[ILIONA BLANC]

Iliona’s Character Interviews

“What I learned doing this assignment is that I gave them a voice fir the first time and I now know how they talk. I know the language they use. I now have a real feel of their personalities and character traits. Knowing how they talk will help me with the dialogue”

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<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>1. <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Tell me about yourself.

If I have to be honest, the first thing I should start with is the fact that I am broke. Not just broke but like brokeee. That’s all I can think about lately. Honestly I don’t know if it’s my fault or if I’m just the unluckiest guy on earth. Never once in my life things turned out exactly how I wanted. So I stopped wishing a long long time ago. My wife also left me. I should say my “ex wife! She thinks I’m a loser and that I never knew how to love her. I’m apparently not very good at showing love. That’s among a lot of other things I am apparently not good at. And because I wasn’t always able to pay for child support she only let me see my daughter once a month. Yes I have a daughter. She’s the light of my life. <font face=”inherit”>I wish she would never miss anything in her life. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth if you know what I mean. If only I was rich, things </font>would<font face=”inherit”> be so different. I wish I could win the lottery or something. I’m sure if I had money all my problems would be solved. How can you be happy when you’re broke? Nobody would miss me if I was kidnapped or shit. Sometimes I wonder if the </font>government doesn’t intentionally fuck up people’s life so they get broke and unhappy. I’ve read a lot of conspiracies shit and I think there’s a lot of suspicious shit happening. Sorry I say shit a lot but that’s how I feel. I feel like shit. My mom would kill me for using that word. You know I was never allowed to curse as a child. It was against the rules. Yeah I grew up with a lot of rules and belief about god and heaven but I don’t believe in anything. I think it’s all made up bullshit to sell the Bible. Btw I am wondering who gets the profits for this book. Seriously, where does the money go to? Probably one of those satanic families that rule the world. So there’s no bible in my house. My mom says that’s why I am lost. My boss also says I’m lost. No actually he didn’t say it like this. He said that I lost it. I am a car seller and I haven’t sold a car in weeks. Do I talk too much? I’ve been told that many times.

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2. Why do you think you were called to this journey? Why you?

I might have insulted someone up there and they’re trying to make a point. Why would I be offered $1M a day? Why me? Why would she change my life like this. I don’t know you tell me. I don’t understand why she picked me? I’m the most unbeliever guy on this planet. Oh maybe I did something good at some point in my life. Or maybe I’m just the luckiest motherfucker on earth after all. I’m leaving the dream.

3. You are up against <the Antagonist>. What is it about them that makes this journey even more difficult for you?

<font face=”inherit”>I never met any magician in my life. Like real </font>magic<font face=”inherit”> shit not like Las Vegas fake cards tricks. I don’t know if she’s a magician or a witch. And if </font>she’s<font face=”inherit”> a </font>witch is she a good or bad witch? I’m spending all that money but I am scared you know. She told me what would happen if I didn’t spend it. She freaks me out.

4. 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?

Step way outside of my box? Madam, I am fucking rich now. I don’t know that box and now I need to survive being rich. It’s like my richness is a big joke. I’m not supposed to talk about it but it’s a fucking spell you know. Like a poisoned lottery ticket. I’ll do everything to survive. I know I said early that nobody would miss me if I disappeared but I have a daughter you know. I don’t want to fuck her up. I love her too much. So for her I’ll do anything. Don’t judge me.

5. What habits or ways of thinking do you think will be the most difficult to let go of?

I am a rich man. I’ve never been rich so I have stop thinking like a poor guy. I don’t know how rich people think. I’ve never met any.

6. What fears, insecurities and wounds have held you back?

I’ve always been told that I am no good enough by my parents, my friends, my co-workers and even my teachers at school told me that. I don’t think I deserve to be happy. It’s not my fault if I was broke you know. It’s the system. I didn’t chose this.

7. What skills, background or expertise makes you well-suited to face this conflict or antagonist?

I don’t have any specific skills and definitely no expertise but I’ll figure it out. I don’t the choose anyways.

8. What are you hiding from the other characters? What don’t you want them to know?

The truth obviously. I can never tell them or let them figure out where this sudden money comes from. Otherwise it will be the end of me. That’s what I signed up for. That’s part of the pact I made with the witch.

9. What do you think of <the Antagonist>?

I am not sure what to think of her but she kind of freaks me out. If she’s capable of that she’s capable of everything. She does black magic shit.

10. <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Tell me your side of this whole conflict / story.

I got was I asked for. I was complaining about being broke and wishing to be rich. She said she could make my dream come true but I know this money can get me killed too. I knew what was coming. Spending that much money is not that easy and I didn’t realize that. Now I feel like I am fucked<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>

<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>11. What does it do for your life is you succeed here?

I can have my daughter back and finally be happy. I just want to be with her, you know. I miss her.<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>

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<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>THE AFRICAN WITCH

1. Tell me about yourself.

Well, I can say I have supernatural abilities. I do things and I see things that most humans can’t. You can call me a witch, a magician or an enchantress but I am just a life guide really.

