[Bonita Early]

Bonita's Hero and Villain

What I learned from this assignment: More about my villain and even that it could be a She instead of a misogynistic man. That adds a new element.
1. Fill in the blanks and see what shows up.
Concept:
• Hero Morally Right: Wants to be better for her child and a solid person
• Villain Morally Wrong: Insecure, fearful, and treacherous behind a phony personality
Hero
• A. Unique Skill Set-athletic, quick-witted, and persistent; challenges her fears
• B. Motivation—wanting to be a mother to her daughter
• C. Secret or Wound—She doesn’t remember the reason for her severe claustrophobia.
Villain
• A. Unbeatable—He/She reported to superiors that the hero gave up intel to terrorists
• B. Plan/Goal—Blame the hero for his/her treason therefore setting the military after the hero.
• C. What they lose if Hero survives—everything: promotion, livelihood, new fame, medal, respect, and freedom.
2. If the Hero faces her fears, is a superior soldier, and smart then what might the villain have that makes her unstoppable: command, popularity, and her boyfriend/fiance is the MP Investigator hunting the Hero.
Impossible Mission
• A. Puts Hero in Action—her claustrophobia keeps her outside and moving; she’s unfit to care for her daughter, she wants to be a good mother.
• B. Demands They Go Beyond Their Best: Situations where she must survive while helping other people from dangerous situations; she must survive for her daughter.
• C. Destroy the Villain: When she realizes she is being accused of treason, she must avoid being caught while revealing the truth.

• This reply was modified 10 months, 2 weeks ago by  Bonita Early.

[Bonita Early]

What I learned doing this assignment: I have thought this movie/series idea out pretty well but now I can answer specific questions about the idea, I think.

Hero: An exceptionally skilled soldier and former POW with severe PTSD exacerbated by her capture and captivity, wants to heal herself so she can take care of her daughter.
Demand For Action: She keeps helping other people out of dangerous situations while being pursued by more and more people.
Mission: Heal herself by helping others so she can care for her daughter
antagonist: Her former squad leader who accuses her of treason
Escalating Action: As she journeys across a country helping people, more people are after her; the danger escalates as she becomes a legend while the U.S. military tries to find her before a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

[Bonita Early]

My name is Bonita Early
I’ve drafted ten or more scripts but haven’t worked on any in a few years.
I hope to learn how to write professional, marketable Action scripts and I’d like to be more active in the creative community now that I’m living in the Los Angeles area.
The strange thing about me is that I’ve written quite a bit of material in various forms and haven’t published anything yet.

[Bonita Early]

Bonita Early

I agree to the terms of this release form:

GROUP RELEASE FORM

As a member of this group, I agree to the following:

1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.

2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.

I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.

3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.

4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.

5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.

6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.

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