Lesson 3

[Tony Scott]

Tony J. Scott Transformational Journey

My true vision as a writer is to fall in love with writing and stay motivated to write from the love of writing and not as a chore and then hoping others will love my creations and become well known as a top writer in the screenplay community.

I learned that the main characters need to evolve into something better or worse than how they started so the audience can connect to them.

Arc Beginning: Najah Blackman a sickly insecure 21 year old black history major.

Arc Ending: fulfills the prophecy of becoming the one who brings an end to the Vatican/Vampire wars.

Internal journey: from a sickly girl who hates who she is to a strong proud and confident world leader.

External journey: From time traveling to kill her ancestor to protecting him and joining him to kill his enemies and bringing peace to the future world.

Old Ways:

· Unaware of her family history

· Hating herself and everything her and her family represent.

· Determined to kill her ancestor

· Average student

· Ashamed of herself and her family

· No friends

· Shy and secluded lifestyle

· Sickly and dying

New Ways:

· Graduates with honors

· Proud and sure of herself

· Loves who she is.

· Loves her heritage.

· Protects her ancestor

· Fighting for a cause

· Courageous.

· Victorious.

· Healthy

[Tully Archer]

I love this very strong journey!

[Claudia OBrien]

Subject Line: Claudia’s Transformational Journey

My vision: To become the best screenwriter I can be, and to find success in the industry.

What I learned from doing this assignment is that starting with these big picture concepts gives me a much better idea of how to structure the screenplay – along with ideas for some great scenes.

Grace’s Character Arc:

· Arc Beginning: Obedient, insecure woman who thinks people in positions of authority know better than her.

· Arc Ending: Confident, independent woman who thinks for herself.

Grace’s Internal/External Journey.

· Internal Journey: From unquestioning of authority to thinking for herself.

· External Journey: From a woman who does what she is told to a woman willing to defy societal norms to be with the man she loves.

Grace’s Old Ways at the beginning of the movie and New Ways at the end.

· Old Ways:

· Blindly obedient to others (parents, the Church, men)

· Assumes others know more than her

· Afraid to “rock the boat”

· Deeply concerned about how others view her

· New Ways:

· Will fight for what is right

· Trusts her own judgment

· Courageous

· Willing to defy societal norms – in love, friendship and the role of women

[Tully Archer]

This is a great arc, I can’t wait to see it!

[Mahee Sanapareddy]

Mahee’s Transformational Journey

My Vision – I want to be a great writer who is well-respected and recognized in the industry, with successful books published and blockbuster movies produced. I want to create a successful movie franchise that audiences all over the world will love, rave about, look forward to, and continue to enjoy many years from now.

What I learned from doing this assignment is to design a great transformational journey for my protagonist.

Protagonist: Trevon Campbell

Arc Beginning: High-strung, confused, rabble-rouser, susceptible to dark forces.

Arc Ending: Calm, Clearheaded, Unfazed, Ability to see the big picture.

Internal Journey: From directionless and lost in the crowd to poised and empowered to think individually.

External Journey: From a young inexperienced follower to a strong and able leader.

Old Ways:

Ignorant of the big picture.

Confused, agitated, and lost.

Herd mentality.

Lack of self-confidence.

Easily influenced by hegemonic people.

New Ways:

Knowledgeable and Confident.

Ability to lead people.

Neutral mindset.

Fighting for a greater purpose.

[Tully Archer]

I love the link here between confidence and not being as swayable by darkness. Nice!

[Ron Johnson]

My Vision: I want a space that is dedicated to writing, so I can have an entire wall for notecard storyboarding. I want my projects to advance in competitions and then be requested by the studios. I want to see those projects in festivals, in theaters, on streaming platforms. I want writing and producing to be my full time job.

What I learned doing this assignment is that I’m super pumped about writing this story. I can see images in the future arc, all I have to do is fill in the blanks and the mind will take over when it comes time to flesh out the story.

Protagonist: Eddie

Arc beginning: working class casual recreational drug user.

Arc ending: Exposes institutional drug trade.

Internal Journey: Insecure to confident.

External Journey: Dodges responsibility to standing up against corruption.

Old ways: Avoids responsibility, lack of confidence, sticks to the shadows

New ways: Seeks solutions, fights for what he believes in.

[Tully Archer]

I love this one!

[Will Jennings]

Will Jennings: Transformational Journey

My Vision: I will write movies that are extremely funny and entertaining that bring a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment to a world starving for true enjoyment.

What I learned from doing this assignment is how to select the psychical and psychological aspects that make a character develop.

Arc Beginning: Completely fearful of going to an untamed plant of complete lunatics.

Arc Ending: Very sophisticated in influencing classmates to their point of view.

Internal Journey: From scared stiff to skillful and ingenious.

External Journey: From little daughters to influential companions.

Old Ways: Sniffling and cowardly.

Refusing to compare the real world to going to a camp.

Totally nervous in the portal transportation room.

Naïve in the local school’s customs.

New Ways: Can lift the spirits of depressed children.

Willing to confront school authority for the greater good.

Can act as matchmakers to their elders.

Fantastic
party planners.

[Tully Archer]

This sounds really fun. 🙂 I’m so curious, what makes them get in a portal and come to Earth in the first place?

[Maureen Tilyou]

MY VISION: By nurturing fun and curiosity in the writing process, I will do my very best to create a successful writing career full of love, full of awe, full of productivity, and full of joy!

What I learned doing this assignment is how quickly and simply the shape of a story can take form this way.

