Lesson 3

The 30 Day Screenplay 4

Lesson 3

Posted by Ricardo Williams on March 18, 2021 at 1:58 pm

I learned how to improve on my understanding of my characters at a deeper level.

What draws us to
this character?

Jolyn Robichaux has presence. She steps into a room and
from her fashion, extravagant colors, glamorous hats, and a warm intense
smile just pulls you into her aura. She exudes elegance and grace.

Traits:

Determination,
stubbornness. She looks at every obstacle as an opportunity to do
something great, turning lemons into lemonade.

Subtext:

She has
a blunt sarcasm that leaves you questioning your own intelligence as you
search yourself for understanding.

Flaw:

Her
inexperience in business.
Values: Knowledge,
risks, investing in people and community.
Irony: She submits
herself to things she won’t normally do to create opportunities for
success.

What makes this
the right character for this role? She comes from a family of business
owners, who pointed out her potential for business at an early age.

JEFF KECK replied 4 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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JEFF KECK

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March 19, 2021 at 4:58 pm

Jeff’s Character Profile Part 2


”What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.

It is fun fleshing out your characters and seeing what contradictory attributes you can make them have!

Colonel Kilher:

What draws us to this character? We are impressed by his gumption, effectively using force not for violence but for positive change. 

Traits: Inspiring, visionary, strong, decisive

Subtext: He doesn’t like mambie-pambie actions or talk

Flaw: believes in himself and philosophy a little too much, expects others to go along always!

Values: Loyalty, integrity,

Irony: He’s a softy for tears (office worker cries, he stops being loud or acting angry), children (being a good father; but was he a good father to his son that died in the Gulf War?)

What makes this the right character for this role? Who else will take decisive action against those with low morales and takes advantage of the freedom America gives to people to make a living?! 

Telemarketing Company/Caller/president (maybe Russian immigrant):

What draws us to this character? The company takes advantage of Americans who are gullable because American society has become so soft and easy to live/exist. When others who struggle for income or survival come up against this ease they can only take advantage of it. Because it other parts of society/world if you don’t have good survival skills you won’t last long so there isn’t much sympathy for those who are weak.

Traits: Ruthess, exploitive, clever, greedy

Subtext: They are working to raise their children in USA even though they are immoral in how they go about it; they take their home-country survival experience and continue to apply them in USA when they could ease on their harshness.

Flaw: see subtext statement – they are undermining the very reason they came to America.

Values: do anything for family, if you aren’t strong you are nothing, work hard to survive,

Irony: They don’t connect that exploiting fellow citizens will alienate them from their children.

What makes Colonel Kilher the right character for this role? Who else will take decisive action against those with low morals and takes advantage of the freedom America gives to people to make a living?!

What makes Telemarketer president the right character for this role? He embodies what we don’t like about immigrants in USA – taking advantage of the ease of life and exploiting our trust. 

 3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together. 

Is this a dramady, a serious subject (American’s being exploited) with a preposterous response? Does the exposition of immoral immigrants stir anger or indifference with the audience?

4. Answer the question “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.

It is fun fleshing out your characters and seeing what contradictory attributes you can make them have!

JEFF KECK

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