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Lesson 5
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Subject Line: Claudia’s Character Action Tracks.
My vision: To become the best screenwriter I can be, and to find success in the industry.
What I learned from this assignment is that each character really does have their own voice and their own particular way of behaving/reacting.
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Act 1: Grace goes to war, the weight of her family’s expectations on her shoulders. [NB: Throughout Act 1, Grace is extremely worried about appearances and highly deferential to those with higher ranks.]
Grace PJ 1: Grace dutifully and submissively receives the
blessing of her newly-ordained brother and her father as she reports for
duty as an Army nurse – along with an admonition not to “disappoint them.” <div>Deeper Layer: Grace’s older brother went AWOL after D-Day. The
family has disowned him but Grace hopes to find him.<div>
Ann AJ 1: Grace meets Ann.
[Ann wears a necklace chain with a locket and a key on it. Grace says she
is the oldest of six children. Ann says she has only a kid sister,
Margie.] [Grace walks in as Ann reviews a
patient chart. Ann is talking angrily to herself about all the errors Dr.
Grey made and what really needs to be done – while quoting Dickens and
referring to the doctor by a disparaging Dickens-based nickname. Ann then
edits the chart so that, in her view it is correct. She pushes back the
curtain and her angry mood is immediately gone, replaced by compassion and
competence as she treats the injured serviceman – while Grace watches in
amazement.]Deeper Layer: Ann is a closet lesbian who was disowned for her
sexual orientation.<div>
Grace PJ 2: Grace meets Dr. Samuel Grey, her commanding officer,
and fellow nurse Rachel Schneider. She is shocked when Ann questions him
about the Officer’s Club issue. (Women officers pay dues but aren’t
allowed in the Club without a male escort.) His response shows him to be
both racist and sexist – but Grace remains very deferential.
Inciting Incident: Grace meets Booker, a Tuskegee airman. She
is immediately drawn to him – and also notices how others treat him.<div>
Ann AJ 2: Ann notices the attraction and is jealous, but
pretends not to care.Booker PJ 1: Booker is attracted to
Grace but rejects any idea of a relationship. [Talking with a fellow
Tuskegee airman, Keith Washington, as they are getting their aircraft
ready to fly a mission.]<div>
Grace PJ 3: Grace and Booker continue to run into each other.
She can’t help flirting; he tries hard to stay aloof.<div>
Ann AJ 3: Ann and Booker interaction – at loggerheads. Ann is
aggressive. Booker is polite and aloof but subtly makes clear that he
doesn’t like her either.<div>
Grace PJ 4: Dr. Grey provides a surprising diagnosis and course
of treatment. Grace had thought that something else was going on that
would necessitate a different course of treatment. But she second-guesses
herself even though Ann agrees with her assessment. [NB: The patient is a
Tuskegee airman.]<div>
Turning Point 1: Against Ann’s strong urging, Grace follows Dr.
Grey’s directions and her patient dies because of the incorrect treatment.Act 2: Grace’s interests diverge from her family’s but she tries to remain obedient. [NB: Grace is somewhat less concerned about appearances in the beginning of Act 2 – but reverts back to being highly deferential after receiving her parents’ letter. In the first part of Act 2, she seeks out Booker. But in the second half, she avoids him.]
Grace PJ 5: After the patient dies, a devastated Grace
second-guesses her own actions – but not Dr. Grey’s. Ann, frustrated and
angry, lays the blame squarely on Dr. Grey (even though she thinks Grace
shouldn’t have followed Dr. Grey’s directions). [Ann tries a distraction:
asks why her brother isn’t in the war. He’s a newly ordained priest. Ann
asks, isn’t it usually the second son who becomes a priest? Yes, usually.] <div>Grace PJ 6: Grace and Booker scene. She is sincere. He is
polite and aloof – but ultimately can’t help but spit out that Dr. Grey
could care less whether Tuskegee airmen live or die.<div>
Grace PJ 7: Grace writes to her parents about her feelings for Booker.
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Grace PJ 8: Grace starts listening more to Ann and questioning
those in authority. Grace, Ann and Rachel go together to the Officer’s
Club – without a male escort. They are removed.<div>
Grace PJ 9: Dr. Grey sends Grace, Ann and Rachel to an Army
psychiatrist for their attempt to enter the Officer’s Club. Grace is mortified
– and terrified that her family will find out. Rachel is stoic. Ann is
angry.<div>
Booker PJ 2: Booker performs
heroically and saves the life of another pilot in a dogfight – but when
they get back to base, that pilot has claimed the credit.<div>
Ann AJ 4: Ann tries to undermine
Booker in Grace’s eyes. [Maybe claims he wrongly tried to take credit for winning
the dogfight?]<div>
Grace PJ 10: Her parents respond forbidding her from any kind
of relationship with “a man like that.” Between the psychiatrist, Ann
undermining Booker and the message from her parents, Grace reverts to deference
and obedience. In an effort to forget Booker, Grace starts dating a White
soldier, Liam Connelly. [They go to the Officer’s Club.]<div>
Grace PJ 11: Grace, Ann and Rachel meet a new
nurse, Susan. Grace slips and says she has six siblings. Ann notices.<div>
Grace PJ 12: Grace, Ann and Rachel run into
Booker and Keith. Grace tries to be standoffish and aloof; Ann is hostile.
