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Lesson 11
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Bob Rowen’s Level 2 Action Emotions
What I learned doing this assignment is how to use the “surprise, shock, and suspense” emotions that will ultimate result in a bloody fight scene.
1. Scene using: surprise, shock, and suspense.
Union Hall: Hero and supporting characters are planning to propose their union join a legislative petition effort by the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union to protect nuclear whistleblowers from retaliation.
2. Outline of scene:
Surprise: Hero and three supporting characters expect the members of their IBEW, Local 1245 Union to embrace the proposal only to receive threats and hear “It’s not in our best interest!”
Shock: After Hero hands the petition to the union executive, it is ripped into pieces and thrown to the floor. One of the supporting characters takes issue and the Sargent at Arms slugs him.
Suspense: The union boss says to Hero, “If you people continue giving our company a hard time, bad things will happen.
3. Scene as a first draft:
INT. UNION HALL – NIGHT
Virgil Prater, Forrest Wilson, Ray Hastings, and Darrel Porter are sitting alone in the Union Hall preparing for tonight’s union meeting.
PRATER
I don’t think there’s going to be a problem with our union. The Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union is all zazzed about this petition.
FORREST
How’d you get involved with them.
PRATER
It was through an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund. After I shared my concerns about our place with him, he asked if my union would be interested because there are no protections for nuclear whistleblowers at the present time.
The room is filling up with union members mostly from the power plant, line and gas departments.
Beat.
The Chief Shop Steward settles everyone down.
CHIEF SHOP STEWARD
I’m calling this meeting to order and without objection I want to start with the proposal to join in a legislative petition effort by the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union to protect nuclear whistleblowers from retaliation.
MEMBER #1
That’s pure bullshit! And I know who’s behind this fucking shit!
CHIEF SHOP STEWARD
Hold on now. Let’s let Virgil Prater speak to the proposal.
PRATER
The Atomic Workers Union asked me if our union would like to join with them because right now there are no whistleblower protections for nuclear employees.
CHIEF SHOP STEWARD
I’ve taken this proposal to the Executive Committee and they unanimously voted against it. They said it’s not in our best interest to support this proposal.
PRATER
Did they say why?
CHIEF SHOP STEWARD
The Chairman of the Executive Committee is with us tonight. I’ll let him answer that.
CHAIRMAN
Thank you. We built the first privately funded nuclear power plant in the country and it’s a huge success. Let there be no mistake, the company is going nuclear. We need the electricity and we need the good paying jobs.
The Chief Shop Steward tears the petition proposal into several pieces and throws them on the floor.
CHIEF SHOP STEWARD
There’s your answer, Prater.
Forrest jumps up to retrieve the pieces of paper, hollering as he proceeds.
FORREST
We can sign on to the petition as individuals, can’t we Prater?
The IBEW Local 1245 unit’s Sergeant at Arms, a power plant worker, spins around and slugs Forrest in the gut.
POWER PLANT WORKER
If you fucking people continue giving the company a hard time, some bad things are gonna happen.
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Chris’s Level 2 Action Emotions
What I’m learning is key structure and techniques required for any decent action/thriller.
Surprise: the helicopter swoops into the scene.
Shock: sees the Villain then falling into an abandoned well.
Suspense: last second grab; barely about to climb back to safety.
EXT. SLOPE SIDE WOODS – DAY
Our Hero stops running and doubles over; catching his breath. All is quiet. He takes off uphill following a stream to hide his scent. He spots a clearing ahead and sprints towards it, hoping for a hiding spot.
Suddenly, a helicopter BLADES WHIRR above him, and he drops to the ground, flattening himself against the earth. The helicopter circles overhead, searching…Hero waits until the helicopter is out of sight, then takes off again towards the woods.
He breaks off onto a flat open area, carefully avoiding twigs and leaves; stops to listen for any sounds of pursuit, but just the sound of a RUSHING stream. he spots movement ahead, and ducks behind a large rock; peeks out and sees the Villain, scanning the area with binoculars.
Hero doubles back, away from both the helicopter and Villain, using the trees as cover. He moves slowly and quietly, avoiding any twigs or leaves. Just as he rounds a large boulder, he spots the Villain’s HENCHMEN ahead, armed with rifles. They spot him and are now in pursuit.
EXT. THICK WOODS – CONTINUOUS
Hero creeps along slowly, quietly…patiently. He stops to listen for any sounds of pursuit, but just hears is the sound of his own heartbeat. Suddenly, FOOTSTEPS approaching as he ducks behind a tree.
The henchmen close in, and Hero knows he needs to act fast. He takes off his shirt and wraps it around a nearby branch, making it look like he’s still running in that direction. Then, he takes off in the opposite direction, hoping to throw them off his trail.
He runs through the woods in Rambo-style avoiding trees and boulders. Just as he’s about to reach the edge of the woods, he CRASHES into a boarded-up abandoned deep well, the boards BREAKING under his weight.
He scrambles to grab anything to keep him near ground level, but the boards continue to SNAP. As he grabs for the last board, it CRACKS. Falling, he manages to latch onto a root that barely supports his weight. Covered in dirt, he pulls himself out. Exhausted, rolls onto his back, catching his breath.
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This reply was modified 2 years ago by Chris Spizuoco.
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Gary Holland – Level – 2 Action Emotion
At safe house Tango Charley and after securing the fake artifact, the woman for hire is thrown out of a hanger one hundred yards by the caretaker.
SURPRISE:
She hears the SQUEAL of an incoming projectile… it pummels the ground but does not detonate. She walks toward it snickering.
WOMAN FOR HIRE
The damn thing’s a dud.
She spots the words “GALACTIC POLICE” on the body.
WOMAN FOR HIRE
Ya forgot to arm it boys.
SHOCK
Suddenly a HUM rings out and intensifies quickly… she eyes a screen… the word “OVERLOAD” flashes.
SUSPENSE
In desperation, the hanger lower level is her only option.
Running in that direction and toward her rivals, she is caught in the Earth fighter’s jet blast and thrust away from the hanger.
In flight, her whip elongates toward the hanger… attaches to a support and yanks her into the hanger.
TO THE LOWER LEVEL SHE GOES…
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Frances Williams Level 2 Action Emotion,
Suspense,
Prime Minister s daughter is walking down the halls at school when she receives a mysterious text, “meet me in the back of the school.
Scene – She and 2 of her classmates are smoking behind the bleachers when 2 Ben dressed as School Security Guards approach them, and ask them what they are doing, they exchange words then proceed to return to school.
Shock + After they show their identification, they are walking back to the classroom when the 2 boys are shot and killed, and a bag is placed over her head and she is taken
Surprise – After she is captured, she is blind folded and taken through an underground tunnel to a Bunker, where her Father has also been kidnapped and his entire cabinet murdered.
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Beth Zurkowski Level 2 Emotions What I learned doing this assignment is Lots of deep brain storming.
Surprise: Father follows Naya to her new house in another state and finds Naya in a grocery store and captures her holding her hostage.(V-9)Shock: After ransacking Naya’s house he finds Velda’s phone number and he lets Velda know he has Naya and she is his hostage and Naya’s death is on her hands. Suspense: (M-8) Velda searches for Naya’s family can she find Naya in time?
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