Class Exercise.

GENRE - A particular type, class or category of work.

CLICHE - a trite or hackneyed plot,character development, use of color, musical expression,etc.

STEREOTYPE - to characterize or regard

ANTAGONIST - a person who is opposed to

PROTAGONIST - the leading character

SUPPORTING CAST - one that supports

CHARACTERIZATION - to give a certain distinct character to a person

Class Exercise.

STEP1: CREATE & CRAFT 10 STORIES INTO THE 1-SENTENCE SUMMARY

Story1: Character driven story.

-Nick, a handsome prince at day but a beast at night, lives life as per normal until his own best friend revealed the secret to public.
Story2: Story driven by a location.

-3 friends discovered a portal to another world which gave them super powers and became saviors of the "broken" world.
Story3: Story driven by an item.

-Adam invents a mobile time machine for good significant use until his best friend finds out and abuses the invention.
Story4: Story driven by a situation.

-Hannah was unhappy with the way her life was and made a wish she wished she never made and tries to get things back to the way everything was.
Story5: Story driven by Character's motive(s) or conflict with another Character.

-Gina and Tina are identical twins who can`t stand each other and always being compared by their peers.
Stories 6 to 10: Combination of above points for your stories.

STEP2: CREATE STORIES FOR THESE GENRES: (1 sentence summary)

Story 11: Drama

-Tom was being brought up by a rich family but he doesn`t know that his real parents were the ones working for the rich family and had done all sorts abusive stuff to them(real parents).
Story 12: Documentary
Story 13: News / Current Affairs
Story 14: Comedy

-Andrew was getting married but his best friend, Jimmy, thinks he`s getting married to the worst woman he had ever met and going to regret it and tries all sorts of things to put a stop to it.
Story 15: Horror

-5 friends got lost in a hiking trip and found an abandoned and ruined house to stay in for shelter for the night but they were the "uninvited" ones in the house.
Story 16: Action

-A rookie fighter works his way up to be the top ultimate fighter in the annual fighting championship.
Story 17: Mystery / Thriller / Crime

-Slowly, people in the neighborhood are getting murdered but Jack, the senior police officer, that his own wife is the mass murderer.
Story 18: Teenage Drama

-A modest hot girl just got transferred to a new school and all the boys, from jocks to nerds to the cool ones, try to date her and got the popular girls feeling really uneasy as they try to bring her down.
Story 19: Romance

-Josh and Helen are schoolmates who hate each other to their guts until one day where something made them fall deeply in love with each other.
Story 20: Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Story 21: Children

-A tooth fairy who also disciplines naughty children and teaches them moral values.
Story 22: Adventure / Swashbucklers

-Jason bought a brand new 3D game which got him literally stuck into it and the only way to get out was to get all the way to the end and fight for his own life.
Story 23 - 25: Combination of any genre from above.

STEP 3: GIVE ONE OR TWO EXAMPLES OF A BLOCKBUSTER / SUCCESSFUL MOVIE THAT FITS THE ABOVE 25-GENRE-DRIVEN STORIES.

Examples of Blockbuster/Successful Movies for:
Story 11: Drama

-The Last Song
Story 12: Documentary
Story 13: News / Current Affairs
Story 14: Comedy

-Death at a funeral.
Story 15: Horror

-Paranormal Activity
Story 16: Action

-The Killers
Story 17: Mystery / Thriller / Crime

-Disturbia
Story 18: Teenage Drama

-Mean Girls
Story 19: Romance

-Valentine`s Day
Story 20: Fantasy / Sci-Fi

-Star Wars
Story 21: Children

-Shrek
Story 22: Adventure / Swashbucklers

-Spy Kids
Story 23 - 25: Combination of any genre from above.

-The Other Guys(Action, Comedy, Crime)

One sentence summary exercise.

For The Birds

1)A group of bird who think highly of themselves and laughs about another type of bird and making fools out of themselves in the end.

Knick Knack

2)A lonely snowman tries to get out from a snow globe and succeeds but ends being trapped again in a fishbowl instead.

Bon Jovi-It`s My Life

3)A guy who rushes his way through heavy traffic and crowd just to catch a live rock concert with his friend and only has 5 minutes.

Flamingo

4)The only pink flamingo among the rest is being playful and not taking things seriously like how the others do.