Rachel hits it off with Booker and Keith immediately, can’t understand
Grace’s or Ann’s behavior.<div>
Booker PJ 3: Rachel befriends
Booker, talks about the plight of the Jews under the Nazis – and he opens
up about being Black under Jim Crow.<div>
Grace PJ 13: Grace wanders around the new town,
discreetly trying to find someone.<div>
Grace PJ 14: Ann calls Grace out on her six siblings – and
Grace says her older brother Patrick was killed at D-Day.Turning Point 2: Grace gets pregnant – and discovers Liam with Susan.
Devastated, and feeling that she has no options, Grace tries to commit
suicide.<div>
Booker PJ 4: Booker finds Grace before she can kill herself and
stops her. Brings her to Ann, who springs into fierce and dedicated nurse
mode.Act 3: Grace starts to rebel. [NB: In Act 3, then even more in Act 4, Grace cares less and less what others think of her.]
Grace PJ 15: Grace chooses the least bad among the alternatives
– and asks Ann to give her an abortion. Ann does so, and does her best to
make Grace feel okay about the choice. <div><div>
Grace PJ 16: Ann, Rachel and Booker try to help Grace recover
from her feelings of despair. Grace starts to get angry at the way things
are.<div>
Grace PJ 17: Grace thanks Booker for saving her. Apologizes for
being aloof and rude. He can’t help but warm towards her.
Ann AJ 5: Ann convinces Grace to get subversive.
They pilfer medical supplies so that the wounded Black soldiers can be
treated medically as well as the White soldiers.<div>
Booker PJ 5: Booker sees what Grace is doing –
with Ann’s leadership. He develops a grudging respect for Ann (and an even
stronger connection towards Grace).
[Ann and Booker scene.]<div>
Grace PJ 18: Grace convinces Ann and Rachel to go
to the Officer’s Club again. Ann is surprised – but thrilled. They are
ejected again. [Sent to a psychiatrist again?]<div>
Grace PJ 19: Grace gets bolder about going around
each new town, looking for someone. [Montage?]<div>
Grace PJ 20: She gets back to base just before
curfew – runs into Booker, who wonders why she is out so late and where
she has been.<div>
Grace PJ 21: As
recovery rates in their ward soar, Dr. Grey tries to undermine them. Grace
is furious – but can’t quite find her voice when taking directly to him. Ann
steps in and supports Grace.<div>
Booker PJ 6: Booker realizes he is in love with Grace.
But refuses to do anything about it. [Booker and Keith scene.]<div>
Ann AJ 6: Ann tells Grace
that nobody has the right to dictate who you love
– but Grace thinks she’s talking about Grace’s love for Booker, not Ann’s
love for her. [Ann’s monologue.]<div>
Turning Point 3: Grace confesses her love to Booker, but he
rejects her. [She is shocked; she thought the feelings were mutual.] Ann,
comforting Grace, finally confesses her love – and Grace rejects her,
appalled.Act 4: Climax and Resolution
40. Booker PJ 7: Booker is devastated at rejecting Grace but believes he has done the right thing. Rachel and Keith convince Booker not to give up on his life – and to try to win back Grace.
41. Ann AJ 7: Ann, devastated by Grace’s rejection, throws herself back into her work.
42. Grace PJ 22: Grace finds her older brother. He suffered from PTSD and a TBI at the D-Day invasion and deserted. He was nursed back to health by an Algerian woman in the French Resistance, whom he loves. He begs her not to tell their parents he is alive. She realizes no one controls who they love – and understands that Ann is in the same position as she is.
43. Ann AJ 8: Grace finds Ann and apologies. Tells her about her disowned brother. Ann confesses that she was disowned by her family – everyone except her kid sister Margie – when they discovered she was a lesbian.
44. Ann AJ 9 and Grace PJ 22A: Officer’s Club resolution. Over Capt. Grey’s objections, women officers no longer have to pay Officer’s Club dues – although they still can’t go in without an escort.
45. Booker PJ 8: Booker gets in dogfight protecting a bomber – and is left behind by those pilots. He crashes – and everything goes black.
46. Grace PJ 23: Booker is missing. She is frantic. She goes to her brother, asks him to find Booker.
47. Booker PJ 9: Patrick uses his connections with the French Resistance to locate Booker. Patrick realizes that Booker will not survive unless he gets him to a hospital. So Patrick brings Booker to Grace at the Army forward hospital.
