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Module One Lesson 5
Assignment One:
What I learned doing this assignment is that there are layers, upon layers, and the more complex the character, the more we invite obsession from the viewers.
Ned Stark Profile
A: Hope: Do a good job for the King, keep king safe, keep himself safe / Fear: repercussions of angering the king, plus all the other court conspiracies, being killed and leaving family to fend for themselves
B: Want: Take care of his family, especially his children / Need: Watch his back, so many wanting him to fail
C: Base Negative Emotion: Fear, basically – / Public Mask: Duty to the King and Honor
D: Weaknesses: Puts his daughters first, and resists making his youngest daughter a “proper” daughter
E: Triggers: Needless death, needless ceremonies,
F: Coping Mechanism: He dotes on his youngest daughter, allowing her to get away with all sorts of “unlady-like” behavior.
Jon Snow Profile- Ned’s illegitimate son.
A: Hope: Do to good, establish himself on his own terms in the kingdom Fear: Failure, especially failure that’d bring his father shame
B: Want: Be the best ranger possible on the wall Need: Watch his back, people are hoping he’ll fail, be killed or worse.
C: Base Negative Emotion: Fear (again) /Public Mask: Steady, even demeanor, even when given meaningless tasks.
D: Weakness: Willing to take on too much to prove his worth, even if his father isn’t around to see it.
E: Triggers: Helpless people being bullied, champion of the “little people”
F: Coping Mechanism: Training, combat, helping the new guys train, being nice, versus mean like the trainers
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Lesson #5 Assignments
David Wickenden – Character Emotions
What I have learned doing this assignment is: by having deep emotional responses, it allows us to manipulate our characters in a way to indicate there are deep-lying reasons that force the character to react under certain situations.
Assignment #1
Mr. Robot
Elliot
A. Situational: Hope Take down ECorps / Fear: Being alone
B. Motivation: Want: Acceptance in a world that doesn’t understand him / Need: Justice for his father’s death
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Fear and loneliness / Public Mask: anti-social, but fantastic computer technician
D. Weaknesses: drugs, social anxiety disorder, depressionE. Triggers: bullies, people hurting his friends
F. Coping Mechanism: drugsTyrell
A. Situational: Hope: To be CEO / Fear: failure
B. Motivation: Want: Power / Need: Control
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Rage and Ego / Public Mask: calm, professional
D. Weaknesses: lack of patience
E. Triggers: failure
F. Coping Mechanism: hurts othersAssignment #2
Laura Amour
A. Situational: Hope: To stop child abuse/ Fear: Arrested or killed
B. Motivation: Want: Bring attention to the problem / Need: True Justice
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Rage / Public Mask: Cool professional
D. Weaknesses: Need to be in control
E. Triggers: innocents being harmed
F. Coping Mechanism: kill wrong doersJanice Williams
A. Situational: Hope: To stop child abuse / Fear: failure, her past abuser’s return
B. Motivation: Want: Justice / Need: Control
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: fear and rage / Public Mask: hard-working professional
D. Weaknesses: her past, obsession
E. Triggers: injustice, children being harmed.
F. Coping Mechanism: drive herself harder – longer hours – no personal life -
Module 1 – Lesson 5: – Assignment
Mike – Character Emotions
What I learned doing this assignment It allows you to create scenarios that will further the theme of the show while advancing the character(s) emotional arc. I can see real possibilities moving forward for several of my characters. Coming from the business world, I always did a SWOT analysis on each of my characters, but this takes the idea to a whole new level. Thank you!
A. Situational: Hope/Fear “Hope” is a goal or dream. They make decisions & take actions so it will come true. “Fear” is a worry or danger they live with. They either prepare to protect themselves, or they go out of their way not to take certain actions so it won’t occur.
Caleb: Hopes: to reunite his family / Fear: Law enforcement will discover him and/or his mom.
Rick: Hopes: to grow his firm and get rich / Fear: who and what he is, will get in the way.
Victoria: Hopes: to find real love / Fear: she will die young like her mother.
Charles: Hopes: to find a way to return to his time / Fear: he will never get to go back in time.
Shuri: Hopes: to rewrite history / Fear: evil will win no matter what she does to stop it.
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B. Motivation: Wants/Need = “Want” is a key desire present most of the time. “Need” is much deeper. It is something we lack inside that must be fulfilled for us to feel okay about ourselves.
Caleb: Wants to help the less fortunate: mentally & financially / Needs: Love and Validation.
Rick: Wants success, riches / Needs: respect and control (this changes to pay for his sins)
Victoria: Wants to be in love and loved/ Needs: to become a mother & start a family.
Charles: Wants to become a father / Needs: to return to his world & marry his girl.
