Lesson three was more about building up the characters in the stories. To start off, the class had to randomly choose an address and post it under the people watch page. Most of us were like “what”?! I thought Leslie was crazy. Haha.
There’s so many ways we can reveal the subjects’ background (or should I say interior) – Scenes from an interview, writing a diary, or just flashbacks. Before watching the Taxi Driver and Three Kings clips, I thought that only flashbacks work. Need to observe more films rather than appreciate them…
The characters must also have motives and wants. Not forgetting secrets which adds flavour to the story. Check this site out: Post Secret. Maybe someone can draw his inspiration from there.
Yep, that’s all. Time to crack my brain to send some creative juices flowing for five 50 words compositions.
Here’s my six word essay – Boys meets girl; They got married. Nice?