Day one exercise for Story and Audience

The past two weeks, I've been doing the Story and Audience module.
First up, the teacher has been taking us through some steps in putting together a story for a film.
Our first homework was to distill a movie plot into three sentences.
This is useful for 'pitching' a script, and it also helps focus the writer on what important themes they want to express.
The 'three act' model is pretty universal in western films.

The film I'm examining is Love Serenade.

Distilled into three sentences...

Dimity, a young woman bored with rural town life, finds her curiosity sparked by 'big city escapee' DJ Ken Sherry who has moved in next door.

Unfortunately her sister has also become desperately intent on capturing the attentions of the smooth talking neighbour.

Competition between the two women escalates until Dimity is usurped in Kens bed, and she realises that her sister is more important to her then this aging playboy, so she removes his presence in their lives permanently.


The emotional journey of Dimity (main character.)

Words I would use...
Curiosity, desire, fascination, betrayal, retaliation.

Words from yesterdays chart...
Joy, grief, anger.