48. Booker PJ 10: Booker wakes in the forward hospital, where he is being treated by Grace.
Grace PJ 24: Grace will try to save Booker, no matter what,
even if they can never be together.Climax: the Germans mount a counterattack and the forward
hospital is under siege. Everyone is ordered to leave, with as many
patients as they can take. Grace refuses to leave Booker, who is too
injured to move. Patrick shows up to help.Ann AJ 10: Ann realizes she loves
Grace enough to want her to be happy. Ann and Patrick sacrifice themselves
to give Grace and Booker a chance at life and love. Ann gives Grace the chain
around her neck – with the locket and the key – and whispers a final
request.Resolution: Patrick’s and Ann’s heroism saves Grace and Booker.
Booker admits his love for Grace and agrees that they should try to find a
place where they can be together.Grace PJ 25; Booker PJ 11: Grace and Booker use the key to remove
papers from a safe deposit box. At a rundown tenement in Philadelphia,
they meet Ann’s sister Margie – and give her a letter, the deed to Ann’s
home and enough money to raise her kids, from the safe deposit box. Grace
decides to go to medical school.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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Subject line: Will Jennings’ Character Action Tracks!
My Vision: I will write movies that are extremely funny and entertaining and bring a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment to a world starving for true enjoyment.
What I learned from doing this assignment is there are a myriad of actions your characters can bring to the party that make them irresistible.
Act 1: The girls are informed by their mother the Queen it is time to travel to Earth and begin the mission.
What actions could this character take here? Waving their arms about.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Laughing while waving their arms and mocking their overreaction.
Abigail PJ 1: Abigail is petrified of going to a place filled with lunatics. Gwendolyn: Camp! Are you crazy?
What actions could this character take here? Jumping up and down as two-year-olds.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Laughing while jumping around at their overreaction when Earth turns out to be not that dangerous.
PJ 2: The girls are sucked into a wormhole and whisked into space passing by stars and constellations.
What actions could this character take here? They act like they are surfing through the universe.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Act like surfing and sing a 60’s type song when they hit the beach.
Brandi AJ 1: Brandi is picked up by her mother in a Dodge Charger from a government building.
Deeper Layer: She just was released from juvenile hall for committing a series of misdemeanors.
What actions could this character take here? Brandi gets in the car and puts her feet up on the dash. Her mother instantly starts arguing.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Brandi laughing about pushing her mother’s buttons to drive her crazy.
Inciting Incident: The girls are introduced in school and a rude girl embarrasses them in front of the entire class.
What actions could this character take here? After another jibe by the mean girl, both twins flash the looser L sign and the crowd starts roaring.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? People giving the loser sign behind the mean girl’s back.
Brandi AJ 2: Brandi is threatened with losing her status and just destroys and humiliates the twins to no end.
What actions could this character take here? Brandi’s cruelty is too much and the room starts booing her.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Brandi does not harass people in a large crowd again.
PJ 3: The girls realize this is not going to be a love feast and they will need to toughen up to be taken seriously.
Turning Point 1: The girls decide to throw a party for all the uncool kids and the bad girl shows up with her mother’s motorcycle gang.
What actions could this character take here? The girls freak out and ask Sir Daniel what are they supposed to do.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? They ask Sir Daniel to have a defense plan ready at all times.
Brandi AJ 3: Riding on the back of a motorcycle, Brandi is hurling insults at anyone she recognizes.
What actions could this character take here? Showing her powerful membership in a motorcycle gang the uncool kids see that she is a force not to be reckoned with.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? From now on Brandi wears a black leather menacing biker jacket to school to remind everyone of her status.
PJ 4: This is the final insult, and they respond by scaring off the motorcycle gang with flying drones. One has a trooper siren, another flashing cop lights, and yet another pretends to be a police helicopter.
Deeper Layer: The motorcycle gang thinks the swat team is headed their way and they thunder off to the complete delight of the uncool kids as they see that the girls controlling the drones.
What actions could this character take here? Realizing the twins came up with the zany plot to scare off the motorcycle gang using drones with sirens, has the entire party amazed at how cool they are.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? They have decided to launch more get-togethers for the group to bond and become more secure against the badasses.
Act 2: The girls try contacting the authorities to assist.
Deeper Layer: The harder they try; it becomes obvious that the police and city hall are not interested in giving any protection from the gang.
What actions could this character take here? Gwendolyn’s quirky sense of humor comes up with they start calling network crime shows trying to get Brandi’s mom and her life of crime on America’s Most Wanted. They are turned down because she is not a big enough crook. Or, as they put it: strictly small potatoes.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Try selling the crime family’s history to smaller true crime shows after everything hits the fan.
Brandi and her mom: AJ 4: They begin to get reports that the twins are trying to turn up the heat and are amused at the newcomers.
What actions could this character take here? They start rewarding the informers with cases of beer, ball tickets, and bowling league invitations.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Brandi wants to try and bribe some of the uncool kids into her clique.
Turning Point 2 / Midpoint: The girls find out that Brandi’s mom is the leader of a crime family and they have put a lot of people in danger.