Dinosaur Farts

5)Three animals challenging who farts the "best" and the pig wins by knocking out one dinosaur due to the smell, passed out and knocks out the smaller dinosaur as he slammed onto it.

What makes a good story?

Hmm..

-Introduction that starts with a "BANG!"

-Plots that make people want to know more about what`s going to happen next

-Interesting characters that have motives

-Climax

-Twist

-Conflicts

"Adapted From A Childhood Story-Red Riding Hood"

"You sure about this? If I really do this, I want to get at least some of it," Jacob explained.

"Fine! We`ll split the the money 50-50. Don`t worry about it. Once you do this, I`m sure you`re going to get more than what you expect. Trust me. Just do as I say. Bring the girl back to the warehouse and meet me there. Everything has been planned well. But whatever you do, DON`T kill anyone," Rick replied.

Jacob pulled out his gun as he hung up the phone. He put on his mask and slammed the door open....

Ryder was the only child from her really wealthy family. Her parents, Pete and Jenna, were always busy with their company`s business and Ryder barely gets to see them. Hence, she lives and spends most of her time at her grandmother`s house since young. She had always thought that her life was never complete even though she had everything she could ever asked for. She always misses her parents and wished that her parents live together with her and her grandmother. People always mistook her for being such a fake person. This was due to the typical human mentality thinking that rich people are seldom kind, sincere and humble. Well, Ryder was the kindest person anyone could have ever met. Furthermore, she was also one of the hottest girl in school which made people envy her.

There was also one thing about Ryder that only she knows. She had this gift where she could see visions about anything bad that was likely going to happen in the future. She never really told anyone about this as she doesn`t want to be called a freak.

One day Ryder was on her way out from school and got a call from her uncle telling her something had happened to her grandmother.

"Okay thanks Uncle Rick. I`ll be right there as soon as possible," Ryder was anxious and worried when she heard the news. She rushed through the hall way and accidentally knocked hard onto Jessie. Jessie was one of the notorious girls in school. She was one of those girls you see in movies where there will be this one girl who is the head cheerleader and dates the hottest guy in school and always being backed up and followed around by a couple of bimbos. Yes, Jessie was exactly like that.

"Watch where you`re going you freaking orphan! What the heck are you rushing for? Your parents just came back from their business trip to see you but end up disappointing you just because they have to again right before you`re home? Well, life`s full of disappointment! For you though, not me," Jessie roared. Expecting people to know Ryder`s not so perfect life.

Ryder just kept quiet as she had other important things to attend. She quickly gathered her things that had dropped all over the floor and got up. Before she even got a chance to take a step forward, Jessie pulled her hair and pushed her hard to the ground. She wondered why she hadn`t seen this coming from the "gift" that she possesses.

"Where do you think you`re going orphan!? I`m not done with you!" Jessie shouted, still unsatisfied. Ryder was cornered and it attracted some crowd. Nobody helped but instead the students took out their phone to record a "cat-fight" showdown. There wasn`t even a kind soul to help break it off.

Jessie picked Ryder up by the collar and pushed her hard to the wall where she hit her head first. She heard a really thunderous voice coming from the other end of the hallway asking the students to disperse. She blacked out.

She woke up and realised that she was in the hospital. She looked at the clock and it was almost 11pm. She came back to her senses and jumped out of the bed. "GRANDMA!" she thought. The nurses tried to stop her but failed. She headed as fast as she could to her grandmother`s house.

As soon as she reached, she went straight to her grandmother`s room and gave a heavy sigh of relief. Her grandmother was sleeping soundly on her bed. However, she felt something wasn`t right though.The lights were all switched off and the house was in extreme darkness when she got in. The television was still switched on and the kettle just whistled. She went to her grandmother`s favourite rocking chair and found out that it was still warm, as if someone had sat on it for quite a really long time and had just got up. She went back to her grandmother`s room and realised that her grandmother covered herself fully under the blanket and facing the opened window. Her grandmother appeared bigger too. This really made her thought that something was definitely wrong because her grandmother would always close and lock her bedroom windows without fail every night before she sleeps.

The kettle whistled even louder now and she rushed to the kitchen to turn the fire off. Just as soon as she turned to exit the kitchen, a quite buff masked man who was around 5"6' had his gun pointed straight at her head. She felt the cold metal against her mind went to a total blank. She couldn`t think of anything.

