Lesson 3

[Anna Maganini]

MY VISION – To write cutting edge, unique, human, soul-inspiring, Oscar-winning scripts that have commercial success and producers line up to buy to make into multi-million dollar movies. Which makes me a Force in the Hollywood Entertainment industry -as a writer, actor, producer, and director.

What have I learned doing this assignment – Another GREAT lesson. I loved cliche-busting, though it was challenging. At first I thought, ‘I don’t have cliches’. And then I found some huge ones in the first act. Although I had come up with original, unique situations, some of the local characters (like the antagonist – it takes place in the South) were a bit cliched, even insulting and insensitive. I had a tough time grappling with it because I loved the scenario I had written for the opening scenes. But I came up with a much better scenario that is original and unique, – AND MORE EXCITING AND ACTIVE – and doesn’t portray Southerners quite so stereotypically. In the second major instance of cliche-busting, it was harder to brainstorm a better scene, but I brainstormed several little changes to it that make it more realistic and less stereotypical while still accomplishing its purpose. Cliche-busting really makes me think outside the box!

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Jeff Glatz – Cliche Busting

What I learned from this lesson – This exercise was interesting/tough. So many things are cliche or “expected” in genres, that even though I strive to make them unique, ultimately there are some standard scene actions. But I also read somewhere, moviegoers also expect a certain amount of standard beats, so we’ll see how it turns out…