What actions could this character take here? They set up a 24-hour surveillance camera system around their house.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? They ask for 24-hour surveillance from the jumbo tron back in Fairytale Land.
PJ 5: Sir Daniel assures them he will protect all the kids from any type of threat.
Deeper Layer: The girls find great comfort in knowing how skilled Sir Daniel is at reconnaissance and defense.
What actions could this character take here? They phone their mother and ask if they need more backup.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? They demand 3 more knights and more sprites.
Act 3: They decide to take a trip back to Fairyland and figure out how to deal with this level of corruption.
PJ 6: As the girls are entertaining two school friends at their house, a pillow fight breaks out and the four of them cartwheel into the transporter room and are sucked into the one-way wormhole and blasted back to Fairytale Land.
Deeper Layer: The girls are frightened of what their mother the Queen will say when they arrive with two humans.
PJ 7: As they arrive in Fairytale Land, the Queen is waiting and sprinkles some fairy dust on the two guests so they will not remember anything of their adventure.
What actions could this character take here? With no worries about anyone hearing about their secret life, the girls go crazy showing all of the amazing things there are to do in this realm.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? They show how to use the special toys to make fun of the mean people back on Earth.
Turning Point 3: Their new plan is to bring muses and fairies back to Earth to gather hard evidence against the bad guys and to end their reign of terror.
What actions could this character take here? The otherworldly creatures scour the city for police records or former court cases that have implications for Brandi’s crime family.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? The muses and fairies are so successful that they start their own private investigation office that becomes the toast of the town.
AJ 5: The gang calls a meeting to decide how to get rid of the medaling interlopers.
The gang summons all their mobsters to the twins’ house to show them who is boss once and for all.
What actions could this character take here? Brandi sends her creeps out to toilet paper the homes of the uncool kids.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Brandi’s thugs ride around in cars pelting anyone they see walking around with eggs.
AJ 6: They decide to smash up the place.
Deeper Layer: Unknowingly, the thugs have destroyed their otherworldly toys and have left the twins defenseless.
What actions could this character take here? With the help of a time portal, the twins, the Lady, and the Knight simply reverse time, and the damage is erased. The house is as good as new.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Any intruders who enter the house are sent into suspended animation in the future.
PJ 8: With the help of Sir Daniel, a plan is formulated to attack the gang and defend their turf. A communication network is installed to direct all activities. New special otherworldly toys are ordered to be delivered from the other side.
What actions could this character take here? Everyone is briefed to expect the unexpected and be ready for anything.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Fairyland has assembled its own strike force team that is always on call and ready for action.
PJ 9: Invisible recognizance is carried out by the muses and fairies in city hall, the police station, lawyers’ offices, and the gang’s home.
Deeper Layer: The muses and fairies have collected a mountain of criminal evidence against the bad guys and delivered it to the state attorney’s office. They also hired powerful lawyers to schmooze the press.
What actions could this character take here? They manipulate the national press to the party and everything becomes a lot more tense as the local press looks like wimps and puppets to anything corrupt in the city.
What actions could this character take in the future based on this beat? Fairytale Land decides to set up a real news channel that is honest in this flea market of vultures.
Act 4 Climax: Everyone arrives at the motorcycle picnic at the same time. While in invisible mode, the muses jump on some of the bikes and ride off while everyone thinks the motorcycles are riding away with no riders. Immediately, the fairies and muses appear and disappear while punching out the bad guys until they freak out. The fairies light off so many fireworks that the entire police force shows up and arrests the gang.
Resolution: The gang is packed into a jail cell, strumming tin cups against the bars while singing blues tunes. As the gang members are pushed into the courtroom the following day, a mountain of evidence is presented, and they are charged with a ton of crimes. Brandi ends up back in reform school and gets beat up by anyone she wisecracks. The gang goes to prison and the girls are now the undisputed leaders of the new cool kids.
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Mahee’s Character Action Tracks
My Vision – I want to be a great writer who is well-respected and recognized in the industry, with successful books published and blockbuster movies produced. I want to create a successful movie franchise that audiences all over the world will love, rave about, look forward to, and continue to enjoy many years from now.
What I learned from doing this assignment is creating interesting action for my characters.
Genre: Science Fiction Thriller
Title: Realm: Gates of Wrath
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ACT 1: In a wide-open field, a large, shiny, and spectacular extraterrestrial spaceship descends slowly and lands on the turf.
DuVernay AJ 1: Reverend DuVernay, a greatly admired black leader, eagerly awaits along with several politicians and world leaders as 1ONTAE, an alien warlord, an extraterrestrial pharaoh, and an absolute giant of a human being, emerges out of the spaceship. Wearing a body armor made out of an other-worldly alloy and a large bird-of-prey helmet with thick hanging chains, he is here to spread chaos, corruption, hatred, and violence. As he stands with authority, everyone kneels, rises, and kisses his hand. DuVernay does his part as well. But his followers and supporters are oblivious to this periodic ritual.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay lights a cigar and enjoys a puff. He feels a power rush well up inside of him. The desire to feel important, invincible, and imposing consumes him.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– This ritual keeps empowering him. It feeds his ego and sets off a fire in his belly to be on top of the world no matter what it takes.
