Wednesday, 30 January 2013

STORY TELLING EXERCISE I







Senkaku War
by
Vania Gunawardi
DM2C


1-Sentence Summary – A retirement Japanese sniper named Toshiki who tries to survived in the Japan-China war in order to keep promise with his wife to come back alive


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 war 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 survived in the Japan-China war in order to keep promise with his wife to come back alive

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. He sees how the family of the person who killed by him suffers. His thought of stop the war by do the war is change by that night. Therefore on his 34th birthday he quit from military without permission and decides to rebuild his new life. While he starts his new life he meets his first love in his hometown. As the time goes by fate tells them to be together, and they decide to be married couple.
Meanwhile Toshiki happy life goes along the Japan and China war cannot be avoid because of south island of japan name Senkaku Island. Then the secret japan military commander is looking for Toshiki’s ability in shooting. The justice feelings on Toshiki’s heart cannot be held anymore seeing a lot of people die because of war. Yet he must choice between his new married wife and his shoot intuition.
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 military
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 not to fall in love until he quits the military.

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



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, impossible there is happiness for war purpose. We cannot stop the war by doing the war itself, because war will create another war. So I intent to show the audience there is no positive purpose by doing negative action. 

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 that Japan have


Resolution: after the 6th day of war China decide to retreat, and Toshiki still alive with his agony condition
MOTIVE:
Rebuild his new life with his first love.



TURNING POINT:
He determine himself to join the war
MOTIVE RESOLVED
He could come back alive successfully
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 justice he join back the military


Moral of the Story :
You cannot stop the war by do the war.



TREATMENT / STORYLINE & STORYBOARD
Japan is a peaceful and counts as safe country in Asia, economy stability runs very well in past years. Although the daily activity there is monotone but each family could live prosperous there. Yet those achievements are not free as well, for the past few decades they 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, he was the emperor savior and because of his ability Japanese concord with western country could be achieved. 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. Especially on the one night when he got an order investigate a robber case he got shot the robber but when he sees how was the robber’s family suffer and sad because of losing the one they love. Therefore on his 34th birthday he determines himself to quit from the military without anyone’s attention and continue his new chapter of life. But 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. When he got no direction after that, he is seeing a girl named Naomi from his childhood. When comes to the first sight they both still recognize each other. A little cliché moment is happening that time. They are having a little chitchat end up with a sort of chemistry comes out from themselves.
As the time goes by, these two couples are meant to be together. 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 lend his ability 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 5th day, Toshiki 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 6th 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.


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