Daniel’s Transformational Journey

Arc Beginning: Hiding from Life. Confused, Paranoid & Reclusive Hacker

Arc Ending: Confident Scientist who blocks the mind chips and saves the people of the World

3. Give us their Internal/External Journey.

Internal Journey: From terrified and confused to confident, determined and brave.

External Journey: From a 20 something year old recluse hiding from the world, to the brilliant scientist-hacker who averts a disaster for mankind.

4. Tell us their Old Ways at the beginning of the movie and their New Ways at the end.

Old Ways: Fearful, Subject to bouts of scattered thinking, Hiding out, Escaping

New Ways Determined, Confident, Mind open to brilliant, targeted thinking, Brave and unbending for his cause

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[Tully Archer]

Solid! 🙂

[Tully Archer]

Tully’s Transformational Journey

Well I have a two hander, so I’m doing both.

KAVISH MANDAL

Arc Beginning: Engaged but unsure of the relationship and dreading the future.

Arc Ending: Married and fully confident in the partnership and excited about life.

Internal Journey: From afraid to buck tradition to following his own heart.

External Journey: From an engaged accountant to a married future stay-at-home dad.

Old Ways:

· Doing what his mother/subculture expects even though it’s not what he wants.

· Not actually listening to Lacey.

· Panicky.

· Confused.

· In love but bad at it.

New Ways:

· Doing what he wants to do with his life.

· Listening to Lacey and communicating back to her.

· Calm.

· Confident.

· Capable of giving Lacey what she needs.

LACEY PETERSON

Arc Beginning: Engaged but doubts Kavish’s feelings and feels herself like a caged animal.

Arc Ending: Married and feels loved and has left her toxic family behind forever.

Internal Journey: From thinking everything’s pointless to excited about what they’ll do next

External Journey: . From stuck to free. From fighting small battles to winning the big one.

Old Ways:

· Staying in the mud with her family.

· Runs away from problems.

· Complains and catastrophizes.

· Intensely bored.

· Hurts Kavish without realizing she even can.

New Ways:

· Exploring higher panes for herself.

· Picks her fights and fights them.

· Solves problems with a can-do attitude.

· Following her interests.

· Is sensitive to Kavish’s feelings.

And you know what? I’ll do it for their anthropomorphized relationship, too! 😊

THEIR RELATIONSHIP

Arc Beginning: Ending would make them both happier (but that wouldn’t help them in the long run).

Arc Ending: Ending would make them both sad (but they’d both be okay in the long run).

Internal Journey: From heading for a breakup to having all the tools they’ll need to last forever.

External Journey: From neither fighting for themselves or each other to both doing both.

Old Ways:

· Avoiding conversations.

· Allowing stagnation.

· Fear over love.

· Two individuals hoping things will magically work out.

· Valuing others above their partner.

New Ways:

· Communicating effectively.

· Nurturing growth.

· Love over fear.

· PARTNERS, partnering.

· Valuing their partner above others.

[Anna Burroughs-Merrill]

My personal vision: to get my writing mojo back.

What I learned from doing this assignment: I gave a lot of thought about old and new ways of relating to help me flesh out my plot and character development.

Protagonist: Jacob Staats

Character Arc:

• Arc Beginning: Jacob isn’t sure if he’s made the correct decision to leave his exciting job as a surfman to take a “promotion” into coastal law enforcement in order to start a family.
• Arc Ending: Jacob is at peace with the world, secure in the knowledge that there are ample mysteries left in the world to explore and his job has meaning.

Internal/External Journey:

• Internal Journey: From cocky, but insecure; to well-reasoned, but secure in his position.
• External Journey: From enlisted man to a seasoned officer who others respect.

Old Ways:

• Cocky
• One of the guys
• Adrenaline junkie
• Risk-taker – both for himself, and sometimes others
• Likes to be the one to save the day
• Insecure in his promotion to an officer

New Ways:

• Still cocky, but more subdued
• Demands respect from subordinates and fellow officers
• Still an adrenaline junkie, but content to quest his thirst for adventure doing a job that he now realizes really matters;
• Puts the safety of his subordinates first
• Is willing to train others
• Secure in his new position as an officer
• Has regained his sense of wonder

[Natasha Paris]

I am a uniquely amazing, inspiring, prolific, and successful writer/director whose name alone sales. I have a huge following because I help change the world for the better.

Missing in Costa Rica

Genre: Thriller

Based on a true story, a sister retraces the steps of her missing sister in a foreign country.

Protagonist Character: Victoria

• Logline: A newly wed, newly immigrant writer desperately tries to find her sister lost in Cost Rica while keeping her family afloat.

• Unique: She’s an immigrant, a newly wed, and now she has to save her sister while keeping her family and parents together.

Arc Beginning: happy, newly wed, and sister/mother/daughter

Arc Ending: hurt, lost, heartbroken sister

Internal Journey: starting a new life with new prospects

External Journey: lost her sister but better relationship with her husband

Old Ways: rely on sister, not value husband words, happy, believe in life

New Ways: lost, value husband, weight of family.

Antagonist Character: Mia

• Logline: A suicidal, abused newly married, who seeks revenge against her abusive husband.

• Unique: She’s suicidal, but also missing. She left clues, but also erased some, making it impossible to find her.

Arc Beginning: constantly adjusting to new challenges in her new life in CR

Arc Ending: Vengeful, suicidal, missing person

Internal Journey: confused, joyful, sad, day-at-a-time,

External Journey: vengeful, suicidal, escapist

Old Ways: rely on sister, put on a face, takes care of self

New Ways: withdrawn from family, lost, scared of her husband, abused, many questions lefts unanswered.