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Week 2 Day 4: Character Reveal – SPIDER-MAN
1. Please watch the scene and provide your insights into what makes this scene great from a writing perspective.
2. Read the other writers insights and make notes of how you will will reveal character in interesting ways.
3. Rethink or create your own Character Reveal scene using your new insights and rewrite the scene.
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WATCH 1ST TIME FOR:
BASIC SCENE COMPONENTS — SCENE ARC, SITUATION, CONFLICT, MOVING THE STORY FORWARD, ENTERTAINMENT VALUE, AND SETUPS/PAYOFFS.
– starts as normal school cafeteria scene, then weird things start happening to Peter and his spider threads pull a food tray into a tough guy, who goes to fight him the in hall, but Peter’s new powers save him – he and others are astonished.
WATCH 2ND TIME FOR:
WHAT MAKES THIS SCENE GREAT?
– weak guy gets powers to best the tough bully
HOW IS THE REVEAL DEMANDED BY THE SITUATION?
– because the tough guy is fighting him this draws out his powers, to his own surprise & that of others
HOW DOES THE SCENE REVEAL PETER PARKER’S POWERS THROUGH ACTION?
– no word about the powers, only action, starting with spoon clinging to his “spider” hand, then the spider threads
HOW DOES PETER AND OTHERS REACT TO THE REVEAL?
– shocked and surprised
WHAT MAKES THIS SCENE GREAT FROM A WRITING PERSPECTIVE
– the audience always like the smaller weakling besting the bigger tough bully.
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