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Lesson 8 Assignments
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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 doing the below:
Supporting characters: best friends of Tina (Ronnie and Jennifer)
Background characters: Tina’s church colleagues
Support 1:
Name: Ronnie
Role: Best friend of Tina
Main Purpose: Supports Tina’s choices and is a lot like her, supports Tina being in/out relationships (the devil on Tina’s shoulder)
Value: Having a good time
Support 2:
Name: Jennifer
Role: Best friend of Tina
Main Purpose: Get Tina to “see the light” and change her life for the better (the angel on Tina’s shoulder), wants Tina to overcome her past
Value: Morals
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KZ’s Supporting Characters
Vision: To write quotable, memorable screenplays (like the ones I love) and see them made into successful movies.
What I learned doing this assignment: To plug in answers without waiting for them to be absolutely right, and to revise them as the plot comes into focus.Tell us your supporting and background characters.
• Supporting Characters: Darwin’s mother, Wendy’s friend in the meditation class, a poor relation of Wendy’s, the girl Darwin’s mother wants him to marry, a competitor of Myra’s, Wendy’s therapist
• Background Characters: the other business students taking meditation, the other participants at a conference, characters in Nirvana?
Focusing on those supporting characters, fill in the basic profile for each.
Support 1:
• Name: Mrs. ______________
• Role: Darwin’s Mother
• Main purpose: To oppress Darwin
• Value: She provides the “Bellamy” in the rom-com by trying to pair Darwin with the wrong girl.Support 2:
• Name: ________________
• Role: Wendy’s best friend
• Main purpose: Sounding board
• Value: She allows us to hear Wendy’s thoughtsSupport 3:
• Name: Dr. _________
• Role: Therapist
• Main purpose: Reality check
• Value: They put Wendy’s actions in contextSupport 4:
• Name: ______________
• Role: Wendy’s poor relation
• Main purpose: She exposes Wendy’s lie
• Value: Wendy shows her soft side, even while trying to hide this person’s existence -
Paul’s Supporting Characters.
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 how it helps me to think about my characters before writing a word of dialogue to ensure that they contribute to the High Concept. Also, it has shown me that my story is still not complete and other supporting characters could emerge as I move forward with the project.
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Support 1.
– Name: Maria.
– Role: Protagonist’s daughter.
– Main purpose: It is her death that is the spark, the Turning Point, that leads her mother, the Protagonist, into her war against the drugs war.
– Value: Serves as an example of the internal contradictions in the drugs war.
Support 2.
– Name: Clark.
– Role: Senator’s son.
– Main purpose: He causes Maria’s death by forcing her to take drugs.
– Value: A junior Hunter Biden, providing a clear example of the hypocrisy of the drugs war and thus a target for the Protagonist.
Support 3.
– Name: Tino.
– Role: Protagonist’s father.
– Main purpose: Teaches the Protagonist, his daughter, the ways of the world, particularly the ways of the drug war, and ideas on how to achieve her target.
– Value: As someone who has not only partaken in a suffered from the drugs war, but has also read about the subject, he provides the “intellectual” justifications for what the Protagonist will undertake to do.
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Brandyn Cross’ Supporting Characters
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 a means of creating supporting characters that are necessary and relevant to the story and the protagonist.
Supporting Characters:
Supporting 1
Name: Rorie
Role: Ghost Child #1
Main Purpose: Wants his family to know he is at peace, and it’s okay for them to move on.
Value: Gets Alex to accept his destiny, and write a book about Rorie for his family, and recognize that this puts the ghost children at peace, helping them cross over.
Supporting 2
Name: Frank
Role: Rorie’s Dad
Main Purpose: Trying to get over the loss of his son.
Value: Shows Alex that the work Sandy is trying to get him to do helps the families accept their loss.
Supporting 3
Name: Beth
Role: Ghost Child #2
Main Purpose: Senses the hopelessness her parents feel about her passing, and needs to help them cope.
Value: Pushes Alex to a feeling of despair, thinking he is doing more harm than good for the ghost children and their families.
Supporting 4
Name: Tony
Role: Beth’s Dad
Main Purpose: Trying to get his hopelessly grief-stricken wife over the loss of their daughter, while trying to cope with his own sense of loss.
