Script-Writing 1

                                                                          What a day!!

The class with Mark was supposed to start at 9:30 AM. As always,I had set my alarm for 7:30 AM. I missed it!! I got up at 9:15 AM. Having never missed a class,I was close to tears! I will just have to miss it.

My friend Jaime saw me at the corridor of the flat and told me to just change and leave. She told me I would be miserable if i did not attend it. So,I changed and went running for the class. Thank God,i did not miss it. It was a very enlightening class.

Making sense of the environment is the most basic principle of story telling. We started with the story of how might the earth would have come into being. Mark started and then we chipped in with what could be the possible situation that might have necessitated its commencement. We started with darkness and then proceeded to a sudden spark that might have initiated life on earth.Thus, for reaching from Condition A to Condition C,a catalyst (B) is required. This B helps in making sense of the environment.

Most films follow the 3 fold structure of a movie that is the Beginning,the Middle and the End. It is still principally being followed by the Hollywood Studios.

The beginning introduces the characters and their environment.The middle is usually the problem or the challenge that the protagonist needs to overcome while the end discloses whether the protagonist will be successful or not. The start of the film usually sets the tone and the direction where the story will head.

Drawing a chart Mark explained the 'Destiny' of the characters- where are they going to end.

Comedy would be when the characters overcame their problems and get what they want in the end.

Tragedy would we when they do not get what they want in the end,or even worse they die.

Drama would be when they want something but get something else and still they are happy in the end.

He advised Aristotle's Poetics as the book to read to develop our sense of story telling.

He then elaborated on the themes that are mostly seen in films. He divided them in to the following categories:-

1) Desire for Love

2) Desire to belong/validation

3)Desire for justice

4)Desire for morality

5)Fear of death

6)Desire for the unknown/ to know

The aim of the characters in the story is usually search for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.