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Lesson 4 Assignments
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Assignment 1
Subject: Game of Thrones main character intrigue:
Competition – Jamie Lannister vs. Ned Stark, Jon Snow vs. a number of men of the Night’s Watch, Valerys vs. Kal Drogo
Conspiracy – Queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister hate King Robert.
Secrets – Cersei and Jamie’s secret love affair, Ned’s refuses to reveal who Jon Snow’s mother is. Cersei sent an assassin to kill Bran Stark (this may have been a conspiracy with her brother Jamie; at this point it’s not clear).
Deception – Cersei deceives King Robert into believing that he is the father of her sons,
Wound – Jon Snow is wounded by his status as a bastard, Tyrion Lannister is wounded by his status as a dwarf, Danearys is wounded by her brother’s treatment of her, Catlyn Stark is wounded by Ned having a bastard son, Ned’s having to leave Winterfell, and the attempt on her son’s life
Secret Identity – Arya Stark wishes she was a boy who could become a knight.
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Assignment 2
Subject: Marcus Wolf’s Intriguing Character Layers
This lesson taught me specific ways to create complexity in characters beyond what I have previously been doing. It also taught me that this complexity is necessary to make characters great.
Inner Circle Characters Intrigue items:
<div>Character Name: Harold
Godwinson</div><div>Role: Earl of East Anglia
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Hidden agendas: Harold wants
his brother and any other obstacles out of the way in order to become the
Earl of Wessex after his father, Godwin. After he eventually achieves
this, he sets his sights on being King of England.Competition: Harold hates his
older brother Sweyn. He also sees potential in his younger brother Tostig
for trouble. Harold will come to recognize William as competition for the
English throne.Conspiracies: When King Edward
exiles the Godwins, Harold conspires with Godwin to raise an army of
mercenaries to fight King Edward for reinstatement or possibly to make
Godwin King. During the period of Sweyn’s banishment from England, Harold
conspired with his cousin Earl Beorn to keep Sweyn out of England.Secrets: Harold is unsure of
himself and hides this from everyone but his wife, Edith.Deception: Harold will do everything
he can to make Sweyn look bad in Godwin’s eyes. When the time comes,
Harold will betray his younger brother Tostig after being very close to Tostig
for years.Wound: Harold is constantly
overlooked and ignored by Godwin in favor of Sweyn, despite Sweyn being a
bad actor and Harold doing everything expected of him. Harold was hurt by
the murder of his cousin Beorn by Sweyn.Secret Identity: Harold comes
to think of himself as invincible.Character Name: William of
NormandyRole: Duke of Normandy
Hidden agendas: As William
secures his position in Normandy, he gets the idea that he could conquer
England.Competition: Count Geoffrey
Martel of Anjou, King Henry of France and other lesser Counts. Harold
Godwinson.Conspiracies: William marries
the daughter (Mathilda) of the powerful Count Baldwin V of Flanders. There
could come a time when William and Baldwin need to back each other against
King Henry.Secrets:
Deception:
Wound: Being a bastard. Many of
William’s rivals discount him as a duke because of his status as a
bastard. Some of them taunt him endlessly for it and some question his
legitimacy as Duke over their claims, because of it. William is particularly
wounded when his protector, King Henry I, turns on him and attacks.
William gives two of his uncles prestigious positions in Normandy and they
betray him.Secret Identity:
Character Name: King Edward
Role: King of England
Hidden agendas: Ill at ease in
England among a long established nobility, Edward would replace the major
magnates with men of his own choosing to consolidate his rule.Competition: Earl Godwin has
amassed great wealth and power under the previous three Kings. Godwin
pressured Edward to marry his daughter. Godwin is the competition.Conspiracies: He generally
conspires with Robert of Jumiege against Earl Godwin. He plays the great
Earls against one another despite them previously living together in peace
for 20 years. After Godwin’s return, Edward conspires with him to get rid
of Robert of Jumiege. He conspires with Harold to get rid of Tostig, who
had become an Earl and a friend of Edward.Secrets: Edward poisoned the
previous King (Harthecnut) to become King. Later, after exiling Earl Godwin
and his family, Edward sets his sights on the other great Earls. He wants
to rid England of the old guard and put all of his own men in.Deception: Edward deceives the great
northern Earls (Siward and Leofric). After calling on them to support him
against the rebellious Earl Godwin, he plans to remove them from power.Wound: Edward was exiled as a
very young man after his father (King Aethelred) and older half-brother
(King Edmund) were defeated by another conquering King (Cnut). He was
further wounded when his mother married King Cnut, had a son (Harthecnut)
and backed that son over Edward as candidate for King on the previous king’s
death. Edward is deeply wounded when his younger brother Alfred is murdered
by the men of a previous King (Harthecnut), which he blames on Godwin. He is
a bitter man who felt he was given his due too late in life.Secret Identity: Deep down,
Edward is still a poor exile living at the mercy of wealthy benefactors
who he is powerless repay. It informs his identity.Character Name: Godwin of
WessexRole: Earl of Wessex
Hidden agendas: A poorly hidden
agenda, but nevertheless, Godwin ultimately wants his family to run
England. He wants to be King or more likely one of his sons or certainly a
grandson.Competition: King Edward. Even
though Edward could not have become King without Godwin’s backing, he gives
no quid pro quo. Now Godwin’s candidates for Archbishop and lesser Earldoms
must compete with Edward’s choices.Conspiracies:
Secrets: Godwin was aware
that Edward murdered King Harthecnut and agreed to keep it secret and back
Edward’s rise to the throne.Deception:
Wound: Godwin is tortured by
the fact that his oldest son (Sweyn) has grown into a criminal. Sweyn
takes after Godwin’s father Wulfnoth, who had also behaved criminally and
who had gotten himself exiled from England. Godwin also never got over an
episode where he was ordered by a previous King (Harthecnut) to “punish”
the town of Worcester for revolting against unfair taxes. Godwin’s (and
Harthecnut’s) men burned the city down, in some cases with the buildings still
occupied.Secret Identity:
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Assignment #1 Part 1
• Role: Ben, father of murdered child and main suspect
• Hidden agendas: wants to find real killer so he’s off the hook for the murder
• Secrets: He doesn’t know where he was the night of Tom’s murder but pretends he does, he sneaks out to see the woman with whom he’s had a child so he can try to solve the murder
• Deception: He hides the murder weapon that has been placed in his possession, he lies about remembering how he made it home the night Tom was murdered
• Wound: that his wife and daughter are hiding something crucial from him
• Secret Identity: he’s Tom’s father
• Role: Kristi, Ben’s wife
• Secrets: hiding their daughter’s possible pregnancy from Ben
• Deception: she wears expensive earrings given to her as a “gift” from a client
• Wound: Ben cheated on her with their neighbor
Assignment #1 Part 2
• Character Name: Ben
• Role: the murdered boy’s father, lead suspect
• Hidden agendas: keeps accusing other people about harming his family or killing his son without any proof, just circumstantial evidence
• Conspiracies: finds out his male neighbor is hiding past sexual misconduct accusations and abuse charges
• Secrets: finds pictures of his neighbor’s abused son and a child abuse form while at his neighbor’s house and sneaks photos of them, the guy he works for is a reporter
• Deception: lies about passing the lie detective test (which was actually inconclusive), his daughter has deceived him about going to a concert with his best friend, his friend also does not give out that information until much later, pretends to use the bathroom but instead searches neighbor’s house
• Wound: thinks his best friend hurt his daughter
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Subject line: Brigitte Timmerman’s Intriguing Character Layers.
Assignment #1: The Handmaids Tale
Places I’ve seen character intrigue.
June Osborne
Role: Handmaid
Competition: Serena the commander’s wife view June as a threat.
Secrets: Knows of a resistance
Deception: Does not reveal her knowledge of the resistance to the authorities.
Wound: The loss of her daughter taken from her and husband missing.
Secret Identity: She narrates the show what she thinks and about the new order of the United States.
Serena Joy Waterford
Role: Commander’s Wife
Competition: June
Deception: Kind to June until she finds out she’s could not get pregnant then becomes cruel.
Wound: Not able to have children and has lost her freedom in this new world.
Secret Identity: Possibly had a career in her past life and resents she has no power.
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Kim’s Intriguing Character Layers
What I learned doing this assignment is…that coming up with these layers is hard work! But it really made me think hard about their motivations.
Character Name: Eric Howard
• Role: Husband with past lives, father to a child from his first wife, psychiatrist.
• Hidden agendas: He doesn’t understand why this is happening to him, doesn’t even know how to fix it, but more than anything he wants it to just go away and will do anything to pretend it doesn’t exist.
• Secrets: He hides his past lives/multiple personalities/Dissociative Identity Disorder from everyone, even from his wife.
• Deception: Although his personalities bleed through his calm exterior, he finds ways to manage them, even at the risk of self-harm.
• Wound: His past is a series of open wounds, starting from the very first time he ever fell in love…in 1865. His first soul: scarred from the inside out, a messy love triangle that shattered his life and destroyed the path of his fate.
• Secret Identity: Three identities within him, one soul that never reached maturity.
Character Name: Natalie Howard
• Role: Originally Eric’ patient, now his second wife.
• Hidden agendas: To fit into her neighborhood, she needs to fill the role of happy suburban stepmom. Her acting is superb.
• Competition: Feels competitive with their therapist, as if she and Krystal are both vying for Eric’s attention, although she doesn’t understand why.
• Conspiracies: She needs to fix this life that’s going down the same damn path all her other lives had traversed. But she needs Eric to cooperate. And he’s not willing to work on it with her. But maybe her therapist can help her, if they could just team up.
• Secrets: Suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder brought on by past lives and can’t quell it, so she embraces it, lets it mold her. Her personalities speak to her through messages left written on mirrors in lipstick, or spelled out as underlined phrases in books.
• Deception: She’s the Good Wife, the Amazing Stepmom, the Emphatic Yoga Instructor, everything’s perfect.
• Wound: Her soul aches; every love affair she has had throughout her past lives has ended in catastrophe. Her personalities hint that there’s a way to repair the damage, a way to escape, but she has work to do.