Value: Helps Alex realize that, despite what might seem a failure, he has actually been of help. He lets Alex know that, were it not for his help, she would have killed herself earlier out of despair, rather than the hope of being with Beth again.
Supporting 5
Name: Kody
Role: Ghost Child #3
Main Purpose: Wants not only to get Alex’s help in comforting his family, but to help Alex as well, by remembering who he is, and to know that he is forgiven for the ghost childrens’ deaths.
Value: He helps Alex remember who Sandy is, and his own suicide, resulting in the deaths of the ghost children.
Supporting 6
Name: Angel
Role: Kody’s Mom
Main Purpose: Kody’s deceased mother, who needs Kody to come to terms with his death so he can cross over, and they can be reunited. Mentors Sandy, encouraging him to persist in the face of Alex’s rejection.
Value: Comforts Sandy in his despair over the rejection he receives from his father. Helps him persist in motivating Alex to fulfill his destiny, so the ghost children and their families can find peace.
Background 1
Name: Desiree
Role: Alex’s Publisher
Main Purpose: Tries to help Alex accept that his career is at a standstill, and he either needs to adapt to a new market or give up.
Value: Helps Alex become open to thinking outside the box, leading him to agree to write a book about a deceased child, only intended for the child’s family.
Background 2
Name: Rose
Role: Beth’s Mom
Main Purpose: So grief-stricken over the loss of her daughter that, despite Alex’s book about Beth, she commits suicide out of a desire to be reunited with Beth.
Value: Brings Alex to the ‘all hope is lost’ moment, where he rejects his destiny and quits writing the books. Eventually this helps Alex realize that, in spite of appearances, his work is beneficial, even if it doesn’t lead to a happy ending.
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Madeleine’s Supporting Characters
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 I’m not sure at all, if the background characters are not the supporting characters and the supporting characters, more in the category antagonists and therefore also main characters. These three character reflect the opposition on the business side, whereas Corrie and Eva are the representatives for the personal, family life.
2. Tell us your supporting and background characters.
· Supporting Characters: the people with whom Alex has to work at University: the dean LUKE, the student’s head MIRAI, and the job rival FLAVIA.
· Background Characters: Sounding boards for Corrie, her LOVER and and sound board for Eva, her BEST FRIEND.
3. Focusing on those supporting characters, fill in the basic profile for each.
Support 1:
· Name: LUKE
· Role: Dean
· Main purpose: He is Alex’s friend who supports his wish to become dean.
· Value: Because he is terminally ill and dies, his supporting fuctions falls away and leaves Alex alone on his quest to become dean. Luke’s death is a reminder for Alex that all has an end.
Support 2:
· Name: MIRAI
· Role: Head of students
· Main purpose: She is the antagonist on the business side, because she puts in jeopardy his application by not supporting him.
· Value: She is the incorporation for the economy system, which is sustainable, sharing, seeing everything interconnected.
Support 3:
· Name: FLAVIA
· Role: Prorector
· Main purpose: She is Alex’s professional opponent because she applies for the same job.
· Value: Because she does not fit the qualifications and Luke’s vision for his successor, it’s a surprise, that she becomes a rival. This only happens, because Luke dies prematurely.
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Mhmd’s Supporting Characters
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..
– Sooner or later an important component like this can catch up.
Supporting Characters: 84’s brother, who is hidden behind the walls of the colony – an old secret agent who failed in his operation and remained imprisoned in the colony.
Background Characters: conjoined twins working within the colony – guards – watchers – followers of a secret cult.
Support 1:
Name: Tareed
Role: The brother of 84 who is hiding behind the walls of the colony.
Main purpose: It represents the fundamental reason behind the conflict between 84 and 3.
Value: Motivator poses an ongoing dilemma for 84 who struggles to find it again.
Support 2:
Name: Mahrouk
Role: An old secret agent who failed in his operation and remained imprisoned in the colony.
Main Purpose: To provide assistance at a critical time when he will tell Spider things that no one else will tell him.
Value: Developing the conflict that Spider is fighting and giving him a fateful solution.
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