Shuri: Wants to fix the world/ Needs: to rewrite reality so ‘good’ has a chance of winning.
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C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion/Public Mask = “Base emotions” lie under the surface at all times, flare up when stressed. A “Mask” is a persona it’s used to cover the negative emotion.
Caleb: Base emotion: quiet loner / Public mask: special needs student
Rick: Base emotion: obsessive ego / Public mask: successful business man
Victoria: Base emotion: hurt, needing love / Public mask: sweet school girl
Charles: Base emotion: sadness /Public mask: kind old man
Shuri: Base emotion: fear and inadequacy /Public mask: Defender of all that is good
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D. Weaknesses = (1) an area of deficiency, (2) a lack of understanding or skills, or (3) a character flaw.
Caleb: weakness – head in the clouds, won’t see the bad in people
Rick: weakness – stubborn, refuses to face who and what he is until it’s too late
Victoria: weakness – fear of change, fear of loss
Charles: weakness – ignorant about today’s world; lives in the past
Shuri: weakness – need to control the future
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E. Triggers = cause them to lose control emotionally; it’s not just an irritant; this is the one thing that will always set them off.
Caleb: triggers: death of Raquel = terrified of being in cars || Dad’s death = fear of loss i
Rick: triggers: fear of poverty = his phobia || his brother & mom = source of embarrassment
Victoria: triggers: Mother dying young || her abortion – the dick in Phx.|| Dad’s affair later on
Charles: triggers: he is very claustrophobic = his phobia || men yelling at women, he sees red
Shuri: triggers: hidden agendas and liars, it’s why she hates council of elders for that reason.
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F. Coping Mechanism = Their knee jerk reaction when stressed? As the stress rises, they are more likely to go to some type of coping mechanism because their regular way of being no longer works.
Caleb: coping mechanism – running away, fleeing; shutting down
Rick: coping mechanism – fight back, go on the offensive
Victoria: coping mechanism – distract, focus time and energy elsewhere
Charles: coping mechanism – analyze; look for solutions, problem solve
Shuri: coping mechanism – analyze, strategize and manipulating
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Assignment Two:
Character Profiles from “Angels of Vengeance”
What did I learn from doing this assignment? I reread what I’d written in my books, and I realized just how deep the characters are, and how I look at them, the layers become visible.
Dan Lanahan Profile
A:
Hope: Be the best possible cop/detective he can be
Fear: His best isn’t good enough.
B:
Want: To solve the murder of Brianna
Need: Expand his thinking to include the “impossible”
C:
Base Negative Emotion: Low level depression, too “serious”.
Public Mask: Stoic man, focuses on work, even in non-work situations.
D: Weakness: When faced with the paranormal (gods, ghosts) he grasps at any explanation which fits his worldview
E: Triggers: Children in danger. The press & journalists trigger him quickly.
F: Coping Mechanism: Eating Chinese take-away and drinking scotch.
Megaera – Primordial Goddess, a Fury
A:
Hope: Assist the stranded souls by solving their murders
Fear: Not having total control over a situation, slipping up and being spotted by mortals.
B:
Want: Just to do her job, and maybe have some fun
Need: She needs the validation others give her, especially men.
C:
Base Negative Emotion: She is quick to get extremely angry
Public Mask: Imposing figure, it’s as if her presence alerts people to the fact a real live goddess is around. That is, if she’s allowing others to see her.
D: Weakness: Although a goddess, she gets too wrapped up in her human facade of an elderly woman, and allows things to occur that shouldn’t happen, just to view the outcome.
E: Triggers: Injustice and harm to innocents
F: Coping Mechanism: Eating. Then sex. Sometimes not in that order.
Gaia – Mother Nature, Earth Goddess
A:
Hope: Keep the world going.
Fear: One of those silly gods will start something that will cause death and injuries.
B:
Want: To control the situation – as the earth goddess, she cares for her children.
Need: Be fully knowledgeable of all events and the surface gods causing those events
C:
Base Negative Emotion: Wants another shot at that demon, Sorath, even if it may destroy her daughters
Public Mask: Calm, collected. The organizing sense around the sometimes chaos of the Furies.
D: Weakness: Although a goddess, she gets too wrapped up in her human facade of an elderly woman, and allows things to occur that shouldn’t happen, just to view the outcome.
E: Triggers: Pure evil.
F: Coping Mechanism: Gardening, and teasing the bees in her garden
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[BW Module 1, Lesson 5, EMOTIONS]
Assignment 1
What I learned from Assignment 1: Various characters’ emotions change step by step from one show to the next as they and the situation are transformed.
