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Bernadette Wilson – Lesson 3 Character Profile Part2
What I learned?
With doing these character profiles I’m noticing actions and scenes coming into my mind of how these characters intermingle.
BRINDA Cage – Protagonist
1. What draws you to this character?
She has survived the system in place as it is in that period of time. She almost did not if not for her Doctor/Professor – Dr. Sonya. She’s unconventional for 1964 standards of women. She’s not a barbie doll, although if dressed up she could be, but she hates it. She likes being comfortable – cosmetically – She hates the girdles, bras and silly underwear. She likes to detract attention from herself. Her drag queen friends don’t understand it. She leaves pretty bras and underwear in her drawer but she never wears it. She’s a little ahead of her time. She’s almost afraid of how beautiful she is.
2. Traits
She loves reading and writing poetry. She is well-studied. Highly intelligent. Her intelligence threatens the men around her except for the people who really know her. Her problems that lead her mother and her to the insane asylum were the same but she was acting out because of her mother being taken away from her. She’s shy around people. She’s not the life of the party. She’s the keen observer and studious student. She has great empathy for the underdog of society. She hates hairspray. The dippity do. Her girlfriends have all gotten married and live in the suburbs. She recently stopped smoking. She has a tendency to hang around older people, not her age group except for her gay friends. She works in a book café and an automat to put herself through school. She assists her boyfriend (Jesse) with photography shoots for cover art. She is a behind the scenes person. She’s terrified of public speaking.
3. Subtext
Missing a sense of family. Searching for her truth and acceptance in the world which does not want her to be the way she is. Helps her friend Jesse (her fiancée) hide his gayness.
4. Flaw
She can help point out other people’s issues. She’s a great Psychologist or has the great makings of one. Yet she is blind to her own healing. Or naïve in a way
5. Values
She believes liberally that everyone should be treated equally. She has the Greenwich Village attitude, Don’t go above 14<sup>th</sup> street.” “Don’t trust anyone over 30,” but oddly she does. She loves her home in Greenwich Village with the unconventional people. Yet she’s quite conservative with her sexuality.
6. Irony
It’s the older people that have always and will let her down in the story. She keeps wanting to believe in the elders.
7. What makes this the right character for the role?
She’s a paradoxical character. It’s right because she has a lot of inner chaos. Inner turmoil which she is somewhat blind to. She thinks she has it figured out for herself at the beginning but by the end, she unravels all the tools she has used to understand herself.
Character Profile 2 – Antagonist
MIMI
1. What draws us to this character?
She draws everyone in with her Marilyn Monroe seductive energy. The face that she can turn on a dime into a nasty creature. Killer/ murderer/ yet she cries uncontrollably when she does it. She goes over the deep end when Marilyn Monroe dies. She does not wish to die the way Marilyn did. She’s ok with Brinda studying with Dr. Sonya until the movie begins and Mimi is trying to get at Sonya. Blanche Dubois type who is not a victim, but a game changer – in a warped way – but still a game changer.
2. Traits
Obsessed with her appearance. Shut down her core a long time ago. Resembles the classic bombshell. Every man’s fantasy woman.
3. Subtext
An instability. Cannot tell right from wrong any longer until after she kills.
4. Flaw
Her vengeance
5. Values
She sticks up for women everywhere. Hates the violence and pressure on women in society. Wants to protect her daughter. She can only protect Brinda from afar. She’s afraid people might think she’s alive where as she’s happy everyone thinks she’s dead. What’s the use of joining society when it has wronged her.
6. Irony
Warped sense of reality
7. What makes this the right character for this role?
I think it’s right because in contrast to her daughter, Mimi is the chaotic side to Brinda. The two are very alike and treated the same way. Both of them together are the yin/yang of the story. Mimi kills the people who might be hurting their daughter. And it’s only recently within the past 2 years that she is doing actual killing, ever since Marilyn Monroe’s death in 62. And the murder of Brinda’s fiancée is on the same day that Marilyn was murdered. Most importantly, here is the woman who played the game and felt she got screwed and needed to take her power into her own hands, whereas Brinda was a troubled youth, but has taken her power in her own hands as a psychologist in Greenwich Village – a healthier place to be. Mimi does not believe she’s wrong in her justification.
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JAYE’S CHARACTER PROFILE PART 2
What I learned is that the more developed the character, the easier they are to write. Traits and profiles can change, but the framework gets the ball rolling.
** Reminding myself that this is a first draft and to trust the process. It is far from perfect and will likely change (for the better)!PART 1:
PROTAGONIST Hero/FighterRole in the story: The Hero, the good guy
Age range and Description: 30s, Mr. Perfect, a muscle-bound champion, oozes charm and confidence with ease
Internal Journey: He will learn self-awareness and humility, and hard truths
External Journey: He will have to work with his antagonist to help restore what has gone wrong
Want: To rid the world of bad guys
Need: To be loved for who he is as a person, not as a superhero
Wound: Not know love for who he truly is
Mission: To get his superpowers back
Agenda: Has to work with the bad guy; wants to turn him good
Secret: (Working on this)
What makes him special? He’s a superheroPART 2:
What draws us to this character? He’s an expert in his field and he has to start all over learning new ropes. His confidence takes a hit, and his world starts to crumble, something he’s not used to.
Traits: Confident, strong-minded, virtuous, respected
Subtext: He wants to make the bad guy good
Flaw: Thinks he has no flaw. Too trusting. Has never experienced real pain
Values: Loyalty, friendship, justice
Irony: He has to go outside of his comfort zone, against his values, against what he believes to make things right
What makes this the right character for this role? He thinks his world is perfect, but he has been sheltered and blessed. Reality shows him he has friends in unlikely places and there’s always room for improvement.PART 1:
ANTAGONIST Villain/Change Agent/Predator
Role in the story: The Villain, the bad guy
Age range and Description: 30s, fit, smart, arrogant
Internal Journey: He learns empathy… and he hates it
External Journey: He will have to work with HIS antagonist (the Protag) to help restore what has gone wrong
Want: To be respected, wants to be feared
Need: To be loved
Wound: He was born a villain
Mission: To get his superpowers back
Agenda: Has to work with the good guy
Secret: He will never be good. He can never be the good guy.
What makes them special? He’s a supervillainPART 2:
What draws us to this character? He’s damaged goods, so to speak. He never really got a fair shake in life, and now he has an opportunity
Traits: Vulnerable, unloved, risk taker, determined
Subtext: He’s afraid of change, he doesn’t like to share
Flaw: He likes to hurt people, He doesn’t respect anyone
Values: Isolation, privacy, power,
Irony: Even though he wants no friends, he forms a bond with the most unlikely person, his arch nemesis
What makes this the right character for this role? Friendless and despising change, he has to work together with his worst enemy in order to make things right in his world. -
Tyberius Asante’s
PART 2 CHARACTER
PROFILE COMPONENTS“What I learned doing this assignment is think deeply about the characters and what makes them tick. I can better write their actions throughout the story by understanding their underlying motivations and flaws. The words and actions now have a more defined purpose.”
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
Margo Camilla Vicoli
What draws us to this character? Beautiful, young sweet Italian
American girl trying to escape a hurtful past. All she wanted was a loving husband and a chance to make a life for herself and create the family she never had.
Traits: Caring, loving, but insecure and needy desiring not to make the mistakes she believes her mother had that drove her father to alcoholism.
Subtext: Everything she does she tries to be the “perfect wife”
but she learns that there is no such thing and has to re-prioritize to find a new purpose in life.
Flaw: Insecurity. Seeing life in terms of black and white. Immature in wanting to blame someone or something for what happened to her parents.
There are no perfect people and villains, and heroes are often simply different sides of the same coin.
Values: Loyalty, family, love, nurturing spirit, stubbornness.Irony: Her husband’s qualities of determination and strong desire
to succeed are things that most attracted her becomes the thing she must
overcome in order to survive.· What makes this the right character for this role? She matures and learns how to become her best self through life-shattering adversity. The girl that blamed her parents for not being perfect finds out there is no such thing, but rather people who make choices given their life circumstances. She did everything she could to make the perfect life only to find that life turn into her worst nightmare and there was no one to blame. Life just happens and she has to make the best of it.
Dante Aramis Vicoli
What draws us to this character? Handsome, fun, witty, hardworking,
creative, and romantic. Dante has all the talent and drives to make it in any field, but he chose one of the most daring. He has the raw talent to become the best motorcyclist in the world as he is one with the machine.
He applies his creativity to everything he does, which what makes him an incurable romantic.
Traits: Sense of humor, creativity, and determination to prove he can be the best.· Subtext: Behind the bravado, he carries a secret fear of failure that drives him harder to make himself a success. Fear of failure is hidden by his need to take unnecessary chances.
Flaw: Careless and sometimes foolhardy to prove to everyone he is the best at what he does. He needs to prove to everyone what he doubts about himself. Cares about what everyone thinks.
Values: Hard-working, devoted to his wife and his dreams of
winning a racing title and revolutionizing the sport through a
technologically advanced engine.
Irony: The same determination he showed before his accident guided by his good nature, made him a relentless monster once unrestrained by morality,
love, and empathy.· What makes this the right character for this role? We have seen great intelligence and creativity used in a positive way. But when misused by the immoral becomes something terrible. Dante’s good nature seemingly disappeared after the accident leaving the evil genius to emerge and become the dominating force to be reckoned with.
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Gregory’s Character Profile Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment is… I’m getting a better sense of who my main character is, but the antagonist(s) is still a bit hazy for me at this point.
Spud Bickman
Role in the story: Fighter/Dreamer. A TV reporter assigned to the traffic beat, but yearns to be a serious investigative reporter
Age range and Description: Male, 40’s, still fairly slender, not very confident when it comes to going after what he wants
Internal Journey: Find the courage and self confidence to get the job he really wants
External Journey: Grab hold of a story that will expose corruption in the DOT and the governor’s office
Motivation: To become a member of the I-team
Wound: Being told for so long that he’s not good enough
Mission/Agenda: To get to the bottom of the corruption case and break the story
Secret: He has feelings for the DOT press rep
What makes Spud special? His ability to, despite the odds, stand up to the bad guys and save the girl while getting the story
What draws us to this character? He’s an underdog who has the capacity to get what he wants, he just needs to realize it for himself.
