Dynamic Action
<<Story is Action>>
- Action encompasses any kind of movement, activity and interaction between the characters and also between the characters and their surroundings.
- Talking about how one feels is not as powerful as illustrating why one feels the way they do through action.
<<Film is Behaviour>>
- Action is the manifestation of behaviour.
- The complexity of the human psyche and interaction is better understood when it is possible to watch the actions, nuances and reactions of the characters.
<<Dynamic Action>>
- Has the potential to enrich the experience of the audience by heightening the skates and increasing the tension.
Moving Pictures
The power of any story lies in the narrator’s ability to project a mental pictures for the audience.
Pabrik Dodol – old vs new. the old times were not so bad and were fun too. Modern machines reduce interaction between workers compared to the old time methods.
How to convey visually any sense of inner conflict of emotion.
Inja: recall and explain some actions/behaviour that was a result of emotions the character felt.
bag scene- The man felt insulted that the dog ignored him,the master of the land, but obeyed the boy who worked for the man. This made him jealous and envious of the boy, which resulted in fear that the dog would grow up to be more loyal to the boy than himself. He, thus ordered the boy to put the dog in the bag to be kicked and later open the bag to make the dog believe that the boy kicked it.
Affection towards the dog led him to take the high risk of cutting rope to make the collar for the dog. The boy was forced to obey the man as the man was the boss of the land. He was driven by fear of what the boss might do to him if he did not obey. Heavy regret can be seen in the boy as he had lost his beloved companion. After that incident he did not seem to put much effort into working the land as the boss had to keep showing him how to do certain things such as hammering the wood into the ground.
ASSIGNMENT
-write in 3rd person
-make sure its written visually (translate to actions)
-student number on first page
1st draft of story due wed 6 jan 2010
printed copy in class, soft copy on safe assign
format: courier 12, single spacing
no less than 2 pages no more than three pages
