
Madeline MacKenzie
Ed
Daughters – Abagail and Chloe
Celeste Wright
Perry
Sons – Josh and Max
Jane Chapman
Ziggy
Renata Klein
Gordon
Daughter – Amabella
Nathan Carlson
Bonnie
Daughter – Skye
Detective Adrienne Quinlan
Harper Stimson
Principal Warren Nippal
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Watch the next episode of your Example Show to see how the characters fit into these three circles:
BIG LITTLE LIES
A. Main Characters Circle:
Madeline
Celeste
Jane
Renata
B. Connected Circle:
Husbands and kids
Nathan and Bonnie
Harper Stimson (Renata’s team)
Principal Warren Nippal
Detective Adrienne Quinlan
C. Environment Circle:
School teacher
Tom at the café
Joseph community theatre guy who was the mystery person in first episode.
People who work with the police
People who work at the school
People who work in the shops
Give us a quick list for each circle.
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ASSIGNMENT 2:
A. Main Characters
Kalina – late 40’s, she’s a mother of two kids under 10 and an imperfect hero. She tends to be “successful” but not necessarily true to herself, others and her path. She goes back to the field for the money.
Kalina 20 years ago – a more innocent adventurer, attractive and gets the job done. Is successful but suffers the unethical job along the way. She’s a bit of a perfectionist and has to lead a team in projects in different countries. A people pleaser and finds it difficult to set proper limits.
Mackenzie her sister – beautiful, sensual, confident. She works for the same agency and sees the job for what it is. She doesn’t get bogged down by the details and knows how to enjoy the perks of her work. She is very successful and charismatic and sometimes gets carried away .
Astrid (her boss 20 years ago) – comes across at first as understanding but ends up being quite hard and undermining. She started out young in the company and got beaten down. She learned the hard way and became what she used to criticize.
B.
PRESENT – Thiago Kalina’s husband or ex, Molly (head of projects), Nadia (friend on the field)
Lana (24 year old rival in the business)
PAST – Hugo (partner in crime), Damen (Astrid’s boss), Candice (Rival on the field)
Alberto (partner in crime)
Carlota – (Mackenzie’s boss and friend)
C.
Politicians, businessmen and women, Tyler and Celeste (Kalina’s kids – boy and a girl)
Kalina’s parents, boyfriends,
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Circle of Characters
What I learned: Where my characters fit in Season One of Once in a Blood Moon.
Connected: Kate, Serena Joy, Nick, Moira, Ofglen, daughter
Environment Circle: Waterford household, escapees, government officials, fellow handmaids
Main Characters for Season One: Once in a Blood Moon: Alexandra Degambia, Protagonist, a brilliant, spirited 16 year old who despises having her destiny controlled.
A. Lulu, Alexandra’s best friend from birth and now her serving maid.
B. Josephine, Alexandra’s mother, determined to follow protocol and ascend the social ladder.
C. Amatai: Alexandra’s father, wealthy, free, determined to preserve his Gamibian heritage.
D. Callie: Alexandra’s cousin, spoiled, but with a good heart, confused by what’s happening in her increasingly racist world.
E. Mr. Ball, Callie’s step-father, a racist hell-bent on dethroning Alexandra’s family.
F. Mamou, Alexandra’s grandmother on her father’s side, her soul mate who also possesses second site.
Connected Circle: Jimi, Tante Isabelle, Uncle Paul, Jillian, Grand Mere, The Sheriff, Mr. Masters, Overseer, Oeyi, Cabai, Sampson, Miranda, Mr. Hodges.
Environmental Circle: Law enforcers, Maroon Villagers, Villagers, Big House residents, Mrs. Masters and Sally Ann
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Assignment 2:
What I learned was that when you try to write a summary of your character in one line, you have to give them a problem and something they want it tells the story.
A – MAIN CHARACTERS CIRCLE
Merrill – 10 year old girl, a beginner angel at the angel school. In her past life, she was adopted by a violent family. She died in a car crash with her little sister. In the Angel world, she learns that violence is not her only weapon. She is too impatient to wait to become an accomplished angel. She has one more thing on the planet earth she has always wanted to do: to find her real mother.
