Frances Williams
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Frances Williams Key Business Decisions.
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to look at a script from the Producers viewpoint.
Genre-Horror with the supernatural
Concept-A group of Scientists on an expedition to Siberia stumbles across an underground military facility used by the Nazis in World War 2 to experiment on POWs.
Title- The Outsiders
Audience- Above 25year old males
Budget 25-30 million dollars
Lead Characters
John Blake a Scientist and Explorer
Isabel Cooper is a Journalist and Explorer.
Journey/Character Arc
A group of Scientists and Explorer set out to find the lost city of Anuk.
Opening/Ending.
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Frances Williams Speciality is Horror.
Title – The Ring
What this movie does best is instill Fear without it being overtly frightening or bloody.
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Frances Williams Speciality is Horror,
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to specialize in one genre.
Genre -Horror
Title The Ring
How it delivers on the Genre conventions.
Purpose To create Fear
Isolation-A boy alone in his room watching a video.
Death -If you watch the movie you will die.
Monster/Villain -An entity that is trapped in a well.
High Tension -The main character Rachel is afraid for get son after he watches the video.
Depart from Reality-After watching the tape Rachel begins having visions.
Genre -Horror
Title -The Exorcist
How it delivers on the Genre conventions.
Purpose-To instill fear and Hysteria in the Mother.
Isolation -A 12 year old girl lives alone with her mother.
Death-The Demon takes possession of the girl and threaten to kill her by suppressing her identity.
Monster/Villain-Mysterious demonic entity.
High Tensions -When a priest performs sn Exorcism.
Depart from Reality -When a 12year old girl starts hearing voices and takes on the characteristics of others.
Moral Statement-You must have faith and belief in God to defeat evil.
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Frances Williams Credibility is going up.
What I Learned doing this Assignment is what steps I need to take to increase my credibility as a Screenwriter
Current Credibility – Screenwriting U
2 to 3 steps I need to take to increase my credibility.
Get more Screenwriting training
Get work on films
Get experience working with Producers or production companies.
Create a writing sample or treatment.
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Frances Williams Projects and Insights.
What I learned doing this assignment is how to build your credibility as a writer.
Project I’m working on a Horror project
Budget $1-5 million dollars
Idea- Alien movie project.
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Frances Williams
I’ve written 3 scripts
I would like to gain insights on how to get a paid writing assignment.
I collect Antique dolls.
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Frances Williams
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Frances Williams Outline Version 1
Title – The Outsiders
Logline – A group of Scientists on an expedition discovers the remains of an ancient Alien ship.
1. Ext -Jungle – Antiqua- Day
Enroute back to Base camp Billy is being stalked by a Monster, he tries to outrun the Monster by hiding in an abandoned mine, he pulls a pistol from his pocket and shoots two rounds into the thing, before becoming it’s dessert.
2. Ext – Base camp -Day
John is sitting at the site when he keeps hearing screams coming from outside the camp near the woods, he decides to investigate and sees Billy fighting with the Monster, he goes to help Billy but before he reaches him, a large claw bursts through a hole in the ground and pulls him beneath the ground.
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Frances Williams Horror Outline Version 1
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to elevate my writing by adding different horror emotions.
Ext-Jungle -Antiqua-Day
Enroute back to the camp Billy is being stalked by the Monster, he runs to the abandoned mine and tries to hide
He screams and struggles to break free if the Monsters Claw, he pulls out a gun and shoots at the Monster before becoming dessert.
2. Ext-Base Camp-Day
2. John is sitting at the site in front of a fire, when he keeps hearing screams coming from the woods near the camp, he goes to investigate and sees Billy struggling with the Monster, he rushes to his aid but before he reaches him a large hairy Claw bursts through a hole in the ground and pulls him beneath the surface.
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Frances Williams Scary-As-Hell Scenes
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to add depth to your horror scenes.
Ext -Base Camp -Evening
The group is sitting at Base r unaware of the danger that lies beneath them and that a monster is clawing his way out of the bowels of Hell.
