DRAFT_final assignment

TANK-TOP CITY

by

(Kan Hui Cheng)

(2D)

(Eva a evil person who want to influence people to be evil. Soon Alex and Sam the good citizens find out, going stop his way! )

FINAL ASSIGNMENT (Grade       % )

My Blog: (iloveriders.blogspot.sg)

My Email: (kanhc91@gmail.com)

Deadline: xx Jan 2013

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

TITLE:                                   (Tank-Top City)

GENRE:                                 (comedy)

TARGET AUDIENCE:          (teenage age 13 and onwards)

THE DOMINANT CULTURAL / SOCIAL ISSUE FEATURED IN MY WORK IS:        

(dominant issue)

LOGLINE:

(Eva a evil person who just move into Tank-Top City want to influence people to be evil as people there are too helpful and friendly. Soon Alex and Sam the good citizens find out, going stop his way!)

SYNOPSIS:

(Eva disguise himself into a pre-school teacher and each them how to be rude to them parents and elderly. When the children were feat by their parents/ grandparents, the kids acts rudely to them. Alex and Sam saw, went to find who did it, and stop Eva.)

CHARACTER PROFILES

CHARACTER LIST (All characters)

Key Character - Alex

Supporting Character(s) - Sam

Villain (if any) - Eva

CHARACTER BIO OF KEY CHARACTER

Alex was a bimbo guy, pretty handsome, but with a kind and helpful heart with good manner that the whole Tank-Top City people love him. He not a human, he's alien from a planet called Mars. He will be very nasty when somebody being rude or not very nice, he will do the same thing twice as much to that person, until they beg for mercy.


3 Act Structure

Act1 setup:

Key Character(s): Alex and Sam

Must - have info: Alex and Sam are good citizen and neighbour in TanK-Top city.  They are trying to find Eva and kick him out of the town.

Motive: Alex and Sam are trying to stop Eva doing bad influence people in town.

Conflict/Obstacles: Eva disguise himself as a pre-school teacher, in the same time Alex and Sam are hunting him, and can't recognize him. They when further to find Eva.


Act2 Confrontation:

Confrontation: Eva was teaching the children to be rude and disrespect to people who is older/ elder than them. After school, the children were fence by their parents/grandparents/ siblings. They started being rude and disrespect.

Turning Point: When Alex and Sam pass by the school again, they find that the children are behaving weird to their elders. They went to check the school.

Conflict/Obstacles: Alex and sam trying to stop the children to be rude. but there too much children attacking them.

Up the Stakes:  They run to some where save in the school.



Act3 Resolution:

Climax (Grand Finale): When they are hiding from the children, they saw Eva both Alex and Sam charge and try to catch him. They beat Eva up and throw him into the sky and Eva fly far far away.

Resolution:  After beating up Eva, Alex sudden went so angry, he's went to school and scold all the children who were very rude to the elders. the children cried and say sorry to the elders.

Moral of the story if any: Don't be evil, soon you will be flying in the sky.

class exercise: cat fight

Title/ Topic: fighting for a guy
Key Character: Gigi and Zara
Supporting Character: Zedd, the handsome guy

Story: Gigi and Zara were rival, fighting for a handsome guy.  Took place  outside the school.

Scene1 -

EXT: OUTSIDE SCHOOL: Gigi was waiting for Zara outside the school, and saw Zara came out form the school.

GIGI (stare at Zara) and walk toward her: ZARA! YOU THIS BLOODY UGLY BITCH!

ZARA: *sigh* what's your f**king problem again?

GIGI: Zedd is mine! stopping being a bitch and go out with him!

ZARA: *shock & laugh* ARE YOU CRAZY!? he didin't say he have a girlfriend like you? he's still single! who u think you are? MY MOTHER!!??

GIGI (slap Zara): NO! but i will help your mother to teach you a lesson!

ZARA(stare her and charge toward to attack her): so you wanna a fight!! BRING IT ON!!!!!!

* Gigi and Zara having a big fight, at the same time, more and more passers by came to watch and  Zedd walk pass and try to stop them*

ZEDD (shouted) : STOP IT!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU BOTH DOING?? AREN'T YOU BEING SHAME DOING THIS IN THE PUBLIC??

ZARA (POITED HER): she's the one who started it first! and say you are belonging to her!

ZEDD (STUT for awhile)

GIGI: Zedd, I like you!

ZARA: wait! I LIKE YOU TOO! who are you going to chose between us?

ZEDD: *sigh* look girl, I'M A GAY! i'm going to engage to AN OTHER GUY NEXT TWO WEEK.. you girls got the wrong ideas from me..

