302: WEEK FIVE

Today Story discussion Satire discussion Storylining WHITEOUS! Coverage: objective, subjective, POV. idea generation + coverage exercise

Story An interesting person, has to do something difficult, to achieve something worthwhile. Feel free to totally ignore this and just be utterly entertaining in an absolutely original way – BUT, the above works – why?

Multiple story strands The central story – the biggest problem - is the A strand The secondary story – the second biggest problem – is the B story. C, D strands are usually seeding future stories

Character drives story What the lead character wants is the single biggest driver of any traditionally structured story How is this different from what a character actually needs?

Satire The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Real Housewives of Isis “The comedy sketch – aired this week as part of BBC2’s new comedy series Revolting – has come under fire from some viewers who have called it “morally bankrupt” and insensitive, while others have accused the BBC of making “Hijabis feel more isolated [and] targeted by Islamophobes”. Comedians, however, have said that reaction to the sketch is part of a growing culture of offence which – alongside stories that overhype the reaction – are in danger of stifling one of Britain’s most successful exports: its satire.” The Guardian: “Real Housewives of Isis: 'They want Muslims to be offended, but we aren’t” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHGgv6p7uVI

The Sellout “Most basically “The Sellout” is about a young black man born in the “agrarian ghetto” of Dickens, a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, who becomes an artisanal watermelon and weed dealer. One of the finer pot strains he develops is called Anglophobia. He ends up before the Supreme Court because he is — wait for it — reinstating slavery, at least in his own house, and segregating the local middle school, boxing whites out. His sidekick and erstwhile chattel is an old man named Hominy, the last surviving Little Rascal. Hominy says things like, “You know, massa, Bugs Bunny wasn’t nothing but Br’er Rabbit with a better agent.” Broad satirical vistas are not so hard for a novelist to sketch. What’s hard is the close-up work, the bolt-by-bolt driving home of your thoughts and your sensibility. This is where Mr. Beatty shines." New York Times Book Review – Paul Beatty’s Biting Satire on Black American Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHGgv6p7uVI

Storylining WHITEOUS! Firstly, what is this a satire of? Exactly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHGgv6p7uVI

Coverage Objective Subjective Point of View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNeQm5aqrHo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovQk7fd4_Co

CASTING Casting is your responsibility, it’s a way off, but be prepared for it Start compiling a list of agents and websites where you could advertise the roles Research what a casting brief is (view last year’s brief in “Files”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNeQm5aqrHo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovQk7fd4_Co

REVEALING YOUR CHARACTER’S SECRET USING THE SAME CHARACTER WITH THE SAME SECRET THAT YOU DEVELOPED THE LAST TWO WEEKS– REVEAL THEIR SECRET TO THE ONE PERSON THEY LEAST WANT TO KNOW IT. AND THEN THINK OF AN UNPREDICTABLE WAY FOR YOUR CHARACTER TO ACT. THIS DOESN’T MEAN “CRAZY” – THEY COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, BE RELIEVED THAT THE SECRET IS OUT. WRITE A ONE PAGE SCENE, USE ONE NEW ACTOR, 5 SHOTS– RECORDING SOUND USING THE BOOM MIC.

Shoot the scene in a maximum of five shots - edit in camera, and record sound. Do your white balance. Set your record levels. Start with the widest shot first?