Anxiety-As they are sleeping they keep hearing noises in the woods near the cave.
Shock As Blake goes into the woods to get more wood for the fire, something grabs his arms from a hole near the old abandoned mine and starts to drag him beneath the ground.
Fear -John rushes to aid Blake and can see the claw pulling him down, he torches the cake until it is dead.
Dread-Blake asks John if the claw is dead, reluctantly he grabs the claw to check for a sign of life.
Panic-Everything is calm around the camp, then suddenly the Monster burst through a hole in the ground causing panic and everyone to scatter.
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Frances Williams Scares, Releases and creepy moments.
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to build a horror story using different emotions.
Startling – They are sitting at Base camp when they hear fluttering noises surrounding the camp, then suddenly the lights start to flicker and go out
Creating Scares
John is sleeping at the camp, when he awakens to see Blake standing over him holding a knife.
Releases
John sees Blake walking towards the woods, he decides to follow him, he follows the trail of blood that leads to a cave, he enters the cave and encounters Blake,his eyes are glazed over and he looks dazed and confused. He calls out Blake, Blake, he finds him in a pool of blood, he turns him over, he spews green vomit all over John
Ext- Base Camp – Dusk
The group is sitting at the camp site when suddenly they hear fluttering sounds coming from outside the camp. Suddenly the lights start to flicker and go out.
He sees Blake walking towards the woods, he follows him in the dark through the woods until they come to a fork in the road, He yells out to him, ‘Blake, “Blake he finds him covered with blood and vomit, he turns and spews green vomit at him.
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Frances Williams Level 3 Horror Emotions Scene.
What I Learned doing this Assignment is How to analyze Horror Films using Four emotions of Anguish,Panic, Horror and Hysteria.
Anguish – The team finds Jake lying against the rocks bloodied and half eaten by the Monster, they try to save him, but watches him die in vain.
Panic- John is being stalked by the Monster, he tries to outrun the Monster but falls and the monster pounces on him.
Horror – Enroute back to Base camp Jake finds a mysterious object laying in the woods, The stone has some ancient Egyptian writings on it, he touches the stone and a demon appears.
Hysteria – It looks like the group is being saved, they see what looks like a group of soldiers walking towards them, as they get closer they find themselves surrounded by monsters, they pounce on them and begin eating them alive
Ext – The Woods – Antiqua -Day
John is running through the woods hunting for Jake when he sees an object with Ancient writings on it, he touches the stone and it starts to vibrate, he yells out, Jake, Jake and finds him lying against a rock bloodied and battered, he had been half eaten by the Monster, he tries to save him, but watches as he dies in vain
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Frances Williams Level 2 Horror Emotions Scene
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to write a scene using Fear, Suspense and Dread.
Fear – John forms a search party at Base camp, they hunt through the dark looking for Jake. They go hunting out of concern for their missing colleague.
Suspense – After hearing noises coming from inside the Forrest, the team decide to check it out, they follow the moaning sounds worried that something awful has happened to their friend.
Dread – Blake yells out, The Monster has him, they have him down in the hole, we must do something to save him, or else he will die. With dread we no longer speculate, they are forced to step up to a horrifying situation.
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Frances Williams Level 1 Horror Emotions Scene
What I Learned doing this Assignment is How to write a scene using different emotions.
Apprehension
Enroute back to Base Camp Jake hears some moaning sounds coming from inside the cave, he goes to investigate and sees what looks like a man lying near the edge of the Cave, he turned to get help and he is sucked down into a hole.
Anxiety/Surprise
A search party is formed to look for Jake, John yells out, Jake, Jake they hear noises coming from the woods, they turned the corner to see Jake roaming around looking dazed and confused.oc
Shock
They hear screaming coming from the hills near the camp site, they turned the corner shocked to see Jake being sucked intro a Vortex.
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Frances Williams Horror Outline Version 1
What I Learned doing this Assignment is How to edit my outline to make it into readable scenes.
