We’re in week 2 now, and so far we’ve been through the three act structure; the protagonist “want or question”

The conflict of the plot that usually goes as:

Intrapersonal

Interpersonal

Extrapersonal

And the “structure of information” given to the audience:

The audience knows LESS than the characters - MYSTERY

The SAME as the character - IDENTIFICATION

 MORE than the characters - DRAMATIC IRONY/ SUSPENSE

(Note to self: Watch The Apartment)

We watched The Lunch Date (1989) by Adam Davidson.

In the seminar we brainstormed from where the inspiration for writing comes. The three main are usually:

Experience

Research

Imagination

We made some really cool character exercises from the book Playwriting: A Practical Guide, by Noel Greig. I took a copy from the library and I am so far amazed with all the exercises and outcomes I tried.

There’s two main structures that a protagonist may follow:

the journey

the ritual occasion

WEEK 2

We’re going over Personal Memories/ Experiences, as it was one of the things that we wrote down as a source of inspiration for our writing.

Why do we like to hear stories? For detail, suspense/mystery, humour, relatability, dynamic and the 4 big emotions : Fear, happiness, anger, sadness.

We watched My Father, the Liar and Barrie the Barber.

Short films are like the tip of a iceberg. The audience will only see 1/10, they don’t need to know the rest, but we do.

What is it about? What is it REALLY about?