During our third meeting we did a lot of work on developing our character. We came up with tons of good ideas to use for our character, which we decided to name Mike. I haven't come up with a last name that will suit the character yet, but he has lived on the street for fourteen years and has had a lot of experience. What we did was, basically, jotting down our ideas and editing them until we came up with something we wanted. Right now I beleive we both agree on the characteristics we have given our character. We added in antagonists as well, and made several problems occur in his life. We also worked on making the character more interesting, and giving him some added information so people might be able to relate to him, and think of him as a real person, not just something read about in a book. With some of the books I have read, I can totally imagine this person and this situation being real, since it is so complex as well as being something I can relate to.
Our character was originally going to live on the streets, but I didn't see this as a good option since he is supposed to be trying, and failing, to fix his life up. He runs into problem after problem after problem, the problems generally leading up to the next problem and then to the next. As each problem comes up, he gets more desperate and willing to risk more to get what he wants and get out of the pit he has dug himself into. He hasn't dug the pit he is in all by himself, his land lord is secretly, but not so secretly, doing work but keeping himself safe under the law. The character goes to Labor Ready, and gets enough to live off but not enough to lead a normal life, which is one reason he is stuck in this position.
He is basically spending most of the money he makes every day on paying for rent, and later gets himself into another problem. His brother, who is living across the country, is seriously ill and needs his help. His brother is also taking care of a baby because his girl friend has abandoned him. So he gets a loan from his landlord (who deals drugs and is also loan shark) and plans to buy an airplan ticket with in the next few days. Unfortunately the money is mysteriously stolen, and this is when things start to make a definite turn for the worse. His landlord decides now to get Mike into crime, and Mike has no other options, so be is almost forced into it. They begin to plan a [dangerous] organized crime, or robbery. Mike doesn't want to get himself back into crime, but is very desperate and has no other options.
These are all our ideas at the moment, but we are going to make more. So far I think the story is going great and we are going to add more to it soon.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
week two
We looked at the antagonist and the protagotist in the story.
As a protagonist I was interested in a character like Wolverine. Hes not interested in looking like the good guy, he just wants to get the job done, and will do so at the risk of other people. Hes not a hero and he doesn't mind about that, and he can be bad but never tries to injure anyone on his team. Superman has a strict moral code, and makes sure never to hurt anyone for no reason, and never kills anyone. I find the story more interesting if they have done bad things or had a hard time, and they are working on redemption, or fixing their life up a bit. Wolverine is also interesting because he is Canadian, and actually will fail ocasionally, unlike the situation with many superheroes. A few good examples are Batman, and especailly Superman. Superman almost never fails, and even if obstacles come up, they almost never threaten him and he always gets around him. The obstacles usually involve someone he is close to, often that person might be on the brink of death and Superman has got to save him/her. Although he may fail, Superman never dies and always overcomes the obstacle. Now with Batman, the story is slightly different, obstacles to come up, such as his secret identity being discovered by the bad guys (usually criminals) or banks being robbed, and it is always his job to stop it. He has a million gadgets that are fool proof and extremely useful, as well as a car that is armed to the teeth with all sorts of explosives and cool gadgets. Batman hardly ever fails, and like Superman his only obstacles are often his sidekick, Robin, getting himself in trouble, or sometimes the people he love become endangered because of a criminal.
The point is they hardly ever fail what they are trying to accomplish, but with Wolverine you never know. He could have to end the life of someone who is close to him to save his own, he might come close to death, he might lose a close friend because of some bad guy, and he might have to save his close friends from bad guys as well. The story is almost always different, and also very intriguing. The maker of the character Wolverine made him a very complicated character. What is shown in the comic book is not all there is to him. If you go onto Wikipedia there is a lot of information about him, and you can see his creator must have put a huge amount of work into making the character interesting as well as intriguing. The same goes for the story ideas.
Using Writing a Mystery: the Drawing Board, we looked at how to make a story believable, and how to develop a timeline for the story.
As a protagonist I was interested in a character like Wolverine. Hes not interested in looking like the good guy, he just wants to get the job done, and will do so at the risk of other people. Hes not a hero and he doesn't mind about that, and he can be bad but never tries to injure anyone on his team. Superman has a strict moral code, and makes sure never to hurt anyone for no reason, and never kills anyone. I find the story more interesting if they have done bad things or had a hard time, and they are working on redemption, or fixing their life up a bit. Wolverine is also interesting because he is Canadian, and actually will fail ocasionally, unlike the situation with many superheroes. A few good examples are Batman, and especailly Superman. Superman almost never fails, and even if obstacles come up, they almost never threaten him and he always gets around him. The obstacles usually involve someone he is close to, often that person might be on the brink of death and Superman has got to save him/her. Although he may fail, Superman never dies and always overcomes the obstacle. Now with Batman, the story is slightly different, obstacles to come up, such as his secret identity being discovered by the bad guys (usually criminals) or banks being robbed, and it is always his job to stop it. He has a million gadgets that are fool proof and extremely useful, as well as a car that is armed to the teeth with all sorts of explosives and cool gadgets. Batman hardly ever fails, and like Superman his only obstacles are often his sidekick, Robin, getting himself in trouble, or sometimes the people he love become endangered because of a criminal. The point is they hardly ever fail what they are trying to accomplish, but with Wolverine you never know. He could have to end the life of someone who is close to him to save his own, he might come close to death, he might lose a close friend because of some bad guy, and he might have to save his close friends from bad guys as well. The story is almost always different, and also very intriguing. The maker of the character Wolverine made him a very complicated character. What is shown in the comic book is not all there is to him. If you go onto Wikipedia there is a lot of information about him, and you can see his creator must have put a huge amount of work into making the character interesting as well as intriguing. The same goes for the story ideas.
Using Writing a Mystery: the Drawing Board, we looked at how to make a story believable, and how to develop a timeline for the story.
week one
We did some character development using the superhero quiz as well as the supervillain quiz.
We used wikipedia for our results on the super hero quiz, (We got The Hulk for 70%) and took some notes on our wikipedia entry for "the hulk." After that we began character development, adding in some characteristics of the Hulk.
We also did some stuff with the movie, "The Matrix." We looked at the main structure as well as the main events. This was for storyline development. It was to show how characters fit into the movie, and how the movie was structured in three acts. We also looked at the character arc for Neo and how he changed through the movie as he met each challenge.
RESULTS:
We used wikipedia for our results on the super hero quiz, (We got The Hulk for 70%) and took some notes on our wikipedia entry for "the hulk." After that we began character development, adding in some characteristics of the Hulk.
We also did some stuff with the movie, "The Matrix." We looked at the main structure as well as the main events. This was for storyline development. It was to show how characters fit into the movie, and how the movie was structured in three acts. We also looked at the character arc for Neo and how he changed through the movie as he met each challenge.
RESULTS:
You are The HulkYou are a wanderer with
amazing strength.
Hulk 70% The Flash 65% Robin 57% Superman 50% Supergirl 45% Iron Man 40% Green Lantern 40% Spider-Man 35% Batman 35% Catwoman 30% Wonder Woman 25%
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
You are Mr. Freeze
You are cold and you think everyone else should be also, literally.
Mr. Freeze 54% Dr. Doom 53% Venom 52% Dark Phoenix 49% Juggernaut 45% Two-Face 45% Apocalypse 42% The Joker 42% Poison Ivy 40% Lex Luthor 38% Magneto 37% Catwoman 34% Riddler 33% Green Goblin 29% Kingpin 28% Mystique 17%
Click here to take the Super Villain Personality Test
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