• Secret Identity: Three identities within her that correspond to Eric’s three…and then one violent one that shows up unexpectedly, the one that begins the domino effect.
Character Name: Krystal Nicholson
• Role: Therapist with past lives.
• Hidden agendas: To get in-between Eric and Natalie’s relationship, as she has done in all of their past lives, she is their Big Test.
• Competition: She enjoys the competition, has never had trouble getting any man to pay attention to her, to love her, to do bad things for her.
• Conspiracies: Pretends to go along with Natalie’s plans to help her get through to Eric, and tries to open Eric up like a clam.
• Secrets: This feeling that she belongs with Eric, that he is her destiny, won’t go away. But she can’t allow Nat and Eric to feel her need. And she can’t let them know that she, too, suffers from past lives/Dissociative Identity Disorder.
• Deception: She learns their secrets, knows what will break them, knows what will force them apart. Pretends to be on their side.
• Wound: In her past lives, starting from the love 1865 triangle, she never won Eric’s heart. She can get anyone she wants. Why can’t she have HIM?
• Secret Identity: Although she’s Nat’s therapist, she’s also her rival. And she will win Eric’s heart, even if it kills all three of them.
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Lesson Four: Layers of Character Intrigue
Assignment 1: Sample Show is The Vampire Diaries
Hidden Agendas:
Damon followed Stefan home for more than just torturing him and ruining his plan to act human; something else brought him there.
Elena wants to move on and not go back to her life (e.g. as a cheerleader) but tells everybody she’s okay.
Competition
Caroline at first competes with Elena for Stefan.
Damon and Stefan are competing for Elena.
Matt and Stefan are competing for Elena.
Jeremy and Tyler are competing for Vicky.
Aunt Jenna is competing with Jeremy over his drug use and indifference to school.
Conspiracy
Matt and Tyler conspire to thwart Stefan’s performance on the football field.
Secrets
The reason Damon and Stefan haven’t seen each other for 15 years.
Why Stefan stopped feeding on humans and became a weaker vampire.
Who is Katherine and what was she to Stefan and Damon?
Jeremy secretly slept with “older woman” Vicky over the summer.
Is there more to the car crash that killed Elena and Jeremy’s parents?
Bonnie has real witch powers.
Bonnie has a secret about what happened to her parents, since she is living with her grandmother.
Stefan is harboring the secret that he is a vampire.
Damon is keeping the secret that he is a vampire.
Deception
Damon is pretending that he only cares about Stefan’s well-being.
Stefan is deceiving his everyone in Mystic Falls that he is an ordinary human.
Caroline is pretending to be more worldly and experienced than she is.
Vicky is pretending nothing happened between her and Jeremy.
Stefan lies to Matt about seeing Vicky in the hospital.
Stefan lies about the vervane charm he gave Elena so she won’t know he and Damon are vampires.
Elena is pretending to be ok after the death of her parents.
Jeremy is pretending he doesn’t have a drug problem.
Wound
Elena’s wound is the death of her parents.
Jeremy’s wound is the death of her parents.
Aunt Jenna’s wound is that she never felt valued compared to her perfect older sister (Elena and Jeremy’s late mother).
Stefan’s wound is betrayal by his brother.
Damon’s wound is losing Katherine.
Caroline’s wound is low self-esteem.
Matt’s wound is losing his longtime best friend and recent girlfriend, Elena.
Bonnie’s wound is that she feels her best friend slipping away from her.
Secret Identity
Stefan’s secret identity is an ordinary teenager.
Damon’s secret identity is a concerned older brother.
Elena’s secret identity is someone who’s recovered from great loss.
Jeremy’s secret identity is a delinquent.
Caroline’s secret identity is the most confident girl at school.
Bonnie’s secret identity is a powerful witch, descendent of the Salem witches.
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Assignment 1
“The Young Pope”
Hidden Agendas:
· Lenny Belardo (Pope Pius XIII) wants to find his parents and learn why they abandoned him.
· Sister Mary wants to control Lenny for the good of the Church.
Competition:
· Lenny Belardo is in competition with Cardinal Angelo Voiello for control of the Vatican.
· Sister Mary competes with Cardinal Angelo Voiello as adviser to the Pope.
· Lenny Belardo competes with Cardinal Michael Spencer regarding who should be Pope.
· Lenny Belardo competes with Cardinal Andrew Dissolier for Sister Mary’s favor.
Conspiracies:
· Lenny Belardo conspires with Monsignor Gutierrez, Don Tommaso, and Sofia Dubois.
· Cardinal Angelo Voiello conspires with other Cardinals to create a scandal that will result in the removal of Lenny from the Papacy.
· Sister Mary conspires with Cardinal Michael Spencer to get Lenny to be a more traditional Pope.
Secrets:
· Valente is having an affair with Esther.
· Monsignor Gutierrez is an alcoholic.
· Lenny Belardo has doubts about God’s existence.
· Sister Mary believes Lenny is a literal saint.
· Lenny Belardo has dreams in which he violates Catholic dogma.
Deception:
· Lenny Belardo deceives Don Tommaso in order to have him reveal confessions.
Wound:
· Lenny Belardo was abandoned as a child.
· Cardinal Michael Spencer should have become the Pope instead of Lenny.
Secret Identity:
· Lenny Belardo is an insecure child who may have stopped maturing when he was abandoned.
· Cardinal Angelo Voiello relishes being the political power behind the Vatican.
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Lesson 4 Assignment 1: Character Intrigue for Mr. Robot
Intrigue: Secrets beneath the surface: Clandestine moves, covert activity, underhanded dealing, schemes, lies, secrets, cover ups. 7 hidden layers
1. Hidden agendas – Tyrell Wellick wants to be CTO but he’s stringing Allsafe along and plans to fire them.
2. Competition – Subtle but Mr. Robot wants to see if Elliott is as good or better than himself. Competition within fsociety.
3. Conspiracy – fsociety conspires to bring down Evil Corp.
4. Secrets – Ellott’s drug addiction and trojan horse he planted in Evil Corp’s server.
5. Deception – – Elliott’s deception to protect Allsafe’s client while conspiring to bring down Evil Corp.
6. Wound – Elliott’s father died of luekemia caused by his employer and his mother was cold and unloving and didn’t give him emotional or psychological support.
7. Secret Indentity – Elliott is a hacker so his identity is secret in that regard. Mr. Robot and the fsociety members are all hackers ……all secret. Mr. Robot may have another secret identity but it has not been revealed yet. Tyrell is in heterosexual marriage but has homosexual affairs and has a proclivity for violence when he beats-up a homeless man.
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Assignment 2: Phyllis’ Intriguing Character Layers
I learned that the layers beneath a character’s surface are a valuable source of conflict and powerful plot points.
Sasha
Role: The EPA criminal investigator who was betrayed and dismissed.
Hidden Agendas: She wants to prolong the search for Duncan’s monsters until her three years are up and she receives her foundation money.
Competition: To reclaim her mission in life, she will compete with Delia, the newspaper reporter, her ex-boyfriend, her estranged father.
Conspiracies: with Duncan’s psychiatrist, but only when Sasha believes Duncan is becoming a danger to himself and others. With environmental activist love interest, plotting a major protest that will interfere with Duncan’s search for a particular monster.
Secrets: She doesn’t believe in Duncan’s monsters. She’s secretly sleeping with the newspaper reporter. Her father faded away shortly after divorcing her mother, and she feels abandoned by him.
Deception: She is pretending to believe in Duncan’s monsters. She lies to everyone she knows about what her work with Duncan really entails. She pretends she doesn’t want to see her estranged father who has re-emerged in her life.
Wound: Betrayed by the institution she believed in and her ex-boyfriend, as well as the childhood wound of being abandoned by her father, Sasha has a difficult time trusting others.
Secret Identity: Monster-slayer.
Duncan
Role: The black sheep of a family that controls an oil conglomerate who believes that climate change has spawned monsters that must be defeated.
Hidden Agendas: He is pursuing monsters spawned by climate change, as opposed to contributing to climate science and environmental activism.
Competition: He will compete with his sister Delia to prevent more climate change. He will compete with Sasha’s environmental activist love interest for her loyalty.
Conspiracies: He and Sasha conspire to teach her estranged father a lesson about using people for your own desires.
Secrets: His daughter died during a hurricane because Duncan arranged for a private Caribbean Island Sweet 16 party during hurricane season. He used to enjoy being the sports liaison for the oil company, acting like a playboy without a care in the world. He has battled a monster before but has no proof of its existence.
Deception: He is lying to everyone except Sasha about believing in monsters spawned by climate change. He is donating to politicians who believe in climate change so they can grant him access to information and locations that may hold clues to where to find the monsters.
Wound: Duncan’s ties to a company that has contributed to climate change for over a hundred years cause guilt, as does the death of his daughter. Deep down, he believes himself unworthy of redemption.
Secret Identity: The Knight who will save the planet.
Delia
Role: Duncan’s sister who is the CEO of the family-controlled oil conglomerate.
Hidden Agendas: To present her company as forward-thinking, combating climate change, promoting sustainability. To neutralize Duncan’s financial contributions to the cause of climate change.
Competition: with Duncan and with the media to control the image of her company. With Sasha to undermine Sasha’s attempt to indict her company.
Conspiracies: She conspires with her fixer and bankers to get around Duncan’s irrevocable trust and bankrupt him so that he cannot be a super-supporter of climate change activism. She also conspires with politicians she supports financially to convert sentences to fines.
Secrets: She and Duncan were best friends as children. She sabotaged her free-wheeling brother to look more irresponsible than he was, so their father would choose her to run the company. Her power marriage (to a woman) is falling apart, partly over her fierce devotion to the company.
Deception: She lies to the press, regulators and politicians about her goals of a negative carbon footprint and other sustainability factors. She covers up the fact that her company knew over 30 years ago that fossil fuels were contributing to climate change.
Wound: Her father underestimated her. Her colleagues thought she was a pure nepotistic hire as she was coming up the ranks. As one of the few women in the boys’ club of big energy, she constantly fights against being marginalized. As a result, she craves respect at all costs.
