Class Exercise: Hitler parody video

HITLER WAS AFRAID OF CATS

Officer: "The cats that you imprisoned have escaped."

Hitler: "HUH? Did those beasts thought that they could escape from me? Those fools!"

*The Officer Nods*

Hitler: "Then I want my armed soldiers to take action this instant!  Do you think that I’ve stayed here because I have a lot of work to do? That’s a lie! Because of their furry face, I’m terrified! Terrified! Terrified!"


By: Badriyah, Mastura, Clement, Jun Jie & Gilang.

Simpsons

Bart uses his new miniature "spy" camera to take candid pictures around the household; meanwhile, Homer is preparing to go to a bachelor party for his co-worker at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. While at the party, Homer is invited to dance on stage with a stripper. Bart (who is dining with the rest of the family in the next-door restaurant) uses his camera to snap a photo of Homer and the dancer having a great time. At school, Martin develops the picture,  which - after he compliments Bart's work - gets drov

1-sentence pitch:
"Homer learns to appreciate his wife more, through the unlikely assistance of his son Bart's miniature "spy" camera and usual mischievous antics."

3 Act Structure:
Set-up
Confrontation
Resolution

Act 1:
1) Homer's Party
2) Bart gets spy-cam

Act 2:
1) Homer got thrown out by Marge
2) Bart faces parents' split

Act 3:
1) Homer & Marge make up
2) Bart sees parents okay

Exercise 2 - Story 5: Coin of Fate

Create a visual/audio story that's simple & suitable for animation. Write a story that has 2 key characters who share 1 motivation.

Possibilities:
- Both key characters can't get along/hate each other
- Both must "journey" together to attain their goal

Keep it simple! Use present tenses.
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1-Sentence Pitch
“A short tale of how a mere 10 cents coin can give birth to a new destiny between two opposing individuals.”

Story

“An ice cream costs a dollar, and I am just 10 cents short.”

The boy tugged at his seasoned baseball cap as he lets out a big sigh of disappointment. As if on cue, another sigh followed immediately, but this time it wasn't from him. It came from behind him – a girl who seems to be around his age.

“A pity,” sulks the girl in the single-piece summer dress that matches the colour of the bright azure sky.
“If only I got 10 cents more, I could have gotten myself a cone of vanilla ice cream to cool myself under this hot, blistering weather.”

It felt like as though the girl had intentionally blurted out her intentions for the boy to hear, and he definitely heard her alright. Could it be that she is hinting for him to spare a 10 cents coin to her? That was what the boy thought, and he was not about to give a single cent to her; at least not to a pompous-sounding person such as her.

Realising that he was not going to give in, the young girl knew it was time for a change of tactics.

She pressed herself closer to the boy, until her face was near enough his to feel each other's breath. This caught the boy by surprise.

“Neither of us have enough coins for an ice cream,” whispered the girl. “And we both know it. So how about a game then?”

“...A game?”

“Yes. A simple game where the loser shall fork out a 10 cents coin to the winner.”

The boy's face winced in slight disgust. “But isn't that like... a gamble? My mom always tells me never to get involve in such ill act.”

“It is not a gamble! It is a game, a coin game!” The girl protested furiously. “Daddy taught me how to play it. Just watch!”

She pulled out a shiny silver coin from her blouse pocket located around the waist. It was a 10 cents coin. The girl placed it gently on the back of her right hand.

“First you choose heads or tails,” explained the girl as she showed the two faces of the coin to the boy. “And then I shall flip it... like this!”

She swiftly jerked her wrist, and it sent the coin flying into the air.

The boy watched in amazement. One twirl. Two, three, and a four. And then, sploosh! It was the sound of the coin splashing into the running water of a nearby drain canal. The girl had failed to grab the coin in time, and the two children could only watch as it disappeared from their sight. This sudden turn of events caused the girl's tears to well up in her eyes.

“Aww. Don't go sobbing now.” The boy groaned, and quickly reached into his own pockets. He pulled out a few coins and handed it to the girl. “My treat.”

The girl dried her tears with a hankerchief and picked the coins off the boy’s open palm. “I shall take you up on your kind offer.”

The boy felt a little cheated by what seemed to be crocodile’s tears from the girl. But then she asked, “Is chocolate cream okay with you?”

So with their combined funds, the two went about to share a cone of ice cream.

The scene now switches to present time, with a much older man talking to his young daughter.

“And that was the story on how your mother and I first met. A 10 cents coin brought us together.”

