Week 2 Day 4: Character Reveal – SPIDER-MAN

[Mary Albanese]

Scene Mastery, Week 2 Day 4 – Character REVEAL

Watch SPIDER MAN scene first time for:
Basic Scene Components, which are:
Scene Arc – PP is picked on by bully. His fork sticks, webs in fingers, shoot out, grab laptop. He leaves, laptop dragging behind and bangs into door. (funny). In hall bully starts to fight him. His reflexes take over to avoid. Then he punches just one punch and bully slides away. “You ARE a freak.”
Situation – PP learns of his powers mainly through a confrontation by a bully.
Conflict – PP versus the bully.
Moving story along – PP is amazed to discover, when we do, his powers. But not everyone is impressed. They have just made life harder for him in school.
Ent. Value – Funny actions – the laptop slamming again and again into the closed door. The upside-down view of everybody watching him (funny, but shows how his world has gone figuratively upside down). Harry’s funny line “Which one.”
Setups/payoffs. PP sends Bully flying. Yay! But it just brings new problems. “You really are a freak.”

2nd time:
What makes it great? We discover, as PP does, his powers. His amazement is our amazement. That pulls us in.
How is REVEAL demanded by situation? PP has no choice but to evade the Bully, as the Bully pushes him into the fight. His one little punch wallops the bully, to PP’s amazement. And ours.
How it reveals PP’s powers – little by little, piece by piece. First, MAGNETIC (fork to hand). Then WEBS come out. Then they SHOOT out. Then they GRAB AND PULL a laptop. In the hall, his super HEARING, then his super SPEED. Then his super AGILITY , then his extreme gymnastic athleticism to flip way UP IN THE AIR. Finally, his super STRENGTH in the punch.
His and others’ reaction. He is amazed. Harry is amazed. MJ is confused, not comfortable. All others want to avoid him even more, making his miserable sorry high school life even worse.