<font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>Example Show: UNORTHODOX</font>
<font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>Esty, runaway wife </font>
A. Situational: Hope / Fear<div>
Hope: Her hope has changed from wanting to get pregnant and find happiness in Williamsburg with Yanky. (At the end: she is pregnant, but hopes to win a scholarship and stay in Germany with her mother and friends.)
Fear: “There must be something wrong with me.” Sex is painful, and she cannot get pregnant. (At the end: she fears she is not good enough to win a scholarship, but sings authentically and powerfully.)
B. Motivation: Want / Need
Want: At first she wants to be happy with Yanky. (At the end, she wants to be happy with herself, mother, and friends at the music school.)
Need: At first, she needs to escape the oppressive situation in Williamsburg. (At the end: she needs to be happy and purposeful among others who affirm her.)
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public MaskBase
Negative Emotion: At first: she is trapped, lonely, disrespected, abandoned. (At the end, she is chased, frightened, and still believes she was rejected by mother.)
Public Mask: Determined to play her role, first: as Hasidic wife; (At the end, to make her own place at the music school)
D. Weaknesses: At first, she cannot get pregnant; (At the end, she is pregnant, but musically untrained, needing to work hard.)
E. Triggers: Feeling rejected, first by her mother, then by Yanky, then by friends at the music school, then by grandmother. (At the end, she is able to reject Yanky and the life he represents, even though he, too, is changing.)
F. Coping Mechanism: Esty is determined and always finds someone to help her: first, the woman piano teacher; then, friends at the music school. (At the end, Esty turns to her mother for help and learns the truth that her mother had never rejected her.).
<font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>Yanky, pursuing husband</font>
A. Situational: Hope / Fear</div><div>
Hope: He will find Esty and she will return with him. (At the end: He hopes that Esty will see he is changing and she will accept him.)
Fear: At first, he fears that Esty cannot get pregnant. (At the end, he fears that he cannot make Esty love him, even though he now appreciates her love of music.)
B. Motivation: Want / Need
Want: Yanky wants Esty to get pregnant and return with him to Williamsburg; (At the end: he wants Esty to accept and love him as being able to change.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Need: Yanky needs to make up for wanting a divorce. (At the end: he cannot convince Esty that he is able to change soon enough for her.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Mask
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Base Negative Emotion: Yanky regrets his “worst mistake” — asking for a divorce.(At the end: To convince her of his love, he cuts his sidecurls, severing his tie to family and faith.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Public Mask: He is completely aligned as an obedient Hasidic son.(At the end: He will go home with his sidecurls cut — or perhaps, not go home at all.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>D. Weaknesses: Yanky is aligned with his mommy and Hasidic indoctrination.(At the end: He tries but fails to convince Esty to stay with him. It is too late.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>E. Triggers: At first, her resistance to the pain of sex and her inability to get pregnant trigger his rejection of her.(At the end, Esty’s powerful performance of an Hasidic song moves him to understand and love her.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>F. Coping Mechanism: Yanky is unlike Moishe and honorable in his sexual faithfulness to Esty. (At the end, he loses Esty, but he is also getting transformed.)
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</font><font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>Assignment 2</font>
What I Learned from Assignment 2: I learned that small parts of the story may prove visually useful or revealing later. It is worth identifying a full range of items to see which ones emerge as useful later, though some will drop out in the end. <font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>
</font><font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>AG’s show: ABOVE US ONLY SKY</font>
<font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>Anne is born into fundamentalist Christianity, marries Phil, a minister, and then she becomes a minister. In retirement, she and Phil discover their beliefs in the supernatural are imaginary. As nontheists, they continue to focus on making a difference for others, but no longer expect an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent deity to make it all come out right in the end. </font>
A. Situational: Hope / Fear</div><div>
Hope: Since earliest childhood, Anne believes God has a plan — and hopefully, a man — for her; but whether or not she marries, she will always have Jesus as her best friend. (At the end: she hopes that she and Phil will live long enough to complete a memoir explaining their many changes.)
Fear: She trusts God so thoroughly that she remains unaware of fear until seminary, when she finds herself falling in love with another man and knows they cannot continue as friends. She remains naively fearless without recognizing that her spiritual self-confidence is an illusion. That awareness will come years later. (At the end: A book helps her understand how her brain has been trained to practice intimacy with God and to interpret her feelings as supernatural interventions. She used to believe God would not let her die until she finished her divine assignments on Earth, but this is no longer true. She needs to take responsibility to finish her work. To get healthy, she also gives up meat, dairy, processed foods and becomes a whole-food, plant-based eater to ward off family diseases,; she gets daily exercise and sleep.)</div><div>
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<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>B. Motivation: Want / Need
Want: She wants to be obedient and fulfill her various divine assignments. (At the end, she sees how many of these goals exhaust her and fall apart within a few years.)