Act 2 – The Point of No Retutn
Ext – Jungle Antiqua – Day
Enroute to the camp site. The group sees a mysterious figure running in the woods, they get to the camp site and find that Jule is missing.
They quickly search the site looking for her they search nearby near the edge of the woods but to no avail.
They hear a scream coming from the woods near the water’s edge.
Blake yells out, Jules. Jules, he runs to where the screams are coming from and find Jules lying in a ditch, battered and bruised.
John attempts to resucitate her.
She abruptly comes to then suddenly dies. The entire group becomes quiet
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Frances Williams Character Journey Track
What I Learned doing this Assignment is How to decide which role of each character and their journey ina Horror Script.
Role – McMurphy – Survivor
Traits – unapologetic
Fears
Wants/Needs – Needs to get drunk
Likability/ Rooting Factor
Cold, doesn’t follow rules.
How do they react under stress
Gets Angry
Relationship with other characters
Distant, too stubborn to work with others, a Loner.
What is the Characters Journey for the story
Character Intro McMurphy hears strange noises coming from his computer.
Denial
Their Reaction at first to Horror
Attack the Monster
Relation to the group after first Horror
Arm themselves.
How they fight
With fire and explosives
End Point
They Blow up the site.
With each of your Victims and Survivors, answer the question.
What is the Character profile Jules – Victim
Traits – Vulnerable
Fears – Danger
Wants/ Needs – Needs to be protected
Likeability/Rooting Factor
How they react under stress
Gives up
Relationship with other characters
Friendly
What is their character s Journey for this story.
Character Intro – Jules
Denial
First Reaction to Horror
They Run and Scream
Relationship to the group after first Horror
They bind together and arm themselves.
How they fight back
With Fire and Explosives
End Point
She gets clawed to death
What insight to their deaths or survival/bring to the others/audience.
Tread lightly before getting eaten up.
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Frances Williams Monster Reveal Track
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to reveal who the Monster is and it’s abilities and limitations.
Who or what is your Monster
An Alien
What it’s powers – ability to manifest and possess people.
What are it’s limitations – can only possess humans.
What is it’s weakness – Is weakened by fire.
What is it’s Plan/Purpose/Appetite
To control and mankind.
Demand – Intrigue
Monster Reveal – There is a mysterious entity in Antiqua that is discovered in a cave
Demand – There is an Alien entombed in the cave.
Demand – We are to understand what this horrible thing is.
Monster Reveal – An Alien with Two Heads.
.Demand – Research, what did the Scientists discover in that cave.
Monster Reveal – video footage of the site shows an UFO.
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Frances Williams Death Track
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to decide which character dies first and why.
Character Death – John is clawed to death by the Monster
Why? John was the first one to go into action against the Monster
Character Death 2 Bella is eaten by the Monster
Why – She is surprised and blindsided by the Monster.
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Frances Williams Horror Situation Track.
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to add Horror Situations and the Character reactions to that situation.
Act 1
Atmodohere of Evil
A group of Scientists on an expedition unearth an Alien ship that has been buried for thousands of years
Horror Situation
Terrible screams come from inside of the cave
Reaction – Hide
They try to hide under a pile of Leaves from the Monster
Horror Situation + From nowhere a force descends upon the men ripping them from limb to limb.
The characters are warned not to go, the ground is sacred .
Denial of Horror- The group decides that the curse is an old folks tale.
Safety Taken Away – The route that leads to the main road is washed away.
Horror Situation – No Escape Route.
Reaction – Desperate, they try to run but trip and fall, some are injured
Reaction – Denial
They huddle together for safety purposes hoping for the best
Acr 2 – The Point of No Return
Isolated) Trapped/Abducted
They are Lost and Trapped, The Monster is approaching.
Horror Situation – One of them is missing, cant find them anywhere
Reaction – Dilemma, who is next. Who to save
Horror Situation – They hear screaming outside of the cave
Reaction – The men go to see what’s happening
Horror Situation – They come face to face with the Monster.
