Class 1:

We looked into the components of a story. These were:
– Interpretations, structure, plot, subplots, music, motivation, fiction, non-fiction, advertisements, protagonist, narrative, spoken word, jokes, short stories, novel, films, character, video games, action, setting, book, title, pacing, photograph genre.

Class 2:

This was the first time we went into a more detailed approach to story, and the elements that it has, comparing it to the set readings for the week. We talked about a story story needing to be unique. For examples of stories across different platforms, we watched the first half of the film ‘Frankenstein’, and listened to the radio program called ‘The War of the Worlds’ by Orsen Wells.

‘The War of the Worlds’ by Orsen Wells
– Very descriptive
– The pacing is dated – however very modern for its time – was made in the late 30’s
– Radio drama
– It is like there is an old man sitting by the fire telling a war story
– There were live crosses of broadcasting
– There was emotion in his voice

‘Frankenstein’
We went through the characters and worked out their importance and role to the film, and why they were the way they are.We looked into the characteristics of the actors, and saw how important it is to the storyline. There was the protagonist, and the supporting characters. The protagonist had a desire, and their was one action, in one place and one time.