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Day 14 Assignments
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What I learned: I’m not sure I learned anything – this one was incredibly difficult for me.
Leanne Delivers Irony (?)
1. There is one particularly nasty sailor who constantly ridicules the passengers. When Bess hears some of her friends speaking of him in similar terms, she tells them they must be kind to him whether or not he is kind to them. The captain overhears her, and when the sailor becomes ill, Bess is asked to take care of him as he is dying. She wants to refuse, but knows she can’t.
2. When a Native American comes striding into the village, the colonists are prepared to capture and question him, convinced he is going to do them harm. Then he begins to speak – in English – and all their preconceived notions go out the window.
3. When Bess and Constance argue about John Howland and his qualifications to do a certain job, Bess wins the argument, only to realize she has just ignited Constance’s interest in John. Now she is jealous.
4. At the beginning of the movie, Bess believes the Native Americans are uneducated savages who will be interesting to know, but have nothing to teach her. Then, in different scenes, her Native American friend teaches her how to catch eel, make bread from maize, and play a complicated game, and she realizes they are ‘equal, but different.’
5. Even though Bess has learned to shoot, the men are still condescending. When leaders from a local tribe visit and see that a woman is carrying a gun, they ask her to shoot. The leaders of the colony are reluctant but finally agree, and Bess surprises them all by shooting a turkey that they use for a common meal.
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Sherri D. Coffee – Delivers Irony!
What I learned doing this assignment was to start with the insight and brainstorm opposites to illustrate.
1. New Way/Insight: Credibility
Kathryn waits for Liz to arrive. She is approached by a legislator at the bar and asks her if she wants a drink. As she declines, Liz arrives and slips her hands around his waist. He turns and tells her his friend (implied date for Kathryn) is running late. When Kathryn realizes Liz is setting her up, she fakes a phone call and steps away. She returns and apologizes for her exit. She thought Liz was a serious lobbyist but discovers she is not. Kathryn bails to maintain her credibility and avoids Liz’s calls. She gains the insight of credibility and loses a friend.
2. New Way/Insight: Motivation
Kathryn meets with a potential supporter of the legislation and discovers he will not support. She researches his motivation and discovers his major supporter opposes. She approaches the supporter and is able to find a way he can support. She learns how to play the game by seeking out the opposition.
3. New Way/Insight: Identity
Kathryn joins several lobbyists for a drink after work. She listens to the stories and realizes that she does not really feel a part of the club. She tries to fit in but leaves feeling empty. No one really cares about the policy issue. They care about how much they are getting paid. She contemplates who she wants to be and establishes her own identify to focus on issues that matter.
4. New Way/Insight: Credit and results through others
Kathryn coaches the lead advocate with the pr firm to prepare her for testimony and media presentations. She watches with pride as she delivers the messages. And when she is asked, she gives all the credit to the advocate.
5. New Way/Insight: Deals
Kathryn reaches out to opposing organizations and tries to negotiate an agreement for their support. She is misquoted and misrepresented in front of a legislator by the opposing organization. She corrects the statements and learns to be very careful with communications. A deal is not a deal until you see the statement or vote match the words.
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Laura Hyler Delivers Irony Day 14 4-21-22
What I learned doing this assignment was that I have a lot of irony in my screenplay. I was concerned that I didn’t have enough but was happy to see that there’s plenty in my story.
I have many places in my screenplay where opposites exist. They are:
1) Tommy, a Caucasian male, has less education and status than Kofi, who is a neurosurgeon.
2) Naomi misses her long-deceased husband, but not her most recent boyfriend of ten years.
3) Naomi is afraid of relationships but enjoys Kofi’s company and realizes that she wants to continue to see him.
4) Naomi is concerned that she and Kofi may not have much in common, coming from very different backgrounds. She/they finds out that they have a lot in common.
5) Naomi wants to keep seeing Kofi but is concerned about the reactions of others.
6) Kofi is angry at Naomi for not telling him that he was not invited to a wedding, but Kofi did the same thing to Naomi the month before and didn’t tell her there was a wedding.
7) Black friends try to convince Naomi not to date a black man.
8) Tommy gets hired for a position that Naomi is qualified for, because the big boss (Tripp) is a closet racist.
9) Tripp promotes Jeanine. Jeanine is dating a black man. Tripp does not know.
10) Naomi tries to avoid conflicts. Her avoidance of conflicts causes conflicts.
The New Way/Insight:
The new way/insight that I want to impart is that interracial couples have to learn how to deal with racism and each other in order for the relationship to survive.
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Brenda Delivers Irony!