Both Gigi and Zara were very shock!

story by: Kan Hui Cheng

Hero - ALEX, BIMBO
Heroine - SAM, EMO (SAD)
Villain - UNO / EVA
Comic Relief - (male/female - optional)
SHAMPOO

 Characterization:
(YOU TELL ME WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY ARE LIKE, LET ME GET TO KNOW THEM - USING YOUR SCRIPT)
- Special Voice, behaviours, actions
- X-Factor
- Item (eg Mr Bean's green mini, teddy bear)
- Cliches / Stereotypes
- Antagonist /  Protagonist / Supporting

story-telling techniques:
(MUST USE AT LEAST 1 TYPE, YOU CAN MIX AS WELL)
1. journey / quest or goal-achievement / education
2. rivalry / testing
3. discovery / coming of age
4. love / forbidden love
5. problem-solution / question-answer

building story design:
(MUST USE ONE OR MORE OF ITEMS BELOW)
premise - use a statement
concept - how do you want to tell your story? ref to: ministry of silly walks, spam, sample tvcs, etc.
theme - themes & issues relating to target audience
meanings - making sense > what is your key message

exercise1_story

0414

by

(Kan Hui Cheng)

(2D)

(My 1-Sentence Summary here – A Taiwan television star, who has a kind and innocent daughter who’s in her teen. And was kidnapped on the way to school, which follow been abduction and torture and murder.

EXERCISE 1 (Grade 15% )

My Blog: (http://iloveriders.blogspot.sg/)

My Email: (pillow_kanhc@hotmail.com)

Deadline: 1 Feb 2013

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

TITLE:                                   (0414)

GENRE:                                 (tragedy and crime)

TARGET AUDIENCE:          (Teenage to adult, 18 year old and onwards)

THE DOMINANT CULTURAL / SOCIAL ISSUE FEATURED IN MY WORK IS:        

After I seem documentary of crime and investigation, mostly committer of some serious crime such as murder, rape, abuser. Mostly they all came from weird or broken family that leads them to do something or wrong thinking that normal human would not do. I have many question in my mind. Are they lacking of love and concern, that what came into my mind. What wrong with those sickening people? I have friends who were also raised by single parent, but they all are find. What the problem lie on? Education? The way parent(s) taught them? The society? The friends they make? Sometime, is hard to find the right answer or reason why they did that, which likes some kind of unsolved mystery.

LOGLINE:

(My 1 Sentence Summary Here – A star mother, received a call from the kidnapper. Soon the Taiwan Medias know too, as the worst be coming.)

SYNOPSIS:

(Synopsis of your story here – A star mom, who is a single parent raised her daughter in her teen. One morning, she went to school and never came back and received a call from the kidnapper. Soon the media knew and spread to the world wide.)

CHARACTER PROFILES

CHARACTER LIST (All characters)

Key Character – Anna was a Taiwan television star, who was a singer, host and actress. She was a mother of a teen.

Supporting Character(s) – Grace, who is Anna’s daughter.

Villain (if any) –  the kidnappers - Chen, Lin, Gao (kidnapper)

CHARACTER BIO OF KEY CHARACTER

Anna marry to a Japanese manga artist and divorce after a few year due to his extramarital and domestic violence.

Work as a celebrity in Taiwan as a singer, host and actress.  She is a single mother who raised her daughter, Grace by herself.

Grace was study in a high school.

RESEARCH

http://www.guangming.com.my/node/19385

http://www.ctitv.com.tw/newchina_video_c130v25816.html

http://www.ctitv.com.tw/newchina_video_c130v25815.html

http://www.ctitv.com.tw/newchina_video_c130v25813.html

http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0516/feat1.html

REFLECTION PAPER

(a reflection is a write-up on how you derived your own story concept and idea(s) from research & brainstorm done – 2 to 3 para, double spaced)

I decided to use the story from Bai Bing Bing (Taiwan Celebrity), as I was curious with this question for a long time that why she do IVF(in vitro fertilization) in her 40s going 50.  One day, as I was watching crime and investigation network, I saw this preview of her crying and found out that she had a daughter. So I decide to watch this show called “Murder and mayhem in Taipei” and I kind of know what going on, and I was a bit sad after watching it.

