Story Notes

A Story.
Stories embrace the fundamental story principles, they involve a character or a number of characters who go through transformation and who change lives and themselves as a result of having gone through life's ordeals and having made certain decisions and choices.

Acts;

• Exposition - set up.
• Conflict.
• Crisis
• Catastrophe 
• Catharsis 

Character; 

Elements that make up a good character. 

• Good/fine with moral purpose.
• Fitness of character. 
• True to life.
• Consistency.
• Necessary or probable. 

Theme;

• You need to know what the idea of the film is.
• Ideas make films interesting.

Diction;

• Genre 
• The expression of the meaning in a way which is appropriate to the plot, characters and the resolution.

Protagonist;

• The protagonist needs obstacles to over come. Sometimes the obstacles come in the form of an antagonist.
• The antagonist should always have a goal - but his goal should not be to stop the protagonist.
• Both goals are needed to make the story work.

Mystery;

Audience Knowledge.

• 1. Audience and character have equal knowledge.
• 2. The audience knows more that the character. 
• 3. Character knows more that the audience.

Each one can be used at specific times to help the story maintain the interest of the audience, using one option for to long may become tedious. 

Reaching the resolution;

• Passage from ignorance to knowledge. Character and audience. When the character fully grasps the importance - the realization of whats really going on.
• All stories need this moment. 

Resolution;

• The resolution must reflect the events of the film. The final act is usually the hero discovering inner strength