[Ron Chepesiuk]

Ron’s Right Characters!

What I learned doing this assignment is create conflict and the characters will follow.

The Concept Hook and Contained Setting.

An undercover state cop must uncover a prison inmate, an unknown serial killer, who is killing neo nazis in prison and threatening a race war

Main characters

Jake Foster, a clausterphobic state police man who goes undercover in prison to find the serial killer. He is clever and manipulative and works his way toward the truth

George Fisher- prison warden who worries about losing his job if the killer is not found

Tarzan Kluger, head of Aryan Nation in prison. Believes the killer is Black and vows a race war in prison

Jake Morris: a prison guard and secret neo Nazi

Jamal King, head of the prison gang, the Black Brotherhood, Tarzan’s biggest enemy in prison. He must convince Tarzan his gang is not killing his fellow neo Nazis to avoid a race war he knows he will lose

[Ron Chepesiuk]

Ron’s Great Hook!

How did this process work for me?

I have used this process before without much success. But I stuck with it and broke the concept down into components opens the mind to some new interesting elements

What did I learn?

I learned to relax, take my time and let my mind open up to new ideas.

Components:

A. Prison

Mall

School

Gym

Arcade

B serial killer:

Lover

Transgender

Philanthropist

teacher:

C: undercover cop

Prison guard

Family member

Psychologist

Mobster

D Killing

Suicide

Injury

Kidnapping

loving

[Ron Chepesiuk]

What I learned doing this assignment is that close scrutiny of a movie can reveal excellent opportunities for reducing costs

My five concepts can reach be pitched in one sentence. The settings for my five ideas (eg. Prison, ship, airplane are unique, but Covid could be a factor.

TITLE: Redemption

AS THEY DID IT:

A. People tow main actors, London UK lots of crowded scenes

B. Stunts A few chase scenes, nothing spectacular

C. Extras Lots of people in bars, restaurants, streets

D. Wardrobe Nothing special

E. Hair and Make U: Nothing special

F. Kids and Animals A young girls in opening scene. Not much else

G. Quarantine: Lots of people in bars, establishments and in the street

COVID GUIDELINE VERSION:

A. People Have stars meet in more intimate settings.

B. Stunts: No change

C. Extras: Shoot scenes at times when less people around

D. Wardrobe Fine as is.

E. Hair and Make Up Fine as is.

F. Kids and Animals Cut young girl in opening scene

G. Quarantine: Reduce number of scenes with lots of people to more intimate settings.

[Ron Chepesiuk]

Hi I’m Ron. I’m a SU master class grad. I’ve written about 14 scripts and have had four of them optioned. I’ve also been a full time freelance writer for 20 years. Five of my 40 books have been film and TV optioned. I’m a former university professor, a two time Fulbright scholar to Indonesia and Bangladesh and a radio host with a crime show that airs in 160 plus countries. Looking forward to the class.