Secret Identity: The Queen of Profitability.
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MARY J. ANDREWS Intriguing Character Layers of THE 100.
What I learned doing this assignment is how skillfully a web can be woven with subtext.Character Name: Dr. Abigail
Role: Moral compass for the Ark…member of the council and medical officer
Hidden agendas: to discover if the kids on the surface are alive so they will not have cull the population to keep majority alive.
Competition: Councilman Kane believes culling is necessary to save humanity
Conspiracies: Kane and the council are ready to go ahead with the culling when she is arrested for helping Raven launch a pod to the planet.
Secrets: Kane and the council do not believe the citizens will be willing to do anything but panic so for a year, they have kept the impending Oxygen problem a secret. Clarke’s father was “floated” to keep the secret…Her mother turned him in.
Deception: and that they can cut oxygen to their area and they can fall asleep and die. Then they will call it an accident and retain order.
Wound: She is the one who turned her husband in and has kept it secret from her daughter
Secret Identity: The voice of reason, champion of the people
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Character Name: Clarke (Dr’s daughter on the planet)
Role: Voice of reason and advisor to Bellamy (Group Leader)
Hidden agendas: Wants to save lives, both on the Ark and the planet
Competition: some of the 100 distrust her because she comes from privilege until her medical experience starts saving lives. Bellamy calls her princess but allows no one else to do so. During this episode, she becomes co-leader for life and death problems and she declares them banish-able events instead of death.
Conspiracies: One of the girls who likes Bellamy is against her as is bully boy Murphy, out of envy and maybe a bit of attraction and rejection by her.
Secrets: It is she who killed Atom when he begged Bellamy to do it after he’d been caught in an acid fog and she sleeps with Finn the night before Raven, his girlfriend arrives.
Deception: Acts like nothing happened and deliberately is guiding Bellamy to do what needs to be done.
Wound: she discovers her mother turned her father in to be Floated a year ago, so she removes her bracelet for spite.
Secret Identity: Everybody’s savior/Mother
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Character Name: Bellamy (Ark janitor who stole aboard drop ship to be with his sister Octavia)
Role: Leader of the 100 on the planet.
Hidden agendas: does not want the citizens of the Ark to come down. Is guiding the youth to remain independent and take care of themselves.
Competition: Murphy (bully) is abrasive and challenging but backs down for the moment.
Conspiracies: Bellamy is looking out for himself and throws away the radio when Raven’s drop pod is found.
Secrets: Someone hired him to shoot the Chancellor who he believes is dead. He was willing to put Jasper out of his misery before Clarke retrieved medicinal seaweed, she found on the poultice the Grounders put on his wound. And he was the one who gave Charlotte (10-year-old child having nightmares) the knife she kills Wells with though he had told her to threaten things that scared her with it. He also tried to hang Murphy when he thought he had killed Wells before the child came forward and Clarke cut him down.
Deception: He has guided the others to turn their backs on the Ark so he would be free of their inevitable judgement and condemnation.
Wound: His parents were killed for having a second child (his sister)
Secret Identity: Chancellor
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MARY J. ANDREWS Intriguing Character Layers of The Fireborn Chronicles
“What I learned doing this assignment is that there are threads I left untugged in my story?”………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
For RAEL POINTE (35)
Role: LEAD: Captain of Nemesis, Team leader who rescued & recruited crew members from their home worlds.Hidden agendas: seeks his origin, wants revenge for his mothers’ deaths, will hate his father .
Competition: with other teams of Universal Government to retain an infallible record of accomplishments. Dark Ops structure is very wary of Psi agents and his choices for crew members threaten many political and cautious factors.
Conspiracies: he, Marion Mahata, and Lythia Lyconza conspire to keep his team and the power they wield under trustworthy commanders because his origin on the Hive Planet makes him a potential threat. Laynald I Rael are ever aware of threats to their team.Secrets: He regrets not knowing what normal people feel, He has feared that the Hive would come for him some day since childhood.
Deception: He feels more at ease among technology that humans. Resents being used as a power piece by Universal Government politics who still won’t trust him.Wound: abilities and inability to maintain emotions, Isolate him among humans. He does not belong among them.
Secret Identity: Self-appointed champion of the downtrodden?
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For IRA HAZE (early 20s)
Role: Seeker / Intimidation / paranormal defenses (Despite his youth, a Wall Master is one of the most feared paranormal people in existence. Fear of the Psi born is common, but to be trained into this level of control so as to be able to rewrite minds and command others with a word is terrifying. Most do not trust them and no one believes they should ever be released from the highly guarded Wall facilities.)
Hidden agendas: He seeks to repay Rael for taking him and his sister away from their home planet and service at The Wall.
Competition: for recognition of his accomplishments and respect.
Conspiracies: The Oracles told her she would know what to do when the time arrived. To help Tristen fit in she appears compliant. Her slave training has taught her to expect no quarter when she does not obey. In all circumstances, she awaits Oracle command.
Secrets: keeps his feelings of guilt for having rewritten Tristen’s mind and is angered that he is now doing to her what was done to him. Also is angered at being treated as an Youngling. Finds himself enjoying having another Psionic person around.
Deception: Accepts and does not complain about the pain that working with Rael induces.
Wound: Is pained that his sister left him alone aboard the Nemesis when he had remained at The Wall to keep her safe all those years at The Wall.
Secret Identity: At the Wall he passed his skills off as being only a strong empath. Now he can freely use all his skills, but is asked to remain the image of a Wall Master.
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Role: Ship’s Healer/ strategist/ security/ assassin… He is happily NOT a nice man.
Hidden agendas: he stands ready to do whatever needs to be done without qualms.
Competition: He challenges the rest of the crew to become more aware of their surroundings all the time.
Conspiracies: whenever something needs to be done, he gets it done any way possible
Secrets: a concubine tried to kill him and almost succeeded just before he met Ira & Rael.
Deception: He maintains a rough exterior to all to keep them distant
Wound: with age, he discovered he had lost an important edge and failed his King, causing his death.
Secret Identity: He envisions himself as ship protector and assassin when needed
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For TRISTEN
Role: Love interest for Ira/ Chose One meant to save her world—even though she cannot remember it. She believes she will know what to do when the time arrives. Til then, she does whatever her master orders…and then, she falls in love with Ira…
Hidden agendas: She waits to do what she is destined to do when the time comes.
Competition: she competes with Ira to improve her skills
Conspiracies: She is bound to the Oracle Triad of her world.
Secrets: She is aware of Ira’s having rewritten her mind but was not able to resist
Deception: She plays the long game and is compliant to avoid suspicion.
Wound: very deep down, she feels abandoned by the world she will probably die for.
Secret Identity: The Chosen One (though it’s not so secret.)
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Subject line: Brigitte Timmerman’s Intriguing Character Layers.
Assignment #2: Refuge Nation
What I learned from doing this assignment is revealing the complexities of people and their actions shapes the trajectory of a show. Creating a character with issues that are not always good and flaws creates intrigue for an audience.
Irene:
· Hidden agendas: Wants to be a leader/advisor with the community they reside. Would like to create her own nation someday.
· Competition: Her sister Jessie
· Conspiracy: She has full knowledge her Grandmother was behind the ranchers having their land taken from them.
· Secrets: Knows her grandmother spearheaded ranchers getting evited from their land.
· Deception: Never revealed to Jessie about her secret maps and knowledge of her grandmother.
· Wound: Lost her unborn baby late term, had several miscarriages. Her husband left her.
· Secret Identity: Presents herself as compassionate and caring but really wants power in a community.
Jessie:
Hidden agendas: To keep Irene from self-destructing and the family from harm Irene could bring upon them.
Competition: Irene
Conspiracy: Has an idea her grandmother was behind the ranchers loosing land Irene advocates for her actions.
Secrets: Prostitutes herself for resources.
Deception: Does not defend Irene behind her back.
Wound: Sexually abused when she was a young girl.
Secret Identity: Covert good person that has a tough and careless persona that does unethical deeds to keep her family alive.
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Eric Watterson Intriguing Character Layers – Assignment 1
“What I learned doing this assignment is … how to further examine a show I’m watching for character intrigue.”
1. Think about your Example Show. Make a list of the places you’ve already seen Character Intrigue in the previous episodes.
– Mike (teen 1)
— What’s his relationship with his father
— why does he like the Dungeons and Dragons games so much? Is there a reason?
— Why does he put up with the bullies, is he scared to fight?
— Why does he dislike his sister, or does he?
– Lucus (teen 2)
— Why does he seem to hate Eleven and call her a weirdo?
— Whats the relationship with his family?
— Why does he put up with the bullies, is he scared to fight?
– Dustine (teen 3)
— Does he have a crush on Mikes sister?
— What kind of family does he have?
— Why does he put up with the bullies, is he scared to fight?
– Will (missing teen 4)
— Why was he the nice one of the group?
— Was he trying to fit in or is that how he really is?
— Why does he put up with the bullies, is he scared to fight?
— Where is he communicating with his mom from?
— Why did he need a private place?
— What was his relationship with his father?
– Eleven
— Is she human or something else?
— Where’s her mom?
— Does she miss her Dad?
— Was she experimented on or tortured?
— Does she know all the powers she has?
— Is she evil or good? Does she know the difference?
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Stacy’s Character Depth
I learned that my characters did not completly fit my concept. I also learned that is using this model, they are starting to become three dimensional instead of just a name on a page. I still have a lot of work to do on them, but they are on their way to fitting the concept and to being much more interesting.Character 1: Anna (wife)
Motivation: She loves her husband dearly and relies on him for almost everything and needs to find him
Secret: she used to be a medium but stopped after a killer used her to find a victim
Wound: she never forgave herself for her bad judgement
Subtext: hides from her fear of being alone
Layers: she is a pet psychic now, she used to be a medium. She has extreme anxiety which keeps her from leaving the house. Thomas is the love of her life. She is honest and kind.
Conflict: she and her husband were having a fight when the accident occured.
