Lesson 3

[Donna Donna Hoke Hoke]

1. Tell us your Concept and the Group you have chosen.
Group of associates of Kenny Keller, attorney

2. Tell us the Dying Pattern of this movie.
Kenny’s interactions with these people cause their deaths

3. Give us an Identity and a sentence for each character that makes up your group.
Deli clerk; Random
Cop: Because she told him
Assistant: Getting closer
Husband: The final threat
Then daughter is threatened

4. Answer the question “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
It’s better to have a plan!

[Tasha Espinoza]

Tasha’s Characters for Horror

What I learned doing this assignment is that just naming the people in the group helps to shape the story.

1. Tell us your Concept and the Group you have chosen.

Concept: What if a spirit had to use a serial killer to carry out her vengeance against the group of people responsible for her murder.

Group: Sinners/Social Group

2. Tell us the Dying Pattern of this movie.

Pattern A – Put 6 to 8 characters together and kill them off one by one.

3. Give us an Identity and a sentence for each character that makes up your group.

1. Leader: Kade – wannabe thug, sets the tone for his group of boys, too “hard” for his own good. He’s either the last one to die or he has the biggest arc and redeems himself enough to make it to the sequel, although what state he’ll be in is the question.

2. Complainer: Sunny – the star child of his family, smart, egotistical, unhealthy attitude towards women. Definitely second to last to go.

3. Obnoxious: Jean Tyrone – ladies man, at least he thinks so, handsome but offers not much else. Second of the guys to go. Almost gets taken out by the spirit before Qade chides him for letting the spirit’s “parlor” tricks get to him.

4. Rescuer: Ike – could be a nice guy if he wasn’t a mindless follower. If Qade doesn’t have a redeeming arc and survives, then Ike will be a survivor, if not soul survivor. But he becomes nice enough to matter to the audience, so the stakes are higher around his death.

5. Obnoxious: Targ – another follower, disaffected, makes fun of “try-hards”, ironically is the most superstitious. First of the guys to go. He’s a real jerk, so audiences might not be rooting for his survival. He might actually be killed by the spirit because he lets his fear get the better of him and he runs out in traffic.

6. The Innocent: Nikki – Jean Tyrone’s sweet little sister, the one woman Qade and his boys actually likes and protects. Her death is devastating, unless Qade has that redeeming arc and saves her.

7. Love Interest: Faye – Kade’s mean girl queen bee. Fayes is the second lady to be killed.

1. Moral One: Liv – Faye, Nikki and Jean Tyrone’s young, single mother. Liv is the first to be killed by the serial killer because she fits his M.O.

[Tom Carroll]

What I learned doing this assignment is that it doesn’t take a lot of effort (on my part) to come up with some good relational characters to lock up in a horror hospital with the priest and the demon. I will make good/bad use of the sacrificial lamb as part of the script’s inciting incident.

Concept: In ‘Requiem of Faith’, a tormented priest, haunted by his past, must confront a demonic force released from its own hell and determined to kill him.

Type of group chosen for this concept: The characters experience the terror and some of them survive together, but three or four will die.

1) Leader: Dr. Richard Cunningham, the esteemed head of the hospital, whose ambition to advance his career has blinded him to the dark secrets lurking within its walls.

2) Rescuer: Nurse Emily Martinez, known for her unwavering dedication to her patients, driven by guilt over a past mistake she’s desperate to atone for.

3) Innocent: Timmy Jenkins, a young janitor with a heart of gold, oblivious to the sinister forces at play as he innocently goes about his duties.

4) Out of control / Obnoxious: Security guard Frank Johnson, whose volatile temper and penchant for bullying make him a ticking time bomb within the hospital’s tense atmosphere.

5) Complainer: Mrs. Margaret Henderson, an elderly patient with a penchant for complaining about everything, her incessant griping masking a deeper fear lurking within.

6) Rebel / Rule Breaker: Orderly Jake Turner, known for his rebellious streak and tendency to bend the rules, oblivious to the danger his defiance invites.

7) Monster Bait: Nurse Jessica Nguyen, whose flirtatious nature and reckless behavior make her an unwitting target for the malevolent forces lurking within the hospital’s shadows.

8) Sacrificial Lamb: Mr. Henry Thompson, a terminally ill patient whose impending death marks him as the perfect sacrifice for the demon’s twisted rituals.

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by  Tom Carroll. Reason: I refined what I had written and added the concept and the group type
• This reply was modified 1 year ago by  Tom Carroll.