BTG PLAYS! Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Lesson 5 Charting The Play - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
BTG PLAYS! Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Lesson 5 Charting The Play Crisis: A dilemma or problem; a point in the story where the protagonist is in danger and must make a decision. BTG PLAYS! Lesson #4 Climax: The Point in a story or play where the
Crisis: A dilemma or problem; a point in the story where the protagonist is in danger and must make a decision. Climax: The Point in a story or play where the conflict is the most intense. The “big moment” between protagonist and antagonist, usually
Resolution: A solution; the tying up of loose ends in a play or story after the main conflict has been resolved.
Plot: The series of events that happen within a play
Theme: The main subject or idea of a story. Reversal: A surprise turn of events that is the
Act: A section of a play, made up of any number of scenes, that defines either the beginning, middle or end of the story.
Once upon a time, There live a Protagonist/Hero whose name was: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ This character looked like this: (List a few things about the character’s appearance.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ And behaved like this: (List a few things about this character’s personality.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ When we first meet this character, their objective is: (This is what the protagonist wants BEFORE they meet the antagonist.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
And the reason for this objective is: (Why does this character/protagonist have this goal?) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Now, there also lived an Antagonist/Villain whose name was: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who looked like this: (List a few things about this character’s appearance.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, behaved liked this: (List a few things about this character’s personality.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
And the antagonist’s/villain’s objective is: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ And the reason for this objective is: (Why does this character/antagonist have this goal?) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ This creates a big problem/conflict for the protagonist, so they want to: (write the Hero’s/Protagonist’s new Objective here. This is where the Hero has the moment of decision.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the reason for this new objective is: (Why does this character/protagonist have this new goal?) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Here is an example of a Conflict Dialogue Scene using the two characters from our example chart. We find out (in dialogue) what both characters want, their reasons for their
tactics that they use to
Title: Trouble in Aisle 5
Setting: A grocery store, in the middle of the day (The Shopping Cart is racing madly around the store.) Floor: Hey, Shopping Cart! I just polished myself so that I’ll be nice and shiny for the customers! You’re leaving scuff-marks on me! Shopping Cart: Sorry, Floor. I’m trying to get all the sales for the customers! That’s more important than a shiny floor. Floor: Look, if I weren’t here, you would have nothing to race around on. So, SLOW DOWN and stop marking me up! Shopping Cart: You’re so beautiful! And the scuff marks really accent your checkerboard tile. Floor: (flattered) You think so? (Shopping Cart peals out and leaves another scuff mark) OW! Wait a minute! Not only doe these scuff marks make me look bad, they hurt! If you don’t stop…I’ll…I’ll…I’ll turn myself into ice and you’ll go skidding off into innocent people. You’ll hurt the customers and bruise the…fruits and vegetables…probably. Shopping Cart: (pause) Yeah, right. (thinks for a second) I’ll tell you what…the mop owes me one. If you let me skid around during the day, the mop will clean you up nice and shiny at
Floor: Ummm….okay! I like shiny! Shopping Cart: I know.