no3. LESSON2 - CHARACTERS IN SITUATIONS

STORY-TELLING =

you create characters (with motives),

put them in situations (to reach an outcome)

to communicate your key idea/message (moral of the story) 

All characters have motives.

One storyline can have many plots & subplots.

Keep your story simple!

What are situations for?
- situations allow viewers to know your character better
- situations allow you to hook your audience
- situations allow characters to reach a resolution for their motives
- situations help stories move forward from Act1 to Act3
- situations allow chain reactions, making your story more interesting


Case study1: Mulan

mulan in situation#1: http://youtu.be/TkmsyhSEaWc

mulan in situation#2: http://youtu.be/JQayrEE-gpw

Case Study2: The Money Pit 
http://youtu.be/nJPju1f6p0E

Situations - One thing leads to another, reaching an outcome: 

(things go wrong during major renovations)

Study the Chain Reaction in these video clips

One sentence scene description: (Kitchen Scene)

It's a scene where Tom Hanks (playing Walter Fielding Jr.) is cooking and heating up water for a bath in the renovation-bomb house he bought with his wife - things don't go quite as planned...

1 sentence scene description:

When Walter (Tom Hanks) gets stuck in a hole in his dining room floor, he inadvertently insults the inspector, losing any chance of getting his permits.

Case Study3: Tampopo
http://youtu.be/38m-wnbHPLA

all stories can be summarized into 1 sentence!

write your story in one sentence.

examples:
- mulan in one sentence 
- the money pit in one sentence
- tampopo (old woman scene) in one sentence
- white chicks in one sentence
- jurassic park in one sentence
- final destination in one sentence


In Lesson 2, i will brief you on:
EXERCISE #1
EXERCISE #2
ASSIGNMENT

Homework in your notebooks & blogs:

Research & Write the meanings of these terms in your
notebook & blog:

- 1 
SENTENCE 
PITCH

- LOGLINE

- SYNOPSIS

- CHARACTER
 
BIO

- STORYLINE

- SCENE 
BREAKDOWN


- BEATS

- PLOTS

 / SUB PLOTS
- TURNING 
POINTS
 
- CLIMAX (GRAND FINALE)
- SCRIPT
 

All situations/plots can have these:
- HOOK / TEASER
- MOTIVE
- CONFLICT / OBSTACLES
- DRAMATIC SEQUENCE
- RESOLUTION
- OUTCOME


Learn the 3 ACT STRUCTURE for storytelling
Ref: Syd Field
http://www.sydfield.com/featured_theparadigmworksheet.htm



List & Learn the following terms used in the 3 Act Structure, then identify these terms in movies/tv shows that you've watched before.


- Paradigm
- ACTS - Act1, Act2, Act3
- Set Up
- Confrontation
- Resolution
- Plot Points
- Motive
- Conflict
- Dramatic Entertainment

BRIEF - ready for download:
Exercise 1, 
Exercise 2 
& Assignment 


(use a template for your work.)


- pls download brief & template from
https://sites.google.com/site/nafawrites/downloads