2/24/14 Improve:

2/24/14 Improve:

Today we talked about Dialog in that we got into knowing more Improve and how it uses it right. 1 read it out aloud, 2 when read it aloud then 3 listen to the dialog to know that it works 4 get used to having people seeing it, 5 No log passages it put them to sleep, 6 no bad dialog because it will make the audience tone it out, 7 distinctive dialog give each character a voice, 8 when you create your character get into them, 9 speak their lingo like their career and give them their own phrases, 10 cut dialog that doesn’t serve a purpose, and their stories, 12 avoid stereotypes, 13 don’t use slang, and last 14 model others go out and look at others screen plays and going to look at what they do. Use it as a template but don’t copy it.

2/22/12 Full Metal Jacket/ Barton Fink

2/22/12

Today we talked about more dialog but this day we took it to looking at scenes from two different movies. We look at Full Metal Jacket with the scene where they was in the army barracks and the captain was trying to break them in. that’s where we meet some of the characters that would end up being the main characters. We also saw their personalities and who their characters are all about in the movie. Some characters look like they will clash in the movie at some point in time. After we looked at Full Metal Jacket we looked at two different scenes from Barton Fink. In this movie we saw how the power switch from one person to the other to get what they each wanted. A scene would start off with one person in charger and leading the scene but a simple word or discussion would flip it to be the other person has the power and this happens a lot in this movie.

2/20/12 Dialog

2/20/12 Dialog

Everything is all about the Dialog I the story. This is what makes or breaks any story. Dialog is what sells a story. The dialog has many stories, it moves the story along, we also ask what is so important and why do we use it. The information is the story.  There are also many different mistakes you can make when using Dialog in that story that it is important to know some of the mistakes with Dialog. Some are too much monologging, sounds too real meaning the fakeness will come out and the grammar shortcuts and also complete interaction. Using someone name to often, telling me what I already know, and everyone sounding alike because we should not sound alike we all have many differences between us like our education, culture, accents, age race, gender, etc… Dialog is really one of the most important parts of a story it’s what keep people wanting more for it.

2/17/12 Pave the Planet

2/17/12 Pave the Planet

I came to class a little late but I they were finishing up talking about the 10 stories in the world. After we finished up on that we started to talk about Creativity. We start talking about 1^st we talked about hunt and gather in new unused places. When looking for new ideas look in different groups of people, dreams, brain, newspaper, news, conspiracy theories, and religion. 2^nd Play whit it, witch play with an idea and find a message. 3^rd Let it stew meaning walk away from your idea for a while, like sticking it a draw and letting you gather more ideas. 4^th Eureka you have your great idea grab it, own it, and run with it. 5^th Just do it is when you take your story and put it out there and not just let it go or do nothing with it. We are our biggest enemies and we bring ourselves down. We need to get our ideas out there.

2/9/12 The Three Little Pigs

2/9/12 The Three Little Pigs

In class today we continued to talk about the three little pigs and the remake stories we were coming up with. Some of the name we came up with was brick pig, straw pig, stick pig, wolf, monkey, girl pig, mama pig and dad pig. We talked about the different stories that we could have with the different characters this cast. We talked about who we wanted as the antagonist and protagonist and what they roles will be as that character. We use the 3 act and the Maslow to walk us through the different stories. I really enjoyed hearing the different ideas about the different stories when everyone started to put their input into it. We finally came up with our mane characters for our story the wolf and monkey. Our homework for the next class is to write a story with wolf as the protagonist and the monkey as the antagonist. Wolf will have and addiction to eating pigs and is trying to stop but monkey is really making it have for him to stop eating the pigs.

2/6/12 External and Internal/ 3 Act Structure

2/6/12 External and Internal/ 3 Act Structure

In class we learned about the pressure about the external and internal in the characters that’s in a story. Like having a broken leg will be considered external because it is something you can see and feel on the outside. The thought of something like a broken is consider internal because you will always be thinking about “what if” it happens and when is it going to happen. We talk about anything that’s internal is worst because it’s something dealing with yourself and you are your biggest antagonist. With I can agree with because just the thought of the broken leg is painful enough. It is the unknown and the infinite possibilities. All conflict is a struggle of power with the “IF ONLY” and the “What IF”. We also learn about the 3 act structure and the way it like it kind of looks like a bass ball diamond. Its start with the hook and introduction with the pros and cons. It’s also with the back story of the conflict of the characters. First the act break this is when life gets bad for the characters. The Second is where it gets worse for the character because they have the face the internal conflict before moving on. And third is where they face the external before they reach the end. And lastly the resolution is what come quick and it the last change to sell the massage. That’s 3 act structures.

2/3/12 Fact Check/ Joe Campbell

2/3/12 Fact Check/ Joe Campbell

In class we learned about Fact Check and Joe Campbell Hero Journey. Fact Check doesn’t write about cops, doctors, fireman, lawyers, nurses… if you never talked to anyone in that profession. Because you will get people that say that’s not true. Some movies don’t really work if you don’t know your facts. Ask what their lingo is, ask someone about the facts they have about their careers, Google the careers if you don’t really Know, lots of research, and the process. We also talked about Joe Campbell Hero’s Journey there was 5 steps. They began with 1) Call to adventure, with this the individual have to leave home and they will have to accept and not decline because that what kick off the movie. 2) Road of trials in this they will succeed or fail. 3) Achieve their goals is self-knowledge. 4) Return to the real world. 5) Application of their knowledge and what they do with it. This is what we talked about in class.

1/30/12 Active vs. Passive

1/30/12 Active vs. Passive

Today we talked about active and passive. Active is trying to change the situation and passive just go along with the flow. We have to make sure that you always make your character an active character. Motivation is always ask why? Then we learned about the Maslow chart and the different levels of it. The levels on the chart had five different levels to it so you could follow along with it.

1/27/12 Finding Original Characters

Today in class we talked about Finding Original Characters the protagonist vs. the antagonist. The protagonist drives the story and sometimes that’s not always a good thing. The Antagonist tries to stop the protagonist from gaining their power.  That what makes the story because they both want the power and try to stop the other form getting it because then both can’t have power. They don’t always want the same power. They just want their own type of power. Finding a character where people tend not to look are original characters. We learned that we should not make our characters just like our audience, make them relate to the audience. And because of this the audience will not look for the massages. You are the most powerful antagonist because it is your own fares that you are fighting.