Task 2 – Nhan C. – Digital Storytelling

Element	Detail	As You Wish
SETTING	Place	Imaginary Realm (Fantasy-themed wilderness)
SETTING	Time	Post-Apocalyptic
MAIN CHARACTER	Name	Dream
	Background	An entity created to transform and fulfill others’ wishes. Whoever’s dreams/desires/wishes are the strongest influence which form Dream takes on.
	What does this character want?	The freedom to choose and become the protagonist of his life story
ANTAGONIST	Name	The Protector
	Relationship to MC	Creator of ‘Dream’
	Background	A deity created from the beginning of time who watches over the Imaginary Realm.
	What does this character want?	He wants to fulfill the wishes of the ‘worthy’ souls before they meet their eventual deaths.
SITUATION	What is happening at the beginning of the story?	We get to know MC as the Executor of Dream and how he takes on different roles depending on whose story he’s involved in. Here, we are also introduced to some of the residents of the Imaginary Realm.
INCITING EVENT	What event upsets the situation and introduces the main conflict?	MC notices how his memory is often broken and unconnected, jumping from one moment to the other. The more he looks into the problem, the more he realizes that he is no more than just a hollow puppet whose life’s decided by others. MC takes a risk and ventures up to Heaven hoping to get an explanation from The Protector himself.
CONFLICT	How do the characters react to the inciting event?	MC: He is confused and enraged that he couldn’t even choose the outcome of his life. The rage only wages further as the Protector keeps his secrecy on the matter. Antagonist: He fully understands why MC is upset but decides to prioritize the fulfillment of others’ wishes over one of his own creations.
	What sustains the conflict?	The Protector, in his attempt to silence MC, refuses to let him know the truth about this world and instead, threatens to erase MC’s existence from the Realm.
	What are the stakes?	MC: Everything he has built up so far (relationships, properties, memories, etc.) and his existence in the Realm. Antagonist: The eternal balance of the Imaginary Realm and his own ambition.
	What choice must the hero make?	MC has to decide whether to risk everything to fight for what he thinks is right or returns to the life he’s known, even if it no longer feels the same.
Premise	What is this story’s core? Theme:	The entity created to fulfill others’ dreams one day realizes his fate is to be the side characters to everyone’s stories, including his own. Driven by his own wish, he now has to decide whether to defy god’s will for his dream or throw it away for the sake of others’ fulfillment. freedom, independence, responsibility, ambition, selfishness, selflessness, dream, desire.