Top 10 Horror Movies

Top Movies:
1. It

2. The Exorcist

3. The Grudge

4. Amityville Horror

5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

6. Strangers

I can't name 10 because I am not a fan of horror movies.  

I don't know what would make a horror movie story great other than a plot that someone could relate to or a known event.

Directors and writers use frequent 'jump' scares or sudden things with that well-known sound effect (sounds like shrween)

Lost Pilot Script Questions

The writers reveal character by dialogue and action for Jack, Kate, Hurley and Boone by giving them distinct one-liners or short spurts of speaking.  We first see Jack trying to help another person by having others help him to show he is kind of a leader and go-to guy.  Kate is shown being scared to do something for Jack but after a little talking, she overcomes her fear and agrees to do it.  Hurley retorts to Jack when he asks him to do things in a kind of unwilling sort of way.  Boone is a sort of stereotypical lifeguard and that he does not really know what he's doing but is willing to do things just for the sake of it possibly be helpful.  Jack talks in a more civilized and polite manner while still giving orders.  Hurley is talks more like a youthful guy and has enough in him to be a little sarcastic.

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Question #3:
I'd like to write a spy or espionage script.  Books like A Gathering of Spies and Deception Point are both interesting and fun to read.  The greatest objective would most likely be having to do with saving a specific person, country, or just the world in general.  The degree may or may not be successful depending on what elements of The Hero's Journey that I would incorporate.

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Question #3:

In the Season 2 premiere of The Walking Dead, two of the youngest cast members have terrible things happen to them.  I thought this was surprising because just before that some of the others in the group were having their own problems.

Desperate Housewives Pilot Questions

1. Main Characters - Lynette, Gabrielle, and Carlos
They are shown how they are currently, then with a flashback and how they used to be before now.

2. The conflict is how the two housewives are going to interact with each other.

3. The writing is very excellent, the writer makes each character have their own kind of dialect and was able to relay so much information in a small space.

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Question #3:
The T.V. show that we are writing is character-driven.  I know this because there is a separate plot in each episode and each of the characters are what is most important since there is no real overarching plot for the whole story that it is based off of.

Pilot Reflection

Our characters are unique because each one has a specialty that they bring to the table.  Since the setting is a high school, I felt it fitting that we introduce the characters together as a group and then to go more in-depth afterwards in separate classes.

Each character has their own problems that would be revealed over time rather than compressing everything into a single episode.  The obstacles would probably be telling the rest of the group about the problem and/or how they would handle it depending on who's problem it was.  The problems would be resolved either individually or with some of the others.

My So Called Life Influences

I would like to incorporate the narrative of the character as their thoughts.  I think that would help.  I would not like it to be so serious or dramatic or to focus on a love story.

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Question #2:
The opposing force in our Freaks and Geeks script are the Weir parents.  They want to have a family night out and Lindsay wants to go out with her friends.  The Weir parents try to not allow her to leave and Sam kind of wants her to go too since he will not have anyone to talk to at the restaurant.

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Question #2:
I would choose Bonnie to explain the story at a lunch table or in the gym.  The backdrop at the lunch table would be kids getting their lunch and Joe and Alex confronting each other.  For the gym scene the backdrop would be Alex and Joe battling it out during a dodgeball game as if over Bonnie.

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Question #2:

List of Shakespeare film adaptations:
Merchant of Venice,
All's Well That Ends Well,
Hamlet,
Julius Caesar,
Macbeth,
Romeo and Juliet

A good number of adaptations did well or at least broke even on their budget.  They probably were able to achieve this by having Shakespearian fans go to see their favorite dramas and stories.

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Question #2: Character Likeness
Fez from That 70's Show
1. Comical
2. Hispanic
3. Likes girls
4. Flirty
5. Styles hair with gel
6. Sometimes quiet
7. Sometimes loud
8. Likes candy
9. Does not get high
10. Brown skin color

Real Person Likeness
Will Landreth
1. Asian
2. Laugh a lot
3. Good in math
4. Sports
5. Video games
6. Good GPA
7. Short hair
8. Smile a lot
9. Like to read books
10. Something else

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Question #2:
"United we stand, divided we fall."

1. The Sandlot
2. The Rush Hour
3. Shanghai Knights

Citizen Kane Story Beats

1. Radio transmission/documentary of Kane's life.
2. Kane is sent away by parents
3. Kane gets ownership of the newspaper
4. Kane has completely taken over the newspapers
5. Kane meets Susan/Complications with Leland/Loyalty of Bernstein
6. Kane's scandal with Susan
7. Revelation of "Rosebuds"

Citizen Kane's Non-Linear Structure

I thought it was pretty interesting from all the different perspectives.  At first it may have been confusing for some but to me you just had to keep in mind that not everything is in a preset order.  The advantages to a non-linear structure are that it was not so cut-and-dry as linear movies so you can not immediately tell what is happening next.  Another advantage is that the director and tell many different things at separate points that may or may not have anything to do with each other in that period of time.  The disadvantages to a non-linear structure are: that it may be too confusing for some viewers, there could not be enough story being told and it could be harder to follow what is currently happening on the screen.

I don't agree that it's the greatest movie of all time.  I don't agree because I did not really see a main plot unfolding, rather just a biography of someone else's life.