Paul Dugas
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What I learned doing Lesson 5 assignment. It is not easy finding the essential core of the story. Defining what will captivate the viewer and how the story will relate to the audience in an impactful way is a process of much introspection. 99% perspiration, 1% activation with words.
What is my profound truth?
The struggle of good and evil is real. Evil will wreak havoc and chaos without opposition.
What is the change my film will cause with an audience?
AI Technology and humans is progressive with inherent risks that produce intended and unintended consequences that affect daily life. To tread cautiously into the unknown.
What is the entertainment vehicle that I will use to tell his story?
A merged use of Metaphor and pick a world -
Groundhog Day
What is the change – Negative self image to positive self image.
who is causing the change Phil’s love interest
Who is the character? Phil Conners
How am Iured? Curiousity about how Phil is going to make it through another day of sameness.
What caused me to connect? Questioning what I would do in his place. Becoming emotionally engaged.
What is the journey? Old way – Cyncial, critical, sarcastic, narcissistic, prima dona, entitled, egocentric
New way – Gentle, Compassionate, Empathetic, Kind
What are the steps – Accepting what is happening and adapting
How is old way challenged? Pencil break scene. she gets to him while he is trying to manipulate her
What beliefs are challenged? His belief that everyone is out to get over on everyone else. A shift occurs in his negative self image to a positive one
Most profound moments – Bowling scene. He embraces where he is by bringing coffee to the team.
Most profound lines – What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same and nothing you did mattered? What if there was no tomorrow? We can do whatever we want! Sometimes you just have to take chances. I don’t worry about anything anymore. I’m a god. I am immortal.
How does the ending pay off? No matter what happens tomorrow I’m happy now for the rest of my life.
A love story wrapped in an internal to external transformational journey
What is the profound truth – Phil is faced with himself and introspection reveals he cannot continue on the same path -
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