Character Relationship Map: Beyond Paranormal

Characters

• Lily (played by Cortney Palm) — protagonist

  Lily is making a found-footage project about the paranormal, playing a medium and promoting her online persona. Pressured by her producer to make the footage sensational, she continues filming as dist...

• Ray (played by Ryan Donowho) — supporting

  Ray helps Lily film her paranormal project and becomes increasingly uneasy as the production blurs into her real life. He tries to reassure her during frightening episodes, argues with her about the c...

• Chaz (played by Oliver Cooper) — supporting

  Chaz is Lily's producer, encouraging her to make the paranormal footage more sensational and promising extra pay if it attracts attention. Even when Lily is distressed, he urges her to push through th...

• Angela (played by Patricia Rae) — supporting

  Angela arrives after Ray calls her for help when he notices marks on Lily. She challenges Ray's explanation of the statue and clarifies that its meaning concerns a being's passage through time and spa...

• Dr. Ulrich Von Strauss (played by Clint Howard) — supporting

  Dr. Ulrich Von Strauss appears as a guest on Juice McDaniels's paranormal show. He describes an ancient machine capable of traveling between times and places and suggests that crossing dimensions carr...

• Juice McDaniels (played by Erick Nathan) — supporting

  Juice McDaniels hosts a paranormal show where he discusses out-of-body experiences and interviews Dr. Ulrich Von Strauss. The broadcast introduces ideas about travel between times and places, the cost...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Juice McDaniels → Dr. Ulrich Von Strauss (Professional Host And Interview Guest) — Their broadcast introduces ideas about dimensional travel and its possible cost, adding context to the couple's experiences.

  Juice McDaniels discusses out-of-body experiences on his paranormal show and interviews Dr. Ulrich Von Strauss, who describes an ancient machine for t...

• Lily → Chaz (Professional Producer And Performer) — Chaz promotes Lily's career while treating her frightening experiences as potentially useful footage rather than a reason to stop filming.

  Chaz is identified as Lily's producer. He encourages her to make the footage more sensational and later urges her to push through her distress for her...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Ray → Angela (Social Seeking Help) — Ray turns to Angela when he is worried about Lily, and she offers a different interpretation of the statue.

  Ray calls Angela for help after noticing marks on Lily. Angela arrives and challenges his explanation of the statue.

• Lily → Ray (Alliance Creative Partners In Conflict) — Their collaboration deteriorates as Lily's disturbing experiences intensify and Ray becomes increasingly uneasy about continuing the production.

  Lily and Ray make a found-footage paranormal project together, with Lily performing and Ray filming. They argue over their work and the camera, and Ra...

Story Analysis

A paranormal film project blurs performance and lived experience as Lily's distress grows and those around her disagree about whether to stop filming.

Plot Progression

1. A Project Turns Uneasy — Lily and Ray make a paranormal found-footage project, while Chaz encourages sensational material. Ray grows uneasy as the distinction between performance and real life begins to blur.
2. Signs Gather Around Lily — Lily experiences disturbing episodes and becomes fixated on a statue. A tarot reading prompts fears about pregnancy, while disagreements over the camera strain her collaboration with Ray.
3. A Broadcast Offers Dark Context — Juice interviews Dr. Ulrich Von Strauss about out-of-body experiences and an ancient machine for traveling between times and places. The discussion introduces the possible cost of crossing dimensions,...
4. Distress Becomes Footage — Lily's episodes intensify, and Ray tries to reassure her when she begs for someone to stop. Chaz urges her to continue filming despite her distress, while Ray seeks Angela's help.
5. The Statue's Meaning — Angela challenges Ray's explanation of the statue and describes its meaning as passage through time and space into another existence. The events suggest a supernatural danger, but the couple's fate re...