DuVernay AJ 2: As he gets back into his car, one of his men mentions about a case of police brutality against a black man.
Deeper Layer: It’s a perfect opportunity for Reverend DuVernay to feed off of the emotions of people while gaining popularity and support.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay breaks into a wicked smile. He quickly organizes a town hall meeting with his followers and supporters and invites the media.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– With the congressional elections just around the corner, he knows it’s time to build all the support needed to become invincible.
DuVernay AJ 3: Outside a building in Manhattan, DuVernay gives a stirring public speech. He riles up the audience, instigating the youngsters to do whatever it takes to fight for justice.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, and self-centered person take here?
– Emotions are running high among his people. To tap into their aggression and gain their loyalty, DuVernay preaches exactly what they want to hear at that very moment.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He is bent on being opportunistic and will continue to deceive, manipulate, and mislead his followers and supporters to gain political advantage.
Trevon PJ 1: Trevon looks up to Reverend DuVernay in awe, inspired by his philosophies, his command, his power, and his charismatic personality.
What action would a gullible, star-struck, and a loyal person take here?
– Trevon looks on, completely mesmerized. He considers DuVernay as a true leader and the only person who understands the sufferings his people are going through.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He continues to show his loyalty to DuVernay and works hard to become one of DuVernay’s most trusted men.
DuVernay AJ 4: Inside his home, DuVernay watches with a gleam in his eyes as a man is tortured. When a young woman approaches him for help to save her arrested brother, he makes an indecent proposal to her, one she cannot refuse.
Deeper Layer: DuVernay’s clean image and flamboyant personality is only put on display in public. In private, his true disturbed personality surfaces.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay gets a power rush and enjoys a cigar. He shows his vindictive and disturbed side to feed his sadistic ego by torturing men and lusting after women.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will continue to exhibit such behavior and will threaten people with severe punishment if he is betrayed.
DuVernay AJ 5: DuVernay learns of the meteoric rise of his archrival, Professor Cedric Campbell, and his peaceful philosophies and decides to do something about it. Professor Campbell, a prominent black historian, proposes from his extensive research that the black race had extraterrestrial origins and have been suppressed for thousands of years from achieving their full potential due to corruption, conflict, and crooked leaders.
Deeper Layer: DuVernay considers Professor Campbell as a political threat who could influence his supporters and followers and end up undermining his power and position.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay instigates his most trusted man, Trevon, into quickly organizing a mob to sabotage Professor Campbell’s conference.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will not hesitate to discredit, humiliate, destroy anyone who opposes his ideas and philosophies.
Trevon PJ 2: Trevon and a gang of violent mobsters barge into a conference hall of historians and go on a destroying spree. In that process he and his father, Professor Campbell, lock eyes with each other, surprised to find themselves on opposite sides of the melee.
What action would an aggressive, confused, and wayward person take here?
– Trevon looks at his father in disgust as his father shoots him a glare. They both think that they are on the right side of the melee.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He disregards his father’s philosophies and ideas. A staunch supporter of DuVernay, he considers them to be antithetical to his opinions.
Trevon PJ 3: Reverend DuVernay, sitting in the audience, lets out a sinister laugh and applauds the mobsters. Trevon looks deadpan as his father and DuVernay go at each other.
What action would a gullible, confused, and wayward person take here?
– Trevon just stands there, refusing to come to his father’s aid when DuVernay goes ballistic on him.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He is more committed to DuVernay’s agenda than his father’s ideas.
INCITING INCIDENT: Professor Campbell threatens to expose DuVernay’s corrupt practices and evil agenda and thwart his chances in the upcoming elections.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay looks on, as his mind gets working. Professor Campbell knows too much and it’s time to eliminate him once and for all.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will not hesitate to eliminate anyone who stands in his way.
Trevon PJ 4: Trevon drives his father home upon his request. Gets an earful from him but disagrees with his ideas and stubbornly refuses to listen to him.
Deeper Layer: Trevon senses that his father put his life in peril by going after a high-profile politician like Reverend DuVernay.
What action would a high-strung, confused, and wayward person take here?
– Trevon keeps defending DuVernay, refusing to listen to his father’s advice.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Trevon rejects his father’s old-fashioned thinking. He wants him to shed his outdated philosophies and make peace with DuVernay.
Trevon PJ 5 / DuVernay AJ 6: Trevon has fallen out of DuVernay’s favor.
Deeper Layer: DuVernay comes to know that Trevon is the son of his archrival and excludes him from all his gatherings because he can’t be trusted anymore.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, paranoid, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay keeps close to him only those that he thinks are loyal.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will not hesitate to cut ties or eliminate anyone who he considers to be a threat.
What action would a gullible, confused, and wayward person take here?
