[Renato Rosenberg]

Assignment

[Renato Rosenberg]

Please, where’s the forum “Partner Up Here for Feedback”, that Hal said he would put up on 23th,? Thank you.

[Renato Rosenberg]

Assignment 1

Renato Rosenberg’s Logline and One Page

What I’ve learned doing this assignment is to focus on what’s really important.

Title: The Spirit of Science

Logline: Shaken by his brother’s death, a proud english scientist from 19th century investigates and confirms the psychic phenomena, and has to struggle against the religious scientific community, which wants do ban him.

One Page: William Crookes, an eminent physicist and chemist, discovers thallium in 1861, and is admitted as a member of the Royal Society. Phillip, his younger brother, who wants to be a scientist, too, is radiant! With 21 years old Phillip is very happy at the SS Narva, that will set sail to Havana, to lay submarine cables to Florida. But he dies at sea, and Crookes sues the Captain for mistreat and loses the process.

Crookes is depressed, and by suggestion of his colleague he goes to see a médium, that transmits a message from Phillip. Crookes, then, announces that he will investigate the psychic phenomena. The Royal Society reacts negatively, and Carpenter, a trickery-hunter, is on the warpath immediately! Crookes investigates several médiuns and files reports to the Royal Society that Carpenter intercedes to not be accepted.

A young woman goes to see Crookes to be investigated by him, and produces a series of strange phenomena. Eventually a woman (totally different from the medium) appears to everyone’s surprise! Crookes and his colleague make a series of tests with her, and Crookes even sees the medium and the other woman together! Then he writes a book confirming the apparition and the Royal Society wants to cancel his admission!

The mother of one of the mediuns investigated by Crookes suspects of his intentions with her daughter and spread rumors about it, and the husband of another medium gives Crookes a beating!

Crookes decides to concentrate in others scientific matters: he demonstrates his invention, the radiometer, to the Royal Society, and they concede him the Royal Medal; he presents his work about the fourth state of matter, receives more medals and money prizes. He is indicated eleven times for Nobel Prize, is knighted “sir” by Queen Victoria and receives the Order of Merit, the highest honour royalty could bestow upon a commoner.bHe becomes President of the Royal Society, and celebrate, with Ellen, their golden wedding anniversary a month before Ellen’s death. Crookes, shaken, secedes from the council of the Royal Society after 18 years of continuous service.

He sees, with pleasure, the psychic phenomena take over Europe, where scientists and physicians came around, and dies at 86, sleeping in his bed.

Crookes’ spirit writes down some things that happened after his death.

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Assignment 1

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Renato Rosenberg

I agree to the terms of this release form.

As a member of this group, I agree to the following:

1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.

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