Exercise 1 - Character Study: The Little Prince & Mr Twit

Character Study: The Little Prince

• Pure-minded
• Innocent, like a child
• Very inquisitive – ask plenty of questions
• Persistent – not giving up until his questions are answered
• Brave – facing the snake's bite in order to return to his home planet
• Devoted & Dedicated – to his rose and his own planet
• Wise – because he can see things in a bigger scale than the other adult characters who were blinded by their own narrow-mindedness
• Curious – as he seeks to explore other planets

Write up

In my opinion, the general lesson a reader can learn from The Little Prince is to always try to look at things with an open mind. Although the book is a children book, it feels as though it is meant to teach a certain moral lesson to adults instead.

Right from the beginning, we have the narrator telling his story of how all the adults around him cannot appreciate his drawing of a snake with an elephant in the stomach. The adults are too constrained with the boundaries of reality and logic that their imagination can no longer run free. These adults' vision have been narrowed down that they cannot accept the possibility of an elephant being swallowed by a mere snake. However, the Little Prince could easily visualize it, as he still retains the open-mindedness of an innocent child with infinite possibilities.

The Little Prince is a character that is molded from the characteristics of a child. Innocent, with child-like values, but a bright mindset and always curious to learn new things. He is like a fresh sponge that is ready to soak up information. The Little Prince then tells the narrator about his visits to various planets and their inhabitants. The characters/residents the Little Prince came across were modeled to match certain common traits adults in the working world would have. Such as the King's pride, the Vain man's narcissistic values, the drunkard's helplessness, and the businessman's delusions – all being too overly consumed by their own occupations and lifestyle. This aspect reinforces the point that one should not become too obsessed with a certain thing, until they loses sight of everything else around them. And being an adult does not mean he/she knows or have experienced everything, as the adult can still learn new things – even from a child.

The story then tells of how the Little Prince eventually ended up on planet Earth and met the narrator. His journey also brought a fateful meeting with a fox which taught him about the importance of bonds and love, which cannot be seen or measured with just the naked eye, but from the heart. Through the Little Prince's experiences, the readers also learn that we should treasure our loved ones when it is still possible, and not wait until it is too late and then regret it.

As the Little Prince prepares to return to his home planet to reconcile with his beloved rose that he had left behind, the readers also find out that our little protagonist is just as vulnerable as the rest of the cast. He is filled with his own uncertainties at first, but decided to take the risk of being bitten by the snake in order to be sent to the heavens – the only way to get back to his home. His body collapses into a limp state after the snake delivered its venomous bite, and it is a clear indication that the Little Prince has passed on, hopefully to where he intended to go. This last action tells us readers that we should strive to be brave and not give up, even at the face of death.

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Character Study: Mr Twit

• Cruel – to anyone, especially his circus monkeys
• Unforgiving & Vengeful – even to his own wife
• Sneaky & Scheming
• Dirty – lack personal hygiene
• Hideous – both in appearance and personality

Write up

There are two major characters in The Twits that are introduced to the readers from the very beginning. One is Mr Twit, and the other being his wife; Mrs Twit. Both are depicted to be equally vile, scheming, and with no hint of love in their heart. Despite their similarities in personality, the two elderly characters have rather different outwardly appearances, which is one of the elements in the story that help keep the two distinguishable for the readers.

For this write-up, I will focus my attention on Mr Twit. From the start-go, the author Roald Dahl is seen portraying Mr Twit as an antagonistic individual. At the same time, it can be said that he is the protagonist of the story too, but is the type that readers will not sympathize with. The story shows how cruel and nasty he can be towards others, and that would lead to his own unfortunate downfall, when everyone else decides to plot together a way to give Mr Twit a taste of his own medicine. This outcome is his much awaited punishment/retribution, and through this story, it teaches the readers that “what goes around comes around” - a saying that if an individual does something bad, a similar bad occurrence will also happen to him at a later time.

As a character, Mr Twit led a solitary lifestyle, even though he lived with his wife Mrs Twit. He is shown to care little about anyone else except himself, and was always consistently pulling nasty pranks on his own wife, and also serve as the receiving end of Mrs Twit's tricks. There was no peace within the Twits household, and the readers can only feel a sense of disgust and misery over the couple's unpleasant actions.

Mr Twit thought himself as cunning, and constantly tried to outwit anyone that crossed his path. It was until the end of the story where he met his match against his own captive monkey the “Muggle-Wump”, because he did not think that a mere monkey could ever outsmart him. The end of this tale attempts to educate the readers that one should not underestimate others, or overestimate the capabilities of oneself. A bit of humbleness is always good to have.