Hidden Agenda: she has to practice being a medium again in order to find him
Conspiracy: she has to join forces with some powerful and ruthless forces in order to find Thomas
Intrigue: That there may be something beyond this life, murder, lies, deceit
Dilemma: If she does not become a medium again and use that power in horrible ways, she may never get Thomas back
Secret Identity: she was a powerful, ruthless queen in another life, in an ancient worldCharacter 2: Thomas (husband):
Motivation: He lives for Anna and their life together
Secret: He knows that there are other worlds beyond this one. He used that world to commit crimes in the past
Wound: One and only fight with his wife where he said some terrible things
Subtext: hides their connection to the dead from others
Layers: Lovrs Anna with all of his heart. SHe is his whole life. Runs a cafe and coffee shop. Has been a criminal in the past
Conflict: He has to deal with people and crimes from his old life
Hidden Agenda: He made deals many years ago with people who are now back in his life
Conspiracy: He has to find someone to help him get these people out of his life for good
Intrigue: He wanted to get Anna to use her powers to help him, but now it may be too late
Dilemma: Using Anna to get what he wants or possibly being killed
Secret Identity: He used to launder money for some local thugsCharacter1: Dominic (villian)
Motivation: To continue to live in his current form in this place. Money, power, he gets off on hurting others
Secret: He continues to get reincarnated in the same place and body. He also has a daughter that he cannot tell anyone about, because his enemies may hurt her
Wound: Father & uncle killed in front of him in a planned “accident”
Subtext: Hides the fact that he now hurts and kills people because he enjoys it
Layers: Traumatic past, criminal, ruthless hunter, enjoys killing and using people
Conflict: Thomas wants him dead, he has to make Thomas disappear
Hidden Agenda: Staying in his current life
Conspiracy: He needs to find someone who can help him-not sure who yet
Intrigue: Manipulating the rules of life and death. Ruthless use of power
Dilemma: He is going to have to kill Thomas or risk being killed/exposed
Secret Identity: slipped through from another life to the same place that he died-
So cool, Stacy, we are both introducing reincarnation in our scripts! It will be interesting to compare our ways of using it. 🙂 I love the idea of a medium quitting her career because someone abused her power.
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Thank you Kimberly- it is a very new idea to me, so still trying to figure it all out! Will be interesting to see yours also!
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Lesson 4, Assignment 1
What I learned from this assignment is how important developing intrigue in characters is and the many facets to it.
Example Show: Mr. Robot
Competition: Elliot and Ollie over Angela. It’s not a direct competition but Elliot has feelings for Angela and he resents Ollie.
Conspiracy: In Ep. 4, Elliot and Fsociety plan to hack into Steel Mountain’s climate control system.
Secrets: Elliot has feelings for Angela.
Deception: Elliot tries to hide his Morphine addiction, but his withdrawals are so bad, Fsociety has to put their plans on hold and help Elliot with his detox.
Wound: Towards the end of his detox, Elliot expresses how alone he feels. He believes that the group has left him, but Mr. Robot is there.
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Bob’s Intriguing Character Layers
What I learned doing this is assignment is that the characters are starting to take on different characteristics as they are explored more deeply.
Title: “Mount Moriah”
Character Name: Daniel Shay
Role: Main Protagonist, Mossad Operative
Hidden Agenda: Seeking revenge for parents’ murder
Competition: Najah Tamra (Terrorist Leader), Avi Tiber (Mossad Bureau Chief)
Conspiracies: with Christine Wade regarding the Temple Mount, with terrorists to assist in his quest for revenge
Secrets: Seeing a psychiatrist, on anti-depressant medication
Deception: Deceiving Avi Tiber, journalists, politicians, and others
Wound: Parents were murdered by terrorists when he was thirteen
Secret Identity: Confused loyalties
Character Name: Christine Wade
Role: Local Leader of the “Rebuild the Temple” Movement
Hidden Agenda: Keep close to Daniel to manipulate him
Competition: with Avi Tiber for access to Daniel, with Frank Breznik (her superior in the movement), with Daniel to control the narrative
Conspiracies: with Daniel Shay regarding the Temple Mount
Secrets: She has a crush on Daniel
Deception: Deceiving Daniel, Frank Breznik
Wound: Husband abandoned her when she found religion
Secret Identity: Bridge to the Messiah
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<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Example Show: The Handmaid’s Tale
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1. Character Intrigue in previous episodes:
Who is June Osborne? Where is her daughter and husband now? How will she deal as her memories come back to her?
How much does Emily know? How does she know there is an Eye where June lives? Who is the “Eye” and what is their agenda?
Who are the rest of “us”? Who is conspiring against the current government? How are they doing it under the radar?
How did this dystopia come to be? Who is in power behind the curtains?
This is a traumatized and wounded society and people. There are secrets lurking everywhere. Everyone is suppressed on some level and that makes them unpredictable as well.
Mrs. Waterford is in competition with June, at least in her mind. She is jealous and hurt that she’s unable to conceive and June can.
2. Character Intrigue in next episode:
June hides the Latin text carved in her bedroom’s closet. She lies to Rita when Rita finds her laying in the closet
Serena and the Commander conspire to discredit the Aunt that escaped Gilead and reported to a Canadian newspaper
The Doctor offers June an opportunity to get pregnant by him by going against rules and impregnating her. He confesses others are doing it.
At the Red Centre, Moira and June conspire to lure an Aunt away and rob her of her wardrobe in order for the both of them to escape. They deceive guards as they try to escape together as Moira dresses as an Aunt handling June.
June and the Commander and their secret Scrabble games
June has a hidden agenda when she asks the Commander what the Latin phrase is. She does not reveal where she’s read the saying. She has a secret agenda as she plays these games with him, trying to gain information from him to eventually use against him and this new order. Will he catch her doing this or will she get away with it. How much will he reveal to her, and in turn, to us?
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I learned that I really need to think more deeply about these characters and what makes them intriguing.
Jill
Role: collects money for her boss who is a low-level Outfit associate. Very skilled at surveillance.
Hidden agenda: to avenge her father
Competition: she and low level associates compete to earn money for the crew
Conspiracy: She conspires with her mentor, Jimmy, to avenge her father and to help him move up the ladder to a higher position.
Secrets: Jimmy is the love of her life. Always has been. A fact that needs to be kept under wraps.
Deception: Jill puts money out on the street with juice loans, something that has not been approved by Jimmy. She figures that her boss, who has fronted her the cash, will be in the line of fire if it’s discovered.
Wound: a memory of her father and how he suffered at the hands of the antagonist
Secret identity: her working for the outfit is an identity to keep secret at all times in the real world.
Jimmy
Role: Captain of the crew
Hidden agenda: Ambitious. Wants to overthrow the top tier of the Outfit.
Competition: Finds himself competing with a rival Captain of another crew – our Antagonist. They have history.
Conspiracy: Conspires with Jill to avenge her father by starting a war with the Antagonist.
Secrets: He is the one starting the war, however it is Jill that has offered to take the blame for it to cover Jimmy.
Deception: Deceives the bosses at the top by starting the war.
Wound: he hasn’t forgiven himself for having killed his mentor in his early years with the Outfit.
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Assignment#2
I’ve learned to dig deep into a character before writing or outlining.
Intriguing Character layers
I’ve applied all categories as an exercise.
Character name: John Martin
Role: A reckless young man searching for himself.
Hidden agendas: To be rich.
Competition: For any form of worth. Amongst his peers firstly, then with society, and maybe Kate, and ultimately with himself.
Conspiracies: John and Kate conspire to make a fortune by any means.
Secrets: John comes from money but has been banished. John Martin is really Juan Martinez, a secret his mother has hidden from him.
Deception: He thinks he is using Kate to get what he wants.
Wound: The person he believes is his father wants nothing to do with him or his mom. Disowned.
Secret identity: He plays meek, not smart.
Character name: Kate Bishop
Role: John’s girlfriend and partner in crime.
Hidden agendas: To be infamous.
Competition: With society and its morality. With her family’s expectations. With John and his limitations.
Conspiracies: With John. Maybe with others?
Secrets: She’s a killer? Odd or unusual addictions?
Deception: She might be using John.
Wound:
Secret identity: A priestess of Santa Muerte.
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<b data-pm-slice=”1 3 []” data-en-clipboard=”true”>ASSIGNMENT 2
Eric Watterson Intriguing Character Layers – Assignment 2
“What I learned doing this assignment is … how to examine each character and brainstorm their own personal intrigue.”