– Trevon gets emotional, crestfallen that all his hard work to get into DuVernay’s trusted circle has become fruitless.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Trevon distances himself further and further away from his father’s ideals. He begins to have a certain disdain for his father.
Sean PJ 1: Sean wakes up from a nightmare, sweating profusely, his eyes filled with terror. He had just gone through an interdimensional information download and this time it’s about him and Trevon – on an extraterrestrial mission in an alien world. His mind had also seen a cryptic message and he struggles to make sense of it. He desperately tries to reach out to Trevon.
What action would a determined and deep-thinking person take here?
– Sean wipes the sweat off his face and thinks. His recurring mental condition where his mind periodically opens up to interdimensional realms is something he struggles to hide.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– This latest information download spooks him as it features him and Trevon traversing an alien landscape for some unknown purpose. He must research and try to make sense out of the cryptic nightmare. But first, he must find Trevon.
Trevon PJ 6: Professor Campbell discredits DuVernay in the eyes of the public.
What action would a gullible, high-strung, and determined person take here?
– Trevon makes every attempt to earn back DuVernay’s favor.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Trevon is determined to get back into DuVernay’s trusted circle even if it requires him to become estranged from his father.
DuVernay AJ 7: DuVernay gathers his mob and plans a secret attack on Professor Campbell without Trevon’s knowledge.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, paranoid, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay’s eyes are filled with pure evil. He will show his ruthless side to anyone who are against him.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will mercilessly take out anyone that stands in his way to political pinnacle.
TURNING POINT 1: Professor Campbell is brutally murdered in his own home.
What action would a gullible, confused, and determined person take here?
– Trevon lets his deepest emotions burst out of him. He realizes his mistake as he misses his father’s presence in his life. But it’s too late.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Trevon is now determined to find his father’s assassin.
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ACT 2: Trevon’s worst fears have come true. His mind and heart are now in a conflict.
Trevon PJ 7: Trevon suspects DuVernay’s hand in his father’s murder. But he must somehow find out.
What action would a methodical and determined person take here?
– Trevon begins to look at DuVernay through his father’s lens.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Trevon rethinks his purpose and starts to embrace his father’s ideals and philosophies.
DuVernay AJ 8: DuVernay extols Professor Campbell in public, but berates him in private.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, paranoid, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay dabs his moist eyes. He is putting up a false front in public to woo and convert Professor Campbell’s loyal supporters into his.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will continue to play the political double-game to build his support base.
What action would a methodical and determined person take here?
– Trevon begins to see a different version of DuVernay.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Trevon is now determined to dig deeper into DuVernay’s character.
Trevon PJ 8: Trevon notices the two-faced personality of DuVernay.
DEEPER LAYER REVEAL: Trevon goes with his intuition as he comes to a realization. DuVernay turned out to be the crooked two-faced politician exactly like his father had stated all along.
What action would a methodical and determined person take here?
– Trevon shakes his head and slams his fist on a table, realizing that DuVernay is misleading his followers and supporters and leading them down a dangerous path.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He now makes up his mind to take up his father’s failed ambition. To expose DuVernay’s corrupt practices and evil agenda and thwart his chances in the elections.
DuVernay AJ 9: DuVernay slams Trevon’s actions in the public media labeling them as the product of a deranged mind.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, paranoid, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay speaks softly feigning innocence. He is using gaslighting tactics to deceive his supporters and the media.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will shamelessly play the victim card in the public eye and keep his power and support.
Trevon PJ 9: Trevon reaches out to his mob friends for information on DuVernay. They agree to help him.
Deeper Layer: Trevon doesn’t realize that they all have been compromised and are actually working for DuVernay.
What action would a gullible, high-strung, and determined person take here?
– Trevon summons all his so-called mob friends to gather information on the evil deeds of DuVernay. He doesn’t realize they are all working for DuVernay.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He plans to give the media an expose on DuVernay’s true character.
DuVernay AJ 10: DuVernay organizes his mob of supporters and plans to kill Trevon as he has become a thorn in his flesh.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, paranoid, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay will eliminate anyone who he considers a threat to his political ambitions.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will show zero-tolerance to any opposition to his ideas, policies, and his political path.
What action would a gullible and high-strung person take here?
– Trevon’s face drains of color as he gets chased all over the town by his so-called mob friends. DuVernay has turned the tables on him.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He must find a way to survive the attack and live today to fight another day.
TURNING POINT 2: Sean comes to Trevon’s rescue and helps him escape the attempt on his life. Trevon and Sean go into hiding.
What action would a determined and deep-thinking person take here?
– Sean pulls Trevon into his renegade and speeds away as fast as he could before the mobsters can get to them.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He comes to know that Trevon’s life is in danger. And he must try to link it to his puzzling nightmare.
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ACT 3: Trevon is a wounded lion.
Trevon PJ 10: Determined to find answers, Trevon and Sean sneak into Professor Campbell’s house in the darkness of the night, wading through the endless yellow tape.
What action would a determined person take here?
