Day 15 Assignments

[Kay Hones]

“What I learned doing this assignment is formatting is difficult.”

1. Write an Action scene for your project that includes each of these formatting techniques.

A. Basic Formatting Location: 5 seniors (Lee, Rose, Maurice, Larry, DeVon with driver Tasha) on Hair bus drives through SF downtown streets then into dark underground parking lot; quiet talking

B. <s>Dash or</s> Ellipsis. As the huge, burly guards walk toward them, seniors stand very still then using ju jit su knock down all the guards.

C. Sound, then Explanation Every scene has some classic hip hop music that matches the different moods. Tupac is first heard in opening in Senior community room.

D. Mixing Sluglines into Action. Seniors talk quietly about violent action they could take against Mac…then each begin to remember a variety violent, negative past memories…then they enter office and Larry says, “Sit down please Mac. We would like to talk.”

E. Stacking Action After Mac sits, they take seats around the desk & began to talk softly. Rose, in Spanish, tells how they lost Juan to accidental fentanyl overdose. Lee talks about her niece who died from fentanyl. Maurice & DeVon quietly walk in circle around the group. Sounds began softly & the air in the room seems to change colors and hallucinations began over & over.

Shock. Suddenly Mac jerks his body around in the chair. He is experiencing severe mental reactions; like he is in a drugged mental state.

Suspense. The five wait silently now as they watch Mac contort both face & body

F. Stacking Dialogue Seniors talking softly…not written yet

2. Choose images, actions, and sounds that make this scene visceral! Memories of seniors turning into hallucinations.