Ronald Barker
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The Three Gradients<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Emotional
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Action
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Excitement:
His life can change because he is attractive and stills has a lust for life and is living his second childhood riding around in his new convertible Porsche.
Doubt:
He is middle aged, but can he find someone younger who has no children?
Hope:
He projects quite power and confidence that will surely attract some indecisive eligible woman.
Discouragement:
Will being a vegan repel a desirable mate to shun him as they have done him in the past?
Courage:
This situation is not the one he envisioned but it has the potential to bear the fruit he is seeking if he becomes open minded.
Triumph:
This enormous undertaking has produced the results we both wanted.
Challenge/
Weakness Gradient
Excitement:
This can be my last great chance to fulfill a life-long dream, but it’s so late.
W: Trying to attract someone younger will be the hard part.
Doubt:
Is it possible in an unprogressive town?
W: Most of the younger women aren’t mature enough yet.
Hope:
The new tech jobs are bringing a lot of relocated people here.
W: This is a art scene but it’s only once a month.
Discouragement:
Most of the new transplants are families.
W: There are not enough new places to meet them yet.
Courage:
Going back to church should improve the soul ‘s expectation for a brighter tomorrow.
W: What’s the right church to go to?
Triumph:
Going to the social dance activities is going to work out fine.
W: The must be protected for abnormal people.Ronald Barker
The Profound Screenplay
Day 5: The Three Gradients
What I learned about doing this assignment…? I’ve learned how to structure my story for the screenplay. I’ve been stuck on how to give the story a path beyond just being a good idea in my head.
1. What is the Emotional Gradient You’ll use? The Desired Change.
2. For each emotion of that gradient, tell us the following:
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Ronald Barker
The Profound Screenwriter
Analyze Dead Poet Society
1. What is the change this movie about?… This movie is about the change the members of Keating’s class go through as the embody his teaching in their own lives. They are trying to find their own voice. What is the Transformational Journey of the movie?… That journey is the shedding of the old order, that is living their lives for approval of the adults, and having the courage to chart a personal path that brings them fulfillment.
2. Lead characters:
o Who is the change agent (the one causing the change) and what makes this the right character to cause the change?… Keating is the change agent because and he right for the job because he was of the class of the pioneering Dead Poets of the past.
o Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and who makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey?… That character is Neil and he’s the one to deliver the profound journey because he paid the ultimate outcome, he took his life.
o What is the oppression?… That would be the school’s rigid conformist agenda and Neil’s father, who wanted Neil to please him and his mother for their sacrifice for him.
3. How are we lured into the profound journey?… It’s an entertaining story. What causes us to connect with the story? …We identify with the main characters and their situation young people navigating life.
4. Looking at the character(s) who are changed the most, what is the profound journey?… The character that is changed the most is Neil because he is the main character inspired by Keating trying to find his own way despite his father’s objection to him being in a play where he feels that was his true calling. Then there is Todd Anderson character who is so closed mouthed in the school environment and is afraid to speak, but does find his voice when he stands up for Keating being dismissed, being the first student who stands on his desk defining the administer which prompts other students to join in.
5. What is the gradient change? What steps did the Transformation Character go through as they were changing? They got in the poetry class and
embracing Keating’s philosophy. They gathered to duplicate the Dead poet’s ritual of reading poetry in the same cave.
6. How is the old way challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make a change? He wants to do something his father is against. Instead of living his father’s dreams he found something he was passionate about. He tells Todd “I found it, what I want to do.” He wants to be in a play.
7. What are the most profound moments in the movie? When the group go to the cave and reenact the reading like the dead poets. Neil realizes what he really wants and not want his father and mother want for him. Neil’s decision to take his life and Todd taking the lead to stand of the desk in defiance of authority.
8. What are the most profound lines of the movie?
o Strive to find your voice.
o Gather rose bud while may.
o Seize the day.
o We are food for worms.
o The power of the play goes and contribute a verse.
9. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie? The students did accomplish and exemplify the theme of seizing the day, for themselves.
10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie? A moment in life comes when we must make a choice for ourselves.
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Ronald Barker
The Profound Screenplay
The Change Agent and Transformable Character
Dead Poet Society
1) Tell us your transformational journey logline… You must “seize the day” and be your own person and not what someone else wants you to be.
2) The old way was to give in to the pressure and cave into the higher authority.
3) The new way was to gather your strength to follow your passion to go against pressure to conform to someone else’s desire.
Tell us who you think might be your Change Agent and give us a few sentences about how that character fits the role. Also include-Their vision-Their experience that fits that vision… The change agent is Keating because he the force that moves them to see things from another vantage point when he instructs them to stand on their desks. Keating goes against the school’s rules and was warned about his methods Todd would my transformable character.
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Ronald Barker
The Profound Screenplay
The Transformational Journey That changes Lives
What I learned doing this assignment is… I am now finally able to move pass just having the idea my head of the story I want to tell in my short film. I’m using the structure this class is providing by creating a working blueprint to guide me to a finished product. This is what I needing to get me moving.
