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Lesson 7
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Marc’s Emotional Moments
WIM Module 4 – Emotional Moments – Lesson 7
My Vision: Win the Nicholl Fellowship and receive a 10 rating on the Blacklist.<o:p></o:p>What I learned: Emotional moments along with Setup and Reveals keeps the viewer engaged in the story and actively “guessing” the outcome.
Act 1
POS: Andy is a Billionaire but an amateur poker player. He musters up the COURAGE and goes to Las Vegas to try his hand at high stakes poker.<o:p></o:p>
NEG: Andy LOOSES his first game of poker to a member of the Corporation. He challenges the Corporation to a series of High stakes poker games over a period of six years.<o:p></o:p>
Act 2
POS: Andy is EXCITED to create a computer algorithm with his son to give him an advantage over the Corporation professionals.
NEG: Andy’s hidden agenda. Andy was ripped off by a former business partner. He has a WOUND from the loss. He thinks one of the poker players is the brother of his former business partner.
Act 3
POS: Andy BONDS with the private investigator and gets closer which of the players is related to his former business partner.
NEG: Andy beat the Corporation. But he is DISTRESSED he is has to play Phil Ivey.<o:p></o:p>
ACT 4
POS: Andy is excited to finally test himself against the Phil Ivey. The best poker player in the world.<o:p></o:p>
NEG: Andy lost to Phil Ivey.
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Jeff Glatz Emotional Moments
My Vision: To create commercial studio size films that move people. To create characters that can live forever and bring electrifying memories to those that have watched one of my films.
What I learned from doing this assignment – Emotional connection to characters is actually the most important element of a story.
ACT 1:
Excitement/Bonding – An awkward Chris attempts to bond with James.
Emotional Dilemma – Annoyed at being set up on date.
Surprise – Attacked by small army while at dinner.
Wounds – Father and closest friend killed.
Courage – She defends her family.
Excitement – Chris has incredible abilities.
Surprise – Chris learns descendant of Zeus.
Love- beginning to establish bond with James.
Excitement – Chris battles invading army of Assailants.
Distress – Many killed around her.
Act 2:
Love- growing bond with James.
Surprise – learning function of the Key.
Excitement – Car chase and fight with evil descendants.
Courage – saves lives of innocents at attack on Oxford.
Surprise – They must break into Vatican vault.
Moral Issue – Learning to accept her role as savior of planet.
Wounds – Funeral of someone who helped save her.
Betrayal – James betrays her??? (not sure yet)
Distress – Loses the key to Ronin (Antagonist)
Act 3:
Emotional Dilemma/Sacrifice – James is killed (or betrayed her and was killed) and she must go on.
Surprise – Catches Ronin’s spy – may be James or some other Descendant.
Wounds – Goes to her birthplace in the Amazon.
Courage – fights Ronin on her own.
Excitement – Creates/Leads a team of Descendants to go after Ronin.
Moral Issue – She must kill many to save the World.
Act 4:
Excitement – Leads major battle against Ronin and his Tribe.
Courage – She has become a leader.
Success/Winning – She is victorious.
Moral Issue – She buries the Portal so no one can have all the Power of the 4 Elements.
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Pam Ewing’s Emotional Moments!
My Vision: Professional. Produced. Prolific. Popular.
What I learned: The lesson content is good but each lesson is really a personal challenge for me to let go, push forward, and maybe find the happy accident
Act 1
· Distress: Natalie’s mother dies.
· Wounds: Natalie feels rejection from her past.
· Betrayal: Instead of seeking comfort from her husband she turns rejects him.
· Surprise: Money is gone completely changing their lives.
Act 2
· Excitement: Natalie feels awakened in Transylvania
· Courage: Natalie pushes husband away in favor of newly-met Vlad
· Hidden Weakness: Vlad discovers a hole in his heart when he meets Natalie
Act 3
· Sacrifice: Natalie and husband make sacrifices to help each other against Vlad
· Excitement: Natalie gets carried away learning her powers
· Moral Issue: Vlad is dealing with a potentially new feeling and way of life if chooses to keep Natalie
· Sacrifice: Husband has to decide between helping Natalie or reject her as she has rejected him
Act 4
· Courage: Natalie fights for her life and her husband’s life
· Success/Winning: Natalie is surprised at her power and victory
· Distress: Vlad doesn’t just lose, he is humiliated
· Bonding: Natalie and husband find something other than money to bind them and maybe love blooms
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Heather’s Characters Emotional beats
Vision statement: I want to see my scripts optioned this year and turned into movies that the audience will remember long after they leave the theatre.
What I learned from this assignment: A well placed reveal adds story depth and interest to the script.
The Emotional beats are bolded
Act 1 Beat 1
Opening – Sarah doing laundry: a perfectionist marathon. Sarah’s husband on the phone: he’s not coming home. Seems the ‘logging camp’ where he’s been living is named Ruby. Emotional Beat 1 – Betrayal.
Beat 2
On the radio a story play about the Harrison Lake Sasquatch throwing rocks at some local fishermen. Scary music. And screaming – REVEAL ONE – BUILD UP – JOE’S FATHER IS REALLY THE SHADOW MAN
Beat 3
Becky wants to paint. Sarah says no. Becky has a hissy fit.
Beat 4
The doorbell rings. Sarah answers.