Charlie – 7 year old girl, Merrill’s sister. She wants her sister to be an angel role model and stay with her forever.
Skyler – 10 year old boy, loving, who has drowned and woke up in the angel world but he wants to be alive again.
Aubrey – 10 year old girl, with an incredible memory and a thirst for knowledge who died of cancer. She wants to become an archangel but she has to help her friends in their attempts of escaping the angel world although she disagrees.
B. CONNECTED CIRCLES
The school of angels
Finley : archangel, the head of the angel world, teaches healing.
Blake: archangel, teaches flying lessons. He dislikes Merryl.
Aley: archangel, teaches « history of angels ». supportive to Merryl from day 1
Tatum: the bad angel who changes shape and appearance and whose job is to create a way to let the devil enter the angel world.
Camero: archangel, teaches “Defense against Demons”
Parker: archangel, teaches “music”
Ezra: archangel, teaches celestial arts and find your own angel style.
Austin: archangel, teaches magic and quantum physic
Around Merryl’s and Charlie’s past:
their family:
James: their violent brother who got involved with gangs and who was driving Merrill and Charlie back home after a burglary (he used them for their small size, they could enter the house through the dog’s door) when he had the accident and caused their death. He is a bad guy. He is the only son of their parents and never accepted the adoptive sisters.
Peter: Merrill and Charlie’s adoptive father, real father to James. He is an alcoholic and likes to play with guns. The girls had to hide every time he drank.
Mary: Merrill and Charlie’s adoptive mother, real mother to James. A passive, emotionally handicaped woman who doesn’t protect any of her children. She lets her husband decide everything. She suspects her son was drunk when he killed the girls.
Pauline: Merrill and Charlies’s real mum.
Kai: Charlie’s angel friend.
Jaylin: an angel student in Merril’s class.
Around Skyler’s past:
Her family:
Logan: Skyler’s closest brother, who feels responsible for her death. When they were paddling for fun, he jumped off their little dinghy to save a surfer in trouble but the dinghy tipped over and Skyler got stuck under it. He is missing her and struggles to live with the guilt.
Helen, Skyler’s mum, a religious, messy, uneducated, superactive loving woman who cannot talk about Skyler. It is the subject to avoid. It’s too painful.
Her husband, Sandy: Skyler’s dad, an artist who disappears in his art studio for days and paints secretly portraits of his dead little boy.
Around Aubrey’s past
Her family:
Margaret: Aubrey’s mother working on a farm that belongs to Aubrey’s step father Louis. She doesn’t like intensive farming and the way her new husband runs her family farm. She believes her daughter’s cancer was caused by the pesticides and fertiliser they use on the farm.
Louis: Aubrey’s step father, a man passionate about making money who wants to sell and make profit, who doesn’t care about animal’s welfare and richness of the soil…
C. Environment Circle:
Merrill and Charlie’s:
8 Other students in Merril’s house
8 Other students in another house who compete with Merril’s group.
Members of a gang (their brother’s friends)
A woman from the adoption bureau
skyler’s circle:
His 8 brothers and sisters
His parent’s friends at church.
Aubrey’s circle:
Her doctor who treats her for pesticides
The oncologist
The nurse.
Friends from school
Aubrey’s grand-parents, cousins, aunt and uncle.
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Assignment 1:
Subject Lost Assignment Character Circles
Main Characters: Jack, Kate, Charlie, Sayed
Connected Characters: The US Marshall, The man who plays backgammon, The gunman
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Environment Characters: The flight crew, Polar Bear, Sound in the jungle, Voice over the radio.
I have a question.
Is this forum a place for questions?
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Assignment 2
Subject: Joaquin Gray’s Three circles of characters
What I learned doing this assignment is that the story’s journey is the most important thing. The characters will come and go however being true to the journey will take you the furthest.
Mian Characters: Amanda Read – sophisticated, scholastic.