Need: She needs to discern and obey God’s will. She believes she is getting constant confirmation of this worldview, when she is accepted at an ivy league college and wins a scholarship, when she gets jobs at college, when Phil marries her, when they travel to Europe and the Holy Land, when she joins the women’s movement, when her work contributes to important legislation, when her goals for their family are fulfilled, when she goes to seminary and is ordained, when she and Phil go to Africa, when battered mothers tell her how family court hurts their children, when she goes to India for hip surgery — she interprets everything as God’s guidance in her life — always showing her what she must learn next. Then, suddenly, she no longer believes in God. (At the end, she discovers that serendipity still occurs, she learns critical thinking, enjoys being curious, reading secular books, and working on social justice projects with Phil.) ,
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask
Base negative emotion: She is certain God has saved her and is directing her path, which sometimes makes her feel uncomfortably smug and superior. She believes this is wrong, that Christians should be humble.(At the end: she is gratefully secular and hopes to help others navigate similar changes.)
Public mask: Spiritual serenity cauterizes her emotions at the beginning; (By the end: she has experienced depression, anger, self-loathing, and has gained insights from humor, clown ministry, and trauma therapists.)
D. Weaknesses: She is indoctrinated with supernatural biblical ideas.(At the end: she enjoys writing reviews of compelling secular books that teach her new ideas.)
E. Triggers: When she feels “promptings” or supernatural”quickenings,” she believes God is giving her divine assignments and teaching her something new.(At the end, she recognizes these as personal impulses and stops feeling driven to exhaustion.)
F. Coping Mechanism: She constantly talks to God in her mind, saying, “Thank you, Lord,” and “I love you” almost hypnotically. She believes that near-death experiences show people have an immortal soul. (At the end, she is surprised at how easy and liberating it has been to stop thinking supernaturally as she and Phil change their awareness together. They now recognize the human brain as the only “soul” there is, knowing their brains will die with them.)
<font color=”#343434″ face=”Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif”>Phil marries Anne when she is 19, and he is recently ordained at 23. He recognizes her depression, encourages her to talk about her feelings and to join the women’s movement as they continue changing in unexpected ways. </font>
A. Situational: Hope / Fear</div><div>
Hope: To solve problems and help those who are struggling. He sees the church as a profession where he can do this as his life work. He knows thoughtful ministers and sees no contradiction between Christian ideas and his intellect. (At the end, political extremists reveal why conservative Christianity appeals to people with racial prejudices. Phil sees how abhorrent it is to belief God established a racial or sexual caste system.)
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<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Fear: His uncle and grandmother’s deaths make him fear that his<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”> parents will die and leave him alone. (At the end, he fears life without Anne and seeks “death with dignity” legislation.)
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<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>B. Motivation: Want / Need
Want: Phil wants to be successful, to make the dean’s list after he had feared flunking out when he came to college. (At the end, he wants to make a difference changing harmful policies; he wants to teach and inspire positive changes.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Need: He needs to earn Scout merit badges and good grades to compete. As his parents’ only child, he knows all their hopes lay on his shoulders, and he will never disappoint them. He intends to lead and assure things are done right, to make them proud of him, as they are. (At the end, in his 80s, he still needs to keep contributing, to assure that Anne and their children are provided for when he dies, and that he will remain productively helping others.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Base Negative Emotion: Perfection, anger, sense of superiority and self-righteousness. (At the end, despite his many successes, the world remains dire for so many. He will do the best he can.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Public Mask: Competence, tenacity, compassion (At the end, in retrospect, he sees this as a “messiah complex” that sometimes makes things worse for people.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>D. Weaknesses: Anger, resentment, “after all I’ve done for you, how could you do this to me?” (At the end, he is becoming more mellow, less strident, but equally committed.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>E. Triggers: bullying, dishonesty, injustice, corruption, (At the end, he takes long hikes with Anne and his camera, cherishing the beauty of nature and publishing uplifting items for others.)
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>F. Coping Mechanism Analyze problems and find solutions. Phil prayed with those for whom prayer worked, but did not always find prayer helpful. (At the end, like Mother Theresa, he feels his prayers go nowhere. For a long time he thought it was proof of his inadequacy. He became aware of a change in India, where Anne had hip surgery. Instead of staying at the hospital to pray for her, he went out and took photos to distract himself. For a long time he had been doing the best he could, not expecting any supernatural deity to fix things. The ideas in his folk worship songs still move him: “Lift our eyes beyond our borders, tune our ears to distant weeping.” He and Anne listen continually to NPR news and podcasts to stay informed and engaged.)
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Module 1 – Lesson 5: Depth of Emotions
“What I learned doing this assignment is…?”