Traits: lacks confidence, hard working, loyal, trustworthy
Subtext: Tends to avoid eye contact when talking to anyone he has feelings for, uses sarcasm to conceal vulnerability
Flaw: Very guarded, doesn’t typically let people in to see his vulnerability
Values: integrity, loyalty, ethical journalism, trust
Irony: He must risk his loyalty and trustworthiness to pursue the story that could prove he’s worthy of being an investigative reporter
What makes this the right character for this role? Spud isn’t looking for fame or a seat on the anchor desk. He loves being a reporter. He just wants to be taken seriously as a journalist and work on stories that involve lots of research and investigative skills.
News Director
Role in the story: Authority. Spud’s boss, doesn’t believe Spud has what it takes to be an investigative reporter
Age range and Description: Female, 50’s, takes good care of herself and it shows, a no nonsense take charge type, not afraid to get her hands dirty
Internal Journey: Eventually Sees Spud’s value as a reporter
External Journey: No real change
Motivation: Put out the best newscast possible
Wound: She’s lonely, put her career before relationships
Mission/Agenda: To keep the ratings up enough to keep her job
Secret: She had a one night stand with Dan Rather in the mid 90’s
What makes her special? Her leadership in the newsroom and her ability to admit when she’s made a mistake
What draws us to this character? She’s a tough boss in a male dominated profession.
Traits: no nonsense, authoritative, strong leadership
Subtext: She uses encouragement and pep talk to disguise bad news
Flaw: Only knows how to interact with people as the boss
Values: hard work, dedication, sacrifice for the greater good
Irony: it’s her hard work and dedication that have made her so lonely
What makes this the right character for this role? She wants Spud to be successful, but on her terms so as to keep up the ratings.
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Kim Michael McCarthy Character Profile Part 2
1. Listen to the 3-minute Empowerment Audio.
https://30dayscript.s3.amazonaws.com/Empowerment+Audio.m4a DONE/CHECK
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
What draws us to this character?
WILLIAM / Protagonist (a young adventurous mountain goat who has a forward-facing head horn that makes trumpet sounds)
His ability to love everyone and everything. Discovering that his special gift is the power to free himself from self-doubt. Underdog at first, who grows into a superhero. Finding ways by always trying his best, to overcome his short comings. Defeating all the obstacles in his path by believing that he can do it, even when the odds are stacked against him.
Traits:
Loving, shy, optimistic, questions, stubborn, physically strong, believes in the good for all, not just some.
· Subtext:
Does not like conflict but learns how to win “the war” to save all that he loves.
· Flaw:
His self-doubt.
· Values:
Honesty, loyalty, bravery.
· Irony:
WILLIAM avoids conflict but is drawn in when his mother is killed by the Antagonist feeling he must avenge her death.
· What makes this the right character for this role?
WILLIAM is the only “kid / son” of the goat herd’s leader, his father, hence WILLIAM is the only one who believes that his mother’s memory and honor, must be accounted for by the Protagonist who killed her.
Mr. BURNISH SISROW METALBAUM (Protagonist)
Owner/Boss of a gold mining company.
What draws us to this character?
He is unscrupulous, greedy, self-absorbed and an evil mean con man, only out for himself at everyone else’s peril. He is easily willing to destroy others for his lust for gold and power. A white-collar BAD GUY.
Traits:
Arrogant, deception, dishonesty, greed,
selfishness.
· Subtext:
Deep down he knows he is doing wrong by dynamiting for gold from the sacred mountain.
· Flaw:
Thinking that having lots of gold will make him more important than others.
· Values:
Power, prestige, being looked at as important, getting ahead at any cost.
· Irony:
He is not respected by his work crew or others. He is afraid of loud noises, like dynamite explosion blasts.
· What makes this the right character for this role?
Mr. BURNISH SISROW METALBAUM (Protagonist) Owner/Boss of a gold mining company is character with “no character”.(PUN) LOL 😊 He lies, cheats, and steals from others to gain for only himself.
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
ADDED two more CHARACTER’S I forgot. GRASSHOPER & BUTTERFLY.
“What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
If these exercises boil down beats or specific points of interest for my main characters as I think is the plan, then it I a good way to be CLEAR & CONSICE. Just what every good screenplay / movie needs. These exercises are a better way of being specific and clear about who your story is about, so you DON’T look at a blank page for days when beginning your screenplay. Baby steps, (these exercises) at first, gets you to the finish line… in BIG BOY or GIRL shoes!
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Mary and Rich’s Character Profiles Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment is the great way to brainstorm and build characters. Bit by bit, little by little one can add and subtract traits as one goes along. Sometimes the results of the brainstorming are surprising, even when you thought you knew who the characters were.
Genre: “Morty and Jax” is a comedy/buddy movie.
A few sentences on these characters (both Underdogs):
MORTY – Morty is a little bit of a Dreamer and a little bit of a Victim.
Morty is a victim of life. He has just been surplused from his job. His wife is dead. He is alone and lonely. He is older and feels the prejudice of ageism against him. He is desperate to fulfill a lifelong dream of writing a movie. Morty has been loved, and has matured accordingly.
JAX – Jax is part Victim and part Runner.
Jax is a victim of his uncaring parents and their wealth. He tries to run by failing in his classes as he garners no interest nor attention from his folks. They only throw money at him. He wants to be loved and to love.
MORTY:
Role in the story: Protagonist/Antagonist
Age range and Description: He is a 60 year old man with thick curly grey-black hair. He has a few pounds to lose. Likes to wear new jeans with not a mark on them. He likes athletic shoes as well as polyester collared golf shirts.
Internal Journey: To go from loneliness, desperation and depression to active empowerment and secure in himself.
External Journey: To go from poor, alone, and useless to secure financially, in a relationship, and useful with new projects and challenges ahead.
Motivation: I’m not dead, yet. Has no choice but to work with Jax.
Wound: His wife’s and son’s death in an auto crash. Being surplussed from his job.
Mission/Agenda: To find purpose and to chill.
Secret: He has always shelved his love of writing.
What makes them special? A prime example of a victim of ageism in our society.
What draws us to this character? He’s a modern Don Quixote – outrageous dreamer who learned modern technology but rejects it.
Traits: Honest, dignified, proud, and idealistic (also secondary friendly, loud, strong-willed)
Subtext: Current victim of Ageism who ignores it and acts uncool anyway, wishes he still had a 100% woman (like teacher) and son (like Jax), as his Wife Mabel and son were killed in auto accident
Flaw: He doesn’t listen to Jax (at first), thinks technology of the 70’s is all he needs.
Values: Honesty, Integrity, Pride, Idealism
Irony: He thinks he’s a great writer, but his ideas are out of date. Understands technology but not social media, which he says is for losers.
What makes this the right character for this role? Fish partially out of water. Wants to move forward.
JAX:
Role in the story: Protagonist/Antagonist
Age range and Description: In his 20’s. Jax is purple-haired renegade loser-type. He is disinterested in studies. He often wears leather gear or surfer dude flip flops.
Internal Journey: From insecure and disinterested to secure and confident and engaged.
External Journey: From loser and loner to competent and one who can give love.
Motivation: Has no choice but to work with Morty.
Wound: His parents withhold love from him.
Mission/Agenda: To find purpose and be able to express his love for his ex-co-worker and her kid.
Secret: He is really smart and caring.
What makes them special? He doesn’t realize that he is dismissive of someone who is equally caring.
What draws us to this character? He’s a not-spoiled rich boy, spurned by his father and lost his mother. Now he’s a calm but disinterested dropout. He wants some love from his dad.
Traits: geeky, invisible, underachiever, self-possessed, unconventionally intelligent (says “2+2 = 12” “What? You crazy?” “In base 2 it is. Ha-ha.”
Subtext: He does care, but is angry at his father all the time and takes it out on people.
Flaw: Hates his family money, no confidence in himself
Values: Honesty. Integrity, Independence, Generous
Irony: He’d like to be a good father to a kid he didn’t father, He sees his father in Morty at first but realizes he’s nothing like him.
What makes this the right character for this role? Secretly, Jax would like to change, as well. But he wants to wound his dad as payback for his dad hurting him. He also does not have a good role model to help him move forward.
These two characters, Morty and Jax, fit together despite their diffferences, and are more alike than one might think.
Morty and Jax are each other’s Change Agent: – They are each other’s antagonist. They will cause each other to change.
Other Characters:
Supporting characters:
The Teacher of the Class: She, in a sub-sense, is kind of an antagonist, too. She is attractive, empowered, and tough as nails having been a previous Army Sergeant.
Melanie and her young son, Kyle. —This is Jax’s friend and ex-coworker in the coffee shop.
The waitress at the diner.
Also, Morty’s jalopy-Mabel, his old beater car is a character in the movie, too.
Minor roles:
Background characters: Other students in the class. Jax’s parents.
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Kim Michael McCarthy Character Profile Part 2
“What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
If these exercises boil down beats or specific points of interest for my main characters as I think is the plan, then it is a good way to be CLEAR & CONSICE. Just what every good screenplay / movie needs. These exercises are a better way of being specific and clear about who your story is about, so you DON’T look at a blank page for days when beginning your screenplay. Baby steps, (these exercises) at first, gets you to the finish line… in BIG BOY or GIRL shoes!
1. Listen to the 3-minute Empowerment Audio.
https://30dayscript.s3.amazonaws.com/Empowerment+Audio.m4a DONE/CHECK
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character profile for your two lead characters.
What draws us to this character?
(Protagonist) WILLIAM a young adventurous mountain goat who has a forward-facing head horn that makes trumpet sounds. WILLIAM’S ability to love everyone and everything. Discovering that his special gift is the power to free himself from self-doubt. Underdog at first, who grows into a superhero. Finding ways by always trying his best, to overcome his short comings. Defeating all the obstacles in his path by believing that he can do it, even when the odds are stacked against him.
Traits: Loving, shy, optimistic, questions, stubborn, physically strong, believes in the good for all, not just some.<div><div>
· Subtext: Does not like conflict but learns how to win “the war” to save all that he loves.
· Flaw: His self-doubt.
· Values: Honesty, loyalty, bravery.
· Irony: WILLIAM avoids conflict but is drawn in when his mother is killed by the Antagonist feeling he must avenge her death.
· What makes this the right character for this role?
WILLIAM is the only “kid / son” of the goat herd’s leader, his father, hence WILLIAM is the only one who believes that his mother’s memory and honor, must be accounted for by the antagonist who killed her.
