ACT 1 The
Setup
A)
What
is the story's setting?
When:
Modern Time
Place:
Studio, Market, Gallery,
1.What
epoch?
When
he discovered the magic pencil that made amazing artwork but takes it from
another artist and when he got the work into a gallery show.
2. What
class or kind of society are we in?
Capitalism
3. What
pressures on the characters does each environment exert?
He faced the pressure of trying to sell
his art for finance, being successful, famous, and to have admirers of his art
the way he does it, not to sell out. However, there is also the pressure to
sell out because that what brings in the money, doing what the people want not
he wants to do.
B)
Characters.
Who are they and what does each represent?
The
Artist (Male, Late 20s, dress very down,)
The
Gallery Owner (Male, Upper 30s, hip)
The
Other Artist (Female, Mid 30s, busy)
The Artist (To tell his story)
Gallery Owner (To give him success and
fame)
The Other Artist (To create conflict)
1. What
are their names, characteristics, and relationships?
The Artist (Male, Late 20s, dress
very down,)
The Gallery Owner (Male, Upper 30s,
hip)
The Other Artist (Female, Mid 30s,
busy)
2. Who is
most important and why?
The
Artist because it is the story of the rise and fall of his life in the art
world.
3. What
does each character represent in the work's design?
The Artist (To tell his story)
Gallery Owner (To give him success and
fame)
The Other Artist (To create conflict)
4. What
is the main character's agenda--what must he or she get, do, or accomplish?
Get his artwork out there to become a
famous and successful artist.
5.
Through whose point of view do we mainly experience the story?
The Artist
(C)
Conflict. What opposing forces are at work in the story?
The
Other Artist to which she claims he stole her art ideas exposing him as a fraud.
1. What
minor problem does each main character face?
The
Artist (Not able to sell his artwork in the beginning)
The
Gallery Owner (Finding that his friend is a fraud)
The
Other Artist (The dealing with all the other busy stuff in her life)
2. What
obstacles prevent them from carrying out their agendas?
The
realization that the artwork is between The Artist and The Other Artist are the
same, making The Artist a fraud.
3. The
main character's conflict is between ________himself________ and
_________the other artist_____.
(Be
careful here that you can name forces in opposition, not just an emotion or
tension in the main character.)
4. At
what point is exposition complete and the audience in possession of all
necessary setup information?
When
The Artist goes back to his studio after the gallery show of his work and he
been discovered as a fraud.
ACT II
Complications
A) How
have the obstacles faced by the main character changed?
The obstacles
do not really changed but disappear in the end as he goes back to his original
style of drawing.
B) What
adaptations does he or she make while trying to solve each problem?
Deny
that he’s a fraud, try to redraw with magic pencil (but can’t), goes back to his
own style of drawing again
C) What
new factors raise the stakes? (What developments make the main problem harder
to solve?)
The magic pencil is all used up.
ACT III
Confrontation, Crisis, and Resolution
A) What
drives the situation toward the final crisis point?
The
magic pencil is all used up.
B) Where
do opposing forces come into the final, decisive confrontation?
When
he realized that he is a fraud because of the other artist and go home to see
the pencil is all used up.
C) How is
the apex of the problem resolved, and which of the opposing forces wins?
He
forgets what happened and go back to his own style of drawing.
D) Does
anyone learn and grow, even minimally, from this resolution, and if so, how?
The
Artist does because he realize that even though the other drawings from the
magic pencil was fancied more, he loses himself which he realizes is not the
point of art. Not to sell out but to create one’s own vision, whether it is to
be admired by only one person to thousands.