Anthony David, Jr. (ex-military operative turns recluse)
– Role: Centry Team Lead
– Hidden agendas: Find out who/what killed his team
– Competition: to uncover the truth. with military agents that want to arrest him and convict him of murder
– Conspiracies: the dark organization
– Secrets: he’s AWOL from the military, his mom committed suicide, he sometimes drinks to cover his gift
– Deception: keeps his secret powers hidden, wants to help others but doesn’t want them to know
– Wound: he blames himself for the death of his mother and his team
– Secret Identity: undercover hero
Anthony’s David (Anthony’s Dead Father)
– Role: Anthony’s dead father and guide to embrace his destiny
– Hidden agendas: he leads Anthony and his team into perilous situations to strengthen them and test them
– Competition: the dark entity organization
– Conspiracies: he was killed for what he learned about the darks
– Secrets: he know the truth of the darks but is not revealing it
– Deception: he never told his son that the entities killed his mom
– Wound: he blames himself for his wife’s death cause he wasn’t strong enough
– Secret Identity: was first a high ranking member of the Darks until he saw their secret agenda and turned on them
Edward Stanley (White Teen, privileged male with identity issues)
– Role: Smart aleck planner
– Hidden agendas: seeks approval from others
– Competition: competes with other boys in the home and team
– Conspiracies: the males in his family are part of a secret evil society
– Secrets: He was rejected by the men in his family for calling the police when they tried to rape a neighbor girl
– Deception: He has disguised himself as a policemen to retrieve stolen goods from police impound and witnessed them killing a witness while there
– Wound: he feels rejected by family and like an outsider
– Secret Identity: Control Freak
Chris Hope (Black Teen, grew up in abusive home)
– Role: Muscle and brains
– Hidden agendas: He wants to forget his past and everyone in it
– Competition: His cousin BrayBray wants him to stay connected to the old neighbourhood he hates
– Conspiracies:
– Secrets: Him and his cousin BrayBray killed his father but his mother covered for them
– Deception: He has a viciously violent side
– Wound: He was beat by his father as a child
– Secret Identity: murderer
Rong Chen (Chinese Teen, homeless immigrate)
– Role: Martial Arts Expert
– Hidden agendas: He’s secretly stashing money to go back to China and find his father
– Competition: he wants to fit in but doesn’t trust Americans
– Conspiracies: he believes that local Chinese gangs are involved in human trafficking
– Secrets: He wants to left alone to steal and hurt people as a school bounty hunter for money
– Deception: He’s an illegal alien who has taken the identity of someone he beat-up and hospitalized as a contract
– Wound:
– Secret Identity: Teenage hitman
Francisco Rameriz (Latin Teen, fatherless home, runaway)
– Role: Kind hearted Escape Artists
– Hidden agendas: He’s connected to an international drug trafficking ring
– Competition: he wants his younger brother to stay away from the gangs
– Conspiracies: with gang members to promote a new drug into local schools
– Secrets: he has sold drugs to kids and someone overdosed
– Deception: he hides his connection to the gang from his mom
– Wound: His father left him and his family
– Secret Identity: protector
Pierre Rameriz (Latin teen, Francisco big brother)
– Role: annoying know it all big brother
– Hidden agendas: wants to fit in and be better than his big brother
– Competition: his little brother, other guys and gang members
– Conspiracies: He wants to join with the drug ring
– Secrets: He’s secretly addicted to the new drug
– Deception: he’s spying on his brother and the team for the darks
– Wound: he feels judged by others because he’s not like his brother
– Secret Identity: drug addict
Officer Tim Cain (local policeman and social worker)
– Role: High Ranking Police Officer
– Hidden agendas: He’s secretly working for the darks
– Competition: Other policemen and
– Conspiracies: He’s part of the police force corruption
– Secrets: He has conspired with city officials to spread the new drug into the community
– Deception: He works for the darks as an undercover cop
– Wound: his mother blames him for his father death, because he died in a car wreck out searching for him after he ran away from home one night
– Secret Identity: Double Agent
Trimmol (Male Dark lead)
– Role: Evil Dark Bent on Human Destruction
– Hidden agendas: To spread a new drug worldwide that gives darks access and control over humans
– Competition: Christians and the Centry League and
– Conspiracies: To remove all positive influences from society being with families and communities
– Secrets: He follows the rules of other darks that hate and abuse him when he fails at his missions
– Deception: he has partners with city officials to gain access into positive projects to destroy them later
– Wound: he doesn’t remember his past, parents, origin or anything about where he came from
– Secret Identity: shape shifter
Lieutenant Jazmin Harper (military officer assigned to find Anthony)
– Role: Ruthless Military Police Woman
– Hidden agendas: to prove her value to her ex-husband that left her for a younger woman
– Competition: other men in the military
– Conspiracies: she has covered up men who abused women in the military to protect the image of the military officials
– Secrets: she stepped in to help a prostitute being beat by a high ranking military officer and government official that later was found dead. They are now threatening to frame her for the murder if she doesn’t follow their instructions
– Deception: the prostitute they killed was her step-sister
– Wound: She blames God for her family that died in a fire
– Secret Identity: ex-prostitute
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Chantria’s Intriguing Character Layers for ‘Beyond Temple Walls’
Assignment 2:
What I learned from this assignment is that leading with curiosity and discovery allows layers to emerge, rather than forced upon based on my preconceived ideas of the series. Allowing it to unfold, knowing that it can, and probably will change allows for more flow in creativity.
Character Name: Dekhune Serey
Role: (28) Male. Protagonist and Buddhist monk. Southeast Asian, found refuge at the age of ten in a small Canadian town when he was sponsored and adopted by a Buddhist temple. His strong Buddhsit beliefs and optimistic view of the world comes into question when he witnesses the murder of his mentor. He goes on a quest to find out why and unexpectedly partners up with Sovannah.
Hidden agendas: He will sometimes tag along with Sovannah where he isn’t actually needed in order to experience things that monkhood doesn’t allow him to.
Competition: He is in competition with the novice monk, who is not Khmer, and doesn’t feel that monk deserves to be there.
Conspiracies: He conspires with Sovannah to uncover the truth.
Secrets: He has desires and curiosities denied and condemned as a monk.
Deception: He deceives the other residing monks in order to leave the temple to investigate.
Wound: He is an orphan and is deeply confused and wounded by it.
Secret Identity: He sometimes disguises himself as a layman in order to access places a monk cannot.
Character Name: Sovannah
Role: (35) Nonbinary. Has grown up coming to the temple with their family. This is her community and she will fend it till the end. Intelligent, sometimes sarcastic, and always observant, she’s always had an inkling there was something more underneath the surface of her community temple. They’re the black sheep in her community as seen by her tattoos and short haircut.
Hidden agendas: She wants to find out what happened the night of the murder of Dekhune Thom because she thinks it’s the key to figuring out the mysterious disappearance of her father 10 years ago.
Competition: In competition with the investigator also looking into the case. She wants to solve it before the investigator.
Conspiracies: She conspires with Dekhune Serey to uncover the truth.
Secrets: She is LGBTQ+ and nonbinary and lives in the closet.
Deception: She deceives her family in order to pursue her investigation and continuously put herself in potentially dangerous situations.
Wound: She’s always been rejected by her community, although usually not explicitly. She puts on a strong face but is hurt that her clan does not accept her. She doesn’t trust easily because of this.
Secret Identity: She is the daughter of a crime boss.
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Ahnee Broman’s Intriguing Character Layers
Assignment #2: IN SEARCH OF I AM
What I learned from doing this assignment is: That writing about real people is really hard because their path was not always pretty and it almost feels mean, like I am telling on them.
Rikki:
· Hidden agendas: Wants to be known and not just sit in the shadows of her siblings, yet at the same time her life seems to always revolve around them.
· Competition: Her true competition is the Rikki inside of her that will do anything for her siblings because that’s what makes her feel alive, loved and a part of something.
· Conspiracy: Asked to rob a bank to pay for a lawyer, considers it with Gabbi, but wisdom kicks in at the planning party and she reminds Gabbi that they’re moms now and can’t end up in jail with their brother…they need another plan.
· Secrets: At her little brothers request (almost a no choice, this has to be done to help!) she starts stripping at 21 to help hire a defense attorney because her brother is facing the death penalty and the preliminary hearing is already started.
Deception: To think she can make a dent in the overall attorney fees or that the lawyer they hired is even capable of a case of this magnitude. Also for her to think that the decision to start stripping will not have a dire ramification in the trajectory of her life.
· Wound: This is the perfect time where she feels unloved and alone, she does not even have to hide this new job because no one really seems to care about what’s beneath her surface of her life.
· Secret Identity: 125 lb. super cute Mexican American chick with fire orange hair and a gorgeous smile, who wears matching GAP overalls and ponytails with her 3 year old daughter by day but is a fierce, super sexy au natural sculpted body, very tan skin & takes no shit stripper by night. She actually finds more power in this identity than what she has ever known.
Gabbi:
Hidden agendas: To break out of the tomboy, tough girl persona she has walked in most of her life.
Competition: Her younger sister, Rikki, yet she is not even aware of it.
Conspiracy: Like a game of chess, she will take down anyone who gets in her way..
Secrets: Takes that hustle mindset to the strip club.
Deception: The love of money and power.
Wound: Raised to take care of little sister, resents her for it.
Secret Identity: Supermom by day, stripper by night. Trades in her dope selling side hustle and stripping becomes her way of means to support her 3 children.
Arthur:
Hidden agendas: To prove to those around him he is the shit, he is worth talking about, but inside hoping his innocence is found out in the courtroom.
Competition: The reporters in media, mayor and evil
Conspiracy: He is framed because he made the perfect target
Secrets: He knows who is behind the 4 murders
Deception: He believes this gang has his back
Wound: Wanting so bad to belong, to matter to those around him…this is where he takes a stand for loyalty
Secret Identity: His theme song was ‘All eyes on me’ by rapper TUPAC during this time and he is riding this media frenzy. He gets lost in the label placed on him.
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What I learned doing this assignment is that great characters have many layers both good and bad. As a writer I have to be willing to let my characters have a balance of a bad side and also an empathetic good side.
1. Think about your Example Show. Make a list of the places you’ve already seen Character Intrigue in the previous episodes.
Russian spy posing as an American couple with two children. Their children don’t even know about the coverup. They are both worried about what will happen to their children if they are discovered or killed.
2. Watch the next episode and see how Character Intrigue is being used to create the need to see more episodes.
Character Name: Elizabeth Jenning and
Role: Posing as an american wife and mother
Hidden agendas:
Competition: She is a rule follower and feels they need to do everything the general orders regardless of danger, her husband, Philip Jennings, is more analytical and sees the possible outcomes
Conspiracies: She and her husband are getting nuclear information for the Russians
Secrets: They both will do anything to get information including sleeping with other people and pretending to be in love with them
Deception: She had a love affair with a African American Russian loyalist
Wound: Was sent to live in America with a stranger and was forced to pose as his wife
Secret Identity: Russian spy
Deadline: 24 hours
ASSIGNMENT 2
1. For your Inner Circle characters, fill in any of the Intrigue items that apply.
Character Name: Dr. Amy Krupp
Role: A forensic psychiatrist who helps law enforcement and FBI to track down serial killers
Hidden agendas: She is using the information that she is gathering to hel[pp prove the much sough out answer in psychological circles: is it nature or nurture that creates a serial killer?
Competition: She is in competition with other top psychiatrists in her field
Conspiracies: She is leaning towards Nurture in her research because of a gift she discovered that allows her to see how a person would have turned out if they had been nurtured.
Secrets: On the outside she appears put together but she has panic attacks and self-medicates to get through her days
Deception: She knows with certainty that it is nurture that creates a serial killer but she doesn’t tell the investor so she can continue to get funding
Wound: She was torn away from her twin sister as a baby. She has flashbacks that are unclear about this incident.