– Trevon desperately wants to get his hands on his father’s notes to find anything he could use against DuVernay.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He is determined to destroy DuVernay.
Sean PJ 2: Their focus falls on a cryptic message scribbled on the bedroom wall. Sean’s face drains of color as it’s the same message he saw in his nightmare.
What action would a determined and deep-thinking person take here?
– Sean places his palms on his sides of his head. The cryptic message scribbled on the wall gives him a memory recall.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Sean must connect the pieces of the puzzle as he begins to decipher his nightmare. And this cryptic message on the wall is a big piece of the puzzle.
Trevon PJ 11: Trevon opens the drawers and closets, pores over his father’s copious notes, research papers, and studies. Comes to know it wasn’t DuVernay’s men that killed his father. It was a homeless man present in the house on the night of the murder.
Deeper Layer: This is another twist. His father somehow foresaw his death and has left him a puzzling clue.
What action would a determined and confused person take here?
– Trevon wears a shocked expression on his face as he reads every page of his father’s notes. There are several strange symbols and influences from extraterrestrial visitations and contacts on the ancient African Dogon tribe. The cipher scribbled on the wall adds to the confusion.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He must search for his father’s assassin and find out the real reason why his father was targeted. Could he be next?
Sean PJ 3: Sean mentions the weird nightmare to Trevon saying he saw the cryptic message in his nightmare. He suggests a possible link between the assassin’s origin and the alien world.
What action would a determined and deep-thinking person take here?
– Sean begins to convince Trevon of the other-worldly connections of his father’s assassin.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He now understands the purpose of his nightmare. Professor Campbell’s murder is supposed to put him and Trevon on an interdimensional journey.
Trevon PJ 12: Trevon doesn’t believe him at first. But when he finds the missing piece of the puzzle in his father’s research work – a reference to a certain Planet X in the Sirius star system, his mind gets thinking again.
What action would a determined and confused person take here?
– Trevon’s mind is in a conundrum. He pores deeper into his father’s work. Finds a few references to a certain exoplanet labeled as “X” in the Sirius Star System.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He decides to truly embrace an ancient truth his father wanted to spread all along. He realizes it was DuVernay’s actions which were antithetical to his father’s.
Sean PJ 4: Sean suggests that the assassin possibly came all the way from the alien world with a single purpose – kill Professor Campbell.
What action would a determined and deep-thinking person take here?
– Sean starts writing on a pad. Comparing the puzzling pieces from his nightmare to what’s happening in Trevon’s life.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He must make Trevon understand his strange dream. And the purpose behind it.
Trevon PJ 13: Trevon realizes he must find the assassin’s purpose. To do that he needs to find a way to inter-dimensionally travel to Planet X searching for the assassin. Asks Sean for help.
What action would a determined, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon focuses on the writing pad intently. He wants to know the secrets of interdimensional travel.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He desperately wants to know the alien assassin’s purpose.
Sean PJ 5: Sean is the only one who has the expertise of inter-dimensional travel. But he refuses to cooperate citing the dangers, complications, and time constraints involved.
Deeper Layer: Sean remembers a prophecy that is destined to doom him and fears the mission will make the prophecy come true.
What action would a determined and deep-thinking person take here?
– Sean tears the page off the writing pad, then crumples it and throws it in the bin.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He is not ready to join Trevon on this interdimensional journey that may potentially doom him.
Trevon PJ 14: Trevon reminds Sean he had helped him in the past and saved his life. Sean rethinks his decision and reluctantly agrees.
What action would a determined, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon desperately wants to embark on the interdimensional journey even if it is dangerous.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He will do whatever it takes to find why his father was targeted by the extraterrestrial assassin.
What action would a determined, deep-thinking, and risk-taking person take here?
– Sean slams his fist on the table. The nightmare will keep terrifying him until he embarks on the interdimensional journey with Trevon.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Sean has his own answers he needs to find on this journey.
Trevon PJ 15 / Sean PJ 6: Trevon and Sean saddle up in the machine designed and developed by Dr. Sklar, an ex-military doctor and a practicing hypnotherapist. With the help of an AI constructed program, Trevon and Sean embark on an interdimensional voyage to an alien world on Planet X. They only have forty-eight Earth hours to complete the voyage and return.
What action would a determined, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon and Sean suit up inside the AI powered machine that gathers information by mind reading. To trigger the program, they must sync up their minds and prepare for a shared dream – the one Sean experienced earlier on.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Trevon needs Sean to get him to the alien parallel world on Planet X. As he is the only one who has seen the alien landscape, despite in his dream.
What action would a determined, deep-thinking, and risk-taking person take here?
– Sean accepts the risk that comes with this interdimensional journey.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He realizes he needs to gain a better understanding of the prophecy of doom.
TURNING POINT 3: The alien world is being run by the crooked regime of the evil warlord 1ONTAE who has been sending his trusted assassins all over the universe to unleash chaos, corruption, violence, and hatred.
