S-telling Tutorial: Elements

Character
Explain your main Character Arc:

1. How you will use Peeling the Onion:
2. Establishing Universal Empathy (use two out of the five ways to show empathy for your main character:)
3. Protagonist: (round or flat, dynamic or static)
4. Antagonist: (round or flat, dynamic or static)
5. Minor character: (round or flat, dynamic or static)

Conflict

1. Tension (who/what will be involved? explain)
2. Character Lock (change internally or externally? explain)
3. Forced Action (explain)
4. High & Low Stakes (explain)

Plants & Payoffs

1. What information will you plant throughout the film that the viewer will have to figure out by the end?
2. What will be the film's throughline?

Plot

1. Explain the catalyst of your film
2. What will be the biggest conflict?

(30min)