Aim: How can we use conflict to heighten our screenplays?

Do Now: What is your favorite movie, YouTube video, video game, TV show, book, sports team, comic, etc.? What is the conflict in these different forms of entertainment that makes them interesting? Please be as detailed as possible…
Or: What is conflict, (look it up if you don’t know the definition) and describe what a conflict would be in a screenplay.(5 min.)

Materials:
• Class blog, Macs
• Paper, pens
• http://screenplay.lifetips.com/tip/132544/story-craft/screenplay-tips/story-is-conflict.html

Procedures:
1.) Elicit Do Now responses

AR: Answers will vary

Can you imagine these favorites of yours minus the conflicts? What would be left? TURN and TALK to your partner and discuss what we would be watching without conflict in all the entertainments we like
I will call on someone randomly in 30 seconds…
(30 sec.)

2.) Mini Lesson: Please CLICK on the LINK on the BLOG: http://screenplay.lifetips.com/tip/132544/story-craft/screenplay-tips/story-is-conflict.html
Take 3 minutes to read the page…
(3 min.)
a.) Now turn and talk to your partner, be prepared to tell the class what your characters must do in order for us to care about them…
(1 min.)