(Antagonist) Mr. BURNISH SISROW METALBAUM – Owner/Boss of a gold mining company.
What draws us to this character?
He is unscrupulous, greedy, self-absorbed and an evil mean con man, only out for himself at everyone else’s peril. He is easily willing to destroy others for his lust for gold and power. A white-collar BAD GUY.
·Traits: Arrogant, deception, dishonesty, greed, selfishness.
· Subtext: Deep down he knows he is doing wrong by dynamiting for gold from the sacred mountain.
· Flaw: Thinking that having lots of gold will make him more important than others.
· Values: Power, prestige, being looked at as important, getting ahead at any cost.
· Irony: He is not respected by his work crew or others. He is afraid of loud noises, like dynamite explosion blasts.
· What makes this the right character for this role?
(ANTAGONIST) Mr. BURNISH SISROW METALBAUM Owner/Boss of a gold mining company is a character with “no character”. (PUN) LOL 😊 He lies, cheats, and steals from others to gain for only himself.
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
I ADDED two more Minor CHARACTER’S that I forgot. A GRASSHOPER & BUTTERFLY.
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Kim Michael McCarthy Character Profile Part 2
“What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
If these exercises boil down beats or specific points of interest for my main characters as I think is the plan, then it I a good way to be CLEAR & CONSICE. Just what every good screenplay / movie needs. These exercises are a better way of being specific and clear about who your story is about, so you DON’T look at a blank page for days when beginning your screenplay. Baby steps, (these exercises) at first, gets you to the finish line… in BIG BOY or GIRL shoes!
1. Listen to the 3-minute Empowerment Audio.
https://30dayscript.s3.amazonaws.com/Empowerment+Audio.m4a DONE/CHECK
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character profile for your two lead characters.
What draws us to this character?
(Protagonist) WILLIAM a young adventurous mountain goat who has a forward-facing head horn that makes trumpet sounds.
WILLIAM’S ability to love everyone and everything. Discovering that his special gift is the power to free himself from self-doubt. Underdog at first, who grows into a superhero. Finding ways by always trying his best, to overcome his short comings. Defeating all the obstacles in his path by believing that he can do it, even when the odds are stacked against him.
Traits: Loving, shy, optimistic, questions, stubborn, physically strong, believes in the good for all, not just some.
· Subtext: Does not like conflict but learns how to win “the war” to save all that he loves.
· Flaw: His self-doubt.
· Values: Honesty, loyalty, bravery.
· Irony: WILLIAM avoids conflict but is drawn in when his mother is killed by the Antagonist feeling he must avenge her death.
· What makes this the right character for this role?
WILLIAM is the only “kid / son” of the goat herd’s leader, his father, hence WILLIAM is the only one who believes that his mother’s memory and honor, must be accounted for by the antagonist who killed her.
(ANTAGONIST) Mr. BURNISH SISROW METALBAUM – Owner/Boss of a gold mining company.
What draws us to this character?
He is unscrupulous, greedy, self-absorbed and an evil mean con man, only out for himself at everyone else’s peril. He is easily willing to destroy others for his lust for gold and power. A white-collar BAD GUY.
·Traits: Arrogant, deception, dishonesty, greed, selfishness.
· Subtext: Deep down he knows he is doing wrong by dynamiting for gold from the sacred mountain.
· Flaw: Thinking that having lots of gold will make him more important than others.
· Values: Power, prestige, being looked at as important, getting ahead at any cost.
· Irony: He is not respected by his work crew or others. He is afraid of loud noises, like dynamite explosion blasts.
· What makes this the right character for this role?
Mr. BURNISH SISROW METALBAUM Owner/Boss of a gold mining company is a character with “no character”. (PUN) LOL 😊 He lies, cheats, and steals from others to gain for only himself.
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
I ADDED two more Minor CHARACTER’S that I forgot. A GRASSHOPER & BUTTERFLY.
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ASSIGNMENT 3
David Kithcart/ I am learning more about giving myself the freedom to flow more freely in exploring on the page rather than only in my head. I am beginning to appreciate that this process can bring results that lead to other revelations.
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
What draws us to this character?
Lemba (Explorer)/his drive to solve the mystery and to prove himself.
Professor/his knowledge
Traits:
Lemba/tenacity, intelligence, earnestness, confidence.
Professor/bored, intelligence, cruelty
Subtext:
Lemba/behind his drive and seeming confidence is insecurity due to seeking approval.
Professor/manipulating Lemba because, as his former teacher, he seeks to exploit those insecurities to recapture his own “glory days” of exerting his authority over his students.
Flaw:
Lemba/his inability to be honest about his true emotions with those he loves most-his father and the entire society he left to pursue his quest.
Professor/his propensity to believe that he needs to be in a competition of intelligence and “put down” those he feels most threatened by.
Values:
Lemba/his heritage, the approval of his father.
Professor/his own self-interest
Irony:
Lemba/he is busy seeking approval but does his best to appear as though his doesn’t need it.
Professor/he belittles others yet secretly views himself with the most contempt.
What makes this the right character for this role?
Lemba/his quest to achieve the goal of solving a puzzle for his entire people.
Professor/his ruthlessness to recapture his former power in his position.
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
I originally was pursuing and different story idea so, I need to redo this portion of the first assignment.
2. Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation? His name until I find it is “Lemba” which is the nation of South Africans who, although they are Black, share common DNA with Jews. They have the highest number of people, outside of Israle, with the gene that makes them descendants of the High Priest from the Old Testament named Aaron.
Internal Journey: struggle for purpose to realizing a different purpose that is richer and more meaningful.External Journey: a quest for an ancient artifact that is legendary in his culture to coming to terms with why he is so determined to find the artifact.
3. What are the Old Ways and New Ways? The old ways are rejecting his own culture although he desperately wants acceptance. The new ways are acceptance of himself as he realizes his dream of finding the artifact.
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Karin Hallén’s Character Profile Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment is that this is a great way to discover a lot about your characters. I learned a great deal about my antagonist today. I discovered many traits and qualities I had no idea would come up and she’s starting to show up as a very dimensional person who “wants to have her say” in what I write about her. I think I had a stronger idea about where I wanted to go with George already before the class started, but now kind of I wish I hadn’t, because I might be blocking other insights that would have come up as better and more interesting surprises otherwise. I think I will want to keep revisiting this for George with a more “clean slate mind” and see what possibly comes up then. I also learned that this is a great way to start thinking of layers and subtext already before starting on the script itself, which hopefully will help build it into the script naturally, right from the start.
Lead Character 1, George
Character Profile Part 1:
Protagonist: George.
Type of Protagonist: Dreamer
Role in the Story: Ambitious, but misguided, scared, and lonely self-help speaker and writer with a victim mindset, desperately wanting to become successful and validated. Well-meaning and insightful at the core, but beaten up by the competitive public speaker and personal development industry. Speaks of a message intended to help people and humanity as a whole to overcome loneliness, without realizing that he most of all desires to help himself.
Age and description: Mid 40s. Thin, pale, wearing ill-fitting blazers. Looks somewhat sad. Looks hesitant and insecure, except for at the tennis court, where he looks comfortable and at ease.
Internal Journey: From scared, misguided, blameful, pessimistic, and given up to authentic, brave, truthful, and generous enough to not only help himself but also to make the positive difference in the world he aspires to.
External Journey: From failing and desperate public speaker and writer hiding behind a facade, to an authentic, insightful, confident, open, and truly valuable teacher.
Motivation: Conscious motivation. To become successful, respected, and famous within the public speaking and personal development industry.
Subconscious motivation: A deep longing for connection and to be of value.
Wound: A deeply rooted sense of loneliness and a feeling of insignificance.
Mission/Agenda: To educate and guide people and humanity to overcome loneliness and most of all to gain validation, respect, success, and fame in the process.
Secret: He is lonelier than any of his clients and audience members.
What makes him special: He truly does have valuable and great insights deep inside, once he learns to communicate them and has the courage to open up and be truthful with himself and others. His willingness to keep on trying and refusal to give up even after repeated failures.
Character Profile Part 2
What draws us to this character?
He is an underdog. Flawed, insecure, and uncharismatic in a competitive industry built on confidence and perfect presentations. He is ambitious but scared, weak but idealistic and a terrible speaker with an important message he struggles to communicate.
Traits:
Ambitious, scared, idealistic, insecure, uncharismatic, torn, resilient, desperate, soft-hearted, manipulative, self-protective, in denial.
Subtext: Hides his fears behind a cocky facade. Complains about everything and everyone in order to avoid looking at his own failures and to divert anyone around from doing that, as well. Justifies forcing Geena to play tennis with him by insisting she needs to get in shape when in reality it is because he’s lonely and wants a tennis partner and longs for a friend.
Flaw: His unwillingness to admit to his own flaws and weaknesses or being “real” even though speaking about the importance of this. His refusal to take responsibility for his own perceived failures. His fear of being left out, alone, and not appreciated, making him a slave to others’ opinions.
Values: Fame, Success, Image, The importance of his message, Deep down he values human connection.
Irony: That he himself is in a worse state than any of the audience members he speaks to about improving their lives. That he stresses authenticity, but doesn’t practice it and speaks about solutions to modern day loneliness, but is lonelier than anyone else himself.
What makes this the right character for this role?
He is the worst offender of everything he advises against and he is forced to confront himself in order to reach his goal – and once he does that he’s better equipped than anyone else to teach from experience. He is insecure and uncharismatic in an industry built upon confidence and charisma, which makes him an underdog to root for despite his flaws.
Lead Character 2, Geena, the genie
Character Profile Part 1
Antagonist: Geena, the genie.
Type of Antagonist: Change Agent
Role in the Story: An ancient genie who’s released by George after having been trapped in her lamp for 3000 years. Grumpy and impatient to get on with granting three wishes for the last human she needs to help before being free to retire. Having 3000 years to sit and think has made her gain unprecedented, tree-like wisdom which she reluctantly shares in order to speed up the process for her to become free. Acts as a mirror and sparring partner to George, while also on her own journey of self-discovery.
Age range and description: 50s. Female. Heavyset from no exercise for 3000 years.
Internal Journey: From jaded, grumpy, selfish, and lazy, to allowing herself to feel and to like people, to make an effort, and to be part of the world. From superior and closed off to allowing herself the trust to be a friend and to have a friend.
