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Day 1: What I learned …?
What I learned ….
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I learned to hook the viewer by starting the scene with interesting action. When they demonstrating their dangerous skills (zipline),and it raisied a couple of questions. Who are these guys dressed in (mask)?,and what are they doing? Then after the opening images set up the big confrontation in the middle of the scene by characterizing the antagonist as a evil person. The middle of the scene starts the main confrontation. The bad guys entered the bank and set the tone with guns blazing ,and with no regard for life. Expand the conflict on two fronts. The heists and the consolation of controlof the leader .Through crosses and double crosses the leader started emerge. We immersed deeper with the counter measures of the bank vault. Will they breach it? Are the y smart enough?
Intensify the big confrontation .The bank employee moved forward with no fear and shot back. Foreshadow with dialogue.The employee suggested a hidden organizations. When he said “do you have any idea who we are”?Now the climax of the scene. The bad guys are successful with the scene goal.As they wait to make their escape the unknown leader triple cross the third team member.The school bus crashed through wall ,and they started to load the bags of money.The team mate questioned the leader when he asked”what happened where are the rest of the guys”? Then the unknown leader took off the mask to reveal what we suspected all along with the sound of his voice that it’s theJoker.He completed the job by finishing off the fearless bank employee in spectacular fashion.
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I found it interesting that this movie opens with an exploration of the antagonist rather than the protagonist. It’s helpful that this is a sequel, but it would have worked just as well if it were a standalone movie. In starting with questions and rumors about the antagonist while also coloring it in with a picture of the powerful mob this antagonist is attacking, we see how formidable and dangerous are the enemies Batman (the protagonist) will be facing. Rather than try to show the climber’s skills, show the impossible mountain he needs to climb, so to speak.
<font face=”inherit”>My opening currently focuses on introducing the protagonist, but it gives little sense of the dangers and challenges this character faces on a daily basis. I will try to include some </font>dialogue<font face=”inherit”> and imagery that starts pointing toward the “mountain” she needs to climb even before the inciting incident. I think that will elevate the hook of the whole film. </font>
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What I learned is that there has to be a real hook in the introduction. Sometimes, I think actions is all you need, but that will only get you so far. I was immediately interested in the reasoning for why these men were robbing a bank, why they were listening to some guy, even to the point of killing each other. I also like the fact that a questioned was answered “Who is the Joker?”, in the first scene while leaving us wanting the rest of the answers. I also don’t think there was any “wasted” dialogue, and it was realistic, and pushing the story forward.
I think my introduction needs more meaning in dialogue. I want to review it to see if it pushes the story forward, asks questions, possibly answers some and pushes the story forward at the same time.
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I learned how effective it is to start the opening scene with the characters engaging in fast-paced action that portends danger and captures the imagination. I observed how the viewers are kept engaged with the introduction of a series of mysteries that are resolved with intriguing reveals, until the final revelation that the Joker is the mastermind behind the heist where all of his cohorts are killed until he is the last one standing. Viewing and analyzing this scene as instructed by Cheryl created a major breakthrough for me.
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I learned that your opening scene must match the genre. This wouldn’t have been nearly effective at introducing the film’s world and genre if it started with a scene of Bruce Wayne at one of his charity functions. It is also important that the opening scene of any movie hooks the audience. This can be done by including as many interest techniques as possible.
The script I’m focusing on in this class needs the opening scene rewritten. In the back of my mind, I knew it when writing it, but I wasn’t sure how to change it. Now I have a better grasp on what I need to do to make the opening scene stronger and more engaging.
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What I learned by watching this scene is how to build suspense in a creative way, while driving the story forward with the least amount of dialogue to give the viewer the most amount of information to drive the scene.
Watching this scene multiple times has allowed me to rethink my opening scene in a lot of different ways. What is my setup to my scene to introduce my antagonist? What is the world he operates in? And what is at stake?
In my script my antagonist is a Human and a Computer, so how do I showcase the evil in both without saying much words. And when I do use words, what is the dialogue used to drive the story forward creatively and without exposition.
Ultimately, I learned how to keep the audience guessing and putting one on the edge of their seat.
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What I learned from the opening scene of The Dark Knight:
· To start an opening scene in the middle of the intriguing action.
· To build interest and intrigue through advancing action and dialogue throughout the scene, with the rise of tension and suspense.
· To intermix action and dialogue to build subtext and character attributes.
· How to build a story line and a lead character’s introduction profile at the same time, in a way that is creative, hooking, active, suspenseful, entertaining, which makes the audience want more, all in one scene.
· Build more meaning into each word, each prop, each movement, and each physical movement.
· Repetition of actions and dialogue can be helpful in beat transitions.
· Subtle interactions between characters make a significant difference in a scene and can communicate small bits of information to the audience.
· For me to get proficient at writing script openings I have a lot of script openings to write.
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from the top, there’s mystery, intrigue and suspense. It’s obviously a heist but run by who. The characters, who die as part of a master plan, reveal something to the audience about who’s behind it all even though they don’t exactly know who’s behind it all. Neither the henchmen, nor the audience is in superior position but parts of the mystery are being laid out. To say nothing of the stakes of robbing a bank and how the players get into position. We even learn that these guys aren’t robbing a regular bank, but a bank for gangsters…raising the stakes even further. Suspense undergirds every scene. Mystery is revealed to be the Joker at the end who’s the mastermind. Intrigue as this is the tip of the spear of the framework of the story that’s about to be told. Expository but handed off between characters so one doesn’t get bored.
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After re-examining my opening scene, I’m relatively happy with it. I start in the middle of the action, introduced my characters, revealed certain things about their personalities, brought in conflict. I have a teaser before my opening scene that sets the tone – it’s a murder. My opening scene comes in light and comedic, but then quickly becomes dark and full of conflict. It brings up lots of questions and has some foreshadowing in it.
The only real change I’ve made to it so far is shortening the dialogue. It was wordy and I could see most of it landing on the editor’s floor. I’m still not thrilled with the dialogue and will likely rework it many more times.
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