Louis Johnson – Comedic, witty
Paul Landmark – Romantic, slob
Pam Genworth (twin) – Down to earth, realist.
Connected Characters: Jennifer Waltlick – social media savvy, silly
Khalil Muhammad – Quiet, Shrewd
Mary Genworth (twin) – Stuck up, Airhead
Environmental characters: Christopher Hernandaz – quietly moves throughout unnoticed. carries a small notebook
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Assignment 2–Three Circles of characters for Blank Slate:
Main Circle:
· Joshua Blank, a theoretical physics professor who finds himself randomly skipping between universes each day. He remembers his loving his family and his role in a particle collider experiment, but doesn’t know what happened to make him change universes.
· Salva Seguir, a particle scientist who was involved in the experiment, though Joshua doesn’t know that.
· US Agent Sam Quant, who follows Joshua around. He may be a good guy or a bad guy.
· Jiandie Bangshou, a Chinese government agent, or maybe a gangster, who follows Joshua. Or maybe he follows Quant. May be a good guy or a bad guy.
· The Doctor. The guy who dies in the explosion at the beginning of the pilot and at end of each episode. He runs the experiment.
Connected Circle:
· Henna Blank (Joshua’s wife)
· Zack Raddick (Henna’s 16-year-old son from her first marriage)
· Leila Blank (Joshua and Henna’s 9-year-old daughter)
· Bert Limestone (a prof who shares an office with Joshua)
· Booya Raddick (Henna’s first husband and Zack’s dad)
Environment Circle:
· Professors and academic staff
· Lab assistants
· Store clerks, wait staff, university employees and students, security guards who Joshua interacts with each day (that same people, but who are, like his family, just slightly different in each episode)
What I learned: The lesson reinforces and codifies what I’ve learned from writing 22 screenplays and eight novels. I think what I’m really learning here is how to figure out stuff like this before I start writing. Not my usual way of working, so it’s good to get out of my comfort zone.
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Mark Lederkramer
Three Circles of Characters Module 1 lesson 2 Assignment 1
What I learned from this assignment is how even peripheral characters are very important to the story. It’s important to separate the characters into the 3 circle mode
Mr. Robot
A) Main Characters Circle
1) Elliot
2) Mr. Robot
3) Tyrell Wellick
4) Angela
5) Darlene
B) Connected Circle
1) Gideon
2) Oliver
3) Shayla
4) Fernando Vera
5) Terry Colby
6) Krista
7) Trenton (F-Society hacker)
8) 2 other F-Society hackers
C) Environment Circle
1) Office workers at Allsafe
2) Office workers at Ecorp
3) The Men in Black
4) The rest of the world
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Mark Lederkramer
Three Circles of Characters Lesson 2 Assignment #2
What I learned from this assignment is that each of my characters need to be real and fleshed out and help move the story forward. They have to be fleshed out and shown to have their own issues and conflicts. I actually added two characters because of this assignment.
The plot line is Smart and honest young man gets involved with young Marijuana Smuggling and Dealing crew in Brooklyn, New York, then he finds out that he is also involved with the most dangerous Mafia murder crew in the world”
A) Main Characters Circle
1) Michael “Micky/Pockets” Levine
Micky is the regular guy that joins a marijuana smuggling and dealing crew in Brooklyn, New York, then he finds out that he is involved with the most dangerous Mafia murder crew in the world. He will be the voice over helping to tell the story
2) Mathew “Matty/Mateo” Klienman
Matty is the most important member of the Big 3 Crew. He is an idiot savant when it comes to smuggling and dealing. He is the one that actually travels to make the buys in Columbia, Lebanon. And Mexico
3) Stewart”Stuey” Issacson
Stuey is the tough leader of the Big 3 smuggling and dealing crew. He is the final decision maker for the crew.
4) Anthony”Tony” Fortunado
He is the third partner of the Big 3 crew. He is the crews only Italian. He is handsome and very smooth.
5) Howard “Howie” Schwartz
He is Micky’s dealing partner in what they refer to as ”Wheels & Deals”. Howie does the dealing while Micky is the protection and connection to the Big 3 crew.
