Amelia Hambrecht
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Title: Amelia Project and Market.
Title: Ida
Genre: Drama
Concept: The story of Ida B Wells, a journalist, author and civil rights activist who singlehandedly brought the atrocities of lynching to the public in the late 1800’s.
What is attractive: Ida B Wells was the original badass. A woman of conviction and determination, she stood her ground during an incredibly oppressive time for Black people in this country and published the truth about lynching in America. She should be a role model for all women, black and white.
Who to target first: I would like to target a strong actor for the lead role. I would do that through managers. I would also target producers. If any of my shortlist actors has a production company, I would target that too.
What I learned: I learned to look at a pitch as what the producer needs rather than what I am selling
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Amelia Hambrecht
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Hello everyone! Sorry I’m late! Went to a party last Monday, had oysters and an oyster fought back! A week of Vibrio will lay anyone up, and I have turned out to be no exception. Three days of Doxi though has me back in order and I’ll be playing catch up. Look forward to meeting everyone! To answer the q’s:
Name: Amelia
Number of scripts: probably around 10
What do I want: I have optioned one script in my life, have interest in another (although some of the producers (family, not industry) want to take out all the interesting bits), and want to get at least one on the screen. I have written full time at times and am currently unemployed so want to get some ground on this. Let’s see where this class can take me.
Unique?: Oyster survivor? Former Peace Corps Volunteer (Morocco 07-09)? Live on Martha’s Vineyard? Successful single mother? I don’t know how unique any of these things are but they are my life.
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What I learned: I have three main characters and I plan to kill two of them off mid way through so I have to develop how one story line with two possible stories will be written.
Three lead characters.
1) Blaze
What draws us to this character? Cheeky, spunky, fun, someone anyone would want to be friends with, full of charm. An independent person willing to say who they are not caring about other peoples opinions or judgements. <div>
Traits: charming, driven, independent, confident
Subtext: Sad that her family will not accept her for who she is
Flaw: will survive at all costs, regardless as to who she may hurt along the way.
Values: survival, if love and honesty can come in to play, great. If not, oh well.
Irony: she is conflicted by her values vs her need to survive
What makes this the right character for this role? She will guide this story.
2) Flint
What draws us to this character? A female drummer in a grunge band.
Traits: Happy, confident yet vulnerable, life always works out in the end
Subtext: hiding she has money.
Flaw: thinks what she came from is who she is
Values: honesty, integrity, supportive
Irony: hiding the best side of herself to everyone but Blaze
What makes this the right character for this role? Blaze and Flint compliment each other, and give themselves possibilities.
3) Linda
What draws us to this character? The mother character, the sage
Traits: kind, helpful, can always rely on her,
Subtext: wants to help youth seeing that she wasn’t able to help her son
Flaw: need to develop
Values: need to develop
Irony: need to develop
What makes this the right character for this role? A mother character without being the mother so her departure will bring Blaze to her mother
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
Doing on this!
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Assignment 2! Amelia’s Character Profiles (I don’t see where the “subject line” is to post this here).
What I learned: I have too many characters so need to pare down my story.
Protagonist: Blaze is: a Runner, with elements of Dreamer and Victim
Antagonist: At this point, the Antagonist is the Change Agent, her environment and the circumstances that come.
Supporting Characters:
A lover, a motherly type, a community,
Minor Roles:
Community Manager, Community members, Family members
Background:
People on in community and streets
Genre: Drama
Role in the story: Blaze – Protagonist
Age range and Description: 20’s – 30’s
Internal Journey: from feeling unloved and not accepted to being a part of something
External Journey: from detached from her world to coming into her own
Motivation: To survive
Wound: Unacceptance by family for her being non-binary
Mission/Agenda: Wants to succeed
Secret: Rape in high school, never told anyone
What makes them special? Will try and try again.
Role in the story: Flint – lover – supporting character
Age range and Description: 20’s – 30’s
Internal Journey: From feeling invisible to people loving her for who she is.
External Journey: An individual and wants everyone to know it while dealing with huge insecurities.
Motivation: Wants to be recognized as a person, not from wealth.
Wound: Always associated with her having an easy life due to wealthy family.
Mission/Agenda: Wants to be loved by people with no association to her family.
Secret: Comes from a wealthy family, has no financial worries.
What makes them special? She plays the drums
Role in the story: Linda – mother type – supporting character
Age range and Description: 50’s – 60’s
Internal Journey: trying to find purpose in her life, happiness
External Journey: from grief and pain to purpose.
Motivation: Always wants to grow.
Wound: Her only child died in a car accident when child was in high school
Mission/Agenda: To help struggling artists grow
Secret: She never divorced husband, husband and she still talks, she ran away to the art cooperative.
What makes them special? She is a successful artist.
Role in the story: Sandy – Blazes Mother – supporting character
Age range and Description: 50’s to 60’s
Internal Journey: from a need to be accepted by her friends / community to being ok with her decisions without her or outside judgement.
External Journey: from striving to being the perfect mother/spouse/parent to giving unconditional love
Motivation: wanting a relationship with her daughter
Wound: Her parents complete dissatisfaction with her choices
Mission/Agenda:
Secret:
What makes them special?
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Amelia’s Transformational Writing Journey? What I learned? I am the slacker who needs to have pressure to work! Not completely true and not new but I got caught up in my life last week so I will scramble to catch up.
Who am I creating? Blaze, a 20 something non-binary (Female Actor) Artist evolves from a scrappy, does what ever needs to be done to survive, doesn’t trust anyone to a self confident accomplished person who is released from her guilt and loss.
Internal Journey: From feeling unloved, not accepted, detached, untrusting of everyone to finding herself and learning to trust/love.
External Journey: From living day to day, surviving, void of attachments to becoming a part of a community.
Blaze’s old ways: – takes advantage for the advantage
– focused on survival, meeting current needs, not looking at the futuregio;d
– scrapper; doesn’t trust anyone
– unaware of how her actions effect others
Blaze’s new ways: – self confident/accomplished
– released from guilt and loss
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