Practice 1-sentence summary with the examples below:
Story 1: Character driven story, e.g. Mr Bean.
Story 2: Story driven by a location.
= A convenience store in King's Road looks like your average shop during the day, but when full moon is abound, it becomes the gateway to a fantasy world no one can imagine.
Story 3: Story driven by an item.
= Darren accidentally gets a hold of a pencil that transforms anything into tangible form by drawing with it, and now a mysterious group of men are out there to get him.
Story 4: Story driven by a situation.
= Josep gets into a tight and weird spot when he wakes up one day with a corpse next to him, and the murder weapon in his hand.
Story 5: Story driven by Character's motive(s) or conflict with another Character.
=
Story 6 - 10: Combination of above points for your stories.
= Catastrophe
Stationery Boy (1st Draft Script)
Fade In:
ACT One
SAMANTHA in A FIX
Scene – School classroom interior, day.
SAMANTHA is looking through her pencil case for a stapler, but soon realizes that she left it at home. She then turns to her friend Amy whose seat was next to hers.
Samantha
“Oh drats! I forgot my stapler again. Can I borrow yours, Amy?”
Amy
“You know I don't have one. Go ask from him instead.”
AMY replies, but in a non-nonchalant way, without lifting her eyes off the paper she is drawing with.
Samantha
“Him?”
“Eh, but I am not sure.....” [voice trails away]
Samantha
[In thoughts] (Sigh. Amy should know very well that I am shy about speaking with the guys.)
(Never mind. It's alright. Come on Samantha, you can do this! He is a fellow classmate after all, so how difficult can it be?)
SAMANTHA gathers her courage, and prepares to move.
Fade Out:
Fade In:
ACT TWO
SAMANTHA PLUCKS UP HER COURAGE
SAMANTHA moves a few desks away from hers, as she slowly approaches the seat of 'him' – the STATIONERY BOY. Her movements become more robotic as she gradually breaks down in nervousness.
Samantha
“Was the classroom THAT big? Why does it feel like a long distance to his desk?”
[Camera focus on SAMANTHA as she finally meets eye to eye with STATIONERY BOY]
Samantha
“Erm... ah... I... err...”
Stationery Boy
“.....?”
Samantha
[flustered] (NOOO!!! I don't even know his name. I messed up! I so want to disappear right now...)
Stationery Boy
“Do you want me to staple that for you?”
Samantha
“H...how did you know?”
Stationery Boy
“Heh, I kind of guessed it.” [points at the stack of paper SAMANTHA is holding onto]
“And since no one really talks to me besides borrowing stationeries, haha...”
STATIONERY BOY takes the paper and staple them together. He then returns the stack to SAMANTHA without saying another word.
Samantha
“...Thank you.”
Fade Out:
Fade In:
ACT THREE
SAMANTHA SETS HER RESOLVE
The scene shows SAMANTHA already away from STATIONERY BOY's desk. She continues to move further away, but her mind is in deep thoughts.
Samantha
(I thanked him already... so why is there still a strange sense of emptiness within me?)
SAMANTHA turns her head back to look at STATIONERY BOY. He sits at his desk, with the air of loneliness around him.
Samantha
(He looks... so lonely. And I...)
[Moment of silence]
(I should talk to him once more! I haven't even properly introduce myself. Yes, this shall be my first step to discard my old, shy self!)
SAMANTHA goes back to STATIONERY BOY's desk; this time with confident strides. She faces him.
Samantha
“Erm, thank you again for just now.
I am Samantha, and it might sound a little strange coming from a classmate, but could you tell me your name?”
Stationery Boy
[awkward smile] “It is Tracy. Quite the girlish name, don't you agree?”
Samantha
“N...no, not at all! Tracy... [smiles] I hope we can get to know each other better from now on, Tracy~”
Fade Out:
The End
ACT One
SAMANTHA in A FIX
Scene – School classroom interior, day.
SAMANTHA is looking through her pencil case for a stapler, but soon realizes that she left it at home. She then turns to her friend Amy whose seat was next to hers.
