Written by Robert Mitchell
Edited by Ainsworth Williams
10/23/15
Act I
-Identify the SPINE of the story
-What’s
the point?
Young Warrior Kimiko goes out on a journey after seeing her father and
clan members perish at the hands of an evil person known as the oppressor.
While trying to stop the oppressor she learns from the moon mask she possesses
that she has to collect the powers of the seven masks to stop him. Knowing her
destiny, Kimiko goes on a journey to collect these powers and to stop the evil
oppressor from collecting them and destroying the lands of light.
-List characters
-Give a
brief description after each name
Kimiko: Young warrior,
Protagonist; Oppressor: Antagonist; Kimiko friend: young friend from steam city; Golem: 9ft sidekick,
Apprentice Mage: new ally helping Kimiko on her quest;
-Identify
role (protagonist, antagonist, supporting)
Protagonists: Kimiko,
the Golem; Antagonist: The Oppressor; Supporting: Kimiko’s friend, Apprentice
Mage.
-What is the SETTING?
-Period
1700, 89th year (1700s-late 1800s)
-Duration
2-3 months
-Location
The Lands of the Light.
-Level of Conflict
The Oppressor is
destroying villages to find the seven masks; Oppressor’s Eclipse mask has
possessed him.
-What is the INCITING INCIDENT?
The oppressor kills
Kimiko’s father and Kimiko has to collect the masks from the Land of Magic and
the Oresmith Mines while racing against time to find the other masks before the
Oppressor, whom already has the Aqualic Mask.
-SUMMARY
-In a
brief paragraph, summarize the events of the first act.
Kimiko obtains the Moon tribe masks while she defeats a golem whom ends
up being her sidekick. Afterwards she learns about the history of how the masks
came into play and her destiny. She goes on a journey to avenge her father and her
clan from the evil oppressor. While doing this, the oppressor causes havoc in
the Aqualic civilization and goes on a journey to find the other masks, already
being possessed by the eclipse mask. Kimiko arrives at the Magic civilization
where she meets the oppressor and they race against time to see who gets the
mask first. Kimiko barely manages to escape with the Magic mask’s power with
the help of the Apprentice Mage. After leaving the Magic Civilization Kimiko goes
to the Oresmith Mines to obtain the Oresmith Mask’s power with the help of the
Redsmith. Kimiko succeeds in getting the power and goes on a train ride to
Steam City.
Act II
-Character Development
-What
experiences, skills, or knowledge should the character gain in the course of
the story?
Kimiko learns how to
be brave and not to give up on serious situations.
-Rising Action
-What
are the escalating events that the character must overcome?
Not to give up even
though the oppressor is more powerful than her.
-How
does each event change the character or world?
When Kimiko wants to
give up she remembers those who fallen and decides to be brave and fight for
them.
-What
new SETTINGS (if any) are events involved in?
Steam City, Island of
Life (Harvester Civilization)
-SUMMARY
-In a
brief paragraph, summarize the events of the second act.
Arriving in Steam
City, Kimiko meets her old friend and tells him about her journey and how the
oppressor is destroying civilizations looking for the seven masks with the help
of the evil eclipse mask. Kimiko learns that her friend is the current mask
bearer of Steam City and he agrees to help her get the Technology mask. After
Kimiko receives the Technology Mask she journeys to the Harvester civilization
with her friend in tow. She arrives too late because the civilization is
already is in destruction and gives up hope. She remembers those who fallen and
decides to be brave and defeat the oppressor.
Act III
-What is the CLIMAX of the story?
Kimiko gets over her
depression and fear and goes into the Capital City with her allies to defeat
the evil oppressor.
-FALLING ACTION
-How
does the character and/or world try to find balance after the events of the
story?
Kimiko goes into
battle with the Oppressor and defeats him and takes the Eclipse mask away from
him whom possessed him all along.
-DENOUEMENT
-What
is the resolution?
Kimiko defeats both
the Oppressor and the evil within the Eclipse mask and decides to travel alone
with the seven masks. This is so someone else won’t be corrupted by the power
of both the seven light masks and the eclipse mask.
-Is it
positive or negative?
It’s positive because
she frees her allies and country from the burden of the prophesy and the
Oppressor’s conquest.
-CATHARSIS
-How
does the audience feel?
Relief, Happy, and
Inspired
-What knowledge or insight should
they have been expected to learn from this?
Be brave and stand up
for what is right, and always do the right thing. Age doesn’t define you, it’s
what you’ve been through that defines you. Never give up.
-SUMMARY
-In a
brief paragraph, summarize the events of the third act.
After Kimiko gets
over her depression her and her allies go into the Capital City and fight off the
Oppressor whom was looking for the last mask. While looking for the last mask
the Oppressor fights the Royal Guard and defeats them. While the Royal Guard is
defeated Kimiko steps in and fights the Oppressor and his evil Eclipse mask
spirit. Kimiko defeats the oppressor and
the mask spirit and finds out the oppressor was possessed. She decides to leave
with the Eclipse mask and the powered up Moon mask so no one won’t be corrupted
by the masks’ power.
FREYTAG’S DRAMATIC ARC
-Fill
in the blanks with story specific events:
Beginning:
Kimiko receives the
Moon Mask and travels the Magic and Oresmith civilization, while the Oppressor destroys
the Aqualics region.
Rising Action
Kimiko goes to the
Steam city and receives the Steam mask and sees the destruction of the
Harvester civilization.
Climax
Kimiko wants to give
up but remembers those who fallen.
Falling Action
Kimiko and her allies
go to the Capital City to receive the last mask before the Oppressor. They end
up in the final battle against him.
Resolution
Kimiko defeats the
Oppressor and leaves alone with the powered up Moon mask and the Eclipse mask.
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