Creative "Liberties"

Creative "Liberties"

Using stories and poetry for inspiration

Often times, writers will look to movies, poems & songs for inspiration.

• character development- give a backstory, character turns evil or turns good

• Reinvent a scene

• Time travel

Watch the following movie clip from the BEGINNING of the 1993 version of

"The Secret Garden".

• Be prepared to compare this with the 2020 version.

Open Ended

Using complete sentences, list differences between the scene in the 1993 version and the 2020 version. Which version do you feel gave the viewer a better since of what the author was trying to express?

Watch the following movie clip from the END of the 1993 version of

"The Secret Garden".

• Be prepared to compare this with the 2020 version.

Open Ended

Look up the word "closure"

This ending was very different from the 2020 version. Using complete sentences, explain which ending gave the viewer a better since of closure.

Poll

Final question...

Must there be closure for a story to be amazing?

• YES

• NO