Thursday 26 July 2012

Class Exercise: define these terms & give examples:

GENRE : A style that involves a particular set of characteristics.
e.g : horror, action

CLICHE : A comment words/ things often made and is not interesting.
e.g He made some cliche that change her completely change her life.
STEREOTYPE: A fixed idea that people have about.
e.g. He doesn't fit to the national stereotype of a Frenchman.
ANTAGONIST: A person who is strongly opposed to something or someone.
e.g : He is an antagonist to logistics.
PROTAGONIST: Leading character, An important supporter of an idea.
e.g : Superman, Spiderman.

SUPPORTING CHARACTER: Usually used to give added demensionto the main character.
e.g : 

COMIC RELIEF : An amusing scence or speech to provide temporary relief from tension.
e.g :

CHARACTERIZATION : the way in which is described in real or natural.
e.g :

Wednesday 25 July 2012

WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY?

hmmmm. What is a good story... A good story is to let audience's mind and soul focus on it and how the story entertains them. That will catch audience's heart, which wants makes them wanted to watch more and more. Story is created or form by objects/ humans/ animals or even anything than surrounded by you. Which can leads to an idea to brain storming to a story. And everything can be possible, if your mind is working/ thinking.
It's a difficult to write a good story (I think), if your story is not good enough, your story will be just like other story.
Plot which also called the storyline, often leads to a conflict or struggle that the main character always goes through, without those the show will just get boring. Characters, is an important plays in the story, whether is a good or bad guy. And audience can feel something in common with, either good or bad.

Class Exercise: define these terms: (no examples needed)

CONCEPT / CONCEPTUALIZATION :
THEME : The main subject of a talk, book, film, music. etc.

PITCH : The level or degree of something. Persuasion.

LOGLINE : A brief summary of the TV program or film.

CHARACTER BIO : A detail description about the character.

SYNOPSIS : statement of a gerneral view in some subject. Heads or short paragraphs giving the whole views.

STORYLINE: The plot/ subplot of the story. The narrative of a work.

TREATMENT: A process or intervention.

DEVELOPMENT HELL: Or also called, " Development Limbo " is a period during which a film or other project is trapped in the development.