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Frances Williams Horror Plot,
Wgat ILearned doing this Assignment is How to build an outline for your movie ,
Atmosphere of Evil
Agroup of Scientists journey to a remote part of the Works looking for list Artifacts if an ancient civilization.
The Characters are Warned Not to Go
They are warned of sn ancient curse that befalls anyone ygst enters sacred ground.
Denial of Horror
The men denounce the curse as foklore and asure everyone that they are okay
Safety is taken away
The only road back to the mainland is washed away in a mudslide.
Monster – The Nature of the Beast
Act 2 – The Point of No Return
Isolated/Trapped/Abducted
A rain storm washed away the only road leading to safety
One of Us is Killed
One if the Scientist after finding an artifact is killed by a swarm of Bees
MidpToint – The Monster is Worse than we Though
Terrorized
The Group has entered full terror, they are being chased, attacked and killed.
Hysteria
With the nen being attacked one by one from an unseen terror they began screaming and crying and shaking
Act 3
Full pursuit by the Monster
Jake fights off the Beast as his colleagues are killed one by one
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Frances Williams Characters for Horror
What I Learned doing this assignment is how to identify the Roles of Victims and Survivors for your movie.
Social Group – A group of Scientists
Dying Pattern – Characters experience terror and die together, but one or two survive.
Characters
Leader John, Chief of Pathology
Rescuer – Jack, Father Figure who must save the day
Moral One – Susan, Resourceful, inventive with a strong moral compass.
Complainer – Meredith
Out of Control – Zack
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Frances Williams Terrifying Monster
What I Learned doing this Assignment is How to flesh out your Money/Villain
Their Terror – They terrorize High School kids.
Their Mystery The Killer is one of them.
Their Fear/Provoking Appearance
They appear to be normal.
Their Mythology – Their killing gives them a thrill.
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Frances Williams,
Title/ Concept Scream
Two Psychopaths Terrorizing Their classmates.,
Terrorize the Characters – They are isolated and picked off one by one
Isolated High school kids are trapped in a farmhouse.
Death- They are stabbed and gutted
Monster/Villain Two Psychopaths
High Tension
Morbid sense if reality
Departure from Realiity
Killing gives them a thrill
Moral Statement
People who are mentally ill can appear as normal.
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My name is Frances and I have written several screen plays and I am learning Latin Dancing.
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Frances Williams
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Frances Williams Outline Version 1
Title The Prime Minister’s Daughter
Logline: The Prime Minister’s Daughter is an Action drama about the kidnapping of a Foreign Dignatary’s daughter
Opening
1. Akexi is an ex – spy and Assassin and her daughter are sitting on a subway platform waiting for the train to arrive, when two men in masks approach them and demand her to hand over her daughter
2. She fights back fists to fist using Ku- fun, until guns are drawn and she is forced to hand her over to them.
Inciting Incident
3. Alexis wakes up in a Hospital surrounded by armed Assassin’s attempting to suffocate her, she breaks free fighting back, she manages to take the gun from one of the gunmen, and shoots and kill him then escaping down the corridor disappearing around the corner
First Turning Poin
Alexi is asleep in her apartment, when she hears glass breaking down the stairs, she goes to investigate and she is ambushed by three masked men.
Crisis
Alexis is at Home when a team of Assassin’s burst into her apartment surrounding her, she fires four shots in the air, killing one of the men instantly, before making her way to the Roof escaping down the fire escape
Resolution
Alexi tracks the Assassin’s to a safe house, where she sees the daughter bound and gaged, gasping for air she fights hand to hand grabbing one of the men by the arm and twisting it behind his back, before shoving his face into the wall, ripping it back and stabbing him in the throat.
She unties the daughter and escapes with her on a small boat that was tied to the docks.
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Frances Williams Fast Formatting
What I learned doing this Assignment is how to format a script like a pro.