Samantha
“Oh drats! I forgot my stapler again. Can I borrow yours, Amy?”
Amy
“You know I don't have one. Go ask from him instead.”
AMY replies, but in a non-nonchalant way, without lifting her eyes off the paper she is drawing with.
Samantha
“Him?”
“Eh, but I am not sure.....” [voice trails away]
Samantha
[In thoughts] (Sigh. Amy should know very well that I am shy about speaking with the guys.)
(Never mind. It's alright. Come on Samantha, you can do this! He is a fellow classmate after all, so how difficult can it be?)
SAMANTHA gathers her courage, and prepares to move.
Fade Out:
Fade In:
ACT TWO
SAMANTHA PLUCKS UP HER COURAGE
SAMANTHA moves a few desks away from hers, as she slowly approaches the seat of 'him' – the STATIONERY BOY. Her movements become more robotic as she gradually breaks down in nervousness.
Samantha
“Was the classroom THAT big? Why does it feel like a long distance to his desk?”
[Camera focus on SAMANTHA as she finally meets eye to eye with STATIONERY BOY]
Samantha
“Erm... ah... I... err...”
Stationery Boy
“.....?”
Samantha
[flustered] (NOOO!!! I don't even know his name. I messed up! I so want to disappear right now...)
Stationery Boy
“Do you want me to staple that for you?”
Samantha
“H...how did you know?”
Stationery Boy
“Heh, I kind of guessed it.” [points at the stack of paper SAMANTHA is holding onto]
“And since no one really talks to me besides borrowing stationeries, haha...”
STATIONERY BOY takes the paper and staple them together. He then returns the stack to SAMANTHA without saying another word.
Samantha
“...Thank you.”
Fade Out:
Fade In:
ACT THREE
SAMANTHA SETS HER RESOLVE
The scene shows SAMANTHA already away from STATIONERY BOY's desk. She continues to move further away, but her mind is in deep thoughts.
Samantha
(I thanked him already... so why is there still a strange sense of emptiness within me?)
SAMANTHA turns her head back to look at STATIONERY BOY. He sits at his desk, with the air of loneliness around him.
Samantha
(He looks... so lonely. And I...)
[Moment of silence]
(I should talk to him once more! I haven't even properly introduce myself. Yes, this shall be my first step to discard my old, shy self!)
SAMANTHA goes back to STATIONERY BOY's desk; this time with confident strides. She faces him.
Samantha
“Erm, thank you again for just now.
I am Samantha, and it might sound a little strange coming from a classmate, but could you tell me your name?”
Stationery Boy
[awkward smile] “It is Tracy. Quite the girlish name, don't you agree?”
Samantha
“N...no, not at all! Tracy... [smiles] I hope we can get to know each other better from now on, Tracy~”
Fade Out:
The End
Ex2 Compilation and Summary
Story 1: Stationery Boy
“A start of a new friendship, between two unsuspecting people from the same classroom.”
Story 2: My "Wonderful" Place
“A friend pestered the protagonist to help him decide on a date-spot, and so the annoyed latter decided to introduce a 'wonderful' place of his...”
Story 3: Goli King
“Answering to the pleas of his nephew, Kai confronted the former's bullies, and through them he learnt about the fascinating world of Goli: game of Marbles – and decided to 'end up with all the marbles' himself (to win it all!).”
Story 4: Detective Duck and the Odd Day
“A Duck Detective wakes up to find everyone around him acting strangely, and he proceeds off to solve this oddity of a day.”
Story 5: Coin of Fate
“A short tale of how a mere 10 cents coin can give birth to a new destiny between two opposing individuals.”
For the transcript assignment, I chose Story 1 "Stationery Boy".
CHARACTERS in "Stationery Boy"
Protagonist: Samantha
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Supporting: Stationery Boy/Tracy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Supporting/Best Friend: Amy
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Protagonist: Samantha
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Supporting: Stationery Boy/Tracy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Supporting/Best Friend: Amy
Age: 15
Gender: Female
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