ASSIGNMENT 1: Mr. Robot TV Show
Watch Episode 5 of Mr. Robot Show and create an Emotional Profile for two or three main characters in the show.
Elliot Anderson:
A. Hope: He wants to bring down the Evil Corporation. / Fear: He will be found out. B. Want: / Need:
C. Base Negative
Emotion: / Public Mask: D. Weaknesses: Drugs E. Triggers:
F. Coping Mechanism: More drugsTyrell Wellick
A. Hope: / Fear:
B. Want: He wants the job of the CTO / Need:
C. Base Negative
Emotion: Miserable Gay who can’t give his wife enough sex at home. / Public Mask: Happy married man. D. Weaknesses:
E. Triggers: Failure F. Coping Mechanism: Pays people to get a beating from him. Pays for gay sex.Mr. Robot
A. Hope: / Fear:
B. Want: / Need:
C. Base Negative
Emotion: / Public Mask:
D. Weaknesses:
E. Triggers:
F. Coping Mechanism: <div>ASSIGNMENT 2: Old Toms TV Show
1. For each of your main characters, brainstorm an Emotional Profile, filling in the following:
Ishey Garfunk
A. Situational:
Hope: To win the dance contest he is staging for the thirty Old Toms and give them
the prize of £1000 or to the GoFundMe. / Fear: The world is now the stage and
the box office cash runs into many millions of pounds.
B. Motivation:
Want: He wants to create cash for the Old Toms group / Need: He needs to
know his friends and classmates are lining their pockets secretly.
C. Mask:
Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask
D. Weaknesses:
He is ignorant about the true/income /account of the GoFundMe group.
E.
Triggers: Selfish talk or people.
F. Coping Mechanism: evasion,Senakey
A. Situational:
Hope / Fear
B. Motivation:
Want / Need
C. Mask:
Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask
D. Weaknesses
E.
Triggers
F. Coping MechanismVan Pee
A. Situational:
Hope: To sell tickets through his church to 500,000 people for the contest. / Fear: of sharing
the cash with the Old Toms.
B. Motivation:
Want money and power / Need: To show he is tough.
C. Mask:
Base Negative Emotion: / Public Mask: Pastor
D. Weaknesses:
E.
Triggers
F. Coping MechanismGilly
A. Situational:
Hope / Fear
B. Motivation:
Want: Power and Money. / Need: Control
C. Mask:
Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: Meek Agricultural Engineer.
D. Weaknesses:
E.
Triggers:
F. Coping Mechanism: </div>-
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Leona Heraty’s Character Emotions
“What I learned doing this assignment is…adding layers of emotions to my characters’ profiles makes them much more interesting and adds lots of depth too.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show
Watch the next episode of your Example Show and create an Emotional Profile for two or three main characters in this show.
LOST | Season 1 | Episode 6
Jack—Hero/Leader/Surgeon
A. Situational: Hope: To get off the island
Fear: Run out of water and dieB. Motivation: Want: To find water and shelter
Need: To prove he can lead and he’s brave after allC. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Insecurity Public Mask: Leader, Brave warrior
D. Weaknesses: Alcoholic, can’t share his past with Kate
E. Triggers: ?
F. Coping Mechanism: Goes off by himself during emotional situations
Kate—Jack’s love interest & helper
A. Situational: Hope: To get off the island
Fear: To be recaptured and brought to justiceB. Motivation: Want: To be loved Need: To be understood
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Hurt
Public Mask: Tough girl, very independentD. Weaknesses: Trust issues
E. Triggers: ?
F. Coping Mechanism? Sarcasm & humor
ASSIGNMENT 2: Your Show1. For each of your main characters, brainstorm an Emotional Profile,
filling in the following:Genesis—Hero/Property Manager
A. Situational: Hope: To defeat the sea monsters
Fear: They will die alone on the islandB. Motivation: Want: To find the hidden treasure Need: Security
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Sadness
Public Mask: Uncaring & aloofD. Weaknesses: Overeats/food addiction & claustrophobia
E. Triggers: Bullies people/pushy
F. Coping Mechanism: Sarcasm
Jake—Genesis’s helper/teenage drug addict
A. Situational: Hope: To stay alive
Fear: He will be killed by the sea monstersB. Motivation: Want: Friends Need: Unconditional love from his family
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Anger Public Mask: Selfish slacker