INT. THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL – TOP FLOOR – CONTINUOUS
Two Security Guards are patrolling the Hallways
INT. GALLOWAY SCHOOL – TOP FLOOR ELEVATORS -CONTINOUS
The Elevator doors open and the Prime Minister s daughter steps out and into the Hallway disappearing around the corner.
INT. GALLOWAY SCHOOL – MAIN FLOOR – DAY
A pair of masked gunmen enters the building moving swiftly closing in on the daughter.
INT. BENEATH THE SCHOOL IN THE BASEMENT -CONTINOUS
THE Prime Minister s daughter is hiding from the Syndicate in the basement of the school.
E. Stacking Action
EXT. A SERVICE ROAD – CONTINOUS
INT. A PORSCHE – CONTINOUS
ÀLEXIS shifts gears and pushes the gas pedal beneath.
EXT. GALLOWAY SCHOOL – DAY
ALEXIS arrives at the front of the school and opens the door slowly, she sees one of the gunmen.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM ! BOOM!
She fires four shots at the Assassin’s… killing one of the men instantly, she grabs the other gunmen by the arm twist it behind his back, she shoves his face into the wall, before ripping it back out
Gasping for breath, his eyes rolled back into the back of his head, before returning to normal.
ALEXIS
Where…is she?
Gunmen#2 ( choking)
Wha……What?
ALEXI S
What have you done with her?
GUNMEN#2
F–K you B–tch.
GROAN
A low creaking sound is coming from the bowels of the school, Alexis rushes through the Hallway down the stairs into the basement where she finds the Prime Ministers Daughter slumped over on the floor beneath the stairs.
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Frances Williams Great Action Set Piece.
What I Learned doing this Assignment is how to set up great Action sequences.
Set Up,
Alexis and her daughter are sitting on a bench on a subway platform waiting for a train to arrive.
Pre-Action,
Two men dressed in Black approaches them on the platform.
Action – They attempt to grab her daughter and fight ensue, they fight fist to fist until guns are drawn.
Post Actions,
Alexis discovers a sealed document that detsils a secret past of the Prime Minister.,
9 Places for uniqueness,
1. Environment – Covenant Preparatory School.
2. Rules No Smoking on School Grounds.
3. Villain Russian Mafia,
4. Mission Hero must rescue the Prime Ministers daughter before it’s too late.
5. Struggle,
6. Unique Skillsset Kung Fu, Extreme Fighting,
7. Meaning,
8. Allies – CUA, Special Forces,
9. Weapons Drones, Laser Guns. Attack Dogs.
Strategies To Elevate Them
A. What If?
Villain What if the Syndicate turned against the Mon and became Government Informants,
Rules / Allie What if no fighting in School. became fighting allowed like a sport in a ring like boxing.
Take to an Extreme
Weapons They use Drones that carry Nukes,
Specific to character or environment.
Mission was to stop an Nuclear Attack by Russia
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Frances Williams Unique Action
Scene – The Prime Ministers Daughter is kidnapped at school.
Environment – Private Preparatory School.
Rules – Different set of rules for preps vs outsiders.
Villain – Russian Mob
Mission
Struggle
Unique Skills set – Expert Martial Artist
Meaning – Each Action Scene progresses
Allies – Special forces CIA
Weapons + Guns, Attack Dogs, Lasers.
What If?
Villain were Agents that turned against the Syndicate
Rules/Allies
What if the Elite students exchanged places with their poorer classmates to live in their shoes.
Take it to an Extreme
Weapons -Drones and Laser Guns
Specific to Cha to character environment.
What If environment was in a classroom in South America.
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Frances Williams Level 3 Action Emotions,
What I learned doing this assignment is how to build action scenes that will engage the audience emotionally.
INT – Covenant School Hallway – Day,
Prime Minister daughter is walking down the hall when she receives a mysterious text ‘ meet me behind the school ‘ 3 pm.
Danger – As she walks back towards the back of the school, a vehicle approaches her.
