Week 9
Review Exercise 3: Dialogue
Purpose of the exercise:
-we write best what we know well
Dynamic Action:
-Story is action
-No action means no interaction therefore no reason for any conflict
Action encompasses any kind of movement, activity and interaction between the characters and also between the characters and their surroundings.
Talking about how one feels is not as powerful as illustrating why one feels the way they do through action.
eg: illustrating emotion -frustration-bang the table
-happiness- grinning
Film is behaviour
-action is the manifestation of behaviour ( conflict )
-the complexity of the human psyche and interaction is better understood when it is possible to watch the actions, nuances and reactions of the characters.
Dynamic action:
-has the potential to enrich the experience of the audience by heightening the stakes and increasing the tension
Moving Pictures:
the power of any story lies in the narrator’s ability to project a mental picture for the audience
the process of making dodol
or
comparison between hand-made and technology way of making food.
Purpose of the exercise:
-addresses the problem many newbies have to screenwriting:
How to convey visually any sense of inner conflict of emotion
Exercise:
In group of 3, students randomly selected a scenario and act it out
Rules of the game: translating emotional responses into actions without the use of dialogue
Review :Inja
Recall and explain some actions/ behaviour that was a result of emotions the characters felt.
- Thimbale love the dog so much that he made the collar for him using the rope that he cut illegally.
- The boss ask Thimbale to kill the dog due to his desperation.
- Thimbale’s fear of being punished force him to obey the boss.
- The boss was afraid of the dog becoming close and more loyal to Thimbale, therefore he place it inside a bag and kick the dog.
- The dog was afraid and did not trust the boy due to the kicking incident.
- The wife try to stop him from kicking the dog for a short while.
Assignment:
1st draft of story due on Wed, 6 Jan 2010
Printed copy in class. Softcopy on SafeAssign.
Format: Courier 12, single spacing
maximum: no more than 3 pages
minimum: 2 pages