D. Weaknesses: Fear of heights
E. Triggers: ?
F. Coping Mechanism: Jokes all the time
Morgan—Jake’s older sister/nurse/Genesis’s helper
A. Situational: Hope: To get off the island alive
Fear: Being killed by the sea monstersB. Motivation: Want: Freedom/Independence
Need: Validation from her parentsC. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Anger
Public Mask: Perfection, judgmentalD. Weaknesses: Insecure
E. Triggers: Lazy people, like her brother, Jake
F. Coping Mechanism: Snaps at people
Pete—Handyman/Genesis’s helper & love interest
A. Situational: Hope: To survive the sea monster invasion
Fear: Being killed by the sea monstersB. Motivation: Want: To find the hidden treasure
Need: Atone for his sinsC. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Disappointment
Public Mask: Cynical/AloofD. Weaknesses: Afraid of water, can’t swim
E. Triggers: Smart aleck kids and teenagers
F. Coping Mechanism: Withdraws and drinks
Wallis—Genesis’s helper/retired Air Force Officer
A. Situational: Hope: To make it off the island alive
Fear: Being killed by the sea monsterB. Motivation: Want: To build a luxury resort on the island
Need: To be remembered/leave a legacyC. Mask: Base Negative Emotion: Melancholy
Public Mask: Bright/always cheerfulD. Weaknesses: Smoking/chain smoker
E. Triggers: Indecisive people
F. Coping Mechanism: She’s super prickly & defensive
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Syd’s Character Emotions_M1_L5_Assignments 1 and 2
2. What I learned doing this assignment is what’s driving my characters. Perhaps they’re just beginning to reveal themselves to me.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show
Watch the next episode of your Example Show and create an Emotional Profile for two or three main characters in this show.
Ned Stark
A. Situational: Hope— to protect King Robert, find out who killed Jon Arryn; Fear—his actions will harm his family
B. Motivation: Want— wants to know why Jon Arryn was killed; Need—to know who he can trust
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion—Fear; Public Mask—Hand of the King is in control
D. Weaknesses: He’s not particularly stealth — but that’s hard in king’s landing; This is a tough one, some would say his integrity is his weakness in this circumstance because he’s in a den of vipers; prioritizing duty (curiosity, desire for the truth) over his and his family’s safety; he’s warned that Jon Arryn died for asking too many questions
E. Triggers: He appears good at not losing control in this episode; however, it does appear that others can manipulate his sense of duty / curiosity; perhaps he won’t kill an innocent, Daenerys (or won’t lie and say he will to give himself time to escape)
F. Coping Mechanism: Doubling down on seeking the truth<div>
Tyrion Lannister
A. Situational: Hope—to prove himself innocent of Catelyn’s accusation; Fear—he will be executed in the Vail
B. Motivation: Want—vindication; Need—a champion for trial by combat
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion—rejection (by his father, people in general); Public Mask—he doesn’t care what people think (“embrace who you are, wear it like armor”)
D. Weaknesses—To compensate (for low self-esteem, resentment, anger) he uses his quick wit and willingness to verbally prod others on their weak spots, this wreaks havoc on himself and others
E. Triggers—Insults that remind him of his father’s rejection
F. Coping Mechanism—verbal sparing; as said before this can wreak havoc on himself and others; sex and alcohol addictions
ASSIGNMENT 2: Your Show
For each of your main characters, brainstorm an Emotional Profile, filling in the following:<div>
Charita
A. Situational: Hope—to prove herself as a tawaif/artist, spy, political force; Fear—she’ll lose her true love, imposter syndrome, death/imprisonment
B. Motivation: Want—to contribute, to be recognized; Need—love/friendship, to fulfill her purpose
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion—fear of enslavement, meaningless existence; Public Mask—accomplished artist; fearless spy
D. Weaknesses—Thinks she knows more than she does; inexperience; too bold (compensating); disappointed when those she’s close to don’t see her as she wants to see herself
E. Triggers—She pops off at people when they tell her she can’t do something (because she’s a woman or because she’s not the right class)
F. Coping Mechanism—stops confiding / trusting those who truly have her back; doubles down on risk (even if it unwise)</div><div>
Veer
A. Situational: Hope—To depose Rajendra; Fear—Rajendra will kill the infant king, he will fail the child like he did the father; his true connection to the former king will be revealed
B. Motivation: Want—revenge, privacy, justice and honor; Need—to be truly known, to be loved, to lead a band of criminals in the wilderness in order to achieve his goals
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion—shame; Public Mask—leader, he’s still the general even though he’s exiled from the kingdom
D. Weaknesses: Unforgiving, suspicious
E. Triggers: When someone tries to expose his true parentage, someone brutalizing a woman
F. Coping Mechanism: Finds it easier to kill than to trust someone<div>
Rajendra
A. Situational: Hope—to be embraced as the new king; Fear—being denounced as a pretender and executed
B. Motivation: Want—to secure his throne by whatever means; Need—to be popular with the people
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion—insecurity, rejection; Public Mask—powerful, benevolent ruler
D. Weaknesses—people approval, shame, anger
E. Triggers—when his ability to rule is questioned or when he’s viewed as an unfit leader
F. Coping Mechanism—undercover thief (jewels); ironically, he’s protective of children as he was an abused one himself</div><div>
Bhadrabahu
A. Situational: Hope— that he will win Vanhi and keep his Father out of a noose; Fear— losing power, poverty
B. Motivation: Want—money and power (sigma); Need—control
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion—rejection; Public Mask—bon vivant, playboy
D. Weaknesses: His family that has rejected him; He’s in love with Vanhi
E. Triggers: Being rejected by Vanhi, anything his father says or does; when someone he trusts tries to undermine him, he trusts few
F. Coping Mechanism: Sex and opium (post — diluted opium and herbs) abuse
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This assignment really helped me compile my ideas for each of my characters, this gives me a good basing point to work off of for current and future characters.