The car pulls up next to her, and two Security Guards are behind the wheel.
The two guards look her up and down, as they pull up next to her.,
Guard#1 – What are you doing here?
Prime Minister s daughter,
I’m going to meet my friends in the school yard
Ext – Covenant School Bleachers – Day,
Excitement + The Prime Minister s daughter reaches into her back pack, she pulls out some pepper spray and fires once into the face of the Guard, she drops her backpack, she kneels to pick it up before turning and running away.
Suspense – Without slowing she takes off running, always moving with her breathing steady.
EXT – FRONT OF SCHOOL – DAY,
Adrenaline
Without slowing, breathing steady, she reaches the front of the school, a bus pulls up to the curb, she slowly steps onto the bus, it pauses for a beat, and then rolls off
END INTERCUT$
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Frances Williams Level 2 Action Emotion,
Suspense,
Prime Minister s daughter is walking down the halls at school when she receives a mysterious text, “meet me in the back of the school.
Scene – She and 2 of her classmates are smoking behind the bleachers when 2 Ben dressed as School Security Guards approach them, and ask them what they are doing, they exchange words then proceed to return to school.
Shock + After they show their identification, they are walking back to the classroom when the 2 boys are shot and killed, and a bag is placed over her head and she is taken
Surprise – After she is captured, she is blind folded and taken through an underground tunnel to a Bunker, where her Father has also been kidnapped and his entire cabinet murdered.
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Frances Williams Level 1 Action Emotions,
What I Learned doing this Assignment is How to create Action Scenes that invoke the audience emotions.
Anxiety – Alexis is driving when she spots the Van carrying the kidnapped daughter of the Russian Foreigner Minister, she follows the van she fires shot at the Van and the tires go out and the Van skids down an hill
Fear – The Mob is holding a gun to the head of the daughter when the Van hits a patch of ice and rolls down a hill
Relief – The daughter jumps out of the Van and tumbles down an embankment landing on a pile of grass.
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Frances Williams Favorite Twists,
What I learned doing this Assignment is how to add plots and twists to your story.
Danger – Alexis and her daughter are sitting on the platform waiting for the Train, when the train is approaching and two men jumps off the train and attacks them.
Unsuspected Support – a passerby is witnesses the attack and comes to aide them.
Identity Exposed/Deceived,
Alexis is sleeping in her apartment, when the phone rings, it is Victor, the head Mob Boss telling her he knows her secret
Surprising Attack,
Alexis is sleeping in her apartment, when she hears noises coming from downstairs, when she goes to investigate she is ambushed.
Protected:
Alex wakes up in a Hospital surrounded by men in Black suits, armed with automatic weapons, it is the CIA.
Unequaled Weapons;
She is confronted with Assassin’s carrying M16 rifles.
Surprising Responses.
Seraph An Ex Colleague and Russian Spy bursts into the room with guns blazing and shoots and kills all 12 men.
My favorite Twists are Attacked/Protected, Unexpected Weapon/Surprising Responses/Trap Trick/ Escape.
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Frances Williams Likability/Empathy/Justification,
Likability/Lovability
Loved her day and Husband,
She is a retired Assassin,
She rescues stray Cats and Animals,.She helps aide and rescue girls who have been kidnapped.
Empathy/Distress,
Her Husband is wounded, and is helpless to save her.,
She had tremendous emotional Loss,
She was attacked in her own home,
She was Beaten up and kicked down, left for dead.
She is still in the grieving process.,
Justification.
She is Beaten and her daughter is taken.,
The Head Boss of the Russian Syndicate thinks he can get away with anything.,
She is identified as a Russian operative is sentence d to jail.
On her way to her confinement she grabs the gun of one of her captors, she shoots him and escapes by jumping onto on coming traffic.
What I Learned doing this Assignment is How to make the audience care about the Hero.
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Frances Williams Action Track
What I Learned doing this Assignment is what is the purpose of Heroes vs Villains in an action movie.