External Journey: From living trapped in a lamp and forced to grant wishes to anyone who finds her, to freedom and retirement on a golf course in Florida.
Motivation: Freedom. Retirement.
Wound: Kept in isolated imprisonment and complete solitude inside the lamp for 3000 years. The pain and humiliation of being a slave to anyone who finds her.
Mission/Agenda: To hurry George up in making his three wishes so she can be free, using any methods she can – tricks, manipulation, pleading, threats…
Secrets: She feels a bit lonely too. She actually enjoys George’s company.
What makes her special: Her unique view of life and her ancient wisdom combined with an ability to boil her knowledge down to common sense and to communicate it simply. That she is a genie.
Character Profile Part 2
What draws us to this character?
She is a genie. She’s eccentric and blatantly honest. She’s full of wisdom, yet naive. She’s jaded about some things but sees much of the modern world with a child’s eyes. Great at noticing and stating “the obvious” that we people often are blind to.
Traits: Eccentric, loud, wise, tired, impatient, trickster, lazy, jaded, naive
Subtext: Very little. She’s in your face honest – what you see is what you get. Except when she’s trying to trick George into making his wishes.
Flaw: Doesn’t care about anyone but herself. (at first anyway) Lazy
Values: Freedom, Retirement, Golf, A huge bed (after 3000 years in a small lamp)
Irony: Even though she’s selfish she comes through for George when he most needs it. Even though she’s uninterested in George’s teachings she listens and understands his principles better than he does, for the most part. Even though she’s jaded and lazy in some ways she reacts with childlike excitement and amazement when she encounters certain new things. Even after 3000 years in solitude, she is less lonely than George and most people she encounters.
What makes this the right character for this role?
She has been isolated from the world for 3000 years and has a fresh take on everything in modern society. She also has a natural wisdom that has developed over all these years buried in the desert. A core understanding of life and nature’s rhythm. She doesn’t shy away from confronting George, so she is perfect for highlighting his weaknesses and in doing so forcing him to confront them.
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It has been 3 days with no direct feedback on our work. Am I to understand that we’ll just keep posting our work with no critique?
thanks,
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wondering the same
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I’ve asked the customer service feedback.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it’s an amazingly helpful course but there’s no point to posting everything for the world to see without feedback. I’ll just continue in my notebook from here on out. I’m sure they’ll reply soon and I’ll keep you posted.
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Subject line: Christopher Sequeira’s Character Profile Part 2 (for 2 lead Characters: Protagonist and Antagonist)
“What I learned doing this assignment is…that the more points of difference that radiate out of my hero and villain that reflect one another, or are in direct opposition create the more satisfying game of repulsion and attraction with them that can be used to make their conflict and the storey as a whole, richer on a sub-textual and other level.?”
Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
Protagonist: Ned Kelly
What draws us to this character? He’s fighting authoritarian injustice in
this story (which we applaud) and he’s seemingly fearless, though
dramatically outnumbered, yet, he’s keeping free by wits and courage.
Traits:
He can’t abide authority in any form; he’s determined that he’s
always right; and he believes his life’s grievances give him a right to do
almost anything; he’s brave to the point of foolhardy; he loves his family
any move against them provokes fury. He rejects weakness in himself and
others. He’s a philosopher, always trying to have pithy insights into the
ways of men “There’s always a plan…”
Subtext:
When he’s challenged by his men or others he’ll remind them that
he’s suffered all his life at police hands. And, therefore, he shouldn’t
be challenged, that his decisions are justified – even if they aren’t.
He’s actually often inflexible to his own detriment; as unyielding as
iron.
Flaw: Thinks
the State and the people will eventually see reason and revoke his
fugitive status; thinks he can outfight them and lead people in an
uprising against them. Won’t accept the clear evidence otherwise (e.g. he
can’t even trust all the people he helps – some are just using him to
trick reward informant money out of the cops). Also, doesn’t realise his
gang and friends and lover are following him, not his mission, despite
what they say, because they owe him so much.
Values:
Family, loved ones; punching up; never punching down. Show no fear.
Irony: Fearless
yet afraid of stepping off his all or nothing pathway to conflict with
authority, with destiny itself.
What makes this the right character for this
role? Unrelenting, not afraid to
lose his life. Believes he can’t lose his soul because he’s fighting state
evil. When he realises with the Comte he could lose his soul, well, that
gives him pause.Antagonist: The Comte
What draws us to this character? Suave, wise, emotionally as in control
as Ned seems out of control. Charming. Seems motivated by higher things.
Bloodthirsty, but not sadistic. Also, is not a snob, like the Major and
other villains in the story.
Traits:
Smart – two steps ahead of everyone. Complex and sensitive, and
understands people’s motive’s well. Delivers witticisms.
Subtext:
Tells little jokes or performs an act of violence
Flaw: Seeks
an outcome that he cannot achieve, like Ned, on a suicide course.
Values:
Sectarianism; Logic / rationality; The individual above all. Absolutely
unfeeling, not sadistic, and wouldn’t blink at mass murder – sees it as a
necessary tool to advance his army but takes no personal joy other than is
pleased if it works as he planned.
Irony: Respects
loyalty and family, selflessness, even though he can exploit it.
What makes this the right character for this
role? Existential goal of this
villain (to see GOD die) versus grounded hero, Ned.Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together:-
Protagonist – Ned Kelly: No changes – just enhancements at this stage. Ned’s singlemindedness as a weakness is a big extra attribute.
Antagonist – The Comte: Expansions, not changes. Important he’s not a stereotypical or one-note bad guy; there’s complex, unique stuff going in here, and he’s not a music a hall villain, more a strategic psychopath looking to taste emotions.
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Subject line: Daisy Ridgway’s Character Profiles Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment: Without the character’s experience and transformation, your story, as good as it might be, means very little.
MIA PAULEY
What draws us to this character? As LITTLE MIA who meets Charles at age 7, we meet her when her innocence is, for the first time, being eroded from an experience with her family. As adult MIA, she is an imaginative, humorous, open-minded force and must prove she and Charles met.
Traits: Witty, cynical, beautiful, respects confidences; never tells a secret; cogent; loves to learn; believes in the unfathomable.
Subtext: She is worried she is crazy with her story of the Charles encounter as a child.
Flaw: She sells herself short in life.
Values: She believes in love, kindness, following through, and improving herself
Irony: She appears put together on the outside, and is falling apart on the inside; her family history and low-self esteem haunt her, though few can tell.
What makes her/him the right character for this role? The innocent child whose family life is shattering around her, Mia’s cosmic experiences are so implausible, they seem brought on by trauma; yet she can cope like no one else; her strong mind is equally imaginative; she has faith in the impossible.
CHARLES LAUGHTON
What draws us to this character? He is an astonishing, gifted, little-understood actor; he is a creative force; he is tortured by self-hatred though he is one of the most revered, respected men in Hollywood for his talent. Many unusual things happened to him in his lifetime, and he is someone who is inspired by many aspects, large and small, in nature and the world.
Traits: Self-absorbed; preoccupied; brilliant; sensitive; excitable; famous
Subtext: He works very hard at his craft, and at giving back to actors by teaching, educating; he is accomplished yet sad and worried about daily life; he struggles with his homosexuality
Flaw: Workaholic; health issues; physically ugly; ashamed of himself
Values: Truth in acting; conveying meaning through performance
Irony: Charles’ work is rooted in the imaginary, yet the encounter with Mia is impossible to accept
What makes her/him the right character for this role? His glamorous, heady, intellectually-loaded life in 1940s Hollywood is the right backdrop for someone who must face a supernatural event and deal with it.
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Character Kendra Profile Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment:
I have a deeper understanding of the character of Kendra. I now have a list of want and needs for her character and this information can be woven into the story.
Traits:
Brave, Smart, Fearless, loyal, a leader
Subtext:
Kendra is a direct person who keeps her emotions in check.
Flaw:
Lack of Empathy
Values:
Justice, Retribution
Irony:
Kendra was an accused enemy of the people is now one of the saviors of humanity.
What makes this the right character for the role.
Kendra is willing to die for the cause.
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Subject line:
Protagonists: Dr. Phillip Morgan and Dr. Quinn McAllister’s Character Profiles Part 2
Antagonists: CEO Dr. Frank Shanis and CEO Dr. Johnathan Skipper’s Profiles Part 2.
“What I learned doing this assignment is to be able to better define the personal characteristics and traits of my protagonists and antagonists. In doing so, this assignment has given me different ideas, considerations and thoughts as to which direction to take the story lines of my screenplay.
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
Protagonist: Dr. Phillip Morgan
What draws us to this character? Dr. Morgan is highly ethical and morale whose goal is to save patients from harm and in many cases untimely deaths. The audience cheers for his success.
Traits:
Altruistic, honest, sincere, hard-working, dedicated, cares for and
puts the needs of others before his own needs
Subtext: He is
well-educated, knowledgeable and up to date with respect to standards of
medical care. One way in which he
confronts challenges regarding the care of patients is to recite up to
date medical treatment standards of care and data. Since he knows that the authorities do
not believe his assertions of unscrupulous behaviors of the CEOs, he must
take matters into his own hands to protect patients.
Flaw: One flaw
that Dr. Morgan has is that he, on occasion, in response to the extreme
stress in which he finds himself, resorts to the abuse of alcohol and uses
cocaine on occasions, and at times he is indisposed and unable to answer
the call to duty. His substance abuse
sometimes causes him to forget or not recall (blackout) details of certain
occurrences, which as a result may at times serve to interfere with his
abilities to prevent harm to patients.
This leaves the audience with some conflicting opinions of him and
adds to suspension in the story lines because the audience will not know when
and if such occurrences will occur that indispose him.
Values: family,
community, God, responsibility, right from wrong, injustices.
Irony: the irony
is that he does not often care from himself, his substance abuse representing
only one example. He is under
extreme stress, yet he neglects to seek psychological counselling
himself. He is sometimes
experiences intense psychological conflict within his own mind and spirit
in responding to the challenges of saving the lives of patients whom he
knows are the target for harm by the CEOs, patients who openly and overtly
disrespect him as a black doctor and who make racists comments or overtures
to him.
What makes this the right character for this role? Many
people will be able to identify with the internal conflicts and struggles
experienced with the psyche of Dr. Phillip Morgan.Protagonist: Dr. Quinn McAllister
What draws us to this
character? Dr. McAllister is highly
morale and ethical and sincere in his mission to be the defender and advocate
for patients. Many people will be
able to identify with his internal struggle to prove himself to his
parents but also to overcome struggles of inadequacy that prevail within
him and resurface from time to time.