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ACT 4: Trevon is shocked to encounter TALIYA and FALLAG, the extraterrestrial super-human alter-egos of himself and his father Cedric, in the alien world. They have been on the opposite sides of an age-old war. FALLAG and his rebellion have been imprisoned in underground caverns on the dark side of the planet and FALLAG’s son TALIYA has been fighting for the evil warlord 1ONTAE on the bright side.
Trevon PJ 16: Trevon comes to a realization this is a parallel world and his entire life is being mirrored here.
Deeper Layer: He has to be cautious as the decisions he takes here will have a direct impact on him in his own world.
What action would a determined, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon drops to his knees, utterly humbled at the sheer sight of everything in this alternate world that seems to mirror his own real world.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He begins to understand the extraterrestrial roots of the black race, a truth his father had come to know during his extensive studies on the ancient African Dogon tribe’s contacts with the extraterrestrials.
Trevon PJ 17: Trevon comes to know that his interdimensional voyage has been actually pre-planned and he was intentionally brought here on a mission. He must fight 1ONTAE’s men and pass through the “Gates Of Wrath”. He must lure the evil genius TALIYA away from 1ONTAE’s forces, and help the rebellion win the war. And he’s on a race against time.
What action would a determined, confident, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon’s face beams with enlightenment. The events that happened in his real world were carefully pre-planned, so he could be chosen to come to this alien parallel world.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He learns of the true purpose of the cipher. It was a passcode that would provide him access through the “Gates Of Wrath”, an alien DNA lab that had been shutdown for years.
Sean PJ 7: Sean begins to get worried. The sight of the alien landscape has triggered memories of his nightmare and has confirmed that the prophecy of doom will certainly become a reality.
What action would a determined, deep-thinking, and risk-taking person take here?
– Sean has finally seen the nightmare become a reality.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– Sean must embrace the fact that just like his nightmare, the prophecy of doom could become a reality very soon.
Trevon PJ 18: Trevon successfully entices TALIYA to join the rebellion. There’s hope for the rebellion now.
What action would a determined, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon, with the help of Sean, passes through extremely dangerous Gates Of Wrath to get the possession of a DNA potion. He successfully injects this into TALIYA to cure him.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He must assist TALIYA and FALLAG achieve their goal and help the rebellion win the war in this alien parallel world. And he is fighting against time.
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Climax/Ultimate expression of the conflict/Alien World: A fierce and bloody revolution ensues. TALIYA, FALLAG, and the rebellion defeat the evil warlord 1ONTAE and chase him and his forces out of the world. The rebellion sees the light of day after years of darkness.
Resolution/Alien World: Trevon helps TALIYA install his father FALLAG as the emperor and himself as the protector of the alien world. Peace is restored. FALLAG gives Trevon a message of peace and a long-lost truth he must take back with him and spread it among the people. Trevon promises, realizing that was his father’s ambition as well.
Trevon PJ 19 / Sean PJ 8: As seconds trickle down, Trevon and Sean embark on their return journey to Earth.
What action would a determined, confident, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon rejoices and celebrates the rebellion’s victory.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He must come back to his real world and repeat what he did in the alien parallel world. Defeat evil and restore peace.
What action would a determined, deep-thinking, and risk-taking person take here?
– Sean feels happy for Trevon. But he is beginning to get nervous himself.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He braces for the moment of truth.
Sean PJ 9: Sean’s return journey doesn’t end well. He loses his way and gets trapped in a distant forbidden world.
Deeper Layer: One cannot change or avoid a foretold prophecy. One can only embrace it.
What action would a determined and deep-thinking person take here?
– Sean embraces the prophecy.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He must now figure out a way to save himself and get back to his real world.
Trevon PJ 20: Trevon returns to his earthly world, a completely changed person.
Deeper Layer: He has a new mission. He must fight for a greater purpose.
What action would a determined, confident, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon exhibits a certain swagger, a confidence that he can put an end to DuVernay’s political career.
What actions could this character take in the future of the script because of what happened in this beat?
– He runs against DuVernay in the elections.
Climax/Ultimate expression of the conflict/Earthly World: He runs against Reverend DuVernay in the elections. Exposes DuVernay’s dark side to the media and public.
Trevon PJ 21 / DuVernay AJ 11: DuVernay loses his power and his support. Gets defeated by Trevon in the elections.
What action would a narcissistic, conniving, corrupt, paranoid, and self-centered person take here?
– DuVernay blatantly disparages Trevon. Accuses his supporters of betraying him. In a fit of rage, he throws stuff and destroys everything in his office.
What action would a determined, confident, “never say die” person take here?
– Trevon celebrates his election victory. Enlightens his people that they were destined to do greater things. Spreads the long-lost ancient truth suppressed for years. That their roots began among the stars. He emphasizes their role in restoring peace in the world.
Resolution/Earthly World: Trevon fulfills his father’s ambition and the promise he made to FALLAG. He spreads the message of peace and the long-lost truth among the people.
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