What I learned doing this assignment is I didn’t think I had any irony built into my story, but it turns out I had more irony built into my story than I thought. I’ve always thought of irony as two opposite experiences and I had to expand my definition of irony to see if it was already present in my story and to create new ones.
1. The Insight is you need to tell the truth about your situation instead of trying to hide it. This irony was already built into my story because the mother hid the truth of why she was away from her daughter who is in the hospital. The mother felt that she didn’t want to burden the child with their financial situation, which she thought would prevent the child from getting better. Her plan had the opposite effect since the child assumed her mother didn’t love her which resulted in depression for the child and worsened her condition.
2. The Insight is the you can find treasure anywhere even in a hospital. This irony was already built into the story. The mother agreed to create the treasure hunt for the child thinking it would be an activity would be the last thing she ever did with her daughter. But at the end of the story, the treasure hunt becomes the activity that prolongs the child’s life.
3. The Insight is when you reach out to others, you learn that they can help you feel that you’re not alone. The child kept to herself and thought she wasn’t like other sick children, and if she was friends with them she would be more depressed. The irony, which was in the story, is that when the child reached out to the other children and started to make friends she realized that she was becoming happier. Being friends with the other children lifted her depression.
4. The Insight is Not getting what you want can be a good thing. The child asked the mother to invite her uncle, the mother’s brother, to participate in the treasure hunt. The child thought the uncle would take her side, as he often did in the past, and manipulate the mother. The irony is the child’s action had the opposite effect. The uncle did not take her side and encouraged the child to continue the treasure hunt. This irony needs to have more emphasis, since it was already built into the story. This child’s action can be used to create backstory for the child into the relationship dynamics between the mother, the uncle, and the child. The uncle saying NO then will end up becoming a bigger deal in the story when the child realizes she is on her own with her mother.
5. The Insight is A challenge / competition can be a good thing. I had the nurse in competition with the mother for the child’s affection. I think I need to have a scene where the mother and nurse get into an argument, with the mother realizing on a deeper level that she needs to be more honest with her daughter. The nurse’s action was trying to separate the mother from the child, but it will have the opposite effect of bringing the two closer together since the mother will be inspired by the nurse trying to tell the truth, and realizing she needs to the same with her daughter but in a different way.
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Assignment 14 Profound Moments
Sherwern Moore Delivers Irony!
What I learned doing this assignment is irony can be very relevant in your screen play and can be obvious or subtle depending on where it is and the type of affect you want it to have. I am also aware that some people don’t identify it as well as others…maybe conflict can help it along. Don’t know if I did a good job trying to recognize it and put a category on it, but nothing beats a failure but a try.
Insight: When freedom ain’t free, what’s next? Irony: Reasons: doing the wrong thing for the rights reasons. Mark arrest a rapist, caught in the act, but had to let him go because he is a very powerful politician who advocates for the police and could ruin his career.
Insight: A story needs more than a missing clue to make it a news story. Irony: Credit: Getting credit for something you didn’t do. Mark’s mother (Penny) advocates for peace and justice at her women’s club meeting two days before her son is accused of shooting her caterer’s son.
Insight: There’s usually a deeper motive why people do what they do. Irony: Doing something amazing but the credit goes to another and getting credit for something amazing that you didn’t do. Mark is disarmed and held captive (by Al, aka Mr. Wonderful) after he allegedly shoots Charles while running up the steps after Tyrone. By the end of the hostage situation Al escapes, Tyrone is arrested nearby, admits to the crime and takes credit for being Mr. Wonderful.
Insight: How do you keep a secret in a big city/small world? Irony: A win that is really a loss. The media is looking all over for unique leads to the hostage story. Al’s fiancée is a journalist who has the story ‘fall into her lap’ with firsthand knowledge of what happened but can’t release it to nobody.
Insight: Tables turned on both sides. Irony: Love/ Hate. Al quits the FBI because he cited racism and white privilege then, with their assistance, helps a rookie white policeman clear his name from corruption.
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This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by Sherwen Moore.
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insight thru irony
Edward
Brown insight thru ironyI
learn have been doing this naturally BUT could make narrative zinger if really
used moreStep
one: what new way/insight you want to deliver?VD
test = physical = brush teeth + walk + eat smartAnna
comes to apologize for taking George forgranted = George must more assertive
for self not total giving or taken as weaklingTanya
says she’s world class woman, George says half world full of nipples, but
George shapes up and is swarmed at Mac finish by serious women, then Molloy
dies and whispers joy of Life is being bold and not regretting later adventures
not takenTanya
tells George off as plays with Kite only to see serious women playing with himGod
who believes in “let it play decides to intervene as social game losing
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