3 ACT STRUCTURE: (in point form below)

ACT1 SETUP	ACT2 CONFRONTATION	ACT3 RESOLUTION
Key Character(s): Anna went to work as usual. And came back home, soon receive a call from the kidnapper that request he wanted US$5millions and no police report as her daughter, Grace would be in trouble. Must-have Info: Grace were kidnapped on the way to school.	Confrontation: after Anna made a report, soon the media follow and the next day the article and news about Grace.	Climax (Grand Finale): Soon found out that there are three kidnappers and were with serious criminal records. Saw the news reporting a death female corpse. Resolution: Anna when to the place and found out that her daughter.
MOTIVE: Wanted to save her daughter.	TURNING POINT: The kidnapper called for her to meet up to take the funds.	MOTIVE RESOLVED? No.
Conflict/Obstacles: Struggling whether wants to call from help. Her brother convinces her to call police. In the end she called the police.	Conflict/Obstacles: The media keep following Anna, as the meet was not successful. Up the Stakes: the more days their took Grace, the more danger she would be.	Moral of the Story if any:

TREATMENT / STORYLINE & STORYBOARD

(treatment/storyline - describe your story in narrative form, according to the guide given by lecturer, 450-500 words, double spaced)

Anna was a celebrity from Taiwan, a single mother and raised her daughter, Grace by her own.

As she never dreamt before that the worse nightmare is coming. As usual, Anna went to work and Grace went to high school. Anna reached home by the evening, but still don’t see her daughter and think that she might stay in school to do some work. Until night 7p.m, she received a call from a man said, “Anna, the tv star. Your daughter now is in my hand. You better don’t call the police or else I will get nasty. Go to the park that is nearby your house, you will find some belonging to your daughter”. And the kidnapper cancels the call. She was so worried, but feel helpless and she called her brother. Her brother convinces her to call the police.

With the assistant help of the police, Anna and her brother went to the park to find the belonging. Soon the media arrives too. After a 40mins plus of searching, Anna was about to give up, she kicked on something. Called the police for help, they open the box together, in case there was thing would be harmful. She cried loudly after what she sees. It’s was a little finger from Grace, a half nude picture of her and a note written in blood, which shown their their seriousness.

The following day, the news and newspapers were published Anna’s daughter was kidnapped. Anna is trying her best borrow money for friends and relatives to make the funds. Few days, later, she received the call from the kidnapper said angrily, “How dare you made a police report and now the whole Taiwan knew about this!!” He also demands that he wants the fund, and arrange to meet up.

But when the kidnapper arrange the meet up, some media would follow her where ever she go to catch up the later news. After so many days and times of fail meet up, the police found and trying to catch the three male kidnappers. Anna found out that those kidnappers all carry with criminal records with either murder or rapist or both and more records. In Anna’s mind, she’s worried and thinks that what would happen? She’s now with those dangerous people, what worse could happen.

After 15 days of kidnap of Grace, soon bad news shows up in the news. Say that there a female dead corpse in a bag were throw to the river. Anna believes that that was her daughter, she went to the river. And saw the corpse really her daughter. She cried out loud as she was so sad and hurts. After the police investigate, that her daughter was dead to 8 to 10 days, which possibly be very angry with Anna that she made the report and the media follow her tightly. And Grace were being abused, serious injuries found on her head, thoracic cavity, intraperitoneal and liver after that twist her neck and throw to the river.

class exercise 1

CASE STUDY - WHAT MAKES A KEY CHARACTER SPECIAL & UNIQUE?

 johnny bravo - he look truf but like weak, like to act cool. wanted to date girls but fails all the times.

powerpuff girls - they all are cute and friendly. they are not human. Fight for evil, protecting the goods.

austin powers - form the 70s.very popluar  in there. lots of ladies want to be with him.

Note the meanings/definitions of these terms on your blog:

- Screenplay: Video plays and see on the screen.
- Storyboard: Illustration or images
- Plagiarism: An act or instance of using or closely imitating of another author without authorization.
- Pitch: Set-up
- Genre: A class or category
- Conceptualize: Logline
- Synopsis: A brief summary of the plot
- 3 Act Structure: to bulid up the story
- Set Up, Confrontation, Resolution: part of 3 act structure
- Treatment: an act or manner
- Storyline: A detailed description of the plot
- Motive: A mission or task must be done.
- Conflict: having a hard time/ period that key character face.

What makes a good story? (in point form)

Theme
Theme should be grown on the story, so the audience will learn while reading/ watching it.

3 act structure
ACT1: setup
ACT2: confrontation
ACT3: resolution (climax)

 Plot
 Often about a conflict or struggle that the main character goes through.
 The main character should win or lose

Character(s)
 Before you start writing, know your characters well.
 Main character should be someone readers can feel something in common with, or at least care about.

Setting
 Set your story in a place and time that will be interesting or familiar.