Lesson 5 Assignments

[Kristina Zill]

KZ’s Likability/Relatability/Empathy

Vision: To master screenwriting to the point that I can take my ideas and turn them into a brilliant, salable scripts.

What I learned doing this assignment: the qualities that make us like a fictional character aren’t necessarily the same ones that translate into likability in real life.

Protagonist: WENDY

Likability: Wendy negotiates on behalf of a kid who’s being mistreated

Relatability: Wendy holds her own in a world full of men, but she still gets dissed (Some guy asks her to get the coffee, not realizing she’s a high-powered negotiator)

Empathy: Wendy is alone and tends to scare off men because of her superior intellect and ability to win every argument. We see her express loneliness, and then her therapist says something judgmental and she pins him down in an argument, proving exactly why she has trouble with men.

Antagonist: DARWIN

Likability: Darwin is a good looking guy, who’s constantly being hit on by others

Relatability: Darwin has trouble with his mother, who wants to control his life

Empathy: He compliments Wendy and she steps on him (we realize later that he uses flattery to get what he wants)

Oppression: MYRA

Likability: Myra is eternally optimistic

Relatability: Myra has blind spots to her faults and her rationalizations

Empathy: Myra lives alone with her cat.

[Madeleine Gentinetta]

Madeleine’s Likability/Relatability/Empathy

Vision: I am going to do whatever it takes for me to be a writer of amazing stories with meaning who can move the audience and change the world resulting in financial, critical and audience success.

What I learned from doing this assignment is: What I learned, is that just a few little actions or behaviors of an actor can use these three forms of connections and it becomes a whole different story.

Alex

Likability: He picks up a nickel and throws it on plate in front of a beckoning cat from his daughter.

Relatability: When disturb by an obnoxious student during his class he loses his temperament.

Empathy: Angry and helpless, because we know that his reaction was wrong.

Corrie

Likability: She prepares a surprise party for her husband’s birthday.

Relatability: Pleasant anticipation and nervousness, how will Alex react?

Empathy: When the party gets crashed, we feel very sorry for Corrie for the destruction of the joy and all the work in vain.

Eva

Likability: Eva eats apples and spits the seeds playfully out and tries to have them hit the ground.

Relatability: She gives her father a lovely and thoughtful gift for his birthday.

Empathy: When her parents argue after the gone wrong birthday party, we feel awful and frightened with her.

Luke

Likability: He knows the names of all the students.

Relatability: Luke is terminally ill and tries to hide it.

Empathy: Alex falsely accuses him although Luke just wanted the best from him.

Mirai

Likability: Although she is in a hurry, she takes the time to help somebody.

Relatability: We feel helpless when we see how some people suffer from social injustice.

Empathy: Mirai asks a serious question out of concern and Alex does not take it seriously, then he treats her unfair by screaming at her.

Flavia

Likability: She listens to the student’s concern and does not react emotionally.

Relatability: She gets put in second line because she is a woman.

Empathy: She has to replace Luke who just passed away and we feel her pain.

[Danielle Dillard]

VISION – To write touching, entertaining family stories that have a message to teach and entertain audiences at the same time.

What I learned doing this assignment is analyzing the below:

Protagonist:

Likability: Tina is an excellent singer in the choir that gets people emotional in a good way

Relatability: Tina is a single mother of a boy and a girl with no help from the fathers of these children, she does her best to provide for them

Empathy: Tina gets cheated on by her boyfriend

Antagonist:

Likability: Barry loves kids, is hip to the games they play and loves posting funny videos on social media.

Relatability: Barry grew up as an only child and he felt alone

Empathy: Barry loses his position as assistant pastor

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[Paul McGregor]

Paul’s Likability/Relatability/Empathy.

4. Vision of success from this program: I want to write scripts that become movies that change people’s lives.

5. What I learned from this assignment is that it helped me continue to discover my characters and to develop my story. In particular, thinking of my Antagonist’s L/R/E led me to discover new twists in my story.

