Fritz Fox
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Fredrich’s 4 Act Transformational Structure
“What I learned doing this assignment is that there are multiple conflicts and resolutions but once the protagonist embraces new ways, there’s no turning back to the old ways.”
Concept
A Chicago blues musician moves to San Francisco where he is roped into forming a punk rock band that changes his life and although he is plagued by bad luck, he never gives up and he impacts many people with his music.
Main Conflict
Sally pushes Fritz to do things he never wanted to do.
Old Ways
Blues musician
Playing it safe and following societal rules
Looking for a job to supplement his meager savings and his VA check.
(Enlistment Encentive) Gets into San Art school (SFAI)
New Ways
Experiments with new forms of Art and Music
Takes risks
Gives up material security for music
Act 1:
Opening
Fritz a blues musician leaves Chicago and arrives in San Francisco with his harmonicas, a couple of T-shirts and a suit wadded up and stuffed into the bottom of a shopping bag. Fritz stands in front of the address that Geno gave him. 508 Natoma. (Now an abandoned one story building with a for lease sign on it.
Inciting Incident
Fritz meets Sally at a blues show that he is playing at Jerry’s ”Stop Sign”
Sally asks Fritz to come San Francisco Art Institute for the annual student show and see her Art Work.
Turning Point
Fritz’s view of what art is changes when he watches a student and her Xacto knife carve the word,
Extreme Close U
“ART” into her partner’s backside but as the third letter is rendered blood covers all three letters. This is Fritz’s first view of a Performance Art Piece.
Fritz: “What was that supposed to be?” Sally: “That’s ‘performance Art’.
Act 2:
New plan
Fritz gets roped into starting a Punk Rock Band as an Art Performance
He can’t go back to being a Blues Musician. Gino: “ Come on, Garden of Earthly Delight. ”Gonna Pay us 50% Door Charge and we get a bar tab this time”. “Fritz: “No more Geno. “I love playing blues. I just don’t love having them.
Plan in action
Band performing at Poetry Festival at Sally’s Studio.
Fritz has begun writing songs and performing as a front man for the ”Mutants”
The name was suggested by John everyone agreed.
I write songs that tell narrative stories.
“They are not very good”.
Sally tells Fritz to write more humorous songs. At the next practice, he sings
Some lyrics that he wrote
“Mom locked me in the basement. I don’t know I guess she don’t understand me. Sis was watching on TV “Jerry Lewis for muscular dystrophy. They were busy in the kitchen making making and eating sandwiches. Oh what a fine family we were. The middle class get what they deserve.” “Suck my phase shifter Mutant sister, Suck my phase shifter Mutant sister. It’s coming to this Neutron Bliss.”
Mutants gain some fame and notoriety and are asked to open for Joy Division’s US tour
Midpoint Turning Point
Fritz’s identity has transformed. He has become self Indulgent.It shows.
Joy Division cancels tour, night before it begins as Ian Curtis has committed suicide. MUTANTS are stunned. Plans are set back.
Act 3:
Rethink everything
Write more humorous songs
New plan
Return to SF to record an album
Turning Point: Huge failure / Major shift
Fan kills his father based on Fritz’s lyrics in ‘Strange Night’ a Mutants’ song.
That Fritz wrote and sang at show at the’ Mabuhay’ the Fan was there too. Later he would go back to silver Springs and murder his father. Larry (Fan) left a note for his sister to find:
“All the people that I know ,all the anger that they feel. Listen to me or I want to kill you….” I love you Sis…….Larry.
Fritz learned that words can kill, and they did. He could not admit that he was partly to blame. Music should make people happy but it wasn’t coming through Fritz’s lyrics.
All of the disappointment and realization of the violent reactions resulting from the lyrics that Fritz has written causes him to quit the Band.
Fritz quits the Mutants and goes back to looking for a job.
Chaz gives Fritz a lead on a cashier position at Frenchy’s KT naughty bookstore / coin operated movie booths. When Fritz showed up for an interview, Vince the guy suppose to be at the counter, was in one of the booths with a street walker. Fritz got a job and started the next day.
Act 3
Fritz is working in a porno bookstore in San Francisco on south Market st. He enrolls in film making classes at the Art Institute classes part time and becomes a student there.
Sally and Sue getting ready for graduation day from art school. The graduation committee asks Sally if the Mutants could play at school for the party.
Sally agrees and the Mutants play a milestone show.
Turning Point 3, the Protagonist embraces a new way, which gives them a fighting chance in Act 4.
Act 4:
Climax/Ultimate expression of the conflict
INT FRENCHIE’S BOOKSTORE S.F. AFTERNOON
GENO “So what’s Fritz up to these days ?
FRITZ “Art Geno. As in singing and doing.
GENO “You still play harp don’t ya. Neil’s gone…Jon Lee said he liked your style.He heard you at the “Hotel Utah”
FRITZ “ I’m done with the blues. l wasn’t being honest or good enough. Now I just write lyrics and sing them.
