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Test1 Flashcards

1
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Haiku

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Japanese poem 5/7/5

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Mother lode

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A strong story with an emotional weight

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3
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Scenario

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Sequence of events

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4
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Scope

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Limits and conditions

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5
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Inciting incident

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Hooks reader into story

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Emotion stakes

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Putting charachter in most challenging emotional situation

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7
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Existing flaw

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Character tends to ignore the thing that bothers them the most (extremes)

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8
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3 elements of telling a story

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Speaker,listener and story

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Dramatic code

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An artistic description on how a character grows/evolves

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10
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Different forms of storytelling

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Myth
Plays
Film
Short stories
Serious novels
Television shows

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Myth

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The widest character arc: from birth to death from animal to divine

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12
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Plays

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focus on the main character’s moment of decision

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13
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Film

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small changes a character might undergo by seeking a limited goal with great intensity

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14
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Short stories

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a few events that lead the character to gain a single important insight

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Serious novels

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depicts how a person interacts and changes with an entire society or show the precise mental and emotional processes leading up to this change

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16
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Television shows

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a number of characters in a minisociety struggling to change simultaneously

17
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The story body

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Theme/moral argument = brain
character = heart & circulation system
revelations = nervous system
. story structure = skeleton
. scenes = skin

18
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Story movement

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  • lineair
  • meandering
  • spiral
  • branching
  • explosive
19
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14 major genres 99%

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  1. horror = confront death and face your ghosts from the past
  2. action = 90% of success is taking action
  3. myth = seek immortality by finding your destiny in this life
  4. memoir = examine your life to create your true self
  5. coming of age = examine your life to create your true self
  6. science fiction = make the right choices now to ensure a better future for all
  7. crime = protect the weak and bring the guilty to justice
  8. comedy = success comes when you strip away all facades and show others who you
    really are
  9. western = when you help others make a home, you create a civilization where
    everyone is out to live their best life
  10. gangster = don’t be enslaved by absolute power and money or you will pay the
    ultimate price
  11. fantasy = discover the magic in yourself and make life itself an art form
  12. detective = look for the truth and assign guilt in spite of danger
  13. thriller = look for the truth and assign guilt in spite of danger
  14. love = learning how to love is the key to happiness
20
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Star wars epiphany

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People excited because multiple genres in one story

21
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DSM dark story moment

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= painful past experience, gives motivation -> 3 essential elements
1. is a specific event
2. is relatable
3. is poignant (aangrijpend)

22
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What makes us like a character

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Appearance
Relatable
Empathy

23
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Storyworld

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= where the narrative is set

24
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Importance storyworld

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they help us get away, fans get to explore themselves and sensitive issues are discussed

25
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Worldbuilding

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Worldbuilding is the STEP in the storywriting process to set WHERE your story takes place. You decide about LANDSCAPES surrounding your characters and where they live and HOW they interact with the ENVIRONMENT

26
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16 UN goals

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  1. No poverty
  2. zero hunger
  3. good health and well-being
  4. quality education
  5. gender equality
  6. clean water and sanitation
  7. affordable and clean energy
  8. decent work and economic growth
  9. industry, innovation and infrastructure
  10. reduced inequalities
  11. sustainable cities and communities
  12. responsible consumption and production
  13. climate action
  14. life below water
  15. life on land
  16. peace, justice and strong institutions
27
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Types of storyworlds

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  1. building a whole new fictional world a. scifi/fantasy
    b. similarities and differences of real world
  2. a real place with an alternative past or future a. common for dystopian worlds
  3. a real place with a parallel fictional world
    a. most of the time hidden for eachother
28
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Premise

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Your story stated in one sentence
- character
- plot
- inciting incident
- some sense of outcome

29
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Designing principle

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Internal logic of your story, the story as a whole

30
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Singe cause-and-effect pathway

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A lead to B which leads C

31
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Hero character change

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W x A = C
Weakness
Accomplishment
Change

32
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Theme of a story is often based on …

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MORAL

Storyworld Building (2 decks)

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