Week 2 Day 5: Attraction – A STAR IS BORN

[Susan]

A Star is Born (2018)

There is really not much there in this scene as it is posted on youtube at this time. I’m not sure it is the entire scene you wanted us to watch because it certainly does not begin at the beginning. I think it was cut for content.

Where the attraction shows up for Ally:

When he tells her she’s a songwriter and kisses her hand.

Where the attraction shows up for Jack:

Right away when she’s singing to him about him that she just makes up. Then it intensifies as she sings what she started writing the night before.

What causes the attraction is:

Their shared love of music and respect for each other’s talent, as well are their shared wounds.

The Drama the scene is built around is:

How the characters can support and comfort each other in their pain.

The profile items (right character, traits, secret, wound, future) that show up in this scene for each character are:

Right Character:

Ally and Jack are the right characters for each other because Jack can remember the energy of beginning a career and the high and can help Ally, and Ally needs encouragement because she is in self-doubt. Ally can comfort Jack and remind him of his own talents.

Character Traits in this scene:

Ally: Sad, Self Doubt, Wounded, Pained, Caring

Jack: Sad, Drunk?(assumed), Caring, Awed, Self Doubt

Wounds: Ally and Jack both obviously have some big wounds because they are deep in them, but I don’t know what they are at all from this scene.

Future: Jack is going to help Ally become a star.

What makes each character great from a writing perspective:

These characters are great from a writing perspective because they are both in so much pain and have so far to go, they can help each other, influence each other, and also harm each other along the way because of their wounds, self-doubts and pain.