Beat 5
Joe Green going door to door with a cooler of salmon. Sarah wants one. Joe sees she’s upset, gives it to her free. Hint to a further relationship between them. Emotional beat 2
Beat 6
Harper cruising by arrests Joe, Emotional beat 3 – Harper taking his anger at the loss of his promotion out on Joe.
Beat 7
Back in the kitchen Becky pulls out the paints anyways. Lila spills paint all over her dress and the clean sheets. Sarah goes ballistic and throws the kids outside telling them to stay out of the woods. Sarah over reacts because of the phone call. Emotional beat 4
Beat 8
Becky wants payback. She drags Lila into the woods to see her “secret” place: a dark hollow where Becky leaves trinkets, and something leaves gifts in return.
Beat 9
The ‘shadow man’ watches, a dark blurry figure following behind them. REVEAL 2 HE WATCHES THEM PLAY IN A FAIRY RING OF MUSHROOMS. LILA LEAVES ONE AS A GIFT TO THE SHADOW MAN
Beat 10
Inciting Incident – Lila disappears.
Beat 11
Searchers find a long clump of black hair at the hollow. Hours later Becky tells her mother it was the “Shadow Man”, happy her sister is gone.
Beat 12
Harper doesn’t seem too worried about the girl he’s sure it was Joe Green. He was there just this morning. Sarah shouldn’t worry her pretty little head about it.
Beat 13
Sarah despises Harpers condescending attitude toward her. Sarah -grief, terror, fear her children will be taken away by S.S. Emotional beat 5
to show Harper what she’s made of and decides to find Lila on her own, despite her terror of the forest.
Act 2 Beat 6
Midpoint Turning Point – Sarah gets hopelessly lost. She didn’t bring food or water. Not even a compass or map.
Act 2 Beat 1
Turning Point – Sarah has to find Lila before she needs her next dose of Phenobarbital. They’ve got 20 hours
Act 2 Beat 2
Sarah rallies the neighbors. They search the surrounding forest. Long black hairs are found in the kids secret hollow.
Harper says they’re Joe’s. The neighbors say they’re the legendary bigfoots. The CO’s say they’re bears
Act 2 Beat 3
The CO let’s Joe out of holding
Act 2 Beat 4
New plan: Sheriff Harper goes after Joe Green. He sets a plan in motion to capture the drifter. He loads his truck with weapons, ammunition, and a bear trap. Harper- cold fury at his CO. Plans to frame him for poaching. Emotional beat 6
Act 2 Beat 5
Plan in action: Sarah decides to head into the forest on her own despite her fear. The shadows all look threatening and she’s having panic attacks. Somethings following her.
Act 2 Beat 7
By nightfall everyone’s looking for her. The shadows come alive. She spends the night in a tree. She thinks she’s safe until something attacks. Sarah – terror as something attacks her in the tree. Emotional beat 7
Act 2 Beat 8
The next morning, she stumbles across a creek where she runs into a bear that attacks.
Act 2 Beat 9
Joe Green tracks her down and chases the bear off.
Act 3 Beat 1
Rethink everything – Joe teaches Sarah how to read the forest. How to be safe in it, Sarah and Joe develop a friendship. Sarah reveals how she always wanted to live alone in the forest but was terrified of it. REVEAL 2 INCLUDING TEACHING HER ABOUT THE MUSHROOM.REVEAL 3 – FORESHADOWING SARAH’S HOUSE IN THE FOREST. <b style=””>Sarah and Joe grow close. Emotional beat 8
Act 3 Beat 2
New plan – Joe finds a long clump of hair and tracks a three-toed creature to Forbidden Pass. Sarah is sure Lila is with it. There are small footprints like her daughters there beside it. REVEAL ONE – FURTHERING THE REVEAL OF THE SHADOW MAN
Act 3 Beat 3
Sarah catches a glimpse of Joe’s feet. They have three toes. Maybe Harper was right after all. Now she doesn’t know if she should trust him. REVEAL ONE – FURTHERING THE REVEAL
Act 3 Beat 4
Turning Point: Huge failure / Major shift – Harper catches up with them. He tries to kill Joe, but something comes out of the forest and attacks the Sherriff. Harper gets caught in his own bear trap.
Act 4 Beat 1
Climax/Ultimate expression of the conflict – Sarah and Joe are forced into the Pass by the fight.
Act 4 Beat 2
they find a cave where they find Lila. Sarah relief Emotional beat 9, followed by unease. What’s wrong with her daughter?
Act 4 Beat 3
They are confronted by the “Shadow Man”, Joe’s psychopath father a sacred Holy Man to the First Nation’s people. He’s taken the girl because she’s epileptic and therefore Holy. Sarah tries to negotiate for her daughter. REVEAL ONE – FINAL REVEAL
Act 4 Beat 4
Harper drags himself to the cave and shoots the “beast”.
Act 4 Beat 5
Joe tackles him in a fit of grief and rage. Harper dies. Joe- rage and grief – Emotional beat 10
Act 4 Beat 6
No one notices Lila is under the influence of the mushroom. She slices her mother’s throat. It’s pretty obvious Lila can’t return to society. REVEAL 2 THE MUSHROOMS SIDE EFFECTS MAKE A PERSON CRAZY. Sarah- disbelief. Shock, Loss. Emotional beat 11
Act 4 Beat 7
Resolution: Joe takes his place and looks after Lila.
Sarah gets her house in the woods, no longer afraid or driven to be perfect. REVEAL 3 – SARAH’S WISH COMES TRUE. Sarah – contentment. And peace. Emotional beat 12
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