[Joan Philo]

Joan Philo World and Characters

What I learned doing this assignment is that more ideas are coming through as to the mystery and intrigue of the characters.

The Vanishing is a feature 1960’s thriller script about a 12-year-old girl, with a history of “crying wolf” who must convince the police that the man they have behind bars for the kidnapping of a college student, is the wrong guy, or the sick fuck she saw in the field shoving a girl into his truck, will murder her too.

Big Mystery: Where are the missing college women and is Paul, the villain, going to catch Maura spying on him and will she be murdered.

Big Intrigue: What is the clandestine part that lives under the surface for most of the movie? A group of the college women are walking around at night to try and lure the kidnapper into a trap to catch him.

Big Suspense: What is the main danger to our Hero that will continue to escalate throughout the script? Paul, the villain, is getting closer and closer to finding out what Maura knows. Paul is not certain that Maura is spying on him

The intriguing World selected for the story is a small Catholic all girls college that is the backyard to all the surrounding homes.

Paul is the villain and kidnaps female college girls, and they are never found

Maura is the hero who is playing in the grassy hills making a fort with the dried brush who just wants to be alone and make cool forts.

Paul
Mystery: Walks the college campus at night, stalks female students
Suspense: The cops can’t find him and don’t think it’s him when Maura tells them
Intrigue: His charming and smart and starts a neighborhood watch

Maura
Mystery: Stinging from constantly being reminded of burning down the field, and blaming it on two guys in jeans, she takes this mystery of finding Paul on by herself, knowing no one will believe her.

Suspense: catches some of the female college students planning their own take down of the kidnapper.

Intrigue of this character: Maura feels ashamed of her fire field burning past and keeps everything a secret from her parents and siblings, until her life depends on her telling her family.

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Joan Philo
Big MIS

What I learned doing this assignment is that I need to decide what the clandestine plot that will live under the surface will be, and that I need to add more mystery to the villain.

The Vanishing is a feature 1960’s thriller script about a 12-year-old girl, with a history of “crying wolf” who must convince the police that the man they have behind bars for the kidnapping of a college student, is the wrong guy, or the sick fuck she saw in the field shoving a girl into his truck, will murder her too.

What are the conventions of your story?
• Unwitting but Resourceful Hero: Maura McMahon, 12-year-old, who burned down the college field grassy hill at the age of 3, and then lied about it, blaming it on two men in jeans.
• Dangerous Villain: Paul Stevens, 30’s, stalker of the college girls living in the Dominican dorms. Husband of Jane Stevens, 20’s, father of twin 7-year-old girls.
• High Stakes: Murder of college girls, Maura plays a dangerous game of spying on Paul, she could lose her life
• This story is thrilling because it’s a cat and mouse chess game between Paul, Maura, the cops, and her safety conscious parents, who won’t let her have any freedom.

Tell us the Big M.I.S. of your story?

• Big Mystery: Where are the kidnapped girls and how is Maura’s spying on Paul go undetected by him, or is it?
• Big Intrigue: The clandestine plot that will live under the surface for most of the movie is?
• Big Suspense: The main danger to Maura is that Paul will murder her to keep her silent.

[Joan Philo]

I learned that the film is much more interesting when every character has mystery and suspense.

The Sixth Sense

Unwitting but Resourceful Hero: Cole
Dangerous Villain: The Ghosts
High stakes: traumatized boy who gets worse and worse
Life and death situations: Living people who are in trauma and deaths of people who die horribly.

Big Mystery: What is wrong with Cole, and why does he see these horrible dead ghosts?
Big Intrigue: Why is there a painful rift between Malcolm and Anna?
Big Suspense: Cole can help these ghosts who need to say or do something before they leave

There is a super awesome twist in the end: Malcolm has been a ghost the entire film, and we never knew this until the character found out.

[Joan Philo]

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