Week 7: Scenes

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Week 7

Setting a Scene

Have you ever read a movie/theatre scene?

Yes

No

Have you ever written a movie/theatre scene?

Yes

No

Key Elements

Most important questions:

• Who wants what from whom?
• What happens if they don’t get it?
• Why now?

Find a movie scene on YouTube and answer the 3 important questions.
Copy/Paste the YouTube Link and answers to te questions.
Who wants what from whom?
What happens if they don’t get it?
Why now?

Elements

• One mail goal
  
• Internal goal
• External goal
• Conflict (internal/external)
• Reveal information
• Advance the story
• Subtext

1. Write down the main goal
2. Write down what the characters want in the scene
3. Start with conflict end with conflict.
4. Keep the stakes as high as possible.
5. Reveal information
6. Characters often don’t say what they want out loud. It’s often the meaning behind the words.
7. Write less
8. Advance the story

Assignment

• Turn your Fanfiction story into a movie scene (if you can't think of one, you can always write a talkshow item)
• Have a dialogue in your scene
• Has to be at least 2 minutes
• You only have to WRITE your scene
• Hand in your scene via Teams.