Dynamic action
<<Story is action>>
- No action = no interaction = no 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.
Aim of Pabrik Dodo
- Show how advancement in technology helps to improve factory efficiency but in the end, man is more trustworthy.
Pabrik Dodo
- The short film aims to show how advancement in technology has helped to improve the factory output and efficiency of products by replacing manpower, allowing it to be concentrated in other parts of the factory line.
- Illustrating emotion
- frustration –> Bang table
- happiness –> grinning from ear to ear
- sad –> anger
- excitement
- satisfaction
- disappointment
<<Film is Behaviour>>
- Action is the manifestation of behaviour
- The complexity of the human psyche and interaction is better understood when it is possible to watch the actions, nuances and reaction sof the characters.
<<Dynamic Action>>
- Has the potential to enrich the experiece 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.
Pabrik Dodo
Shows how advancement in technology has helped improve factory efficiency, however man is still more trustworthy in the end
Purpose of the exercise
- Addresses the problem many newbies have to screenwriting
How to convey visually any sense of inner conflict of emotion
Rules
Translating emotional responses into actions without the use of dialogue.
Review: Inja
Recall and explain some actions/behavior that was a result of emotions the characters felt.
- Thembile hesitated to kill the dog or put in into the sack as a result of the love he felt for the dog.
- The master was frustrated at the lack of response to his command, thus he pointed the gun at Thembile.
- Thembile felt fear of getting caught thats why he looked around as he cut off the string.
- Due to love for his dog, he cut off the flagpole string which equivalent to stealing to make a necklace for the dog.
- Due to fear of dying, the master asked Thembile to kill the dog as it was hindering his survival.
- Due to personal pride, the master asked Thembile to let him show him how things was done.
- The boss had fear and was jealous of the dog being more loyal to Thembile, thus he physically abused the dog.
Big Homework
1st draft of story due wed, 6 jan 2010
printed copy in class. Softcopy on SafeAssign
format: courier 12, single spacing
minimum 2 pages, maximum 3 pages
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