Module 4 – Lesson 1: Character Journey Structure

[Susan]

My Assignment Module 4 Lesson 1 Character Journey Structure

My Vision: I am an amazing writer who has fun every day, is recognized by the industry for my ability to take audiences who love me through surprising experiences, and who has multiple successful movies produced while being highly paid.

What I learned from doing this assignment is:

I am feeling a little confused about the different points in the script or scripts in general.

1. State-To-Activity empowerment process.

State: I am absolutely capable…

Activity: …of creating great Character Structures.

Done Several times during assignment.

2. Start with the Protagonist and your source material. Create a beginning, middle, and end of the character’s story.

3. Add the rest of the structure to the characters to the script. Try to get to the point as we’ve done in the Iron Man example above.

Protagonist: BRENDI Rostovanova

Beginning:

BRENDI begins as an undercover Russian agent Trapeze star in the Russian Circus.

Inciting Incident:

FILIPP tries to drop her on the Trapeze during the show, then engages in a fight with her in the dressing room, and sets her up to be arrested.

Turning Point 1:

BRENDI follows FILIPP who it turns out is one of the Ukrainian sleeper agents the agency is looking for and finds out he is part of a plot to terrorize Russia!

Act 2:

BRENDI kidnaps FILIPP and hides him in a “dungeon” like place. Possibly basement of an abandoned factory she knows about. She alone questions him, then meets her partner to follow FILIPP’s handler.

Turning Point 2 / Midpoint:

There is a shootout at FILIPP’s handler’s hiding place. BRENDI’s partner is killed.

Act 3:

BRENDI returns to FILIPP and finds CHAZ (the main Circus clown – an undercover CIA agent) questioning him and about to let him go. She has a showdown with CHAZ. CHAZ joins her to stop the terror. There are a few different terrorist attacks they must try and stop which slightly diverts their attention away from The MONSTR and his big plans.

Turning Point 3:

BRENDI and CHAZ follow one handler after another and finally find the only one who knows The MONSTR and his plan. They overhear part of the plan and realize they must stop the terrorist plan dropping and exploding the nuke on large Russian city.

Act 4 Climax:

BRENDI (using her Trapeze skills) and CHAZ kill off some of the Ukrainian terrorists and board the plane. CHAZ begins to disarm the bomb while BRENDI finds The MONSTR talking to the pilot in the cockpit. They find out there is a bigger conspiracy behind everything.

Resolution:

BRENDI catches the Ukrainian Terrorist, saves the day and is awarded medals, honor, and promoted in the agency. She will be paired up with CHAZ to work to end the bigger threat to the entire World.

4. Repeat the process with your Antagonist.

Antagonist: The MONSTR – Hadeon (hay-dee-in) Borysenko

Beginning:

Hadeon Borysenko is in upper echelon of Russian politico, has political disagreement about the missing nuclear warheads and what should be done about them with Big Boss Politicos – he threatens to go public about ones not known of before.

Inciting Incident:

The cabal chase Hadeon, his wife and 2 children (boy 6, girl 8) and murder them, but Hadeon manages to escape to Ukraine.

Turning Point 1:

Hadeon joins Ukraine spy agency against Russia.

Act 2:

Hadeon works on plans within the Ukraine spy agency to have agents infiltrate Russia as moles. He is vicious and murders mercilessly and becomes known as The MONSTR.

Turning Point 2 / Midpoint:

Hadeon secretly figures out a way to get one of the missing nukes to use against Russia, but is missing the Resources. He plans a huge terrorist attack on Russia with small attacks beforehand to keep any adversaries off track.

Act 3:

The MONSTR enlists terrorists to join him in his plans. Only the very top one knows everything.

Turning Point 3:

Someone from the outside assists The MONSTR with resources like planes, arsenal, etc. This person is really in charge and is part of a larger network which is trying to take over the world (world domination). The MONSTR retrieves the nuke and sets the plan in motion to take down a large Russian city and destroy Russia. He murders everyone who helped him recover the nuke.

Act 4 Climax:

The MONSTR has the final terrorist plan to blow up a large Russian city with a nuke in place. The planes are on the runway. BRENDI and CHAZ show up and interfere.

Resolution: Hadeon Borysenko/The MONSTR is killed in his final battle with BRENDI and CHAZ to keep his big plan in motion.

4B. Repeat with Triangle Character

Triangle Character: CHAZ Kofman / Lev Kotov

Beginning:

CHAZ is an undercover CIA agent working as one of the main clowns in the Russian circus. He has been planted to try and assist the Ukrainian spies (who are really terrorists) to cause problems for Russia.

Inciting Incident:

FILIPP suddenly leaves the Circus before the show ends in his costume and he was not clued in on what is happening. CHAZ goes through FILIPP’s dressing room to look for clues while he waits.

Turning Point 1:

FILIPP returns, but when he leaves for the day CHAZ follows him to find out what is going on, and sees him being captured by BRENDI, and taken prisoner.

Act 2:

CHAZ interrogates FILIPP after BRENDI leaves and finds out there is an even bigger terrorist plot to destroy Russia. This is NOT what he signed up for.
However….

CHAZ begins to follow orders and starts to free FILIPP then BRENDI returns and they get into a confrontation with each other.

Turning Point 2 / Midpoint:

BRENDI shows up and they get into a heated exchange. She is about to kill him for interfering. CHAZ tells her what he has found out.

Act 3:

BRENDI and CHAZ re-interrogate FILIPP. BRENDI will kill CHAZ if he lets FILIPP go. His sense of morality will not allow him to let this existential terror attack happen to millions of innocent people and destroy the balance of power in the area. CHAZ decides to help BRENDI find out what is going on and stop it if it is really as bad as FILLIP implies. She tells him what has just happened and that FILIPP’s contact is being followed.

Turning Point 3:

CHAZ and BRENDI follow one handler after another and finally find the only one who knows The MONSTR and his plan. They overhear part of the plan and realize they must stop the terrorist plan dropping and exploding the nuke on large Russian city.

Act 4 Climax:

CHAZ and BRENDI (using her Trapeze skills) kill off some of the Ukrainian terrorists and board the plane. CHAZ (using his bomb skills) begins to disarm the bomb while BRENDI finds The MONSTR talking to the pilot in the cockpit. They find out there is a bigger conspiracy behind everything.

Resolution:

CHAZ and BRENDI save the day. CHAZ is promoted (thankfully away from his father and the others who were a bane to his existence at the agency). He is under a new special ops. He will be working with BRENDI to find and infiltrate the larger threat tot he free World.

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