"Don`t retaliate. Just do as I say as you`ll be safe," the man said to her, still pointing the gun towards ger head. Ryder wondered where her grandmother was.

"Oh, your grandmother was being a bit too noisy and nagging too much. So I decided to put her to sleep and let her rest forever," he continued. Ryder`s heart sank immediately when she heard that. She just lost the person whom I really love. Who would have such a heart to kill an innocent elderly?

"This wouldn`t have happened and my grandmother would still be alive if Jessie were to just fuck out of my life," Ryder thought, being so pissed with Jessie. If it wasn`t for the commotion that Ryder and Jessie had earlier in the day, Ryder`s grandmother could actually still be alive now.

Ryder was brought into a black car which looked almost ruined as if it was just brought from the scrapyard. Ryder didn`t struggled as she just wanted to be safe. She was then brought to a very old warehouse which she had never seen in any part of the street before. Cold sweat started running down her face and body. Everything happened so fast.

She was lead to the warehouse where she had her mouth taped and then tied to a wooden chair. Another man came out from the darkness and she couldn`t believe her own eyes. She wanted to scream but the tape was held tight to her mouth. It was her own Uncle Rick.

"I never wanted to do this you but your own dad made me do this. He threw me out of the family business just because of one minor mistake I did. You know what pisses me off more? Your mother was the one who asked your dad to throw me out of the business just because she thought I would be of no use in the future. I can`t believe my own brother whom I trusted the most would do this," Rick explained in a very mallow voice. He approached Ryder to remove the tape from her mouth.

"But why did you have to get grandma involved in this and kill your own mother?!" Ryder screamed the top of her lungs. Jacob quickly taped her mouth again.

"WHAT!? YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!?! I TOLD YOU NOBODY WAS TO BE KILLED!" Rick shouted in resentment as he looked towards Jacob. Rick`s face was all red out of anger. He went straight to Jacob and gave him a cheap shot. He took his gun out and pointed it towards Jacob but hesitated. Ryder started crying like she never cried before. Her energy started draining out from all that has been happening. Everything felt like a dream but the pain on Ryder`s wrists told her that this was all real.

Ryder was held hostage and Rick remained anonymous as he called Pete up. He wanted $5 million dollars for the release of Ryder. Pete thought that it was a prank call and hung up the phone. The second time Rick called, he let Pete listened to the screaming voices of Ryder and a gunshot.

"Okay, whoever you are, calm down and don`t do anything to my daughter. I`ll give you what you want. Just don`t hurt my daughter please," Pete explained to Jacob who still remained anonymous.

Just as soon as Rick put down the phone, there was a loud thud on the big zinc door at the entrance. It was the police together with the SWAT team. Jacob just put up his hands and freezed but Rick tried running away. It was too late for Rick as the whole area was surrounded. Rick started shooting aimlessly towards the police but he ended up being shot on his legs. He was taken down by one of the police officers.

Ryder was quickly taken into safe hands by the police as Jacob and Rick got arrested. Ryder was still crying and couldn`t believe what just happened. Her hands were trembling and her face was pale. She was escorted into the police car and felt so weak she blacked out.

When Ryder woke up and came back to her senses, she saw Jessie`s face smacked right in front of her. She was at the school`s hallway. She could see the other students crowding around her and Jessie. "Shit! It`s a vision," she thought and panicked. She slapped Jessie`s face so hard that she fell to the floor and everyone backed off. She quickly ran out of school and called her parents. She saw Jessie chasing but managed to outrun her.

"I need BOTH of you to come back home this instant. It`s an emergency. I`ll explain to you both as soon as you get back. Hurry up!" Ryder explained to her dad as she tried keeping up with her breath. All she was extremely worried about was her grandmother`s safety.

Just as soon as Ryder reached home, she looked through the windows from outside and saw the same exact masked man pointing a gun to her grandmother. Her grandmother was begging for mercy on the floor helpless and she immediately slammed the door opened. The masked man was startled and was so shocked that he pulled the trigger towards Ryder. The bullet went through her chest and blood started pouring out. She fell on her knees and then flat on the floor. The masked man ran off and police sirens could be heard. She started having a blurry vision and was losing sight. The last thing she ever saw and heard was her grandmother approaching her and shouted her name.