TV/Film Writing Week 4 Spring Semester

Monday Bell Ringer & Agenda: Which TV shows are your favorite? Bell Ringer Record

Record! Today you will record your radio drama of your Dr. Seuss book. Please use your time wisely. They are due today!! We will listen to them tomorrow and then move on to TV Shows Make sure you practice BEFORE you record! When you are finished, please listen to is thoroughly!

Tuesday Bell Ringer & Agenda: Find your new seat! (See Gary) What was your favorite part of radio drama? What was the biggest struggle? Bell Ringer Discuss TV show/ Background Look at script

First: On your desk (with an Expo marker), create a list of items that you believe make up a great TV show. Next, share your list with a partner. What are items you both listed in common? Are there two that you feel MUST be in a TV show for it to succeed? Write the two you come up with on the board.

Article: Read the article I give you. There are about 3 or 4 different articles. While you read, highlight and annotate any items that the author thinks must be in a TV show. Then, on the big Post It, write key words you highlighted or annotated.

Road Runner: We are going to watch an episode of the Roadrunner. While we watch, check off any items from your list that you see. What are some items that were not shown? What are some items you can add after watching?

History The Road Runner Show was an animated anthology series which compiled theatrical Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner cartoons from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, which were produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons between 1948 and 1966. Several of the shorts, especially the ones produced from 1965 onward, were produced specifically for television by Format Films after Warner Bros. closed their animation studio. The Road Runner Show also ran for two seasons on CBS (1966– 68), and then on ABC for two seasons (1971–73) and Toon Disney (1998–99). There were two Road Runner/Coyote cartoons during each episode, with another WB animated character(s) in the middle segment (usually Tweety and Sylvester and heads of Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd).

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Exit Slip On a Post It, list items you saw in the RoadRunner that were also in the articles we read. Name Place on board for a grade.

Wednesday Bell Ringer & Agenda: One of the items most of you listed yesterday was plot. What is plot? How does it help the story? Get out paper for notes. Bell Ringer Notes over Plot/Conflict

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Plot: Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another.

Plot Cont: In most TV shows there are two plots going on at the same time. Story A is the main plot. Normally this plot carries over the series. Story B is the underlying plot (there can be more than one of these) Normally this plot finishes by the end of the show. Both stories work together very well.

Exposition/BEGINNING This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting (where and when the story takes place) of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict (main problem). 3 2 4 1 5

Rising Action/MIDDLE This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs. 3 2 4 1 5

Climax This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way. 3 2 4 1 5

Falling Action/END All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of. 3 2 4 1 5

The story comes to a reasonable ending. Resolution/END The story comes to a reasonable ending. 3 2 4 1 5

Conflict: During the exposition and rising action, readers come into contact with the conflict. CONFLICT is: the struggle between opposing forces.

Protagonist vs. Antagonist The main character struggles against the antagonist. The antagonist can be a person, idea, emotion, decision, nature, rules and laws. 21

External Conflict takes place outside of the body 22

There are three types of external conflict 23

The struggle is between two or more characters in the story. Man vs. Man The struggle is between two or more characters in the story. 24

Man VS. Nature This type of conflict pits a story's main character or characters against a natural force such as a flood, fire, blizzard, or disease epidemic. 25

Man VS. Society In many stories, the protagonist battles against element of government or culture. 26

Internal Conflict takes place inside of the body/mind. 27

Man vs. Self The struggle or opposition is within the character--making a tough decision or overcoming guilt for example. A character struggling to overcome fear, sadness or personal issue is struggling with internal conflict. 28

Practice Decide what type of conflict is being illustrated in the following pictures 29

1. Man vs. ? NATURE 30

2. Man vs. ? SOCIETY 31

3. Man vs. ? MAN 32

5. Man vs. ? SELF 33

Now that you have mastered pictures, let’s try some text! Practice Now that you have mastered pictures, let’s try some text! 34

8. Man vs. ? NATURE “If she had only proceeded more slowly. If she had only taken the Southerly route, avoiding the icebergs. If only the watch had had a pair of binoculars.” (news story about the Titanic) 35

10. Man vs. ? MAN “I don’t care who you talk to!” screamed Sarah to West. “I just wish I had never met you!” 36

12. Man vs. ? SELF Tom found a dry spot to sit down in the dark and began to feel guilty over an argument he had had earlier in the day with his mother in which he had said, “I hope I never see you again!” 37

Lastly: Pick one of the vocabulary terms and create a small poster (8 ½ x 11) with the word, definition, example, and a picture to help explain the word. Hang it on the board. Before you begin, write your name and the term you are defining. NO REPEATS!

Thursday Bell Ringer & Agenda: Explain a time where you had the following conflicts: Man vs Man Man vs Nature Man vs Society Half sheet of paper, turn into bin! Bell Ringer Skim Script Story Board

(You will do this for homework if not finished in class) Before We Watch: We are going to look through the script and describe the characters. First: Next: Read through your chunk of script with your partner. Highlight names of characters. On the character profile chart, give a description of the characters in your chunk. Identify the role if you can Also, decide what the archetype is. Be prepared to share Create a COLORED story board for your chunk of script. You design it how you want, make sure it includes the following: Title Summary of scene Characters/ dialogue Conflict/action (if there is one in your scene) Setting Make sure students leave script in back bin in case someone is absent tomorrow Vocab terms: Slug line, Formatting of script, scene snap shot, actor directions! Finish early? Go through your chunk and identify vocab terms from script writing. (You will do this for homework if not finished in class)

Friday Bell Ringer & Agenda: Get out your script. Bell Ringer Read Script

Heather: Starr Jason: John L Hotch: Gary Haley:Hannah Elle:Taylor Derek: Issac Dr. Reid:Angel Richard:Damien Ms Slessman: Kayla Tim Vogel:Tate David Woodland: Kayla Penelope Garcia:Myka Narrator: Hannah Before We Watch: I want to run through the script with you and make sure you have an idea of what is going on. Volunteers for roles? Everyone should have a role!! Heather: Jason: Hotch: Haley: Elle: Derek: Dr. Reid: Richard: Ms Slessman: Tim Vogel: David Woodland: Penelope Garcia: Narrator: