Lesson 8

[John P. Hallar]

What I learned doing this assignment is to consider the parting message/image that you leave with the audience. While I always work with the ending in mind first, now this adds a layer of what profound message is the takeaway.

1. What is your Profound Truth and how will it be delivered powerfully in your ending?

A. The profound truth in Em is that family bonds are stronger than any other.

B. It will be delivered visually, with Em and Kimberly on her front porch together again.

2. How do your lead characters (Change Agent and Transformable Characters) come to an end in a way that represents the completed change?

A. Judith, the CA, in her last con confirms to Em that he was looking in the wrong relationship for love, companionship.

B. Em, the TC, finally comes to terms with his relationship with Judith and his plan for creating a family was never right in the first place. He forgives Kimberly then re-connects with her.

3. What is the setup/payoffs that complete in the end of this movie, giving it deep meaning?

A. Setup: Em goes to the deepest level of despair, loneliness, and depression before he breaks and re-unites with Kimberly.

B. Payoff: Em and his real family, the family bond, are stronger and have lasted through this tough journey.

4. How are you designing it to have us see an inevitable ending and then make it surprising when it happens?

A. Until the very end, it will appear that Em will NEVER forgive Kimberly and that he would rather die alone than forgive her.

5. What is the Parting Image/Line that leaves us with the Profound Truth in our minds?

A. Em and Kimberly on her front porch, having tea and sitting together. Being together again.

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