Secret Identity: She is helping a wealthy investor to prove that nature (DNA) is what creates a serial killer
Character name: Annie Black
Role: A brilliant serial killer who is always many moves ahead of her foes. She uses and abuses men just for fun and doesn’t fit the mold of a serial killer
Hidden agendas: Kill perpetrators of sexual abuse.
Competition: She is in competition with other serial killers. She collects newspaper articles.
Conspiracies: (3 possibilities)
She secretly communicates with one other serial killer and they are both trying to kill sexual abuse perpetrators
She communicates with Dr. Krupp to help prove the nurture theory.
She works with a group to put sexual abuse offenders in jail for life but kills them at night.iSecrets: She is nurturing to the girls and Jude and she kills men at night
Deception: She lives a “normal’ domestic life with Jude, her lesbian lover. She works in a group home with girls who have been sexually abused so she is able to kill the perpetrators at night and go home to Jude in the morning
Wound: She was torn away from her twin sister as a baby. She has flashbacks that are unclear about this incident. She was sexually abused by her adoptive father and his brother. He adoptive mother knew and allowed the abuse and also abused her
Secret Identity: sociopath
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Nadine’s Intriguing Characters
What I learned is a whole lot more about my characters and the importance of creating a timeline for all the things that happen to them.
ASSIGNMENT 1:
In LOST, these are some of the places I saw Character Intrigue.
1) When Jack was confronted by his mother (in flashback) and told “Bring your father home.” But when Jack found him, he was dead and drunk in a back alley.
2) Kate’s intriguing scene was (in flashback) when she left her job for the old farmer and discovered a bounty hunter who was tailing them, pursuing them so recklessly that he caused the old man’s death.
3) Apparently Kate sees through Sawyer’s scams with vulnerable women and backs him away. Nevertheless, he gets Kate to kiss him for the cost of an asthma inhalant med for the pregnant girl.
2. Ways Character Intrigue is being used to create the need to see more episodes:
1) Based on the obvious wealth and status of Jack’s family, one wonders why Jack’s dad chooses to kill himself with booze.
2) We wonder why Kate was in handcuffs on the plane and she finally agrees to tell Jack. Then, when he changes his mind about hearing it, the need to see more is there.
3) During a flashback, when Sawyer is suddenly unable to take a couple’s money, he had just looked at their little boy. Later we discover Jack had a childhood memory of when his father similarly destroyed a family.
ASSIGNMENT 2
For Kuno and JAI, (your Inner Circle characters), fill in any Intrigue items that apply.
Character Name and Role:
Kuno is a Black kid who was told his father committed suicide. He is determined to prove he didn’t. Jai, a smart, pretty girl is drawn to Kuno but everybody seems to want to keep them apart.
Hidden agendas:
Following his Dad’s death, when he and his mom moved to a new town, Kuno presented himself as street smart when he was really a nerd. And because his mom wanted Kuno to stay away from Jai, she told the cops Kuno was trouble. Both of their plans backfired when he ended up in prison.
Jai also had a hidden agenda in that, because she believed Kuno was a street kid, she acted like one too. But when she was caught up in a crime and told: “Join the military or go to prison” (like Kuno), she joined. He didn’t have a choice.
Competition:
When Kuno first met Jai, they were at a highly competitive spelling bee and represented their respective schools. When they met again, a few years later, Kuno and his mom were living in a new town and Jai was a member of a group of street thugs; the ones who set Kuno up for a fall.
Conspiracies:
The big conspiracy was one in which a dirty cop (Andrew White) had shot Kuno’s dad, and believing he (Harold) was dead, Andrew fled the scene. However, Kuno’s mom (Monique), and Kuno’s granddad (Lionel), witnessed the shooting and decided to make it look like a suicide.
That way, the cop and the violent gang would not go after Kuno’s family; Lionel could get Harold into witness protection; the FBI would be able to take down the dirty cop and the gang at trial.
Meanwhile, Lionel, who was a wealthy, powerful man, arranged for Kuno to go to prison, where members of Lionel’s old organization could keep an eye on him. The plan was, once Kuno’s dad (Harold), had safely testified against the dirty cop and gang members, Kuno would be released and reunited with his dad. That backfired too when Kuno ended up causing the death of an inmate.
Secrets:
A big secret was that the dirty cop (Andrew), had raped Monique when she was only 14, so she gave the baby to her older, unmarried cousin, Charlotte. The baby was Jai.
Monique’s and Charlotte’s agreement was if Charlotte ever got pregnant, she would give her baby to Monique to raise. It happened. Monique raised Kuno. And every time Kuno and Monique got together, the two women tried to break them up… even though they were third cousins.
Deception:
Both Monique and Charlotte used deception to keep their secrets. But when Kuno and Jai kept finding each other, they had to make a decision.
Wound:
Monique’s wound was from being raped by the man who eventually became her husband’s partner in the police department. Kuno’s wound was his dad’s suicide.
Secret Identity:
Lionel’s secret identity was as the founder of the Black Panther Party. Kuno’s secret identity was that he was brilliant in STEM and wise beyond his years.
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Anne James
Lesson 4
ASSIGNMENT 2
Answer the question, “What I learned doing this assignment is…?”:
I really enjoyed this assignment. Love the formula. Will use whenever I’m creating a character. Was surprised by what popped forward!
For my Inner Circle characters, fill in any of the Intrigue items that apply:
Character name: Nerilla
Role: Head Priestess and public face of the Vestals
Hidden agendas: Revenge Livia’s death; Refuses to be a prop any more. Wants to exploit her access to power and influence over Roman leaders, politics and culture. Stand toe to toe with the men.
Competitions: Aeliana – who wants to double down on their role as demure, chaste goddesses. Pontifex – who wants to control the women and exploit their mystic gifts.
Conspiracies: With Laurus – who is on board with Nerilla. Wants a higher profile and more fame. Pontifex – who can be pressured. Senator #1 – who trades blessings for access.
Secrets: She had an “incestuous” relationship with Livia. Deal with Senator. Livia miscarried. Doesn’t believe she has magical powers. Struggles with vow of chastity.
Deception: Showcases her magical powers and portrays her chastity as a source of power and strength. Discovers information in one of the state documents that she shares with Senator #1;
Wound: Loss of Livia. Wants to be a wife and mother.
Secret identity: Emperor Nerilla
Character Name: Aeliana
Role: 2nd Vestal, close in age and experience to Nerilla
Hidden agendas: Prove she should have been appointed Head Priestess. Undermines Nerilla’s efforts.
Competition: With Nerilla for influence and respect amongst Vestals. Popularity amongst Roman people. Finally out from under Livia’s shadow. Wants to be the Beyonce of the Vestals. For access and influence over the Pontifex.
Conspiracies: With Nerilla over Livia’s death. With Pontifex. Barnabas who controls her narrative and messaging to people.
Secrets: She is not a virgin. Has not been for some time.
Deception: Stages healings.
Wound: Never can be Head Priestess.
Secret identity: Beyonce in a chastity belt
Character Name: Livia
Role: Former Head Priestess. Dies in first episode. Seen in flashbacks.
Hidden agendas: Finish out her service; keep her pregnancy a secret, even from Nerilla.
Competition: With Pontifex for true control over the Vestals. Was their advocate.
Conspiracies: Her miscarriage and her death.
Secrets: Was in a romantic relationship with Nerilla. Kept pregnancy from her. Was at 4 months.
Deception: Image of the ideal demure, chaste Vestal. The gods look favorably upon her.
Wound: Her pregnancy.
Secret identity: Rape victim or a man’s lover?
Character Name: Silvius
Role: Pontifex Maximus, Chief Priest
Hidden agendas: To find love
Competition: With Nerilla, who he increasingly can’t control.
Conspiracies: With Aeliana against Nerilla and Laurus. They are becoming more powerful and influential than he is.
Secrets: Has a crush on Aeliana. Knows she’s not a virgin. Knows who impregnated Livia. He called for her to be put to death.
Deception: Campaigned for Nerilla to be Head Priestess instead of Aeliana.
Wound: Physical deformity to his face. Put into this post because leadership thought he would not be a temptation to the women. Isn’t very bright. Overconfident.
Secret identity: David Brent
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Assignment 1 lesson 4
1. List of the places you’ve already seen character intrigue in the previous episodes.
INVENTING ANA
ANA DELVEY-SOROKIN
ROLE: the woman in jail waiting for trial, a scam artist or a real German Heiress?
HIDDEN AGENDA : trying to build a business.
She tells this to the journalist Vivian at their first interview.
She will tell her further in the series that SHE WANTS TO BE FAMOUS.
COMPETITION : with Chase, for power and position, with time because the fastest she goes, the more money she can get.
CONSPIRACIES: she knows that if she uses Vivian, she may reach her goal : to be famous.
DECEPTION: different identities and backstories to everyone she needs including Vivian, Todd, Val, Neff, Nora, Talia, Kacy, Rachel and big banks, financial advisers, hedge funds, real estate developers, philanthropists, Galleries, art dealers, fashion week and 1/2 of NY society.
SECRETS: she has no money. She is not an heiress.
WOUND: her secret past. Who is she? She has no family, no one who cares?
SECRET IDENTITY: she is a scam artist
VIVIAN KENT
ROLE: a journalist at a Manhattan’s newspaper.
HIDDEN AGENDA : to show the world how remarkable Anna is.
But this is because she wants to get a good story to boost her career before giving birth.
COMPETITION : with her colleague Paul who became her boss and took her position.
CONSPIRACIES: with her colleagues Barry, Lou and Maud, pretending to work on « Wall street me too »
SECRETS: Lies to her boss
DECEPTION: she pretends to work on the « Wall Street, #metoo » article but she works on Anna’s story instead.
WOUND: She wrote a bad article that destroyed her reputation and Paul was given a job she deserves more than him.
SECRET IDENTITY: she is a great journalist.
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2. HOW CHARACTER INTRIGUE is being used to create the need to see more episodes.
– QUESTION ABOUT ANNA: Is she who she pretends to be?
