Week 4 Day 2: Forced to Violate Their Own Values – THE WALKING DEAD

[Susan]

The Walking Dead

Watch 1st time for:

• How was this value (forced to violate their own values) shown?

The value of caring for the public (especially children/little girls) and never harming them was forced to be violated when the little girl turned out to be a zombie and was about to take a bite out of him!

• What caused him to violate the value and what were the consequences?

The little girl was a zombie and was going to eat him.

Watch 2nd time for:

• What drama is this scene built around?

The drama is suspense, not knowing if the girl is OK or a zombie (but we do know) and whether or not the ranger will shoot her before she can get him.

• What profile items (right character, traits, secret, wound, future) showed up in these two character’s words and actions?

Ranger:

Character Traits: Caring, Desperate, Determined to Live,

Secret: ?

Wound: He already lost family, maybe a little girl

Future: He is going to have to kill a lot more people and probably a lot more children.

Little Zombie Girl:

Character Traits: Nostalgic, Needy, Ferocious,

Secret: Guess what?! She’s a ZOMBIE!

Wound: She lost everyone she loves and needs her Teddy Bear

Future: Duh, she’s finally REALLY dead.

Daily Focus – Searching for Breakthroughs:

What makes this character great from a writing perspective.

Ranger: He WANTS to believe there is still a sweet little girl left in the world. It makes us like him because we wish the same.

The Little Girl Zombie: Even the worst monster has emotional needs and support.

Rethink or create a scene for your script using your new insights and rewrite that scene/character.

Give Boldo in MCSRM ONE thing to like him for.

In IPCT bring G.G. to the Brink which forces him NOT to be a nice guy in that moment.