Sharon Martin
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I don’t like the Batman movies. I don’t consider this scene great. What it does is blur the lines between protagonist and antagonist and make the audience root for evil. Batman starts off by slamming the Joker’s head onto a metal table. He smashes his hand. He throws him around the room. He wedges a chair against the door just in case the authorities watching this interrogation decide Batman has gone too far and decide to save the Joker. We as viewers are expected to root for Batman’s brutality because his intentions are pure. He’s trying to save lives even if he’s breaking rules of respectability to do so. He’s not getting the Joker to admit feeling pain. The Joker rather enjoys and encourages it. As viewers we admire Joker’s strength.So even though he finally gives Batman the information that he needs, he’s done it in his own terms by controlling the scene.
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Who is Peter Parker? He’s a loner who sits by himself in the high school cafeteria. He avoids conflict as he realizes that he will have to pay for the lunch tray incident—his fault but actually not because he’s not himself. His new found powers are revealed as he becomes aware of them—finger webbing with the stuck lunch tray, sharpened senses as he sees and hears things normally too insignificant to notice and defensive abilities as he fends off attacks by the high school bullies. The witnesses to this evolution—his peers—of course there’s not an adult in sight to tap down the violent situation—change from laughing at this dork to amazement. Peter is at once impressed by his new found abilities but his smile quickly dissolves into worry as he ponders what all this will mean to his life as reflected in his mercurial facial expressions.
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Chris finds himself the uncomfortable object of attention in a social gathering of white people. Middle aged women admire his body, invade his space by touching and asking his girlfriend “if it’s true” referring to prowess in the bedroom. Finally Chris sees another black man and goes to him. He’s not a brother but acts strangely white. He returns a fist bump with a handshake.
The subtext, not articulated but shown by the pawning behavior of the garden party guests and the white behavior of the only other outwardly black personality in attendance confirms Chris’s wariness of the people and their intentions. His actions are observations, inactions and obvious displays of discomfort.
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Using the restaurant as the locale for the very public display of the orgasm argument was a brilliant use of Situation. It not only draws in random onlookers and their priceless responses but embarrasses Harry and knocks him off his know-it-all throne.
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Using the restaurant as the locale for this very public display of the organs argument was a brilliant use of situation. It not only draws in random people and their response but embarrasses Harry knocking him out of his know-it-all stance
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Jack appears unscathed in a white shirt, disoriented. Where is he? As he literally walks into the scene we start to hear screams. Why? He passes people in distress, then the plane appears in view. We now learn that it’s a plane crash. Jack spots a man trapped underneath part of the wrecked plane. He calls for help lifting it to free the trapped man, showing us that he is a leader. He takes off his tie to stop bleeding. We learn that he is a doctor. A man gets sucked into the engine. It explodes. He tells people to stay away from the plane. He comforts a woman in labor. He has a bedside manner. He tells Garcia to move the woman in labor away from the fumes. Garcia asks his name. Without Jack telling us anything about himself we’ve learned that he takes charge, is a doctor and has a name that we will look forward to hearing again..
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“A Few Good Men” is a series of challenges. Who will pull rank? First by Col. Jessup who tries to dismiss the whole affair and walk away. Lt. Kaffee pulls what rank he has and gets him to sit back down. Jessup demands respect. The judge demands respect. Dripping with sarcasm, Jessup yells his put down. Calmly, Kaffee maintains respect in the situation presenting a contrast to Jessup’s superior rank. Then through a series of strategic questioning, Jessup is led to incriminating himself. As Kaffee mirrors Jessup’s anger and outrage and gets the confession, speaking the very language that the bully understands. Ironically, Jessup doesn’t even understand the trap he’s walked into at first. He doesn’t know what an Article 39 is. When he realizes what has happened, responds again with anger and violence. The judge pulls rank. Kaffee pulls rank by finally dismissing him–into custody. A perfectly constructed scene.
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What I learned was the need to have a central character to identify with. In “Get Out” Chris is craftily drawn into the conspiracy as its intended victim. First he’s unwittingly hypnotized. Second, he’s horrified by what can become his fate as seen in Logan’s brief self-realization and warning. Finally, he attempts to escape the horror but is betrayed by a person he believed was his ally–his girlfriend. The clattering of the teacup signals the trap. He is helpless as he literally falls into it. There is no superior position for the audience. We experience Chris’s horror at the same time he does.
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Sharon Martin
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My name is Sharon. I started off as a playwright and have written several scripts. I moved to LA hoping to transition into writing for TV or film. I haven’t. Screenwriting is a very different medium. I’m required to switch back and forth to an entirely different way of crafting thoughts and structure. I’m hoping this class will solidify the difference and get me out of decades long writers block.