Adam
Hope: To be the greatest criminal mastermind in New York | Fear:To fail, wind up powerless
Want: Power | Need: Control over people, to never let anyone get the better of him ever again.
Mask: Public: Gentleman | Private: violent criminal | Very Private: Non-violent Robin Hood type
Weaknesses: Adam never feels good enough, no matter how much wealth or power he acquires. He also got somewhat fucked in the head during the civil war, that didn’t help things.
Triggers: Opportunity to acquire power or influence causes Adam to constantly push things.
Coping Mechanism: Adam carries a coin with him from a bully. The bully convinced him to trade 2 dull pennies for one shiny one. His father punished him when he came home and Adam has carried the coin ever since as a reminder.
Mendelstein
Hope: To own the city | Fear: to lose everything
Want: Power | Need: Control
Mask: Beautiful socialite, Mother to all orphans | real face: Cold blooded murderer
Weaknesses: Mendelstein has a temper and gained the nickname the bear for a reason.
Trigger: Most things will trigger her, but whether or not she shows it depends on the circumstances.
Coping: Acquiring luxury items (fancy clothes, jewelry), Destroying her enemies and those who have upset her.
New Characters:
Sophie Leopold
Hope: To one day surpass Mendelstein, To get out of the life of petty crime| Fear: To discover she’s just another pretty face.
Want: Luxurious items, Comfort, Security, a companion, a family | Need: to steal, to con
Base: Lonely, Scared, Kleptomaniac, Smarter than even she thinks | Mask: a ditz who needs the support of men
Weakness: Sopie literally needs to steal, its a compulsion, and she never necessarily received much of an education outside of crime so theres a deep feeling of inadequacy.
Coping Mechanism: If she gets her mind set on it, she steals it. She also likes to try and use fancier words and pretend she’s fancier than she is.
Detective WiIlliam Nickleback
Hope: To fight criminals in all their capacity | Fear: To bring shame to his family name
Want: to catch Adam the notorious bail jumper for the first case his dad assigned to him | Need: To be out in the action, investigating criminals, learning more about them.
Base: Insecure, Intelligent | Mask: Bully, brute
Weaknesses: Over-loyal to his father and family, sometimes approaches situations a bit heated.
Trigger: the thought of losing, the thought of failing.
Coping mechanism: he drinks and can occasionally be violent when he’s drunk. He sometimes utilizes other “legal” narcotics
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Wayne’s Character Emotions
What I learned doing this assignment is that I can’t simply rely on instinctive knowledge to create deep characters. This process is an amazing checklist to insure maximum useful depth.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show
Watch the next episode of LOST.
Create an Emotional Profile for two or three main characters in this show.John Locke:
• A. Situational: Hope / Fear – To be heroic / Failure
• B. Motivation: Want / Need – To be accepted & respected / Love
• C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask – Being a nobody / Confident, knowledgeable, heroic.
• D. Weaknesses – Takes foolish risks
• E. Triggers – “You can’t.”
• F. Coping Mechanism – Solitude, meditation, extreme thinkingKate:
• A. Situational: Hope / Fear – To get saved / Past is found out
• B. Motivation: Want / Need – To get away / to share whatever her past is
• C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask – May be guilty of some crime / Wholesome woman
• D. Weaknesses – Loves adventure
• E. Triggers – Inquiry into her personal self
• F. Coping Mechanism – volunteers for adventurous missionsRose
• A. Situational: Hope / Fear – hopes her husband is alive / fears he is not
• B. Motivation: Want / Need – To be reunited with her husband / To accept all likelihood her husband is dead
• C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask – Fear, denial / confidence, faithful
• D. Weaknesses – overly optimistic
• E. Triggers – doubting people (people trying to help her)
• F. Coping Mechanism – seclusion, meditation, rocking, denial
ASSIGNMENT 2: Your Show, ASTRONOMICAL ATTRACTIONS
1. For each main character, brainstorm an Emotional Profile, filling in the following:Mike:
• A. Situational: Hope / Fear – To create a life in this foreign place / capture
• B. Motivation: Want / Need – To survive / to have a family
• C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask – Grieving inability to ever see family (earth) again / To have a functional family.