What action could naturally show up in the movie?
We see Alexi and her daughter sitting on a subway car, when a man approaches them and demands that she give up her daughter, she is punched and kicked to the ground and her daughter is taken.
Considering the mission and Villain Tracks what action could work for this Track?
While Alex is in the Hospital, she devises a plan of attack and retaliation.
How can the Action start well, build in the 2nd Act and escalate to a climax in the 3rd Act?
Alex is sleeping in her apartment when she hear noises coming from downstairs, and is ambushed bu 3 armed assailants
2. Select the types of action you’ll. Use Fight,
Ambush,
Alexi is sleeping in her apartment when she is awaken by a loud noise coming from the down stairs of her apartment, she goes downstairs and is ambushed by 3 masked men carrying automatic weapons
Purpose: create a sense of danger.
Chase
Alex sees a car of armed leaving the scene at her apartment, she gets in her car and chases behind them. A shootout occur. The car flips over on its back and everyone in it is killed.
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Frances Villain Track,
What I learned doing this Assignment is what plan would the Villain use to destroy the Hero and How would he carry out that plan.
What might be the Villains plan to accomplish an evil outcome to annihilate the Hero.
The Villain plan to destroy the Prime Minister by kidnapping his daughter as retaliation for attesting the evil Stephano.
How many ways can the Villain attack or destroy the Hero :
Hit Squad, Stab her, Drowning, poison, Hit them with a car, Blow them up.
What advantages does the Villain have and how can they exploit that in this movie. Russian Syndicate has many resources available to them, military, special forces, excessive amounts of money, seized assets, and Political Allie’s.
What would be a fitting End for the Villain:
The Hero pulls two pistols from her jacket firing simultaneously killing the Villain instantly.
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What I learned this Assignment is how to define the Roles of The Hero and Villain
What is the mission of this Hero.
To get Revenge for her daughters death.
Internal motivation: To Revenge her daughters death who was kidnapped and murdered by The Syndicate.
External Motivation: Her family was Marked for Death by the Mob.
Inciting Incident: The Head Assassin breaks into her house, beats and tortures her. Kidnaps and kills her daughter
First Action: When The Syndicate finds Xena us working as Spy for the British Intelligence, They send a team of Assasins to kill her and her family
Overwhelming Odds:She sneaks into The Russian Embassy, suits up with armour vest and wealons, and while holding the Russian Ambassador as a shield, she fights off armed Body guards.
Apparent Defeat: She is captured, handcuffed to a chair and beaten and left for dead
Apparent Success: She gains consciousness, frees herself from the chair and kills The Body guard who is guarding the door.
Full Out Attack: She tracks and kills The Head Hit man who killed her family.
Success:. With The Head Hit man and many of his fighters dead , she finds and rescue the kid and returns her to safety.
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Frances Williams Hero and Villain,
What I Learned doing this Assignment was what actions the Hero would take to save a life.
Concept: A highly trained Female Assassin is seeking Revenge for the death of daughter
Hero Moral Right. She was totured and beaten and her daughter kidnapped.
Hero Moral Wrong.Russian Mafia trying to start a War.
Motivation: Seeking Revenge for her daughters death.
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Frances Williams Conventions:
Highly Skilled Hero: A female Assassin hired by the CIA to take down Russian Mob.
Mission: To rescue kidnapped daughter of British Prime Minister.
Demand for Action: If she doesn’t act soon, the daughter will be sold into Sex Trafficking.
Antagonist:. Russian Drug Gang
Escalating Action: She chases a car if Heavily Armed men down the street until they plow into on coming traffic and there is an explosion.
High Concept.To save the daughter before she is sold into the world if sex trafficking.
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My name is Frances Williams
I’m from Atlanta, Georgia
I’ve written 3 screen plays,
What I hope to gain from this class, is to sharpen my knowledge and skills.
Something unique about, I like to go mountain climbing.
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Frances Williams
I agree to the terms of this release form.