Notes: Lecture Eight [081206]

Story is Action
•    Action is any kind of activity, movement, interaction of characters with their surroundings
•    Talking about feelings is not as powerful as illustrating why you feel this way through your actions

sometimes dialogue doesn’t help illustrate anything; its gotta be what the characters do

Film is Behaviour
•    Actions are simply the manifestations of behaviour
•    Human emotions are understood by watching the actions and reactions of the characters

Non-visual way of storytelling a.k.a Lazy forms: voice over, flashback, characters blatantly stating how they’re feeling (eg: I am angry with you)

Dynamic Action
•    Has the potential to enrich the experience of the audience by building an emotional relationship between the characters an the audience