Week 4 class exercise

1 sentence story idea :

A psychiatrist who faced problems when people started moving to his house.

1 Sentence Plot Summary :

Frasier is working as usual in his psychiatrist show until he found out that his household is going to have more members.

Synopsis:

A short drama series about a man who worked in a psychiatrist show. He was living in his average life until his father and more people moved in to his house. He then faced many problems and chains of events that will make his life more interesting.


Character Bio : 

Frasier Crane is a man in his mid 40s who work as a psychiatrist in his radio show. He is living in his apartment alone.

3 act structure : 

Act 1 : Frasier is just doing his work as usual

Act 2 : Suddenly he found out that his household is going to have more members and he is going through a hard time.

Act 3 : Everything goes smoothly in the end and Frasier is about to begin a new life with the new household members.

week 4 homework

Genre	1-Sentence Pitch	Synopsis
Romance	A prince rescue the Princess.	Fiona is a princess trapped in a giant castle that’s guarded by fierce dragons. Many warriors and prince have came and tried to rescue her but it was all in vain. After years passed by, a knight emerged from kingdom of Camelot to try to rescue Fiona. He is Fred, the legendary knight rumored to be one of the dragonborn who understand dragon’s language.
Horror	A serial killer on the loose.	It’s a quiet and peaceful town in SantaVille till everything changes when a lifetime convicted serial killer , Jason Bond, break out of the prison. Jane is one of the citizen in SantaVille, she was buying groceries for her daughter birthday .Little did she know, Jason Bond was stalking her.
Comedy	A holiday gone wrong.	Mr Bean is an average citizen of JokeVille, he got a steady salary and a steady job. He always dreamed of going on a vacation but the problem is that he doesn’t have  a passport. One day, a letter arrived at his house. Turned out that Mr Bean has won a lottery and he is going on a vacation of his lifetime.
Action	The Journey to be the No.1 in the world.	Hwoarang is a martial artist originated from Korea. He is on a journey to prove to his family and his whole clan of martial artist that he is the strongest in the world. One day a world tournament called “Tekken” was held at his hometown. Hwoarang then is on a journey to be the No.1 fighter of the world but it wouldn’t be as easy as he thought.
Crime	An impossible murder	Mr.Lim the richest man in the world invited his family to a great party to celebrate his victory against his rival company. However everything goes wrong when his son found out that he is murdered at the toilet.Little did everyone know that the murder is just a scheme to a whole larger turnabout.

CLass exercise week 3

(MTV) IT'S MY LIFE - BON JOVI : 

1 Sentence summary :  A guy rushing for a party. 

3 Act structure : Act 1 : a girl called a guy to tell him that he is late for party , Act 2 : he rushes to the party even though there are many obstacles, he used shortcuts and any stuffs he can find to make his journey faster, Act 3 : he made it to the party.

Snowman :

1 sentence summary : A toy snowman is trying to get an attention from a toy sexy woman.
3 Act structure : Act 1 : the snowman spotted a sexy looking toy woman and trying to get her attention but the problem is that he is stuck in his own toy container Act 2 : he tried his best to get out from the container. Act 3 : He managed to break out from his container but somehow he is trapped again.

                                                                         Fantasia :
1 Sentence summary : a flamingo that tries to be different from the others.
3 act structure : Act 1 : there are bunch of flamingos dancing but there's one that stood out. Act 2: the odd flamingo tried to get the other flamingos to dance according to his own pace. Act 3 : everything goes as he planned.

                                                                   FOR THE BIRDS : 
1 sentence summary : A group of birds was chilling until a big bird came.
3 act structure : Act 1 : A group of birds was just hanging out until a big bird came Act 2 : the Big bird was hated by the rest of the group but then the Big bird pulled a prank on them. Act 3 : The group of birds got pranked by the Big Bird.

                                                                    Jurassic Farts :
1 Sentece summary : A competition of farts.
3 act structure : Act 1 : A group of animals is farting. Act 2 : The pig farts, Act 3 : The whole team except the pig fainted.

Exercise 2 part 2 loglines

Class Exercise (week 2)

Mulan - The Fa family's only child, tomboy Mulan, fails to fulfill a Chinese girl's traditional duty as desirable bride,decides to fight for her country and the honor of her family

The Money Pit -A young couple sinks their life savings into a house that is falling apart to the extent that it no longer has a main stairway or water.

Tampopo(crazy woman scene)- A crazy old lady destroying all the squash able food that she can find in the super mart which was own by a man.

A Scriptwriter’s Terminology:

1 SENTENCE PITCH : The teaser or the short summary of the movie/show in one sentence. 

LOGLINE : A one-sentence summary of your script.

SYNOPSIS : A brief summary of the plot or story.

CHARACTER BIO : A personal data or information of a character.

CHARACTER BIBLE : A more personal data or information of many characters. 

3 ACT STRUCTURE : 3 parts of scene starting from Set-up,confrontation and resolution.

STORYLINE : The set of scripts or writings of the story from the start, climax to finish.

TREATMENT :  A draft of the movie/show. 

PLOTS / SUBPLOTS : The main storyline or the main focus of the story.

SCENE BREAKDOWN : A list of scenes.

BEATS : a unit of a scene in a story where there is an exchange between the characters and the action/ reaction/revelation advances the story and shape the turning of that scene.

SCRIPT : The paperworks of the story usually contains dialogues and draft of the story.

All situations/plots need:

HOOK / TEASER : A short preview of the story usually to make the audience feel curious or excited.

MOTIVE : A reason for the plot of the story.

CONFLICT / OBSTACLES : The bad things or stuffs that the Protagonist have to overcome.

DRAMA / ACTION : A story with more focus on active skills and body language.

DRAMATIC SEQUENCE : A scene where it's intense.

UP THE STAKES : A scene where the protagonist have to take a risk.

CHAIN REACTION: A scene which cause something to the other characters or something happened simultaneously 

RESOLUTION : The way to solve the conflict.

OUTCOME : The results.

CLOSURE : Ending.

What makes a good story?

1.    Clear introductions.

2.    Clear and understandable characters.

3.    The settings or the location of the place should be interesting and suits the characters.

4.    Jokes and funny moments are placed at the right scene or right time.

5.    Less cliché moments.

6.    Dialogues didn’t contain any coarse language or any profanities.

7.    The Tone of the story isn’t too dark or too deep.

8.    The Storyline is easy to understand.

9.    The plot and story structure should be arranged properly from the introductions, climax, to the ending.

10. Climax moments should be really intense and epic.

11. The story is not too long or too short or too boring.

12. Happy ending.