GENO “You know Fritz I sing in the band when Jon’s not there. This is a concert gig. A thousand apiece guaranteed. You know it’s my band when Jon’s there he does the singing. When he’s not, I do the singing.
Fritz sticks with the New Ways and says NO
Resolution
Fritz has to deal with next step in his life
Fritz moves to NYC to try a new life as an actor but makes a living playing Nuevo Tango on harmonica in the subway for loose change from strangers as they wait for their trains
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Fredrich Fox’s Character Interviews
QUESTIONS FOR YOUR PROTAGONIST
Tell me about yourself.
I’m Fritz. I’m here on earth to sing and play harp. I play Blues and sing it as well. I’m not a punk. A punk is that effeminate inmate in prison that takes in the keister.” New Wave” That’s what I play and it’s a ”Blues Wave”.
Why do you think you were called to this journey? Why you?
I am destined to find a better quality of life than smallsville Indiana. At first I thought the Navy was the answer but after a four year enlistment it just seemed self imprisonment. I have to find a better life for my creative charismatic energetic being.
You are up against . What is it about them that makes this journey even more difficult for you?
I’m older now and I see things differently. I’m older than my audience. I’ m the oldest member in the Mutants. I worry they don’t like my songs or the way I sing, haven’t heard any complaints yet. That makes me feel good.
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?
I want to be outside the box. I want people to come to our shows and expect something different at each time.
What habits or ways of thinking do you think will be the most difficult to let go of?
Drinking, hard drugs, cigarettes, smoking weed, have always led to problems for me. And pornagraphic romance and lovemaking.
What fears, insecurities and wounds have held you back?
I have a low I.Q. , I’m in the short man’s association, and I get angry too easily.
I was fired from a high end booking agency (RAC Music) in London, an incident
That haunts me even after all these years.
What skills, background or expertise makes you well-suited to face this conflict or antagonist?
A wiser man than I once told me that critics are like assholes.They all got one
And some of them can be one.
What are you hiding from the other characters? What don’t you want them to know?
Well I’m a Indiana Hillbilly, that it took me four years to graduate from high school until I was 21.
What do you think of ?
Is it in my brain or in my mind ?.
If you can talk you can sing.
If you can walk you can dance.
What does it do for your life is you succeed here?
It congratulates me. My life that is.
Ask any other questions about their character profile that will help you.
QUESTIONS FOR YOUR ANTAGONIST
Tell me about yourself: I am Sallier Webster a cute, beguiling, creative and talented painter. I also have good taste in music and I’ll tell you this. That ‘down home Chicago blues’ that Fritz wants to play won’t make it on the art scene.
Having to do with this journey, what are your strengths and weaknesses?
I am a performance/ installation artist each performance will be an art piece.
Why are you committed to making the Protagonist fail? Or for a relationship movie, why are you committed to making them change?
I think that his taste in music is corny. Nobody wants to listen to that crap. It’s boring!
What do you get out of winning this fight / succeeding in your plan / taking down your competition?
It’s not competition or a contest . I think we can have a great band. There’s no fighting or winning or anything like that. We are like family. When we get something, we all get it together.
What drives you toward your mission / agenda, even in the face of danger, ruin, or death?
We want to be popular and make people happy. That is our agenda and mission.
What secrets must you keep to succeed? What other secrets do you keep out of fear / insecurity?
We will not keep any secrets and let our audience see our insecurities. It will show us as we are.
Compared to other people like you, what makes you special?
I’m cute, funny, creative, and looking forward to the next show
What do you think of ?
I think the time is right for the MutaNts
Tell me your side of this whole conflict / story.
The MutaNts are a work in progress.
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Fredrich’s Character Profile Part 2
What I learned doing this assignment is that characters are not always who they appear to be on the surface.
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
What draws us to this character? <div>
Fritz
Traits: Charismatic, energetic, witty, creative
Subtext: life is an adventure – join meFlaw: need for attention, living a lie because he is not part of the younger group
Values: Wanting to fit in and be respected and loved.
Irony: Not being true to himself
What makes this the right character for this role?
Desperately needs to transform through hero’s journey.Sally
Traits: physically beguiling, cute, energetic, charismatic, witty, creative
Subtext: two-faced, not truthful, everything is a lie to entice others in to her web, manipulator
Flaw: secretly vulnerable, dishonesty
Values: How to use others for her own gain, power
Irony: Really just wants to be loved
Right character for this part: Leads Fritz into his journey
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
Pick the type of role your Protagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Hero: Art” Performance Art” becomes Fritz’s passion. He begins to visualize new unique stage shows. “
3. Pick the type of role your Antagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Sally: </div><div>
Forces Fritz on a journey to transform by luring him into her web and then rejecting him. Makes situations occur that lead to bad luck and trouble.