B) Connected Character Circle
6) Jack “Jacky” Torrio
He is the Boss of the Torrio crew. He is a lifetime hood and a cold hearted killer who recruits young guys to create the most dangerous Mafia murder crew in the world
7) William “ Billy ” Katz
He is Jacky’s right hand man. He is a self-hating Jew who acts like he was born Italian. He would just as soon kill you as to say hello.
8) Salvatore “ Sonny” Gentile
He is a stone cold killer. He is particularly dangerous because he is not only model quality handsome, but incredibly charming. Every guy wants to be his friend and every woman wants to fuck him.
9) John “Johnny” Napoli
Johnny is one of the most dangerous killers in the world. When you look in his eyes, you can see the Devil. He and Sonny are the “Gemini Twins”
10) Danny Lapinchek
He is the true enforcer for the crew. He is the only real killer working for the Big 3 crew.
11) Angela “ Angie” Fortunado
Tony and Angie have been together since the 7<sup>th</sup> grade and married for 5 years. She understands what it’s like to be a mob wife because her father was with mob.
12) Kim Lieberman
She is Stuey’s Chinese girlfriend. She grew up with a Chinese mother and a Jewish father.
13) Harold “ Hank” Walker
He runs the gas station that the crew uses as their headquarters. He used to own the station but the Big 3 own it now.
14) Detective Vincent “Vinny” DeLuca
He is a lead detective on the Police task force investigating the Torrio crew and the Big 3 crew.
15) Detective James ”Jimmy” Duggan
Detective DeLuca’s partner and long time friend. They both grew up in Canarsie so they have had personal contact with a lot of the crews involved
C) Environmental Character Circle
16) The rest of the Big 3 crew
17) The rest of the Torrio crew
18) Police
19) DEA
20) The rest of relatives of the crew members
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Mark Lederkramer
Module 1 Lesson 3 Assignment 1
My Binge Worthy TV show is Mr. Robot.
What I learned:
I felt that I knew this show as I used to watch it. I saw so many different layers of the story. The characters are so distinct and yet I know that there is so much more I want to know about them. I also saw how leaving what seems like a cliff hanger every episode is so important
Outline
1) Introduced to main character Elliot. We find out that he is an introverted vigilante hacker as he rats out a child pornographer
2) We see Elliot on subway going to work where he sees Mr. Robot for the first time. He is very paranoid and feels that he is being followed all the time. Elliot works for a computer security firm called All Safe. We meet an important character, Angela, who is his one real friend since childhood and Gideon his boss.
3) Elliot meets with his court ordered psychologist, Krista. We find out that Elliot is totally anti-establishment. He refers to the biggest conglomerate, E Corp as Evil Corp. He also really cares a lot about Krista
4) E Corp introduced into story. In the conference room we meet CEO, Terry Colby and a mysterious executive, Tyrel Wellick, who seems very interested in Elliot.
5) See Elliot in his apartment sitting in the corner crying hysterically. He then crushes up and snorts morphine. His dealer, Shayla, comes in and they take moly and end up fucking.
6) Elliot follows Krista and her date Michael. He sees men in black watching him and then he sees Mr. Robot the guy from the subway for a second time. Elliot follows Michael and asks to use his phone to call his mom. This allows Elliot to clone Michaels phone
7) Elliot gets call from Angela. She is panicking because there has been a massive hack of E Corps computer system. She knows that Elliot is the only person that can fix this situation.
8) Elliot and Gideon fly on a private jet to Texas, where there is a server farm. Eliot fixes the problem but he has been left a secret message from the hacker called F Society. The request is for Elliot to leave the backdoor that has been established active. Elliot decides to leave the backdoor available but makes sure it can only be accessed by him.
