Lesson # 1

What makes a good story?

- Character
- Plot
- Location
- Time
- Conflict

Note the meanings/definitions of these terms on your blog:
 
- Screenplay : the process of recording/playing out the story.
- Storyboard : the plan of the story,
- Plagiarism : Copying or stealing other people works.
- Pitch : The teaser
- Genre : category
- Conceptualize : the idea of the story
- Logline : A one sentence summary of your script
- Synopsis : A brief summary of the plot / story
- 3 Act Structure : 3 parts of scene starting from set up, confrontation and resolution.
- Set Up, Confrontation, Resolution : 3 act structure
- Treatment : development of the story.
- Storyline : the story or the plot of the story.
- Motive : the main idea / goal of the story
- Conflict : the obstacle / problem that the character has to face in the story.

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Starship troopers

Logline : Soldiers trying to defend their planet from aliens

3 act structure :

1. Soldiers have been told that there are attacks from the alien and they have to defend their planet by joining the army.

2. The aliens turn out to be strong and they have many difficulties fighting them

3. They successfully defended their planet and defeated all the aliens.

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Home Alone

Logline : Kevin trying to protect his house from burglar , alone.

1. A family is going to a vacation but they forgot they left one of their children alone at home

2. The lone child discovered that there are 2 burglar that's going to rob their house. The child have to defend his home at all cost.

3. The child successfully defended his home and reunited with his family.

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Transporter 2

Logline : A man trying to protect the kid from the mafia.

1. A transporter is a driver that drives a person from one to another place safely.
2. The transporter is given a kid to be transported but on the way of transporting he is faced with many mafias hunting him down.
3. He successfully transported the kid

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Men In Black :

Logline : 2 secret agents defending their planet from aliens.

1. A man is recruited to join the secret agent service targeting to eliminate aliens from earth.
2. The 2 secret agents faced an alien threat that will destroy the world.
3. The threat is solved  successfully.