4. What other characters might be necessary?
Change Agent; Ray Mondini “You can make art when you interrupt its continuum. Ray’s profound deduction made sense
Supporting characters: Breeno, lead guitar, Dave “Basher”drums, “Chaz” bass, “Johnny Ray Mono” rhythm guitar, “The Stereo Sisters” singing background Sailler and Sue and Fritz :lead singer.
Minor roles: Dirk Dirkson Nite club owner.
Background characters: Unruley young punk crowds5. Pick your genre.
Buddy Movie: “Band that plays together stays together”
6. Fill in whatever answers come to you about your lead character profiles.
Role in the story: Fritz lead singer in the Mutants is self-indulgent but talented.
Age range and Description: Fritz was at least ten years older than anyone he Hangs out with.
Internal Journey: His age difference rolled through his mind a lot more than he wanted.External Journey: Gifted with charisma and a youthful appearance, Fritz says “I will never give up”. (A quote from 1276 from Nichiren Daishonen)
Motivation:To perform and find success and inspire others.
Wound: Fritz gets fired while in London auditioning for’ RAC music’ agency, owned by Peter Grant and Mickey Most. They booked big shows for Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin and Donovan.
Ian Curtis’ suicide cancels Joy Division’s first American performance and Mutants’ east coast tour opening for them.
A psychotic fan murders his father bases his reason on the lyrics of Mutants’ song.(“Strange Nite”)
“Listen to me or I’ll have to kill you. I hear, I listen then I walk around and get some more
That’s when it occurs to me. This is the way it will always be.”Oh it’s still a strange nite”Mission/Agenda: To play through out the United States and then in Europe to obtain international fame.
Secret: Fritz is at least ten years older than anyone in the band (Mutants).
What makes him special? Musical talent, ability to transform, open to other’s perspective. Fritz communicates to the audience and they with him.
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Fredrich’s Character Profiles Part 1
“What I learned doing this assignment is that characters can be complex and multi-faceted.“
2. Pick the type of role your Protagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Hero: Art” Performance Art” becomes Fritz’s passion. He begins to visualize new unique stage shows. “I won’t be a man that lives without a dream”.<div>
3. Pick the type of role your Antagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Change Agent; Ray Mondini “You can make art when you interrupt its continuum. Ray’s profound deduction made sense
4. What other characters might be necessary?
Supporting characters: Breeno, lead guitar, Dave “Basher”drums, “Chaz” bass, “Johnny Ray Mono” rhythm guitar, “The Stereo Sisters” singing background Sailler and Sue and Fritz :lead singer.
Minor roles: Dirk Dirkson Nite club owner.
Background characters: Unruley young punk crowds<div>5. Pick your genre.
Buddy Movie: “Band that plays together stays together”<div>
6. Fill in whatever answers come to you about your lead character profiles.
Role in the story: Fritz lead singer in the Mutants is self-indulgent but talented.
Age range and </div>Description: Fritz was at least ten years older than anyone he Hung out with.
Internal Journey: His age difference rolled through his mind a lot more than he wanted.
External Journey: Gifted with charisma and a youthful appearance, he said “I will never give up”. (A quote from 1276 from Nichiren Daishonen)
Motivation:To perform and find success and inspire others.
Wound: Fritz gets fired while in London auditioning for RAC music agency, that managed Jeff Beck and Led Zeppelin. Ian Curtis’ suicide cancels bands’ east coast tour opening Joy Division. Fan murders his father based on lyrics from Mutants’ song.
Mission/Agenda:
Secret:
What makes them special? Musical talent, ability to transform, open to other’s perspective</div></div>
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Fredrich Fox’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is that external journey and internal journey coexist but are different. They create each other.
2. Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
External journey:
Fritz, a Chicago Blues musician moves to San Francisco to play harmonica in a blues band which backs up John Lee Hooker. When those plans fall through, he goes to art school and reluctantly helps to form a punk rock band. The band is faced with many obstacles and lots of bad luck. The band receives some success and then breaks up leaving Fritz to find a new path again.
Internal Journey:
Fritz left Chicago with the unwanted baggage of a regretful past and four year enlistment in the US Navy, serving on a destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of Viet Nam. An empty bank account, but he has his vet’s benefits to pay for an art school’s tuition along with a part time janitor’s job cleaning bathrooms and hallways there after the day’s classes. Fritz taught himself to sing but San Francisco Art Institute showed what art was. Cleaning sinks and mirrors along with mopping floors taught him humility. He learns to make friends who love art. Fritz realizes his Blues needs change. Fritz learns that he is capable of overcoming obstacles and learns to trust himself.
Old Ways:
Blues musician
Taking orders in the Navy
Following others’ leads
New ways:
Believing in his abilities to sing and master songwriting
Deep lasting friendships
Understanding the complexities of contemporary art and music
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