Traits: Honest, sincere, hard-working,
motivated, intelligent, sometimes experiences resurfacing feelings of
inadequacy. Feelings of inadequacy cause
to question his abilities and create uncertainty in the audience as to the
outcome of the storyline.
Subtext: When Dr. McAllister questions his own
abilities he sometimes overcompensates and overtly questions the clinical
competency and patient care of some
of his physician colleagues who have some patients whom he believes may be
targets of the CEOs but in some cases are not. He must learn how to better navigate his
patient advocacy roles when attempting to protect patients whom are not
under his care.
Flaw: He sometimes inappropriately accuses his
physician and nurse colleagues of providing substandard care, but he does
so out of his overarching mission to thwart the mission of the hospital
CEOs and most of his colleagues are not aware of the maliciousness that is
happening. Neither protagonist is
free to openly inform every physician or health provider as to the actions
of the CEO as doing so would cause them to be fired from the hospital and
thereby leaving the patients unprotected and openly vulnerable to the
malicious actions of the CEOs.
Values: Undying care and concern for humanity.
Puts the needs of others before his own needs.
Irony: He is the father of an illegitimate
5-year-old child, whom he originally did not admit or claim as his child, and
he does not take time to fulfill his fatherly duties to the child and he
is often negligent in providing financial support to the child and the
mother of his child. He loves the
child now but his feelings of inadequacy often interfere with his
abilities to be the father he wants to be.
What makes this the right
character for this role? Many
individuals will be able to identify how deep seated feelings of
inadequacy, even though this protagonist has overcome many of his feelings
uncertainty in being a young doctor, can resurface and interfere with ones
own personal responsibilities.Antagonist CEO Dr. Frank Shanis
What draws us to this
character? People are drawn to Antagonist Dr. Frank Shanis because many people have jobs or have worked with or encountered evil, controlling bully, control freak boses like CEO Dr. Shanis. People want to see him fail in his evil mission and lust for power, fame, control and money.Traits: evil, conniving,
backstabbing, spoiled wealthy bastard, deceptive, manipulative, smooth
talking, tall, thin, handsome, impeccably well-dressed and well-groomed,
racist, aristocrat. Attended high
profile expense private college and private medical school. Several generations of physicians and corporate
CEOs are in his family lineage.
Subtext:
Flaw:
Values:
Irony:
What makes this the right
character for this role?Antagonist CEO Dr. Johnathan Skipper
What draws us to this
character? People are drawn to
Antagonist Dr. Johnathan Skipper because many people have jobs or have
worked with or encountered evil, controlling bully, control freak bosses like
CEO Dr. Skipper. People want to see
him fail in his evil mission and lust for power, fame, control and money.Traits: evil, conniving, backstabbing, short stature
with short man’s Napoleon Complex, deceptive, manipulative, not smooth
talking, out of his element, poorly dressed and poorly groomed for what
one would expect out of a CEO, southern accent, harbors many insecurities
within himself, many hospital board members have questioned his ability to
lead. Went to public school college
and medical school. Was fired from
a senior leadership VP position at another hospital. Philanderer, bisexual, a follower and
not a true leader.Subtext: Dr. Skipper attempts to hide his
insecurities by being a top-down leader who intimidates those around him. He is a closet alcoholic and closet
bisexual—he hides his attract to men. He was an incompetent practicing primary
care provider and therefore focused his attentions on being a CEO hospital
administrator.
Flaw: Closet alcoholic, control freak, Napoleon
complex (overcompensation for feeling inadequate due to his short
stature), unkind, incompetent, unsure of himself as a leader, willingness
to harm others to advance his own career. Envious of the General Hospital
CEO.
Values: He at times does have remorse for his
actions in actively and willingly harm patients, but he uses alcohol and
drugs to repress his remorse and therefore continues his actions, but
there are exceptions when his conscience causes him to pull back from
harming particular patients—this is unpredictable. He is envious also of the other
successful doctors, especially since he was failed in the practice of
clinical medicine.
Irony: He knows what he is doing to harm
patients is wrong, yet his desires and motivation to advance his career
and his reputation and to impress his board of directors and his jealousy
of successful doctor’s abilities to care for their patients overrides his
sense of what is right and thereby drives his actions. The audience at certain points will be
on the edge of their seats wondering is he will decide not to harm a
particular patient, and at times he will pull back due to his conscience.What makes this the right
character for this role? He is a villain
but does at times have a conscience but he usually lets his aspirations
overrule his awareness and differentiation between right and wrong. He is a tragic character always trying
to impress others.3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
In Part 1 of the assignment, I did not include details of the character arc, internal or external journeys, old ways or new ways of the antagonists. These antagonists are evil, conniving characters who demonstrate no overall deviation in their actions pertaining to their old ways of doing whatever it takes to achieve their nefarious goals and aspirations.
Antagonist Dr. Frank Shanis:
Internal Journey: Smooth talking, conniving CEO who is determined to achieve at all costs his aspirational goals to being recognized as one of the nation’s top hospital CEOs based upon his hospitals superior patient outcomes compared to his crosstown rival hospital’s patient outcomes. He is well-respected by his fellow CEO peers across the country. He continues even while CEO to perform neurosurgery and heart surgery on a limited number of VIP patients and is a member of several community boards that gives people the impression that he cares for “the common man”.
External Journey: he is seen as a very touch but extremely competent and effective hospital CEO and as a very accomplished surgeon, who comes from a family of generations of successful and wealthy aristocrats.
Antagonist Johnathan Skipper:
Internal Journey: insecurity, uncertain of his own skillsets to be a hospital CEO, fearful that others will discover/uncover his incompetency. He, when practicing medicine, was a failed primary care practitioner. His private life is filled with lies and many hidden secrets.
External Journey: at times his conscious causes him pause to not harm certain patients in some unpredictable circumstances, yet his overall thirst for fame, glory, success and approval overwhelmingly contribute to his actions to continue to hurt patients in order to advance his objectives.
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Lora’s Character Profiles – Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment is there are many levels to a character, and some of the traits aren’t clear cut. Human nature is a complicated thing; good intentions don’t always lead to pure actions.
PROTAGONIST:
Role in the story: Protagonist,
Fighter, Romantic. <div>Age range and Description: Late
teens/early 20s. Tall, dark hair, blue eyes, fit build.Internal Journey: Trying not to
lose herself in heartbreak.External Journey: She will
learn her own strength, even when she thinks she has none.Motivation: Wanting to find
true love.
Wound: Never feeling like she’s
good enough.Mission/Agenda: Agenda is to
have her happily ever after.
Secret: She’s more broken than
you think.What makes them special? A
resilient spirit; not capable of giving up.ANTAGONIST:
Role in the story: Villain. </div><div>
Age range and Description: This
villain changes as the story goes because there are several. All are in
their early 20s.Internal Journey: Starting out
as Prince Charming in the beginning; morphing into the villain at the end
of the relationship.External Journey: Realizing
what they lost too late.Motivation: Wanting quantity,
not quality mates.Wound: Not feeling worthy of
love; intentionally sabotaging a good relationship.Mission/Agenda:
Secret: Deep insecurity masked
by arrogance.What makes them
special? Each villain has their own quirks; to be developed further later.PROTAGONIST:
What
draws us to this character? Her resilient spirit. </div><div>Traits:
Pure hearted, kind, empathetic, honest.Subtext:
Fights her darkest battles alone.Flaw:
Overlooks the bad to see the good in people.Values:
Loyalty, honesty, kindness.Irony:
Her willingness to love the wrong people leaves no room for the right
people to enter her life.What
makes this the right character for this role? Her good intentions make the
audience cheer for her to win.ANTAGONIST:
What
draws us to this character? He’s everything you’ve ever wanted, yet you
know he’s not good for you. </div>Traits:
Sweet, loving, angry, sneaky.Subtext:
Makes up lies, tells only fractions of the truth.Flaw:
He doesn’t know how to love.Values:
Approval of his friends.Irony:
He loves her but doesn’t know how to show it, so he chases her away
instead.What
makes this the right character for this role? You fall in love with him
when you see his sweet side and he makes you mad when he messes up. You
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1. What I learned doing this assignment is some characters are easier to write than others. These exercises really help you get inside their head and I wish I had originally started out getting to know these characters a bit more.
I added Violet as the main protagonist as she is the change agent, so she is added with this assignment focused on Entrysk and Violet. I loved getting to know Violet.
2. Pick the type of role your Protagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
The main protagonist for this story is Entrysk. She is part explorer, part dreamer. Her willingness to explore and learn more helps her dream of a brighter future where through acceptance and understanding they can live a better life.
She takes pride in all things ‘dragon’ particularly being a protector, thus this role of protector leads her to learning about the newcomer and realize other non-dragon things have value too.
Age range and Description
She is a young dragonet about 20-25 years old (or 2-3 in human years). She is a smaller version of her mother in almost everyway. She likes it like that, even if she knows her appearance will change as she gets older.
Internal Journey
From blindly believing in the traditions and proud to follow the old dragon ways to accepting and fighting for things she took the time to get to understand.
External Journey
Follows mother closely making things “just so” and dreams of being an elder so she can keep the traditions alive, to stands up for change and accepts things different than her.
Motivation
Gain her mothers and the clan’s respect by safely escorting the intruder out of the forest.
Wound
She so wants to be an elder like her mother but is too young and hasn’t had any good opportunities to prove herself. She feels the other dragons don’t see her over her older brothers. She doesn’t think she is really appreciated in the clan.
Mission/Agenda
She takes it upon herself to make sure the raptor is safely escorted from the forest and doesn’t bring harm to the clan.
Secret
She is the reason the raptor came to the forest.
What makes them special?
She’s very empathetic and prefers when everyone is getting along. She often plays the peacemaker.
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WHAT DRAWS US TO THIS CHARACTER?
She is generally very positive about life and happy and willing to do what it takes to make others happy and help out. She does have a serious side when it comes to being a ‘proper’ dragon and playing by the rules.
TRAITS
Proud, friendly, motherly, a bit curious (nosey?), protective.
SUBTEXT
She is trying not to like the raptor, as she knows they can’t be friends, but finds it difficult not to like her.