2. Protagonist.

Likability: She devotes herself to her daughter; she’s a hard-worker and doesn’t give up; she is fighting against the odds, with determination and grit.

Relatability: She is a type of Joan of Arc, fighting powerful forces and we know many people like her who have been hurt by people in power and try to fight back.

Empathy: We feel for her struggling to escape poverty; we feel for her loss at the death of her only child; we want her to get revenge for the killing of her daughter; we see her fighting against evil powers and we support her struggle.

3. Antagonist.

Likability: We gradually discover he was forced to leave Lilia, but still has feelings for her; he is ready to change his opinions about the drug war as he encounters the reality of it; at the end, he is ready to sacrifice power and money for the truth.

Relatability: We all know people who had to make hard choices in life; he lied to protect his son.

Empathy: We feel for him as he goes through the painful discovery of the harm the drug war is causing.

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[Raquel Solomon]

Raquel Solomon’s Likability/Relatability/Empathy

I want to go deeper into my writing to create screenplays where characters of depth are placed in compelling journeys with a fresh voice that Hollywood producers as well as independent film cos. know they must make!

What I learned from doing this assignment is the importance of having these to keep the audience invested in your characters and story.

Protagonist: Miri

Likability- We meet Miri right before the war. She is talented and fun-loving.

Relatability- Finding herself in a world of brutality she becomes very caring to others, especially the children she is tasked with teaching music too.

Empathy- She falls in romantic love for the first time in the ghetto and we know this relationship will likely be doomed.

Antagonist: Heinrich

I could possibly show him saving someone from death but not sure if this will really work or make a difference. Perhaps his alcoholism shows that his humanity remains within him but he is violating it.

I might show a Nazi soldier helping someone survive. This sometimes did happen in real life but this will not work for Heinrich’s character and this story.

[Brandyn Cross]

Brandyn Cross’ Likability / Relatability / Empathy

My vision for success in this program is to develop and hone my skills to the extent that my screenplays will be produced and widely viewed.

What I learned from this assignment is how to connect the principal characters to the audience.

Protagonist: Sandy

Likability: He has a sense of duty. Even though Alex doesn’t yet know who Sandy is, Sandy is devoted to him, because he knows Alex is actually his father.

Relatability: He is trying to help his dad. He is trying to bring his family together.

Empathy: He genuinely wants to help the other ghost children. You can see his love for his dad, and how crushed he is when Alex rejects his attempts to help him.

Antagonist: Alex

Likability: Alex isn’t an antagonist in the sense of hurting others. Rather, he has a self-loathing that keeps him from helping himself, or accepting help from others such as Sandy. We can see he is a good person at heart, but is simply struggling against his own failings. Against his desire to distance himself from others, we can see that he really wants to help the ghost children.

Relatability: He is dedicated to his dream, and his work, which gets in the way of his other relationships, such as with his family. Slowly, he reassesses his priorities, and rediscovers the importance of family.

Empathy: He begins to bond with Sandy, which brings him out of his shell, and eases him into a more selfless perspective, where he starts putting the welfare of the ghost children and their families over his own insecurities and ambitions.

[Mhmd AbuRayan]

Mhmd’s Likability/Relatability/Empathy

My Vision: I will keep creating constantly and effectively; in order to be the most demanded and influential glorified writer within the industry and with the audience.

What I learned from doing this assignment is..

– This brings a lot of details and potentials to characters and to the story.

To present my Protagonist:

Likability: He saves his colleagues from fatal mistakes, despite the danger of being exposed.

Relatability: Performs its work tasks avoiding being detected by observers.

Empathy: exposed to a fateful threat from 3’s followers.

To present my Antagonist:

Likability: His care for the followers of his sect.

Relatability: in front of a situation that is about to win or lose.

Empathy: Shocked by 84’s situation and sad about what he will have to do with him.

To present my Triangle character:

Likability: Despite his tremendous ability to kill, he does not want to take 84’s life.

Relatability: He has to reconcile his secret primary mission with the cover missions with which he hides.

Empathy: The unspoken wound, emotional and physical.