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.

About storytelling & characters

What kind of heroes/heroines do you like?
Heroes/ Heroines can thinks more and in solving mysteries/ problems.

What kind of villains do you like?
greedy and hatred.

What kind of stories do you enjoy? why?
Action and solving on problem. because is not easy to predict.

Simpons

One sentence story angle(story idea):
Woman is not an object, is to be love.


One sentence plot summary:
Bart got a new spy camera and he started to use it to take pictures all around him. And he took a photo of his father dancing with a female belly dancers.


Synopsis:
Bart got new camera and he started to takes pictures around him. One day Homer went to a party and his family went to the same restaurant to have dinner. When Bart went to the toilet, he was curious and went to other room and saw Homer was dancing with a belly dancer.


Act1:
key character: Homer
Motive: trying to explain everything to Marge.
Situation:Bart took a photo of homer dancing with the belly dancer.

Act2:
Conflict: Bart photocopy the photo to his friends, soon the picture went all around the city.
Obstacles: when Marge found out, she kick out Homer out of the house.
Drama: He went to his friend's house to live, but he miss home and he decided to go home.

Act3:
Outcome: Merge want Homer to explain to Bart that woman is not an object and not to be toying around,which she doesn't want Bart have a wrong thinking.
Resolution: Homer bring Bart to different pub to find that dancer. At later Homer found her and he went to the stage to explain things to the audiences and Marge forgive Homer.

Frasier

Season 1 ep1 "The good son"

1 sentence story idea

No every times/ things goes according to what you plan / think you wanted.


1sentence plot summary
Frasier and his brother is deciding their father to live in the nursing home, but changed theirs mind and one of them is keep their father.


synopsis
Frasier is a formerly a boston, who was recently got divorce with his wife, thought he finally have a single life back. When his brother told him that their father got injures form the bathroom, one of them must take care of him. As Frasier taking care of his father, who doesn't like his younger son's wife. And he also wanted to be a good son. Soon trouble goes into his life as his father is not a easy person,not just his father who lives in his house, Eddie, the dog and Daphne Moon, an english physiotherapist.

character bio
Trying to be a god son.
Dislike the dog, Eddie

3 act structure

Act1
Frasier is a host talk in a radio show, he divorce with his wife, and started a new life as a bachelor.
Turning point
Deciding on put his father to a nursing home, or his brother or him going to let his father stay?


Act2
His father live Frasier's house and not a easy person. the dog and the physiotherapist are also going to live in his house. His father never say "thank you" to him.
Turning point
He wanted to give up being a good son.

Act3
His father called the hot line to the radio station and telling him, "thank you".

3 Act Structure

Act 1: Set up; to keep the story interesting and set problems / questions for audience to ask themself, why what , how? to keep them interested to find out themself. E.g story started and audience would ask themself, why is he chasing her?? why are the fighting?.
Act 2: Confrontation; as in act 1 hidden back-story sholud be reveiw in act 2. And now will be more dangerous and difficult for the main characters.
Act3 : Resolution; of the problem. the eventual conclusion of the story, whether the main character is in good ending or died/defeated.

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 :