2. Having to do with this journey, what are your strengths and weaknesses?

I can take different apparences, I read mind, I can see the future, my powers are limitless. The only thing I can’t do is bring a dead person back to life.

3. <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Why are you committed to making the Protagonist fail? Or for a relationship movie, why are you committed to making them change?

I want to prove to him that he’s responsible of his own happiness and money was never the reason why he couldn’t be happy. I want him to live its best life. But he also need to understand money greediness comes with a curse. Money is supposed to be shared and make many people happy. He can’t just keep it for himself .<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>

<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>4. What do you get out of winning this fight / succeeding in your plan / taking down your competition?

It will be another soul I saved. I am a savior. I put people on their right path. And if they sin, I’m here to help them remember.<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>

<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>5. What drives you toward your mission / agenda, even in the face of danger, ruin, or death?

This mission is what I was sent for. I am meant to help people and offer them a 2nd chance in life. I want him to believe that everything is possible.<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>

<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>6. <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>What secrets must you keep to succeed? What other secrets do you keep out of fear / insecurity?

He doesn’t know I am his guardian angel and I know everything about him

<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>7. Compared to other people like you, what makes you special?

Have you ever met someone with my powers? So you have your answer. My spells change lives

<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>8. What do you think of <the Protagonist>?

Despite the fact his life is catastrophic at the moment, he has a good heart and deserves to be helped. He deserves a 2nd chance in life .Jared has been blaming everyone and everything for years. He is convinced that because he grew up poor, he is set to die poor. He’s convinced that money is the key to happiness so I need to let him experience it and see what comes out of it. <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>

<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>9. Tell me your side of this whole conflict / story.

Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. That is what I am proving to Jared. Wishing to be a millionaire can just ruin your life. People love to complain but you can’t blame others for your unhappiness and especially not when you’re rich. I am like Aladdin, I make wishes come true, but with each wish comes a curse.<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>

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[ILIONA BLANC]

Iliona’s Character Profile Part 2

“What I learned doing this assignment is create different layers to my characters and really get to know and understand them and their motives’’

JARED

What draws us to this character? He’s seemingly the random next door neighbor with a life that doesn’t seem very exciting and everyone including himself would think that luck would never knock at his door but he’s going to be given a 2nd chance and see his life entirely turned upside down and go from rags to riches <div>

Traits: Gauche, loud, loyal, bad liar

Subtext: Hides the truth about where his money comes from. He likes using cliche metaphors, quotes or jokes when the subject come.

Flaw: He doesn’t believe he deserves happiness, he simply thinks some people are born lucky and some other aren’t

Values: He deeply loves his daughter and wants to be her hero. He values loyalty

Irony: He believes in conspiracy theories and the universe is conspiring on bis behalf

What makes this the right character for this role? Despite the fact that he’s an unbeliever and his pessimism, he’ll become the living proof that magic and spells exist and you never know what the universe has in store for you

THE AFRICAN WITCH

What draws us to this character? She’s a real mystery. She first seems to be helping Jared but then has drastic ways of scaring him with a poisoned spell </div>

Traits: Mysterious, mystic, magical, dark

Subtext: When she hides or doesn’t say something she just stops talking and touches her mystical or magical elements like empty coffee cup, crystals, cards… and stays in her thoughts

Flaw: Her eccentricity

Values: she values magic, mysticism and superpowers

Irony: She sometimes wishes she could be a regular human without surnaturel powers

What makes this the right character for this role? She’s always been a witch and knows witchcraft better than anyone

Type of role your Protagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role:

Jared starts as a RUNNER and he will evolve as a fighter.

At the beginning he runs away from the responsibilities of paying his debts, runs away from the problems in his mariage that led to his divorce. He blames everything and everyone for the way his life turned out and for his unhappiness and he runs away from every challenge that comes its way. He evens wants to run away from his own life. Pessimistic, he always see the glass half empty.

He will then become a FIGHTER when he’ll be challenged by the antagonist. He’ll find strength he didn’t even know he had in him. He will rise and succeed to all the challenges that come his way.

Type of role your Antagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role:

The African witch is a CHANGE AGENT. Through the spell she puts on him, she will cause a drastic change to Jared’s life by challenging him, guiding him and lead him be in charge of his own happiness and life.

What other characters might be necessary?

Supporting characters:

Wife, Daughter, Best friends

Minor roles:

Co workers, debt creditors

Pick your genre:

Comedy/fantasy

Part 1 of Character Profiles:

JARED

Role in the story: Runner/Fighter. A drowning in debts car seller that lost his wife, daughter and job sees himself as a victim and blames everything and everyone for his unhappiness.
Age range and Description: Male, Late 30’s, early 40’s, could be good looking if he cared about his appearance and was taking care of himself
Internal Journey: From feeling helpless, lost and unhappy to being fulfilled, grateful and finding true happiness
External Journey: From being broke, self-centered, pessimistic to becoming rich, generous, caring and an extrovert
Motivation: He wants to be rich and respected and needs love
Wound: Gave up on being himself and any original idea he had or new endeavors he ever started because he’s been hurt, humiliated and mocked by friends and coworkers and their negativity affected him since his childhood
Mission/Agenda: Impress everyone with his money and attract all the attention hoping to get respect and love
Secret: He’s hiding to everyone regarding the money
What makes him special? He has a good heart and has real greatness in him despite some stupids actions he sometimes does or the fact he doesn’t see it. He’s capable of impacting people’s life in a good way.

