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4/21/14 Journal # 40

4/21/14 Journal # 40. You tell a joke to a friend, and you hear laughter from someone else; you turn and see your stalker…. sonnet. A 14 line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter and ending in a rhymed couplet The Prologue to Romeo and Juliet is a sonnet. Writing a playscript.

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4/21/14 Journal # 40

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  1. 4/21/14 Journal # 40 • You tell a joke to a friend, and you hear laughter from someone else; you turn and see your stalker…

  2. sonnet • A 14 line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter and ending in a rhymed couplet • The Prologue to Romeo and Juliet is a sonnet

  3. Writing a playscript

  4. It is a dark, cold night and Mel and Sid are sitting on a green park bench. The street lights are dim and the sound of the traffic can just be heard in the background. Mel: Ooh its so cold out here, do you think it might rain? Sid: (Shrugs his shoulders) Dunno. Mel: Not very talkative tonight are you? What’s up? Sid: (Huffs and stretches legs out) Dunno. Mel: I was thinking about my holiday, (looks up to the sky) all that sun and luxury. Sid: Dunno what for, it ain’t ever gonna ‘appen. Setting the scene

  5. It is a dark, cold night and Mel and Sid are sitting on a green park bench. The street lights are dim and the sound of the traffic can just be heard in the background. Mel: Ooh its so cold out here, do you think it might rain? Sid: (Shrugs his shoulders) Dunno. Mel: Not very talkative tonight are you? What’s up? Sid: (Huffs and stretches legs out) Dunno. Mel: I was thinking about my holiday, (looks up to the sky) all that sun and luxury. Sid: Dunno what for, it ain’t ever gonna ‘appen. Characters, when they speak you don’t need Quotation marks!

  6. It is a dark, cold night and Mel and Sid are sitting on a green park bench. The street lights are dim and the sound of the traffic can just be heard in the background. Mel: Ooh its so cold out here, do you think it might rain? Sid: (Shrugs his shoulders) Dunno. Mel: Not very talkative tonight are you? What’s up? Sid: (Huffs and stretches legs out) Dunno. Mel: I was thinking about my holiday, (looks up to the sky) all that sun and luxury. Sid: Dunno what for, it ain’t ever gonna ‘appen. Stage directions, tell the actors what to do on stage.

  7. It is a dark, cold night and Mel and Sid are sitting on a green park bench. The street lights are dim and the sound of the traffic can just be heard in the background. Mel: Ooh its so cold out here, do you think it might rain? Sid: (Shrugs his shoulders) Dunno. Mel: Not very talkative tonight are you? What’s up? Sid: (Huffs and stretches legs out) Dunno. Mel: I was thinking about my holiday, (looks up to the sky) all that sunand luxury. Sid: Dunno what for, it ain’t ever gonna ‘appen. What the actors say. (Dialogue.)

  8. It is a dark, cold night and Mel and Sid are sitting on a green park bench. The street lights are dim and the sound of the traffic can just be heard in the background. Mel: Ooh its so cold out here, do you think it might rain? Sid: (Shrugs his shoulders)Dunno.L Mel: Not very talkative tonight are you? What’s up? Sid: (Huffs and stretches legs out)Dunno. Mel: Dunno what for, it ain’t ever gonna ‘appen. l

  9. Format: • Napoleon Dynamite

  10. 4/22/14 Journal #48 • Duct tape can fix anything. Well, almost anything…

  11. suspense • A feeling of tension in the reader in regard to the well-being of the protagonist

  12. Script Practice • Example types of scipts

  13. Script Writing Work Day • Your 5 page Script must be completed by the end class on Thursday • Friday will be practice day • Monday – you will direct your screen play

  14. 4/23/14 Journal #49 • You hear a baby crying, but you know you are alone…

  15. suspense • A feeling of tension in the reader in regard to the well-being of the protagonist

  16. Script Writing Work Day • Your 5 page Script must be completed by the end class on Thursday • Friday will be practice day • Monday – you will direct your screen play

  17. 4/24/14 Journal #40 • Place: on a boat • Character: an elderly rabbi • Object: a digital camera • Weather: brisk

  18. symbol • An item or element of story that is used to represent something else

  19. Journal #8 Due Monday 4/28

  20. Script Writing Work Day • Your 5 page Script must be completed by the end class on Thursday • Friday will be practice day • Monday – you will direct your screen play

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