Concept 25

3) Will she ever make the team? Will he get the leading role in the drama play? Who will ask her to the winter formal? Who will get suspended for the flyers all over school?

Psycho Reflection

From the screenplay of Psycho I learned that the characters didn't really have much dialogue in the important scenes, which made the viewer pay attention to their actions. So in our screenplays we don't have to always have such robotic dialogue. And also that the money drove the plot of the movie, so in our screenplays we could use that technique to help guide our story.

The story structure is unique because even though the protagonist died the story still got interesting and the other characters took the spotlight. The characters are unique because Marianne and the hotel clerk look similar to Marianne's boyfriend and her sister.

The writer uses humor in the story, but it's subtle humor that you don't notice until you watch it again.

Top 10 horror movies

1) Scream 1, 2, 3, and 4

2) Halloween

3) The Crazies

4) My Bloody Valentine

5) Haunting in Connecticut

6) Nightmare on Elm Street

7) The Ring

8) The Sixth Sense

9) Grudge

10) Room 1408

A great horror story is composed of a convincing storyline that captivates the audience and is actually scary, and the acting is believable. The writers and directors use techniques to create suspense to scare the audience. They also use music and different camera angles to highlight and focus on the certain images or parts of a scene to scare the audience.

Concept 24

3) I have been surprised by the outcomes of many shows and stories that I thought had a foregone conclusion. In a lot of movies one of the characters that you think is good turns out to be evil. I could use this idea to help me develop a high concept script by having the protagonist live in a foreign place and think that the person they meet is one their side, but the whole time has been plotting against them.

Concept 23

3) I want to write a story that makes the audience laugh but also ends with the problems all being resolved. I don’t like when movies or stories don’t have the problems or conflicts resolved. There doesn’t always have to be a perfect fairytale ending, but the conflicts should be resolved in some way. The “quest” will be successful in that the characters will all end up in a certain place and their journey will be clearly defined.

Desperate Housewives Pilot

1. Who are three of the main characters? How are they introduced in a unique way?
2. What is the conflict?
3. What is the writing like? Does each character talk differently? How does the write use dialogue to advance the story?

1) Three of the characters are Lynette, Bree, and Gabriella. They were introduced by the narrator that seems to be dead.
2) Mary Alice shot herself for an unknown reason, and is now dead.
3) Each character does talk differently, the writer uses dialogue to propel the story and keep the reader wanting to read more to see what happens next.

Concept 22

Is the film you want to write character-driven or plot-driven?

3) The film I want to write is character-driven, because the storyline is based on the character developing into a new person and taking on a new persona. The characters all compliment and they effect the actions of one another. Mandy realizes that her friends in the beginning of the story really weren’t her friends and that they encouraged her to make the irresponsible decisions that she made.

Pilot Reflection

What makes our character unique is that she did something that wasn’t expected of her, and she kind of becomes this person that she was always told never to be. She breaks the rules and steps out of this form that her family and the school has molded her into. She becomes more outspoken and learns not to over think situations, in a place where people are afraid to show who they really are.

My So Called Life

What are some ideas from the show you can use for your own show?
Which ideas don't appeal to you?

The whole idea of the girl going outside of her comfort zone and actually talking to the guy she likes, is an idea that my group could use for the show. We could have the character doing something that they wouldn’t normally do or something that isn’t expected of them. I don’t like how the whole high school nerd girl liking the popular guy is used. But they did change it up by making the main guy be in a band and be different than the sports jock stereotype.

Concept 20

1) In the film I plan to write, I want to relate to the young people and teenagers. I think it’s important to have stories about problems that people my age can relate to, because I know that whenever I’m having a problem it’s nice to know that other teenagers or just people in general are going through the same thing. And that if you just don’t stress out and plan things out then things go smoother.

Concept 19

2) In the concept, Joe wants to take Bonnie to the dance as his date. If I had to choose a character from the story it would be Bonnie, and it would be her at home thinking of different scenarios in her head of what could go wrong about the dance up until Joe knocks on her door to ask her to the dance.

Concept 18

1) This picture gives off a feeling of friendship and loyalty. The boys seem like they all came together to play baseball, but they are also making a pact of some sort. It inspires me to write a story about a group of kids growing up that never had someone to rely on, but then they always had the baseball field to go to. It reminds me of the movie Sandlot, but instead of having it in the 50’s it would be modern day, and the kids would be boys and girls from all different backgrounds.

Concept 15

Three stories that are based upon “United we stand, divided we fall.”

1) A sports team that would always argue and fight about who should be captain and what plays they should use, and then in the end they realize that they would win more games when they worked together.
2) Group of employees at a carnival that would never get any customers or profit, but they decided to collaborate and put aside their differences to fix up the carnival and get business back.
3) A community is suffering from a drought, but they don’t realize that if they all coordinate and get along they can get through the drought and save water. In the end they all work together to save water and their community is stronger than ever.

Concept 14 Story Beats

1) Setup: When Charles Foster Kane utters the words Rosebud in the final scene
2) Catalyst: Thatcher takes Kane to come live with him in
3) First major fly: Kane chooses to do Journalism as his career in life
4) Point of no return: Thatcher is disappointed in Kane’s success with the newspaper, so now he is on his own
5) Second major fly: Kane marries the singer, and spotlights her career
6) Kane loses his second wife Susan, and becomes unpopular with the newspapers and the media
7) Resolution: On his final days Kane sits alone reminiscing on his childhood days with his family, and the reporter realizes that Rosebud was the most important thing in his life