THE AFRICAN WITCH

Role in the story: Change agent
Age range and Description: Black female, 50’s, african accent
Internal Journey: From being disappointed by him to being proud
External Journey: From being passive to being manipulative for his own good
Motivation: Help him create a break through
Wound: Disappointed by people that give up and are living beyond their full potential
Mission/Agenda: Help him find his path and find happiness. Show him his lack of money wasn’t the main issue in his life
Secret: She is Jared’s gardian angel and changes into different people if need be. She makes him believe he or his daughter will die to push him to become brave and be the wonderful person he was meant to be
What makes them special? Her magical and surnatural powers, she’s beyond human

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[ILIONA BLANC]

Iliona’s Character Profiles Part 1

“What I learned doing this assignment is to go deeper in the ways I am approaching the character and antagonist. I am so confident this is going to be extremely helpful moving forward.”

Type of role your Protagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role:

Jared starts as a RUNNER and he will evolve as a fighter.

At the beginning he runs away from the responsibilities of paying his debts, runs away from the problems in his mariage that led to his divorce. He blames everything and everyone for the way his life turned out and for his unhappiness and he runs away from every challenge that comes its way. He evens wants to run away from his own life. Pessimistic, he always see the glass half empty.

He will then become a FIGHTER when he’ll be challenged by the antagonist. He’ll find strenght he didn’t even know he had in him. He will rise and succeed to all the challenges that come his way.

Type of role your Antagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role:

The African witch is a CHANGE AGENT. Through the spell she puts on him, she will cause a drastic change to Jared’s life by challenging him, guiding him and lead him be in charge of his own happiness and life.

What other characters might be necessary?

Supporting characters: Wife, Daughter, Best friends

Minor roles: Co workers, debt creditors

Pick your genre: Comedy/fantasy

Part 1 of Character Profiles:

JARED

Role in the story: Runner/Fighter. A drowning in debts car seller that lost his wife, daughter and job sees himself as a victim and blames everything and everyone for his unhappiness. <div>

Age range and Description: Male, Late 30’s, early 40’s, could be good looking if he cared about his appearance and was taking care of himself

Internal Journey: From feeling helpless, lost and unhappy to being fulfilled, grateful and finding true happiness

External Journey: From being broke, self-centered, pessimistic to becoming rich, generous, caring and an extrovert

Motivation: He wants to be rich and respected and needs love

Wound: Gave up on being himself and any original idea he had or new endeavors he ever started because he’s been hurt, humiliated and mocked by friends and coworkers and their negativity affected him since his childhood

Mission/Agenda: Impress everyone with his money and attract all the attention hoping to get respect and love

Secret: He’s hiding the fact that he’s trying to find another black magic witch to change the spell so he can keep the money without the curse

What makes him special? He has a good heart and has real greatness in him despite some stupids actions he sometimes does or the fact he doesn’t see it. He’s capable of impacting people’s life in a good way.

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THE AFRICAN WITCH

Role in the story: Change agent </div><div>

Age range and Description: Black female, 50’s, african accent

Internal Journey: From being disappointed by him to being proud

External Journey: From being passive to being manipulative for his own good

Motivation: Help him create a break through

Wound: Disappointed by people that give up and are living beyond their full potential

Mission/Agenda: Help him find his path and find happiness. Show him his lack of money wasn’t the main issue in his life

Secret: She is Jared’s gardian angel and changes into different people if need be. She makes him believe he or his daughter will die to push him to become brave and be the wonderful person he was meant to be

What makes them special? Her magical superpowers, she’s beyond human

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[ILIONA BLANC]

Iliona’s Transformational journey

What I learned doing this assignment is to think deeply about the entire arc of my hero and know where I intend to go with his personal story before even starting writing a line of script.

Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?

Jared thinks that he’s the unluckiest guy on earth and that everything and everyone are against him. He’s drowning in debts, his wife left him, he’s only allowed to see his daughter one weekend a month and he just lost his job.

Internal Journey: From feeling helpless, lost and unhappy to being fulfilled, grateful and finding true happiness

External Journey: From being broke, self-centered, pessimistic to becoming rich, generous, caring and an extrovert

What are the Old Ways?

1. Not a believer

2. Thinks money will solve all his problems

3. Thinks he’s the unluckiest guy on earth

4. Doesn’t value his life

What are the New Ways?

1. Believes in magic

2. Realizes that all he wants is to feel respected and loved

3. Understands he’s in charge of his own happiness

4. Finds out money doesn’t solve all issues

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by  ILIONA BLANC.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by  ILIONA BLANC.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by  ILIONA BLANC.