Module 2 -Lesson 1: Great Outlines Make Great Scripts!

[Pamela Rice]

Pam’s Title, Concept, and Character Structure!

One-Sentence Vision: I will turn my ideas into movie classics and live a happy, successful life as a writer and industry professional.

What I learned from doing this assignment: I had not given any previous thought to my Character Structure, and was not even aware I needed to.
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COLD-BLOODED BEAUTY (Horror/Comedy)
A middle-aged artist tests an amazing new anti-aging night cream, unaware that its secret ingredient — reptile stem cells — is turning herself and fellow town residents into reptilian predators while they sleep.

Character Structure: DRAMATIC TRIANGLE?

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[Andre]

Andre’s Title, Concept, and Character Structure!

1. At top of page, tell my one-sentence vision for my success from this program…

Learn how to write the best script(s) of my life, so far, by dramatically improving the quality of my writing in the genres of Action, Erotica, and Horror; while having both the Financial and Time resources to travel the world doing so, with (the few) colleagues / friends /peers (that I have).

2. What I learned from doing this assignment is…

a. The Character Structures are…

i. Romantic Triangle.

ii. Dramatic Triangle.

iii. Rom-Com or Buddy Movie with two characters owning the story.

iv. Protagonist vs. Antagonist.

b. An outline will save me drafts, outlines are required by producers, managers, and studios, outlines help me make big-picture decisions, and outlines make sure the story works-without having to read 100 pages.

1. Start assignment empowering myself using State-To-Activity empowerment process

a. State: I am really good at….

b. Activity: …creating an outline that turns into an amazing story!

2. Post my Title and Concept to claim ownership of it.

a. ΩMEGAMAN Did Apollo 14’s Edgar D. Mitchell the sixth-man who (supposedly) walked on the Moon, conduct a secret experiment into human consciousness while travelling to the Moon?

b. THE PLANETARY PRINCE Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen meets The Devil’s Advocate. What would power do to remain in power? Align itself with evil!

c. APT28 A computer-science student locates a file titled Apt 28. The intriguing thing is, he lives in Apt 28.

Out of curiosity, opening the file, he identifies code linked to a Threat Group attributed to Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate GRU 85^th Main Special Service Center Military Unit 26165, also known as “APT28”.

Major Story Hook: Big Intrigue.APT28 reportedly compromised the Hillary Clinton campaign, the DNC, AND the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in an attempt to interfere with the 2016 US Presidential election.

3. Tell my Character Structure from list.

a. ΩMEGAMAN – Buddy Movie.

b. THE PLANETARY PRINCE – Dramatic Triangle.

c. <b style=”background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>APT28 – Romantic Triangle.

End Andre’s 1. Title, Concept, and Character Structure!

[William Whelan]

William Whelan Title, Concept and Character Structure

Vision: To write a screenplay which will be turned into a successful movie.

What I learned from doing this assignment was to start the process of writing an outline for my screenplay.

Title: Lady Wiseguy

Concept: Mafia princess desires to break with the family and become a cultured, sophisticated lady.

Character Structure: RomCom

[John P. Hallar]

Subject Line: John P. Hallar’s Title, Concept, and Character Structure!

My vision: To be a successful, highly sought after, highly paid writer who has had multiple movies produced and optioned.

What I learned in this assignment is how to think about character structure within an outline.

Title: Melody’s Reprise

Concept: A 62-year-old guitarist/caregiver forms a band with elderly musicians , former world class jazz musicians, in the retirement home he works at to help raise money for Melody’s grandchild who needs open heart surgery.

Character Structure = Buddy Movie

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[Margaret Doner]

MODULE 2 – LESSON 1: Great Outlines Make Great Scripts!

Margaret Doner

My Vision: I find the time to create well-written scripts that sell and are produced.

What I learned: This assignment was more a declaration of what I had put together in the other assignments.

TITLE: The Knowledge Keeper

GENRE: Sci/Fi

CONCEPT: In the future, in the attempt to wipe evil from the Earth, robots take away free will and allow only goodness, tasking one man, hidden away, to record humanity’s true history.

CHARACTER STRUCTURE: Protagonist/Antagonist

[Vernall Ritchey]

Lesson 1: Assignment

Vision: I want to write a smart, well-written, and blockbuster script which I can then produce and direct.

What I learned from doing this assignment is how hard it is to perfect the title and concept.

Subject Line: WIM – Vernall Ritchey – Title, Concept, and Character Structure!

Title: EviLives

Concept 1: A nun attempts to exorcise a demon in a bedridden priest, but the exorcism fails as it becomes clear that the real battle lies not in his exorcism, but in hers. She is the true demonic entity.

Character Structure: Protagonist versus Antagonist.

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Character Structure: Dramatic Triangle.

Please assist. I am unsure as to the structure. I have a Protagonist, a Victim (who is also a main character), and an Antagonist (a person possessed by a Demon).

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