We think she is remarkable (as described by the lawyer Todd and Vivian the journalist) but the Prosecutor and the judge want her locked in jail.
– QUESTION ABOUT VIVIAN: is she going to get a good story in time before the birth of her baby?
It’s because we want the answers to those questions that we need to see more episodes.
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Assignment 2 lesson 4
Marie’s intriguing character layers
What I learned doing this assignment is to explore areas of character intrigue.
It’s important to decide what’s under the surface because it’s what causes intrigue, questions and gives potential layers in the story.
CHARACTER NAME: SKILER
ROLE: a new student in the school of angels (age 10).
HIDDEN AGENDAS: he was killed by a murderer just as he was going to report him to the police and he wants a revenge.
COMPETITION: with another house.
CONSPIRACIES: trying to get out of the angel world in order to be able to have his revenge.
SECRETS: he wrongly accused an innocent man of murder and he needs to fix this.
DECEPTION: He uses Aubrey who has an excellent memory to research how to escape without telling her what his objective is. He pretends to be adventurous and rebel.
WOUND: He was a disappointment to both his parents.
SECRET IDENTITY: detective.
QUESTION: will Skiler be able to prove the innocence of the man he had previously accused before he was himself victim of the real killer ?
CHARACTER NAME: MERRILL
ROLE:a new student in the school of angels (age 10)
HIDDEN AGENDAS: she wants to find her real mum.
COMPETITION: compete with another house within the school
CONSPIRACIES: she wants to explore the limits of the school territory
SECRETS: she was a thief
DECEPTION: she was brought up as a thief and she can’t help stealing every thing she can get her hand on.
WOUND: she was abandoned by her mum at age 5.
SECRET IDENTITY: she is the best thief!
QUESTION: will Merrill be able to find her real mum?
CHARACTER NAME: CHARLIE
ROLE: a new student in the school of angels, Merril’s little sister ( age 8).
HIDDEN AGENDAS: she wants to be like her big sister but honestly
COMPETITION: against another house within the school
CONSPIRACIES: She follows her sister to find out what she is up to
SECRETS: she trained as a thief
DECEPTION: she puts back everything her sister steals.
WOUND: She was abandoned at age 3.
SECRET IDENTITY: She is a very honest person.
QUESTION: will Charlie be able to prove she is honest?
CHARACTER NAME: AUBREY
ROLE: a new student in the school of angels (age 10)
HIDDEN AGENDAS: wants to do best to earn the right to go to Heaven.
COMPETITION: with the other house in the school
CONSPIRACIES: with little Charlie, they want to stop Merrill and Skiler to break the rules.
SECRETS: she has an ability to hear people’s thoughts.
DECEPTION: She uses her ability to betray Skiler and Merrill in order to save her own reputation
WOUND: she died of cancer and is obsessed with the fact that she could be destroyed from inside.
SECRET IDENTITY: famous (Angel) singer
QUESTION: will Aubrey be able to enter the famous choir of Angels ?
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Marie’s intriguing character layers 2
What I learned after listening to the audio is that the freedom of brainstorming opens new possibilities and I don’t feel I am locked in any of them. It’s time for exploration.
CHARACTER NAME: SKILER
ROLE: A new student in the school of angels (age 10).
HIDDEN AGENDAS: to get back to earth to finish what he had started.
COMPETITION: with Charlie.
CONSPIRACIES: Trying to find the limits of the school. Is there a way out? Where do the volunteer angels descend to earth from?
SECRETS: he didn’t drink at the fountain that makes you forget your past life. He has flashbacks of his past life but cannot talk about them.
DECEPTION: He uses his friends’s help to run away from the teacher who suspects his secret but he lies about why the teacher is after him.
He uses Aubrey’s extraordinary memory to become an angel faster and have the right to volunteer to go back on earth. He uses Merril and Charlie to teach them how to steal things.
WOUND: He accused an innocent just to get attention. The real murderer killed him.
SECRET IDENTITY: detective.
CHARACTER NAME: MERRILL
ROLE: a new student in the school of angels (age 10)
HIDDEN AGENDAS: She wants everyone to love her.
COMPETITION: compete with Charlie, her little sister who is so much smarter than her.
CONSPIRACIES: when Charlie tells her that Skiler didn’t drink at the fountain and remembers his past, they try to stop him from escaping.
SECRETS: she was a thief but she drank the water from the fountain so she forgot. The ability of her fingers is still showing. She uses her skill without noticing, only for good reasons.
DECEPTION: she always gives false explanations to her sister.
WOUND: she was abandoned by her mum at age 5 and was reluctant to be always in charge of her sister to find out her sister was smarter than her and didn’t need her anymore.
SECRET IDENTITY: thief
CHARACTER NAME: CHARLIE
ROLE: a new student in the school of angels, Merril’s little sister ( age 8).
HIDDEN AGENDAS: She wants to be noticed by the head of the school.
COMPETITION: with her sister and the other students.
CONSPIRACIES: She gives her sister wrong information to make her look like a fool.
SECRETS: she is able to communicate with a fallen angel (devil).
DECEPTION: she sets a trap for Skiler and her sister to encounter the fallen angel unaware that he could actually kill them.
WOUND: She was abandoned at age 3.
SECRET IDENTITY: Scam artist, manipulator
CHARACTER NAME: AUBREY
ROLE: a new student in the school of angels (age 10)
HIDDEN AGENDAS: to become a guardian angel healer
COMPETITION: with the other students
CONSPIRACIES: with little Charlie, they want to stop Merrill and Skiler to break the rules. They send them to the wrong place at the wrong moment to interfere with their objective and make them fail.
SECRETS: she changes her mind all the time and doesn’t remember why she did things this way rather than that way.
DECEPTION: with little Charlie, she uses her ability to betray Skiler and Merrill in order to save her own reputation
WOUND: she died of cancer and is obsessed with the fact that she could be destroyed from inside.
SECRET IDENTITY: healer
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ASSIGNMENT 1:
Diana’s Intriguing Character Layers
What I learned: It was fun going through all the layers. Makes me want to make the characters as intriguing as possible.
1. Think about your Example Show. Make a list of the places you’ve already seen Character Intrigue in the previous episodes.
Mr. Robot: The subculture of computer hacking; hacker who betrays his own company; hacker is kidnapped; hacker offered a job with competitor; hacker offered to join a secret hacking society; relationship between hacker and best friend; relationship between hacker and Mr. Robot; hacker is like an internet Dexter, ruining the lives of predators without getting caught.
2. Watch the next episode and see how Character Intrigue is being used to create the need to see more episodes. Each of the main characters are so well written and have so many layers with subtext in each character and built into the structure of the show that each episode leaves you hanging with another layer of intrigue, an open loop to make you want to watch the next one and the next one and the next one…
Deadline: 24 hours
ASSIGNMENT 2
1. For your Inner Circle characters, fill in any of the Intrigue items that apply.
Character Name: Wife
Role: Antagonist
Hidden agendas: Committing crimes without husband
knowing
Competition: With society; wants the best of everything
without having to work for it; greedy; wants all the money at any cost
Conspiracies: Mail fraud
Secrets: Sleeps with ex on the regular
Deception: Unfaithful; criminal; married for money;
doesn’t love husband
Wound: Raised by criminal parents
Secret Identity: CriminalCharacter Name: Husband
Role: Protagonist
Hidden agendas: Get wife pregnant to keep her stuck in
the marriage
Competition: Other men vying for wife
Conspiracies: Pretends to go to gym when playing video
games with friends
Secrets: Doesn’t love wife
Deception: Hires PI to spy on wife when suspects her of
infidelity
Wound: Low self-esteem
Secret Identity: GamerCharacter Name: Mother-in-law
Role: Push daughter to commit more crimes
Hidden agendas: Frame daughter and husband so she can
take their house and money
Competition: Husband; wants to manipulate daughter and
he sometimes gets in her way
Conspiracies: Mail fraud, among others
Secrets: Steals from husband’s wallet; shoplifts
Deception: Pretends to love husband and grandkid
Wound: Divorced when she went to prison the second time
Secret Identity: CriminalCharacter Name: Ex-boyfriend of wife
Role: Trickster
Hidden agendas: Steal wife back and frame husband for
crime that ex committed
Competition: Resents husband; wants wife to take him
back
Conspiracies: Befriends husband to get closer to wife
Secrets: Biological father of both kids
Deception: Sleeping with the wife
Wound: Wife dumped him for current husband
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Dave’s Intriguing Character Layers
“What I learned doing this assignment is…that new revelations in the layers change the characters and story line, which is good, since I didn’t know all that much at the beginning. Also, that all good TV shows, movies, novels–and stories in general–contain the elements described in this lesson.
Intrigue items that apply to main characters of Blank Slate:
Character: Joshua Blank
Role: College PR writer who finds himself traveling between dimensions after an experiment goes awry whose overt agenda is to get back to the life he remembers.
Hidden agendas: His overt agenda with Salva is a hidden agenda to everyone around him because they do not experience the reality shifts he does.
Competition: Against The Two Agents to reach people with information he needs before they do.
Conspiracies: With Salva against The Two Agents.
Secrets: Affair. The fear that he did something that caused Salva (The Doctor) to die during The Experiment. Feels guilty for not appreciating his wife and kids.
Deception: Tries to fit in whenever he finds himself in a different reality. Transactional alliances with The Two Agents and other characters who may have information he needs.
Wound: Was downsized from his journalism dream job. Thinks he was cheated out of receiving a Pulitzer.
Secret Identity: That he’s really the Joshua Blank everyone around “knows.” Lies to people about who he is and why he wants to talk to them if they otherwise won’t help him get the information he needs.
Character: Salva Seguir
Role: Physicist who designed an experiment that would prove the existence of infinite parallel realities.
Hidden agendas: Wants to be recognized for the discovery. Wants to get revenge on people who denied her recognition for a Nobel (or some other science prize). Wants revenge on Joshua for causing her to die in The Experiment, which makes it doubtful she can ever return to her baseline reality.
Competition: Against other physicists hoping to achieve what her experiment has achieved—and who may be taking credit for it in her baseline reality.