FLAW
Her pride
VALUES
Peace, love, dragons, trees, her family, playing by the rules (not necessarily in that order)
IRONY
She has to break the rules and disobey her family in order to keep her friendship with Violet and keep the peace.
WHAT MAKES THIS THE RIGHT CHARACTER FOR THIS ROLE?
Her pride in following the dragon code puts her in the perfect position to ‘protect the clan’ and protect her new friend. Her being the peacemaker and wanting to make everyone happy makes it easy for her to apply that to other creatures. Both of those traits will force her to make a decision between her clan and her friend.
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3. Pick the type of role your Antagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
VIOLET
Violet is the Change Agent. She is a young raptor, who takes to Entrysk after entering the Sheltered Forest. This is forbidden without Elder Council permission. This sets in motion a journey to take her out of the forest and embark on several adventures along the way. These adventures will help the two get to know each other and build a bond that the clansdragons will try to break, if Violet’s actions don’t break it first.
Age range and Description
The raptor is young, about E’s age (in dino years), slightly smaller. Small enough to fit in a dragonet wing. She has brilliant purple markings from her round snoot all the way to the tip of her tail.
Internal Journey
Timid and afraid to strong and brave.
External Journey
Afraid to move without the protection of her special tree dragon friend, bit clumsy and inadvertently getting them into some trouble, to protecting her tree dragon and saving the missing dragon egg, stands up to the clan.
Motivation
Being friends with E.
Wound
Lost her family – orphaned because she doesn’t like to hunt – or they were killed by hunters, and other raptors wouldn’t take her on.
Mission/Agenda
To gain E’s friendship, and thus needing the acceptance of other tree dragons.
Secret
She’s not a hunter, she doesn’t like to kill other creatures, she is too loving, but still a clever raptor.
What makes them special?
She is very accepting and loving and happy to learn about everything. She wants to know all about the tree dragons. Even though she is not welcome by them, she still wants to understand them and accept them.
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WHAT DRAWS US TO THIS CHARACTER?
She only wants to be loved and accepted, but is shunned. We want to see her succeed. She (literally) looks up to E and wants to make her happy and have fun. We’ve all been in that situation of trying to impress someone but failing. Trying to a good thing but it doesn’t turn out that way, and still hope to be accepted.
TRAITS
Believes in fun, friendship, and honesty. Loves Chocolate.
SUBTEXT
Is she being clumsy for a reason, is she that clever, or is she really just that clumsy?
FLAW
Fear/timidness
VALUES
Life, fun, freedom, her tail, her friend. Oh, and chocolate.
IRONY
Her clumsiness is what gets E and the egg captured by hunters (the one type of creature she can’t accept), but her cleverness is what saves the day and gains her the acceptance she so desires. Though she does not abide by hunting, it’s these exact skills she puts to use to protect her protector. For a character afraid of everything, she seems to be the first to try and like it.
WHAT MAKES THIS THE RIGHT CHARACTER FOR THIS ROLE?
Her ability to accept others teaches E how to be accepting, and why it’s better to learn about the things you don’t understand rather than just dismiss them. Even though her clumsiness gets them in some trouble, her antics are too charming for the young dragon to resist.
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Stafford’s Character Profiles Part 2
What I learned from this assignment was how the more you pour into your characters, the better acquainted they’ll become to my world-building process, and their actions throughout. Also, making said characters relatable; hooking the audience with their performances.
Mateo Vargas
What draws us to this character? He’s smart, and has a loveable personality. He’s someone you wouldn’t mind rooting for. Seems to be content with the peacefulness of life. And one mistake causes a major shift in his world — not for the good.
Traits: Easy-going, smart, ambitious, witty.
Subtext: Although, he’s engaged to be married, he still has a lust for his new coworker, Glorivette; which causes him to eventually cheat.
Flaw: When he begins to sneak and lie.
Values: Friendships, love, and work.
Irony: Mateo acts on his temptation, causing him to lie to his fiancé. When he tries to end the affair with Glorivette, she begins to make problems in Mateo’s personal and professional life.
What makes them the right character for the role? Mateo is your everyday man, who may become blinded by lust, and has to bump his head to realize the consequences acting on forbidden desires.
Glorivette Gomez
What draws us to this character? She’s sexy as hell. The way she’s half of Mateo’s age, and lures him into her world of seduction. Has the ability to own whatever room she’s in. Don’t be fooled by her stunning looks — Glorivette has a dark-side that’ll shake anyone’s core.
Traits: Manipulative, aggressive, hostile, seductive.
Subtext: Glorivette comes off as nice, but when things don’t go her way, she becomes a different person — endangering anyone in her path.
Flaw: She’s a murderer.
Values: Sex, terrorizing people, being in control.
Irony: Glorivette has two sides to her. She knows how to hypnotize men, before attacking like a viper. She’s the “good time” Mateo’s looking for outside of his regular day-to-day routine. You don’t know where the wind is going to blow dealing with her. That’s what makes her dangerous.
What makes them the right character for the role? She and Mateo will balance each other out with their chemistry. Whether it’s good, bad, or ugly, you won’t be able to deny the electricity between the two. Glorivette is the one in the driver seat with this story; everyone else is her pawns.
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Mickey Gonzalez Character Profile Part 2
“What I learned doing this assignment is bring these main characters closer. My story should be held together by this assignment. Keep in mind for changes if and when changes are needed.
What draws us to these characters?
Protagonist: Mark Fox:
Traits: diligent, vindictive, remarkable young writer, determination
Subtext: Mark writes in his apartment. Mark has a romantic living with a prostitute. They bond as the theft goes on. Physiological dominance over each other resumes after time. During Mark’s grueling effort to make it and her in pursuit. Mark scours the places of interest and at no avail he succeeds. He comes so close to retrieving his vast collections of writings. There is a telephone call. There are fist fights, cop killing, thugs try to deter him, and other girls.
Flaw: Continue to be this remarkable writer. Preoccupied, he couldn’t keep his writing at bay because being set up by greedy strangers that will come along to poke around to steal.
Values: honest, true to himself, fight,
Irony: Mark has to go out in the violent world. His interactions with those who he comes across is life or death. He is not alone. He is the only one that can retrieve his V.C. He has to endure the outside world to get to the high-up from his lone place.
What makes this the right character for this role? He is a young writer. He wants to make it. His V.C is worth a lot of money. He gets around a world of thieves no matter who they are. Mark couldn’t find this M.F Seymour.
Antagonist Seymour Heller
Traits: predatory, jealously, greedy, tendency to violence
Subtext: Traits: manipulative, intimation,
Subtext: Mark is on the close end of retrieving hi V.C. Seymour wants to stand out from the crowd or neighborhood and decides to take over Mark’s V.C instead of paying for it as he suggested in anonymous telephone call.
Flaw: He gets some else’s work for his own greed. He knows Mark will not stop searching for the V.C of writings.
Values: power, monetary success, manipulating, anger
Irony: When he is at the Nine building enclosure, he is untouchable, has ways to be elusive, gets help from a deputy to getaway and restrains Mark. Kill Mark, even it doesn’t happen, try too.
What makes this the right character for this role? He is high classed and even with this he expresses anger, violent interactions and is willing to take something away.
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Judith Abingdon Character Profile Part 2<div><div>
what I learned: character, character, character. Dig deep
What draws us to this character?
She is the curious young person we all hope we are, questioning norms, looking for answers, wondering where her path leads and if she can make a mark on the world.
Traits:
Smart, curious, confident, a bit cynical, and hopeful
Subtext:
How events happening in her world will affect her actions
Flaw:
a bit naive of course, feels detached as her family is different, from those in her community, her mother is European and speaks with an accent ( she is embarrassed by this, as it draws attention), she does not know her father and does not like her step father.
Values:
honesty, fairness, kindness
Irony:
Playing the good girl while she makes a plan
What makes this the right character for this role?
As new morals and group behavior are quickly changing a girl on a path of self discovery is the perfect person to follow as she faces these changes and we can see how they affect her and a generation at the same time.
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
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THIRTY DAY SCREENPLAY ASSIGNMENT # 3
SUBJECT: James E. Clark – Character Profile 2
What I learned from this assignment: The value of traits, flaws, subtext and Irony coupled with Assignment #2 begins to create a vision of how my Protagonist functions in the world; how she views herself and how she interacts with others.
1. 3 minute empowerment – Done
2. Part 2 of Character Profile
a. What draws us to this character: A mixture of tough military experience and gentle love for mankind.
b. Traits: Confident, focused, curious, woman of faith, adventurous.
c. Subtext: Controls her fear of her illness by sticking to her goals. Her kindness is expressed in encouraging others.
d. Flaw: She has difficulty getting close to others emotionally
e. Values: Precision; Quality work; Time; Bible; Structure; America
f. Irony: She’s giving up structure to live on the road and see America. It also means she will interact with many new people.
g. What makes this the right character for this role?: As a diminutive woman she doesn’t appear to fit the mold for construction (twist). This gives her an advantage when she’s able to display her skills because people are intrigued.
3. Make improvements to Part 1 profile and meld with Part 2
Changes are in italics
a. Protagonist : Explorer – Carrie is exploring the freedom of civilian life vs military life and how that freedom is expressed in her Christian faith.
b. Antagonist: Change Agent – TIME which is running out on her as she deals with a terminal diagnosis.
c. Other characters:
i. Supporting: A love interest from Navy days; an Editor who encourages her to write her story; a Women’s Ministry leader; a Contractor who doubts her skills.
ii. Minor roles: Pastors; a couple of thugs; Navy physician; Navy Chaplain; various people from her travels.
iii. Background: Sailors; construction workers; people in church; people in camp grounds.
d. Genre: Drama
e. Lead Character Development
f. Role in the story: An explorer trying to reconcile military vs civilian life, how to use her skills to serve others in Christ, how she should then live with a limited amount of time.
g. Age range/Description: 40; very petite – 100#; black; pretty; 23 year Navy Vet; in charge attitude.
h. Internal Journey: From a cynical concept of civilian life to enjoying the freedom
i. External Journey: From a tough Navy NCO POV to civilian life
j. Motivation: Live life in service of Christ
k. Wound: Never knew her parents/being an orphan
l. Mission/Agenda: Travel to all fifty states and use her skills to help churches
m. Secret: 1-She’s dying and would have studied architecture if she did have a terminal diagnosis; 2-She’s a 3<sup>rd</sup> degree Black Belt in Tai Kwon Do; 3- As an orphan, she legally changed her name to Carrie Waters after learning the meaning behind the term Carry Water.
n. What makes her special: Due to her career as a Navy SeaBee, she’s capable of doing all types of construction from heavy equipment to finish carpentry, plumbing and electrical. She knows it all. As a woman in the Navy, she learned to be strong by being kind and firm at the same time.