• D. Weaknesses – loneliness
• E. Triggers – Mention of his earth family (mother & sister)
• F. Coping Mechanism – Keep busy, explore, learn, get to know Desae & NomeDesae:
• A. Situational: Hope / Fear – To find loving husband & dad for Nome / Mike will be caught or leave
• B. Motivation: Want / Need – Mike to love her and stay with her / Love & helpmate
• C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask – grieving dead lover / strong and adjusted
• D. Weaknesses – believes God brought Mike for her
• E. Triggers – threats against her, Nome, Mike from authorities
• F. Coping Mechanism – Work hard, lone Nome, care for MikeYardas:
• A. Situational: Hope / Fear – To have a fun life / Her husband won’t satisfy her.
• B. Motivation: Want / Need – Her husband to get out of his funk / children
• C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask – Resents her husband being a dullard / Everything is great & she’s happy
• D. Weaknesses – takes risks, seeks excitement, is ditsy
• E. Triggers – Anyone putting her down, anyone criticizing her husband
• F. Coping Mechanism – being a busybody, getting involvedDabier:
• A. Situational: Hope / Fear – Desae recovers from loss of her betrothed / That Desae discover he killed her betrothed.
• B. Motivation: Want / Need – Ensure Desae & Nome are alright / to pay attention to Yardas
• C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask – Guilt for having killed Desae’s lover / He’s a nobody just getting by
• D. Weaknesses – Confused how to handle things
• E. Triggers – mention of the death Nome’s natural father
• F. Coping Mechanism – Withdraws -
ASSIGNMENT 2
Tully’s Character Emotions
What I learned doing this assignment is that I will be using this emotional profile for every single thing I ever write ever again. I LOVED this!
TESSA
A. Situational: Hope / Fear
a. To be victorious and love / To fail and find out she’s as dumb and worthless as they say, unloved
B. Motivation: Want / Need
a. Independence / Confidence (worldview)
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask
a. Actually every bit the rich bitch / somewhat bewildered innocent good person
D. Weaknesses
a. Sensitive, can’t plan, not quick to look inward, easily bored according to ISFP weaknesses.
b. and training means easily irritable in a self centered way (boredom = someone needs to come entertain me, where are you?!?)
E. Triggers
a. Someone calling her a rich bitch.
b. Someone talking down to her.
F. Coping Mechanism
a. Denial — ignore it, pretend it didn’t happen.
b. Shut down — hide, cry, seclusion, inaction.
c. EMOTE – just have a cry. (I added this one.)
d. Call for help — pleading, praying, feeling helpless.
AVA
A. Situational: Hope / Fear
a. To gain permanent pervasive approval / To be cast out like Tessa the favorite was
B. Motivation: Want / Need
a. To stay involved / To not be forgotten.
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask
a. Pathetic / powerful? Productive? Monolith of control?
D. Weaknesses
a. Actually not well boundaried, self loathing, victimitis, anger issues covering the self loathing. Dichotomy in head like mine: I know this isn’t right, but I can’t argue against it if I’m shit, tho??
b. Stubborn. Tactless. Resistant to change. guilt issues. Says ISTJ weaknesses.
E. Triggers
a. Someone calling her a lackey.
b. Someone getting away with something.
F. Coping Mechanism
a. Fight back — blame others, attack back, lash out.
b. Lie — distort, scheme, cover up.
c. Distract — change subject, misdirect.
d. Manipulate — guilt, blackmail, threats, humiliation.
DANA
A. Situational: Hope / Fear
a. To be happy / To be controlled
B. Motivation: Want / Need
a. Adventure / Freedom
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask
a. Crazy / eclectic? Or… Sad / The Funnest?
D. Weaknesses
a. Well, ADHD.
b. Unintentionally self-centered, hypersensitive, lack of follow through, according to ENFP weaknesses. SE is bottom, she’s probably not observant unless distinctly interested.
E. Triggers
a. Someone telling her what to do. (She’s kind of an Abed??)
F. Coping Mechanism
a. Fight back — blame others, attack back, lash out.
b. EMOTE – just have a cry. (I added this one.)
c. Alter their state — overeating, sex, drink, drugs.
d. Denial — ignore it, pretend it didn’t happen.
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