Conspiracies: With Joshua against The Two Agents and the people who’ve denied her credit in the past and are stealing credit from her now. With The Two Agents against Joshua.
Secrets: She lied to downplay how dangerous The Experiment was. She doesn’t tell Joshua that she blames him for dying in the baseline reality.
Deception: That she’s 100% on Joshua’s side. That she isn’t interested in recognition, but only in science for its own sake.
Wound: Being cheated out of credit.
Secret Identity: A person who is fully committed to helping Joshua get back to the baseline reality.
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Lesson Four –
Carl Maronich’s Intriguing Character Layers
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Example show – “The Americans”
Elizabeth – She was raped by a KBG official when she was a young cadet. This is both a wound and a secret she kept from her husband.
Elizabeth – She had an affair with a fellow agent, Gregory. A secret discovered by her husband.
Phillip – Knows Stan is suspicious of them. Phillip hid the garage while Stan snuck in and examined the trunk of their car. We saw Phillip was prepared to kill Stan.
Elizabeth – She kills a neighborhood security guard.
Stan – Wants to get a head at the FBI. She up competition with Chris.
Phillip – Seems to want to keep Stan close to see what he knows.
Elizabeth/Phillip – Both have secret lives from one another. Both involved in sex with others to get information, hide cover.
Robert – Fellow KGB agent had a secret wife and baby.
KGB – They discover they have a mole in the embassy.
Nina – Russian embassy worker begins having sex with boss to get information to give to Stan.
Stan – We see he is falling for Nina, He’s jealous about how she is getting information.
ASSIGNMENT TWO:
“Paris, Illinois” – Inner Circle Characters
Benny Jameson
Role – Mob second in charge to boss Mickey O’Connor
Hidden Agenda – Wants to get out of the life. Planning to kill Mickey to be able to make a clean break.
Conspiracies – Working with regional mob bosses Mitzy Toussaint (Davenport, Iowa) and Slicker Walsh (St. Louis, Missouri) to oust Mickey.
Secret – He’s a talented painter. Going to kill Mickey to get out of the business and move to Paris, France.
Wound – Blame’s self for little brother’s death when he was 10. Violent death of his father in the rail yard.
Secret Identity – While he’s gotten away labeling himself “dark Irish” his real name is Benito Jimenez. He’s Mexican but has hidden his true identity from his prejudice boss.
Mickey “The Mackerel” O’Connor
Role – Mob boss
Hidden agendas – Taking over the Heavy Henry Katz territory as well as some territory on the northside of Chicago, behind Benny’s back.
Competition – As he gets more reckless, he senses many feel Benny should be in charge. Starts to resent Benny.
Conspiracies – Using Bootsy (another) to spy on Benny.
Secrets – Considers Benny dispensable, although says different to Benny’s face.
Wound – When Mickey was a boy, his father, mother and sister were killed by Mexican banditos when his father took the family to Mexico to strike it rich in the silver mines. Mickey escaped death by killing one of the bandits. He was then found in the desert by Hanson O’Connor. O’Connor took Mickey back to Chicago and raised him. Mickey developed a strong hatred of Mexican, although he has a strong fondness for Mexican prostitutes.
Secret Identity – He’s not Irish as he claims. He was found by Hanson O’Connor and raised Irish, but his true background is not known.
Rosa Jimenez –
Role – Prostitute. Long-lost sister of Benney Jameson (Benito Jimenez).
Hidden agenda – Gets close to Mickey O’Connor and decides to rob him and use the money to get out of prostitution and take her son away to a better life.
Secrets – She’s the long-lost sister of Benny.
Deception – Planning to rob Mickey after he confides to her about a secret stash of money he’s got.
Wound – Loss of family after father was killed in the rail yard.
Secret Identity – Benny’s long-lost sister.
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Mark Lederkramer
Intriguing Character Layers Module 1 Lesson 4 Assignment 1
Mr. Robot
Role Elliot
HIDDEN AGENDAS:
Elliot hacks people for doing bad things
Mr. Robot targeting E Corp,
CEO goes down, Tyrell as CTO steps into the corporate
agendaCOMPETITION: Elliot vs. “Bad” people, Elliot vs. Ollie for Angela, Elliot vs. himself, and Mr. Robot vs. E Corp.
CONSPIRACY: how E Corp rules society; Mr. Robot’s plan to bring down E Corp.
SECRETS: Elliot’s mental health issues and his backup disks. Elliot’s feelings for Angela. The dirt Elliott digs up on people. F society.
DECEPTION: Elliot leveraging his position at Allsafe to gain access to E-Corp.
WOUND: Elliot’s childhood and his addiction an continuing loneliness.
SECRET IDENTITY: Elliot as a vigilante, Mr. Robot and Fsociety.
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Mark Lederkramer Intriguing Character Layers Module 1 Lesson 4 assignment 2
1) Michael “Micky/Pockets” Levine
Role
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. Micky becomes the go to guy to get things done for the Big 3 crew. He will be the voice over helping to tell the story
Hidden Agendas
Micky is really unhappy at being involved with the real Mafia. His main concern is making a boatload of money for him and his partner Howie. He’s hoping to help the Big 3 complete the Columbian trip so as to get a big cash bonus and lots of weed for Howie to deal for the both of them
Competition
Although he loves and is totally loyal to his partner, he feels that he must bring in more money than Howie
Secrets
His whole life is a secret now! His family knows that he is up to something but they don’t know what. He is also having to keep all his friends in the dark. He has been instructed to report(rat) on Matty if he’s partying too much. The big secret is that he will never rat on Matty because that is where his loyalty lies.
Deception
Micky whole life has become deception. On any given day he could be one of three different people depending on who he has to see or deal with that day
Wound
Micky is really not cut out for a life of crime. In fact, he swore is whole life to never get involved with the Mafia. He watched his father work for as he called them, The Boys for his whole life. He saw that a Jew could never go very far with the Mafia.
Secret Identities
In the first month working for the Big 3 he is tasked with creating two different identities complete with drivers licenses and Social Security cards.
2) Mathew “Matty/Mateo” Klienman
Role
Matty is the most important person in the whole Big 3 Crew. He is the person that goes to all the foreign countries, Columbia, Mexico, Lebanon. He is the real smuggler in the crew. He deals with growers in Columbia and Mexico. He deals with the military in Lebanon. He is also the person with all the connections to move any amount of product
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, Mexico, and Lebanon.
Hidden Agendas
Matty wants to break away from the Big 3. He hates the way Stuey treats him. He also is always trying to keep the partners unaware of how much Cocaine he was buying and snorting while partying with hookers almost every night
Competition
He is in competition with other smugglers and dealers in New York and Florida. He is in competition with himself as he wants to constantly surpass the amount of product he smuggles and sells for the Big 3. He is in competition with Stuey because Stuey thinks he is always right and Matty knows that Stuey is not really knowledgeable about the smuggling side of the business.
Secrets
Matty is snorting way too much cocaine and fucking too many hookers. He is also partying too much with Johnny Naps who is the most vicious killer in the Torrio Crew. He’s also taking too many risks in Columbia just like in New York, too much Coke and too many hookers. The difference is that most of the Columbian hookers were underage.
Deception
Matty has many different personas. In Brooklyn he is Matty. In Columbia he is Mateo. He also has to tell lies and embellish the truth all the time
Wound
Matty has always had an inferiority complex. He was picked on as a kid because of his weird looks and behavior. His family life was really fucked up. It doesn’t help that Stuey talks to him like he is a moron and a subordinate instead of the most important person in the Big 3 Crew.
Secret Identities
Matty, Mateo, Javier, Jack Clark
3) Stuart”Stuey” Issacson
Role
Stuey is the tough leader of the Big 3 smuggling and dealing crew. He is the final decision
maker for the crew.
Hidden Agendas
Stuey is always scheming about everything. We will ultimately find out that he scammed Matty into partnering with him and Tony. That scam made Stuey and Tony very rich. He is always cementing his control over both of his partners
Competition
Stuey as the leader of the Big 3 is in competition with all the other dealers and smugglers in New York. He’s also in competition with Matty as he feels that he is more important to the crew than Matty.
Secrets
The biggest secret is that Stuey and Tony scammed Matty into partnering with them for protection by staging a break in and robbery at Matty’s apartment. During that break in Stuey hits Matty in the stomach with the butt of his rifle. He then kicks him in the face so as to make sure that Matty would be terrified. This way Matty would run to Tony for protection.
Deception
Stuey is deceiving everybody including himself. He acts like this tough scary guy. Truth is that he is only tough because of the people who stand behind him and the guns he carries. He’s deceiving Matty by saying that he is loyal to him.
Wound
Stuey wants to really be Italian not Jewish. He knows as a Jew he could never become a made man by the Mafia
4) Anthony”Tony” Fortunado
Role
He is the third partner of the Big 3 crew. He is the crews only Italian. He is handsome and very smooth. Everybody loves Tony.
Hidden Agendas
Tony is always defending Matty from Stuey. He doesn’t like the way Stuey speaks to Matty or himself. Tony was friends with Matty before Stuey talked him into staging a break in and robbery at Matty’s house. That’s how they got Matty to partner with them
Competition
He feels that he is always in a competition with both Stuey and Matty to prove his value
Secrets
Tony is making sure that Matty knows that he is still a close friend and not just a partner. In the back of his head as much as he loves Stuey, he wants to make sure that if he wants to split with him, that Matty will stay with him. Matty is the key to all of the Big 3’s wealth and profits
Deception
He is deceiving Matty about actually being a real friend. He is deceiving Stuey by acting happier than he is with the partnership. Tony is also making it a point to get tight with the Torrio crew
5) Howard “Howie” Schwartz
Role
Howie is Micky’s best friend and partner in their dealing business, “Wheels & Deals”
Hidden Agendas
Howie is always scheming and scamming about ways for him to generate income outside of Micky’s involvement with the Big 3 crew.
Competition
He is in competition with other dealers in New York
Secrets
Howie’s whole life is a secret from his friends and family and most of the world
Deception
See secrets above again his life is all deception
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