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Robert R. Smith’s Character Profile Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment is that in doing it I am brainstorming more aspects of the character and also I am brainstorming a script with added twists and turns based on my character development of the two leads in these exercises. .
The Film’s Working Title: Teraphim or The Toreph.
Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
THE PROTAGONIST
Ned Garner aspiring archaeologist,
What draws us to this character?
He is brave.
Traits:
He is brave. (From last assignment: He is intelligent and willing to learn, he loves Kaitlyn, is loyal to his friend Boots Barton and his mentor Dr. Colin Kendrick. He is loyal to death, including the risking of his own life to save the lives of others from the Toreph.
Subtext:
Not only does he grow in confidence but he grows in a leadership position among the archaelogists.
He
Flaw:
He initially lacks confidence but grows into a hero who defeats the monster Toreph.. (This is new -) He also is envious of “Boots” Barton and his love-interest, Kaitlyn Randolph for their prior experience on archaeological digs in the American South West, which he thinks puts them in an advanced position ahead of himself. He doesn’t realize that he excels them in Near Eastern languages and history (in addition to fluency in Hebrew and Arabic) which is more appropriate to the Near Eastern archeology that he wishes to pursue as a specialist and qualifies him to be on the dig at Tel Es-Sultan (Jericho).
Values:
Loyalty.
Irony:
He is brave but still scares easily.
What
makes this the right character for this role?He is smart, caring, brave.
THE ANTAGONIST
Now he has a name: Azazel the desert demon who is possessing the skull of Cushan Rishathaim, a warrior mentioned in the Bible Judges 8 whose name means, Cushan the Doubly Evil. Whose body is buried somewhere else in the cave. Azazel desires that skull and body are reunited so that as a whole person he can wreak more violence.
What draws us to this character?
He is consummately evil. Clever. Haunting dialogue.
Traits: Evil. Clever. Dominating.
Subtext:
Azazel wants more power than he already has over the lives of people starting with Dr. Kendrick and the young Archaeologists.
Flaw:
He is evil and only wants to do more when he rejoins the body of his host the
ancient warrior Cushan the Doubly Evil.
Values:
He values destruction and dominance over people.
Irony:
He feels he is merciful to his captive archaeologists when he spares their lives so they may further dig for the body of Cushan.
What makes this Character right for this role?
He is a scary monster, a skull that talks and says and does bad things through his demonic power.
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
Here are the original two profiles from Part 1
THE PROTAGONIST: Ned Garner
Role In The Story:
Protagonist – Hero/Explorer/Victim/Fighter. 20’s.
He is initially shy and bookish. (Aspires to be an archaeologist.) However, his confidence is boosted by his love interest, Kaitlyn Randolph, also an aspiring archaeologist who encourages him to join her on an archaeological dig that summer in Tel El-Sultan (Jericho), Israel, which is where the horror occurs and his heroic dimension fully blooms when confronting the undead monster, Toreph who is possessed by the desert demon, Azazel.
Internal Journey
He is initially shy and bookish. (Aspires to be an archaeologist) and advances to Hero in his successful fight against the Monster Toreph who is possessed by the desert demon Azazel.
External Journey
Ned Garner’s confidence is boosted by his love interest, Kaitlyn Randolph, and the mentorship of Dr. Colin Kendrick who will lead an archaeological dig that summer near Tel Es-Sultan (ancient Jericho), which is where the horror occurs and his heroic dimension fully blooms when confronting the undead monster, Toreph who is possessed by the desert demon, Azazel. Dr. Kendrick welcomes Ned to the expedition as he has been an excellent student. He also confides with Ned that he was given a small gold platelet with one word written on it “Azazel” the name of a desert demon in Jewish and Arabic lore. The platelet was given to him by a Bedouin who discovered it not far from a sealed cave. Kendrick’s expedition is to open the sealed cave and see what if any connection there is between the “Azazel platelet” and the cave. This sets up the story.
Motivation:
To become an archaeologist and succeed in what looks like an exciting expedition to a sealed cave near ancient Jericho. His later motivation is to save the lives of everybody on the expedition from the horrors being perpetrated upon them by the Azazel-possessed Toreph.
WOUND:
Painful lack of confidence.
Mission/Agenda:
To be a great archaeologist on what could lead to a major discovery and later his aim is to defeat the monster.
Secret:
Kendrick has confided that the expedition may lead to an encounter with Bedouin and perhaps supernatural powers. Kendrick explains to Ned that he believes the golden platelet with the name of the demon Azazel given to him by a Bedouin he knows, Kendrick theorizes was taken from the mouth of a Toreph (sing. of pl. Teraphim) (Genesis 31). The Teraphim were created by inserting a gold platelet with a demon’s name into the mouth of a severed mummified skull who would then speak as an oracle. Yet, there is ancient warning. “Whoever pursues such knowledge will go down to Gehinnom (hell).”
This secret which Ned and Kendrick keep from Kaitlyn and Ned’s sidekick Boots Barton, who also joins the expedition until the Toreph awakens after the demon platelet is inserted into its skull’s mouth..
What makes him so special?
He is a budding archaeologist and man with direction and insight. He loves people and wants to rescue them all from this demonic force.
THE ANTAGONIST
Character name: There is no name. He is a skull of a firstborn male who speaks when a gold platelet with the demonic name Azazel is placed in his mouth. He not only speaks but performs deadly acts by telekinesis when the gold platelet with the name “Azazel” is placed in his mouth under his tongue..
Role in The Story:
He is a Toreph, singular of the plural Teraphim. Toreph. These are the household gods stolen from Laban by Rachel in Genesis 31. The name on the gold platelet “Azazel” is that of a desert demon who according to the Book of Enoch (xiii) is a leading fallen angel who came to earth to deceive and create weapons of war and destruction.
Age is not applicable.
The skull is that of an ancient man who was beheaded, Azazel is an ancient demon of the desert. One of the fallen angels apparently a leader among them according to the Book of Enoch (XIII).
Internal Journey, External Journey and Motivation:
He is simply called the Toreph. There is no internal journey except to continue his demonic activity in his external journey.
WOUND:
He is undead and wishes either to return to being a spirit or have his head rejoined to his body.
MISSION/AGENDA:
Continue to carry out his diabolically violent and terrifying deeds.
SECRET:
The way to destroy him is to remove the gold platelet from his mouth or run him through with a sword.
WHAT MAKES HIM SPECIAL?
He carries the story.
Here is the combined effort:
THE PROTAGONIST: Ned Garner
Role In The Story:
Protagonist – Hero/Explorer/Victim/Fighter. 20’s.
He is initially shy and bookish. (Aspires to be an archaeologist.) However, his confidence is boosted by his love interest, Kaitlyn Randolph, also an aspiring archaeologist who encourages him to join her on an archaeological dig that summer in Tel El-Sultan (Jericho), Israel, which is where the horror occurs and his heroic dimension fully blooms when confronting the undead monster, Toreph who is possessed by the desert demon, Azazel.
Internal Journey
He is initially shy and bookish. (Aspires to be an archaeologist) and advances to Hero in his successful fight against the Monster Toreph who is possessed by the desert demon Azazel.
External Journey
Ned Garner’s confidence is boosted by his love interest, Kaitlyn Randolph, and the mentorship of Dr. Colin Kendrick who will lead an archaeological dig that summer near Tel Es-Sultan (ancient Jericho), which is where the horror occurs and his heroic dimension fully blooms when confronting the undead monster Toreph who is possessed by the desert demon, Azazel. Dr. Kendrick welcomes Ned to the expedition as he has been an excellent student. He also confides with Ned that he was given a small gold platelet with one word written on it “Azazel” the name of a desert demon in Jewish and Arabic lore. The platelet was given to him by a Bedouin who discovered it not far from a sealed cave. Kendrick’s expedition is to open the sealed cave and see what if any connection there is between the “Azazel platelet” and the cave. This sets up the story.
Motivation:
To become an archaeologist and succeed in what looks like an exciting expedition to a sealed cave near ancient Jericho. His later motivation is to save the lives of everybody on the expedition from the horrors being perpetrated upon them by the Azazel-possessed Toreph.
WOUND:
Painful lack of confidence.
Mission/Agenda:
To be a great archaeologist on what could lead to a major discovery and later his aim is to defeat the monster.
Secret:
Kendrick has confided that the expedition may lead to an encounter with Bedouin and perhaps supernatural powers. Kendrick explains to Ned that he believes the golden platelet with the name of the demon Azazel given to him by a Bedouin he knows, Kendrick theorizes was taken from the mouth of a Toreph (sing. of pl. Teraphim) (Genesis 31). The Teraphim were created by inserting a gold platelet with a demon’s name into the mouth of a severed mummified skull who would then speak as an oracle. Yet, there is ancient warning. “Whoever pursues such knowledge will go down to Gehinnom (hell).”
This secret which Ned and Kendrick keep from Kaitlyn and Ned’s sidekick Boots Barton, who also joins the expedition until the Toreph awakens after the demon platelet is inserted into its skull’s mouth..
The Secret of the nature of the Toreph becomes a great burden to Ned as it has led to the entrapment of the archaeologists to the Toreph.
What makes him so special?
He is a budding archaeologist and man with direction and insight. He loves people and wants to rescue them all from this demonic force.
THE ANTAGONIST
Character name: Azazel and Cushan Rishathaim. He is a skull of a firstborn male (Cushan) who speaks when a gold platelet with the demonic name Azazel is placed in his mouth. He not only speaks but performs deadly acts by telekinesis when the gold platelet with the name “Azazel” is placed in his mouth under his tongue.
Role in The Story:
He is a Toreph, singular of the plural Teraphim. Toreph. These are the household gods stolen from Laban by Rachel in Genesis 31. The name on the gold platelet “Azazel” is that of a desert demon who according to the mysterious Book of Enoch (xiii) is a leading fallen angel who came to earth to deceive and create weapons of war and destruction.
Age is not applicable.
