Sumários
The Love of the Last Tycoon and The Blue Dahlia
19 Março 2018, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of several passages from The Last Tycoon, w. Harold Pinter, dir Elia Kazan, showing how F Scott Fitzgerald saw movies through the eyes of an intellectual novelist and was never able to understand their entertainment value. Explanation of the "nickel" at the end of a scene or sequence. Showing of the beginning of the film The Blue Dahlia, written by Raymond Chandler, ending with a good example of a "nickel" when a loaded gun is left on a chair at the end of a sequence.
Pulp Fiction: Dialogue v Conversation
14 Março 2018, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of how good dialogue has nothing to do with "mere" conversation, but when well written seems to be so.
Brainstorming Exercise.
12 Março 2018, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott
Exercise in showing how someone is a "nasty" person. In this case a doctor arriving at the hospital. We see he is "bad" because he is late and his little boy patient is already waiting in his surgery but he still goes off to get a coffee and a doughnut before going to see him. He does not say "good morning". He reproaches the receptionist who says "good morning" to him with "Good morning, DOCTOR". He does not talk to a cleaning lady and walks straight over the wet floor she is cleaning.
Columbo
7 Março 2018, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott
Episode 3, Season 1 of Columbo. Demonstration of who someone is by the place they live in and the possessions they have.
Character. Barriers
5 Março 2018, 14:00 • David Alan Prescott
Character as shown by appearance. Class-led description of a pleasant, girl-next-door babysitter. Then description of a sixteen-year-old slutty girl. Barriers: "babysitter in trouble" exercise.