story telling exercise 1

Senkaku War

by

Vania Gunawardi

DM2C

1-Sentence Summary – A retirement Japanese sniper named Toshiki who tries to assassinate the China ministry in order to protect part of his country island.

EXERCISE 1

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Deadline: 31 Jan 2013

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

TITLE:                                     Senkaku War

GENRE:                                  Action, Romance

TARGET AUDIENCE:            Young Adult (17-30 years old)

THE DOMINANT CULTURAL / SOCIAL ISSUE FEATURED IN MY WORK IS:

The dispute between Japan and China to claimed one Island that which is in Japan they called Senkaku Island and in China they called Diao Yu Dao.

LOGLINE:

A retirement Japanese sniper named Toshiki who tries to complete his mission in order to go back home safely and being with his wife.

SYNOPSIS:

Toshiki is a young retirement of japan prestige sniper. He is very famous of his ability in headshot, every year he always gets promoted to higher position. Until one night changes his fate. But then he decided to retire from the military because he found his love and decided to get married.

Unfortunately because of small Island called Senkaku Island in the south of Japan, Japan and China got dispute and the sergeant of Japan top military is asking for Toshiki’s ability to assassinate the ministry head of China. Then because of his faithful nation feelings he determine himself to do the favor and postpone his wedding. But he does not know yet how strong the China military can be.

CHARACTER PROFILES

CHARACTER LIST (All characters)

Key Character : Toshiki Hiroshi

Supporting Character(s) : Naomi Hizaya, Toru Yanagawa, Hiro Yuma

CHARACTER BIO OF KEY CHARACTER

Name : Toshiki Hiroshi

Motivation : Stop the war by defeat the China head ministry

Backstory :

He was grow up in military environment since he was a kid, his father is the head department of Japan top military soldier. Toshiki was lost his mother when the World War II happened. For this reason he wants to joined the military and stop the war by do the war. By the time he joins the military he has an excellent record and no one can beat his ability in headshot, every year he always got promoted to a higher position. He is the gold kid for the sergeant of military named Toru Yanagawa, Toru really admire him as a strong will young boy and consider him as his own son. Then one day his father is passed away then he needs to bring his father coffin to his hometown. While he stay there to do the funeral he meet a girl named Naomi. She is the villager around his dead funeral, therefore everytime Toshiki take care of his father’s funeral they will meet accidentally. Each time they met, they surely will have the love chemistry. But become the top sniper on the military means he has no time for his own life, by the time he has to leave Naomi because of his job he promise to come back and sees Naomi again. So he determines himself successfully finish the mission safely by all means.

RESEARCH

http://rt.com/news/taiwan-us-china-japan-919/print/ - Treasure islands? Japan-China dispute sparks fears of war as US, Taiwan weigh in

http://www.economist.com/node/21563316/print - China and Japan
Could Asia really go to war over these?

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Tensions-over-the-Senkaku/Diaoyu-feed-the-winds-of-war-between-Tokyo-and-Beijing-26849.html - Tensions over the Senkaku/Diaoyu feed the winds of war between Tokyo and Beijing

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21569757-armed-clashes-over-trivial-specks-east-china-sea-loom-closer-drums-war - The drums of war

REFLECTION PAPER

First time e read the story I got interest because nowadays Asia is really seldom to involve in a war, some more a movie that showed Asia’s war is not much as western does. I also doubt in which side I should make the story comes up, but then I determine myself to choose the Japan side perspective. I also put the romance line on my story in purpose to not make this story fully fill with the action which will not really suit teenager especially girls.

Therefore in a nervous part of the war we will still feel touched and sad on the romance part which is Toshiki’s effort to survive because his promise to live happily ever after with his new bride Naomi. The value of the story itself it’s quiet common but strong which is, sometimes in life you have to choose one thing between two important things.
3 ACT STRUCTURE: (in point form below)

ACT1 SETUP	ACT2 CONFRONTATION	ACT3 RESOLUTION
Key Character(s): Toshiki Hiroshi Must-have Info:	Confrontation: Japanese sergeant military is looking for him to use his ability in the war.	Climax (Grand Finale): China military is more capability that Japan has. Resolution: after the 6th day of war Toshiki successfully assassinate China ministry and they decide to retreat, yet Toshiki still alive with his agony condition.
MOTIVE: Do marriage with his first love.	TURNING POINT: He determines himself to do the favor from the Japan top military sergeant.	MOTIVE RESOLVED He could come back alive successfully although his body become disable.
Conflict/Obstacles: Japan and China ‘s war cannot be avoid.	Conflict/Obstacles: He just got married, that means he has to leave his wife without any certainty he will come back safely or not. Up the Stakes: Because of his intuition of his feeling towards his Nation he join back the military.	Moral of the Story: You cannot stop the war by do the war.

TREATMENT / STORYLINE & STORYBOARD

For the past few decades Japan were having a big war with western country. Million bodies were lie around the road like a dust because of war. Fortunately war could be finished because of a man named Sato Hiroshi, therefore the Japanese emperor rewards him as a first place in a Japanese top military.

The next few years Sato were born a son and he gave him a name Toshiki Hiroshi, because of the military life Sato ever had he might also teach his son with vicious way. He surely encourages his son to be like him as well. As the time goes by Toshiki grows as a confident and stubborn kid, even when his mother died he does not say goodbye properly as her mother son. Toshiki only has mindset to become the greatest sniper as his father used to be.

A few years later he was succeed to become his father successor. His name got in a first place on japan top military. Yet day by day his tenet get weaker, he is starting to doubt whether this kind of life he wants or his father does. Moreover the love from one girl that made him always want to stay safe so he can be with this girl. But then he found that his father passed away because of heart attack, so then he went back to his hometown and visit his mother’s funeral to say goodbye properly and do the funeral to his father. Therefore on his 34^th birthday he determines himself to quit from the military without anyone’s attention and continue his new chapter of life with the girl he likes.

Toshiki with his stubborn but gentle is able to a softhearted man with Naomi’s tender love. At this rate Toshiki feels that he just started the real life he seek to. But then after they choose the date to do the wedding, the Japan military sergeant Toru find him to ask him do assassination upon the China ministry because Japan is on danger condition because of war with China in order to fight for Senkaku Island. He realizes the circumstances are not right that time. Therefore he comes to the stage where he needs to choose his nation or his own life. But then his feelings upon justice cannot be denied anymore, even Naomi also realized that. Then he decided to take a part into battlefield once again and promise Naomi to continue the wedding after he comes back.

The situation is really not on the Japan side, yet Toshiki still tries to survive in any condition to fulfill his promise upon Naomi. On the 5^th day, Toshiki successfully assassinate the China ministry but then lost his left hands and almost die because of exhausted. The only thing could make him survive that time is only his will to see Naomi once again. Fortunately on the 6^th day the Japan agreement towards China is accepted then the sign of the end of the war is light up.

Eventually Toshiki reach his hometown and sees Naomi still waiting him right in the same place as he left.