Story Building
What is a setting?
Where the story takes place.
What is a theater?
How do you play Zip Zap Zop?
Everyone stands in a circle and holds a ball of energy. They shoot it back and forth to one another and every time they pass it they have to go in order and say in order zip, zap, or zop. If you say the wrong word or hesitate, you're out. The last one standing wins.
Who were the characters?
What is an antagonist?
The primary opponent of the protagonist. They go against the goal of the story.
What is the plot of a story?
The important events and actions that make up the beginning, middle, and end of the story
What is a script?
The written text of a play movie or broadcast. The actor's guideline or map for the production.
How do you play single word story?
What was the setting? Where did this story take place
The stinky hut, the palace, the lake.
True or false, the protagonist is always one person that is working towards the goal of the story.
False, The protagonist and antagonist can be more than one person.
What is a genre? Name 3 genres.
The genre is the category of the story. Ex. comedy, drama, horror, thriller, documentary.
What is rehearsal?
Practicing before a performance
What is the point of playing counting on you?
To trust your instincts and work as a team.
What was the problem in this story?
The fisherman's wife was unhappy. The fisherman found a magic fish and wished for everything she asked for in hopes of making her happy, but nothing was good enough for her.
True or false, Deadpool is an example of a lonely hero protagonist.
False. Deadpool is an Antihero protagonist.
What is the exposition?
Beginning of the story where the settings and characters are introduced
What is improv or improvisation? What is the number 1 rule of improv?
Acting without a script. Yes, and... Always accept what your scene mates give you.
Why do we play Fortunately/Unfortunately?
To exercise our imaginations, work as a team learn how to be open, expect the unexpected, and build a story together.
What was the moral of this story?
To appreciate what you have and that fancy riches can't make you happy. True happiness comes from within.
What is an example of an inanimate force antagonist?
Nature, technology, supernatural opposition. The crooked man in Raising Dion.
What are the 4 P's of storytelling?
People, Plot, Places, Purpose
What is the name of a person whose profession is performing on stage, in movies, or on television?
An actor or actress
What is the technical name for the games we have been playing in Miss Queen's class?
Improv Games
Who was the protagonist of this story? Who was the antagonist?
The fisherman was the protagonist and his wife was the antagonist.
What is an anti-villain? Are they a protagonist or an antagonist? Give an example of one.