The skull is that of an ancient man who was beheaded, Azazel is an ancient demon of the desert. One of the fallen angels apparently a leader among them according to the Book of Enoch (XIII).
Age is applicable. Azazel is thousands of thousand of years old and Cushan liveds three thousand years ago.
Internal Journey, External Journey and Motivation:
He is simply called the Toreph. There is no internal journey except to continue his demonic activity in his external journey. And finally to have his skull reunited with his body.
WOUND:
He is undead and wishes either to return to being a spirit or have his head rejoined to his body.
MISSION/AGENDA:
Continue to carry out his diabolically violent and terrifying deeds and be reunited with his body..
SECRET:
The way to destroy him is to remove the gold platelet from his mouth or run him through with a sword (when reunited with his body).
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Robert R. Smith Character Interviews.
What I learned in this assignment: To let the characters talk to you and tell you the story, because it’s their story.
QUESTIONS – PROTAGONIST – Ned Garner
Q: Tell me about
yourself, Ned..A: Just a guy who wants to be an Archaeologist.
Q Why do you think you were called to this journey? Why
you?A: I don’t know that I was so much ‘called’ as much as I wanted it and Dr. Kendrick accepted me because of my easily learning ancient Near Eastern languages. As for ‘Why me?” in relation to the Toreph we discovered – well, I put myself there and reacted according to my decisions and physical ability.
Q: You are up against . What is it about them that makes this journey even more difficult for you?
A: Well, of course, it’s terrifying, but I reached within myself for what it takes to survive.
Q: In order to
survive or accomplish this, you are going to have to step way outside of
your box. What changes do you expect to make and which of them will be the
most difficult?A: Well, I think of it not so much as stepping outside my comfort zone. Being an ancient tomb is really outside the box by nature. I think of it as reaching within me. If I thought about it, I’d fail. Don’t think just go with your instinct.
Q: What habits
or ways of thinking do you think will be the most difficult to let go of? A:”
Well, my friend, Boots
Barton pointed out to me that when you get me on a tennis court or at a
Chess board, my killer instinct kicks in. The baggage goes away.Q: What fears,
insecurities and wounds have held you back?A: I have always had a lack of confidence in myself. Except for when I am on the Tennis Court and at the Chess Board.
Ql What skills,
background or expertise makes you well-suited to face the Toreph?A: The Chess Board and the Tennis Court.
Q: What are you
hiding from the other characters? What don’t you want them to know?A: I don’t want them to know that the gold platelet with the name of “Azazel” on it is the key to animating the skull, because Kendrick told me to keep it secret so as not to spook the others on the expedition.
What do you think of the Toreph?
A: I never thought much of the Biblical and Arabic mythology about such supernatural beings as Azazel. I grew an instant respect when I came in touch with the ‘otherness’ of the Toreph who is possessed by Azazel. He is a monster but if you show him fear he smells blood. As for the body of the man he possesses, the evil, Cushan the Doubly-Evil. There is a piece of me that sympathizes that he is possessed but I have to suppress that in order to save my friends.
Q: Tell me your side of this whole conflict / story.
A: Well, I did what I had to do to save lives. When we removed the platelet and Azazel exited the skull, I felt relief because I thought we were in the clear before I realized that placing the skull in the sarcophagus would reunite Cushan’s body with his skull and possessed again by Azazel who reanimated Cushan and had his arms and legs for the movement he did not have when he possessed the skull alone.
Q: What does it do for your life if you succeed here?
A; The success of the expedition plus I marry Kaitlyn.
Q: Is there a chance that Azazel may return.
A: It’s why we are keeping the gold platelet away from the skull’s mouth. If it is reinserted into his mouth, it will be possessed by Azazel.
QUESTIONS FOR THE ANTAGONIST – THE TOREPH (AZAZEL)
Q: Tell me about yourself.
A: I am Azazel. My mission was to come to earth and spread deception and knowledge of weaponry.
Q: It looks like ‘mission accomplished.’ The world has gotten more violent and people more prone to deception.
A: Yes, so far, so good. When people created Teraphim, they thought spirits would speak through skulls but it was all deception that was spoken.
Q; In regard to the journey, what are your strengths and weaknesses?
A: My strength is the violence and destruction I can wreak and my weakness is still that once the gold platelet is removed from under the tongue of the mummified skull, my power ends and I must go someplace else to find a human dwelling I can possess for my purposes.
Q: Why are you committed to making the Protagonist fail?
A; Because he knows how to pull the platelet from under the tongue of the mummified skull and that would neutralize me. So does Dr. Kendrick, who is a person of great knowledge.
Q: What do you get out of winning this fight / succeeding in your plan / taking down your competition?
A: I retain my power and can wreak further violence and deception.
Q: What drives you toward your mission / agenda, even in the face of danger, ruin, or death?
A: If I don’t use my powers I lose them.
Q: What secrets must you keep to succeed?
A: The secret of the power of the gold platelet to secure my survival. What other secrets do you keep out of fear / insecurity? AND That when the skull is re-united to its body I can possess the entire corpse and reanimate it and now have movement.
Q: Compared to other entities like you, what makes you special?
A: I refused to bow to humanity as my superior and so I am condemned to this terrible
existence between two world of death and life. It makes me special because human
beings do not have the knowledge I possess.
Q: What do you think of Ned?
A: I admire his boldness but I know his weakness is his self-deprecation.
Q: Tell me your side of this whole conflict / story.
A: I must retain the power base of possessing the mummified skull. Naturally, I would fight for it. They thought they had defeated me but I possessed the whole body of Cushan Rishathaim. I could have survived by humans, i..e., Ned got advantage over me and killed the risen Cushan. But it still means that I am not destroyed.
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Assignment 3, 30 Day Script
N. Lucas
What I learned in this assignment is that the more clearly defined my characters are, main and otherwise, the better I hear their voice and know what they want. This gives me a better direction and ideas for more ‘actions’ that can depict their struggle.
MY struggle is A) keeping up with this every day! (Could this be changed to a M-F Class?!) AHHHHHH and B) I am also really struggling with ‘trusting the process’ …
I want it all to be perfect and know more about my story—and not sound stupid to everyone else! So I am trying so hard just to keep my thoughts together and keep moving toward the goal line.
Traits: Good looking, successful corporate lawyer, trusted friend, self- starter, doesnt mind working long hours to get ahead.
Subtext: Jaded about relationships because last GF only cared about his status and his $$
Flaw: Doesn’t realize that there is more to life than just working in the corporate world. Doesn’t realize in staying focused on work- he may be missing out on unique opportunities or ‘impulsive’ fun things.
Values: Success, having money to do things and get the things in life that he wants. Loyalty to his friend
Irony: Doesn’t want to become impulsive, but will wind up doing it for love and to gain the opportunity of a relationship in a tropical location.
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Marc Armstrong’s Character Profiles Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment is that while my initial character profile choices might be good, they may not be strong enough to make this a compelling plot.
Protagonist: Brock Creed
What draws us to this character? Despite childhood trauma and recent betrayal, a patriot with lethal skills, against amazing odds, attempts to outsmart the Communist Party of California and lead several bands of refugees out of the state to freedom. His love for country is infectious. He is a fighter and a winner.
Traits: Fearless, Strategic, Tenacious, Emotionally Closed
Subtext: He is skeptical and untrusting, but masks this by acting decisively and with conviction.
Flaw: He personally cares for his enemy, Gerard Keizer, a childhood friend.
Values: Freedom, Liberty, America
Irony: Despite his professed love for America, he had given up on his country and purchased a retirement house in Panama before the overthrow of California by the Communist party.
What makes this the right character for this role? To succeed at such an endeavor as helping refugees escape, the hero must be a skilled fighter, a strategist, and someone who never gives up.
Antagonist: Gerard Keizer
What draws us to this character? He is charismatic and extremely smart, a smooth talker. He has a deep respect for Brock Creed, his enemy, due to an incident from their childhood.
Traits: Arrogant, controlling, manipulative, oppressor
Subtext: His seductive speech is a tool of manipulation.
Flaw: Arrogant and believes he is above reproach
Values: Power, control, oppression
Irony: He must kill the very man who saved his life as a teenager.
What makes this the right character for this role? A smooth-tongued manipulator would be integral in seizing control of the state of California.
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What I Learned: This is a terrific exercise to add depth to my protagonist, especially in ways I hadn’t thought of.
MAYA
What draws us to this character? Her exuberance about being a Sojourner, her vitality, but also her newness. She knows about as much about Sojourning as the audience does. We’ll learn through her.
Traits: Impulsive, exuberant, guilt-ridden, brave, confident, dishonest about certain things.
Subtext: Asks questions about the subjects of their missions, but is really asking about her family she left behind and how she can secretly contact them.
Flaws: Hides her crime, which could affect her Sojourner status later. Also secretly misses her family, which leaves her conflicted about staying a Sojourner.
Values: Living an exciting life, staying free from punishment. Later becomes helping others.
Irony: Though her mission as a Sojourner is to help fix others’ lives, her life needs major fixing.
What makes this the right character for the role? She’s the only one who can catch Chemkyr because he’s attracted to her, contacts her, and lets his guard down with her only.
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Mary MacNeith – Character Profiles Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment, is going deeper into who my characters are, where they are from and where they are going.
James Gunn
What draws us to this character? James’s music talents are off the charts, yet his skills to attract the opposite sex are all flat notes that fall off the scale. However his creativity with music and lifting the spirits of his students is heartfelt.
Traits: Fashionable, thrifty, music virtuoso
Subtext: Declines dates, loner, left Juilliard
Flaw: Fearful of romantic relationships
Values: Love, music, family
Irony: Hated the bagpipes until he heard them played hard rock styleWhat makes this the right character for this role? A bagpiper looks best in a kilt, so when James decides to learn the bagpipes to gain Marion’s attention, she figures out a way to make sure he wears a kilt if he wants to engage with her.
Marion MacDougall
What draws us to this character? Marion is a fun character with a lovely Scottish accent, even though she is an American, and loves a man in a kilt. She is lonely, yet adventurous; thoughtful, yet a bit careless; feels underserving yet mindful.
Traits: Cynical, pretentious, romantic
Subtext: A published author of spicy romance novels under a pseudonym
Flaw: Letting go of the past and embracing the future
Values: Family, writing,
Irony: Stays away from relationships, yet James caught her attention.
What makes this the right character for this role? Marion is the perfect antithesis to James, until they realize how similar they really are.
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