Sunday 29 July 2012

1 sentence summary for mulan, the money pit & tampopo(crazy scene)

Mulan - The Fa family's only child, tomboy Mulan, fails to fulfill a Chinese girl's traditional duty as desirable bride,decides to fight for her country and the honor of her family

The Money Pit -A young couple sinks their life savings into a house that is falling apart to the extent that it no longer has a main stairway or water.

Tampopo(crazy woman scene)- A crazy old lady destroying all the squash able food that she can find in the super mart which was own by a man.

What makes a good story

What makes a good story?



In a story you need Theme, Plot , Story structure ,Characters ,Setting ,Style&Tone. We need to 

know who is the protagonist , and what does he or she want? In the beginning of the story , what 

morally significant actions has he or she already taken towards the goal?

Why all the above I mention are important to make a good story? Because the theme of the story 

illustrate what the author want to deliver to the readers. As for plot, it shows most often about a 

conflict or a struggle that the main character goes through. Thirdly, story structure is deciding about 

writing the story either in "first person" or in "third person" point of view. Characters is one of the 

most important element to make a good story, as it should be someone readers can feel something 

in common with. And now its setting, setting is to set the story in a place and time that will be 

interesting or familiar. Last but not least, style&tone. Style&tone are to use the most suitable 

language that feels right for the story and use actions and speech to let readers know what's 

happening by showing not telling.

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Ex 1

GENRE : a category/content of a movie or show.
Examples : Fiction, Drama , Humor .

CLICHE : A typical story or part of the plot that everyone seems to know what's going to happen next or it is too predictable.
Examples : Happily ever after, The bad guy lose at the end.

STEREOTYPE : a view of the audience/other people that always assume that "this person" is always going to be villain or to be someone that they expect.
Example : Mr Bean will always be the Comic relief of every movie.

ANTAGONIST : The main villain or the Bad guy of the movie/show.
Examples : Joker from the Batman movies.

PROTAGONIST : The main character or the good guy of the movie/show.
 Examples : Batman from the Batman movies.

SUPPORTING CHARACTER : The character that usually helps the protagonist.
Examples : Robin form the Batman movies.

COMIC RELIEF : The character that usually lighten up the movie/show with jokes and sometimes side with the protagonist or antagonist. Always looks very cheerful and crack up the audience.
Examples : Deadpool from Marvel movies.

CHARACTERIZATION : To create/potray a character.
Examples : Protagonist, Antagonist , comic relief.

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CONCEPT / CONCEPTUALIZATION : The main idea or the main story of the show/movie.

THEME : The tone that's going to be set for the whole movie/show.

 PITCH : The teaser or the short summary of the movie/show.

LOGLINE : A one-sentence summary of your script.

CHARACTER BIO : A personal data or information of a character.

SYNOPSIS : A brief summary of the plot or story.

STORYLINE : The set of scripts or writings of the story from the start, climax to finish.

TREATMENT : A draft of the movie/show.

DEVELOPMENT HELL : a period during which a film or other project is trapped in development.