Sequencing in Storytelling (P)

Take a look at the action line below, WHEN should this moment occur in a film?

Elisa looks at her new self in the mirror and smiles. The screen turns to black.

• Beginning

• Middle

• End

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Take a look at the action line below, WHEN should this moment occur in a film?

The two of them stood there, stunned. This was going to be the biggest fight of their life, whether they were ready or not.

• Beginning

• Middle

• End

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Take a look at the action line below, WHEN should this moment occur in a film?

The camera zooms in on Dre, 12 years old. He has black, braided hair. His face is perplexed.

• Beginning

• Middle

• End

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The BIG moment in a film is called the (a)  

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

You are writing a screenplay and you decide you want to show your two characters having a huge argument. This argument is going to lead up to the climax of the film where one of the characters goes mysteriously missing.

Where, in a plot diagram, would their argument be?

• Beginning - Introductions and exposition

• Middle - Rising action

• End - Resolution and falling action

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the film Akeelah and the Bee, Akeelah tells Dylan she doesn't want to win the spelling bee unless she wins it fairly.

Where, in a plot diagram, would this event be?

• Beginning - Introductions

• Middle- Rising Action

• End - Falling action

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Select the 3 aspects of film:

• Dramatic

• Cinematic

• Literary

• Tertiary

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

You walk into a room where a movie is already playing. You haven't seen the movie before but you see on the screen that the main character has just learned some devastating news. The character is seen crying before the scene changes.

Is this the beginning, middle or end of the movie?

• Beginning - Introduction to character & problem

• Middle - Rising action & climax

• End - Falling action & Resolution

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What do the 3 aspects of film (dramatic, literary, cinematic) have to do with the 3 sections of a film (beginning, middle, end)?

• The way a film looks, sounds and feels is meant to change from the beginning to the end.

• The dramatic parts go in the beginning, the literary parts go in the middle and the cinematic parts go in the end.

• They have nothing to do with each other.

Should every film have a happy ending?

• Yes! The point of movies is to make people happy.

• No! The point of movies is to teach people lessons.