9) Mr. Robot takes Elliot to an abandoned arcade in Coney Island. This is the headquarters of F-Society. There are a few new characters (young hackers) but there is no info about them. Mr. Robot tells Elliot that he needs to help F-Society frame the hack of E Corp on its CEO Terry Colby
10) Elliot takes subway from Coney Island wondering the whole time if Mr. Robot and F-Society are real or a figment of his imagination
11) Elliot goes back to F-Society HQ and we are introduced to female hacker, Darlene. Mr. Robot takes Elliot on the Wonder Wheel Ferris wheel and while stopped at the top he pitches Elliot the big plan to hack E Corp with Elliot’s help. He says Elliot is the key to their success that he has to put the incriminating evidence into the hands of E Corp. The goal is still to bring down Evil Corp, starting with CEO Terry Colby by wiping out all the debt in the world especially all Student debt. Later that night Elliot checks on line and discovers that Angela owes almost $200,000 in student loans.
12) Big meeting with at All Safe with Terry Colby and E Corp to discuss progress and facts about the hack. It is Elliot’s intention to turn in all his info about the hack which would hurt Mr. Robot and F-Society. Angela starts to give the details and Terry Colby is very dismissive of her. Elliot jumps in to help her which leads to Colby asking for Angela to be sent out of the meeting. When this happens Elliot gets pissed off and swaps the envelope with the real facts to the envelope that will incriminate Terry Colby.
13) Elliot confronts Michael on the street and tells him that he knows all of his dirty secrets and that if he doesn’t want his wife to hear about them he must break up with Krista. He must also tell her the truth about the fact that he is a married, lying, and cheating skumbag. Lastly he tells Michael he needs something in payment so he takes Michaels dog, Flipper.
14) While making up with Angela at All Safe, they notice everybody in the office staring at the TV. Elliot and Angela turn to see Terry Colby, CEO of ECorp being arrested and taken into custody.
15) Elliot is all smiles as he walks around Times Square seeing all the feeds sending info and video of the Colby Arrest. Out of nowhere, two men in black force him into a black SUV.
16) The men take Elliot out of the SUV and lead him into a high rise building in Manhattan. We see him walking into a boardroom. He realizes that it is ECorp’s boardroom when he sees Tyrel Wellick, the mysterious executive that he had met earlier at All Safe
Big Picture Hooks
Will Eliot with the help of Mr. Robot and F-Society take down Ecorp or will they end up in prison
Amazing and Intriguing Characters
1) Elliot is obviously the main character. Right from the beginning you can tell that he is very unique and troubled person. Really can’t tell what he will do from moment to moment.
2) Mr. Robot is the leader of F-Society. We don’t really know anything about his origin and if he is really trying to help Elliot or to mess him up.
3) Angela is a by the book worker and Elliot’s oldest and best friend. During the Pilot she is very one level but you can tell that there is a lot more there
4) Tyrel Welliver is an executive with Ecorp. The first time he comes into the story you can tell that he will be a very important character which is solidified when his are the last words of the Pilot “ Bon Suir, Elliot”
Empathy/Distress
1) I have empathy right from the beginning of the Pilot for Elliot as he obviously has mental issues and really has trouble getting by in the world that he lives in. You can’t tell if what he is seeing and saying is real or imagined
2) You can tell that Angela wants more control at AllSafe and to be successful in her career. There is a lot going on with her that I want to know about. The empathy and distress in the pilot comes from her getting kicked off the Ecorp account and the frustration from trying to deal with Elliot’s issues
3) From the first time Mr.Robot is introduced I want to know more about him. What is his real history. Is he really doing good or bad for mankind Is he just using Elliot or does he really have good intention
4) I don’t really know much about Tyrel Welliver other then he seems to be the man in charge now that Colby is out of the picture. He is a very charismatic and knows that Elliot is special
Layers and Open Loops
1) What is going to happen to Elliot in the Ecorp Board room.What is going to happen to Elliot in general and how much of what he is doing and saying is real
2) Will Elliot continue helping Ecorp or will he take them down
3) When is Angela going to step up to herb potential
Inviting Obsession
1) Will Elliot continue to work for F-Society or go against them
2) What is Tyrel Welliver up to
3) Will Angela get with Eliot, even with his emotional issues
4) What are Mr Robot real plans. What’s his history
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