Tell us about logline for the transformational journey. This divorced and unmarried older man wants a baby daughter. He is also a vegan and the community of women from the pass politely shunned him because they didn’t want to accept his lifestyle. After his divorce which bore him no children, he was an undesignated sperm donor in a relationship to a son. He knew because two other women, one older and one younger, informed him that was his situation. Her wants that experience of being a father to a baby girl. Where does he turn?
He zooms around town in his new highly visible convertible Porsche. At a social gathering he is known. He obviously can’t remember them from any previous encounters. He is eventually approached by two different women he deems are suitable to his liking. He is a traditional man.
It turns out he’s spotted by various women who saw his profile on social media, that was entered by some pranksters’ friends. At the dance hall they approach him with a familiarity of knowing him by calling him by his name. There are two young lesbian friends who want to start a
family, but don’t want to go to an expensive doctor for help. They size him up as an older established man who fits their plans. They can have their family for the long haul because he might not be around as long. It doesn’t matter if he’s of a different ethnic group from them.
He engages with both not knowing their orientation or their relationship.
Define the old ways of life the character lives out at the beginning of the story.
The lead character lives a normal somewhat traditional life except he’s a vegetarian. He easy going and pleasant to be around. He likes the structure of a normal nuclear family and being in uncomplicated relationships. He liked being a father.
Tell us what you see as the New Ways.
He comes to realize that this is not going to be a traditional and uncomplicated relationships with two women pregnant. H’s not finding happiness the old fashion and traditional way. He must make a drastic change to adept to a new life style and reality.
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Define The ChangeRonald Barker
The Profound Screenwriter
Define The Change
What I learned doing this assignment?
I’ve learned how to move beyond just the idea of the screenplay I am trying write, but how to structure it, So I can end up with a compelling story. I was having trouble moving ahead developing my idea or as I know now was my profound truth.
1. What is your profound truth?
You can’t be too old to father a daughter, just not traditionally.
2. What is the change your movie will cause with the audience?
It’s OK to find happiness and joy in non-traditional places.
3. What is your Entertainment Vehicle that you will use to tell your story.
Driving a convertible Porsche along a scenic highway as an overhead shot from a Drone. Finishing the drive through the city to place of work. Also dressed to attract attention.
4. “What I learned doing this assignment is …?
Pick a world.
Sports– Have the story take place at a Sports complex.
Politics– At a political convention where you are spotting by the interested parties.
Religion– The event happens at church.
Media– A media event and your spotted and pursed.
Business– The office setting is the place.
Military– At a military club social with women.
Historical events– A special day at a gathering.
Ceremony– somebody’s wedding.
Special event– An award gathering.
Road trip– A stop on trip where your spotted by interested parties.
Time travel-A space movie and you end up in world of women and very few men.
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Define The Change
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Ronald Barker
Analysis of Groundhog Day
What I learned doing this assignment is… I learned another way of consciously watching a movie. Before I’d watch for enjoyment and figure the plot out as it played. Now I am more focused on what I’m seeing and experiencing.
1. What is the CHANGE this movie is about? The change is about Phil’s, the main character, self-centeredness, and callousness toward others and becoming positive person in his relationships with other people.
What is the Transformational Journey? … It is the journey of living a life of criticism and being unappreciation of life in general and finding joy in the simple everyday things around you.
2. Lead characters:
o Who is the change agent (the one causing the change) and what makes this the right character to cause the change? The changer agent is time, the clock on the nightstand, the day never changes it keeps repeating itself. It is the right character, if you will, that won’t let his life move forward.
o Who is the Transformational Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character of deliver the profound journey? … Phi is the transformational character that makes the change in himself from being insensitive of everyone he interacts with. He is the right character because until you’re ready personally to change your circumstances nothing happens.
o What is Oppression? …It is the thing that ways us down and keeps us from discovering our joy.
3. How are we lured into the profound journey? What cause us to connect with the story?… We lured by our sympathy for Phil’s plight of being a prisoner unable to move on in his life. If people cannot overcome life obstacles, they can’t find happiness.
4. Looking at the character(s) who changes the most, what is the profound journey? From “old ways” to “new way of being.” Identify the old way. Identify their new way at the conclusion: …The character who changes the most is Phil. The profound journey was becoming a man who was reckless and loveless to one who becomes tender, affectionate and reaches out to other people.
5. What is the gradient the change? What steps did the Transformational Character go throughs as they were changing?… The steps and things that Phil went through that changed his personality and he became interested in someone else besides himself. He had fun in a snowball skirmish and helped elder people is need.
6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a major character shift their perspective …and make the change? The old way is challenged when Phil gets stuck in time. The days start to repeat themselves and he does everything all over again. The beliefs and actions of Phi mistreating everyone around him, and nothing goes right for him. He thinks he’s 100% going to check out of the inn, but unexpected snowstorm changes that. He wakes up every morning and the clock never goes beyond 6:00 A.M. and he’s reliving the same day over and over.
7. What is the most profound moment in the movie. When Phi is happy now and not in the future. He looks out the window of his room and finally see a different street scene. is tom.
8. What is the most profound line in the movie? Today is tomorrow.
9. How does the ending payoff setups of this movie? Don’t look for happiness outside of you. Create it yourself as Phil did by extending his involvement in the positive.
10. What is the profound truth of the movie? Being self-centered is a recipe for unhappiness.
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