Lesson 6 Assignments

[Bent Hanlen]

Santa Claus

He is not what we imagine Santa to be. He’s disorganized and not remembering his protocols. He’s against progress.

The General

He is nothing that represents the kindness of Santa’s Workshop. He wants to sell more oil which Santa is against.. He arranges a deal anyway with Canada and Russia whichwe learn at the very end.

[Diane Keranen]

For Matt, I found it helpful to change the way I’ve written his motivation, subtext, and logline. I need to remember to put in the words that are gripping rather than wording that is too broad.

For Stewart, very similar to the changes I made for Matt but also elevate his emotional range. Both of these characters go through dramatic changes in their emotional range and that wasn’t coming through more for Stewart than for Matt, but I see that now and can modify accordingly.