Studio Practice

Cliche- Something that has been overdone to the point where it is now predictable. A fad that has either died or is dying out.

I'm sure you are all familiar with Disney and their trademark cliche of making censored, gay-oriented movies in which the good guy always wins.

Genre- An unncessary label attached to music, movies, novels, etc. giving way to discrimination, stereotypes, and prejudice.

I was once kicked out of a music chat room based on the "metal" genre because I listen to "nu-metal".

Stereotype- A stereotype is a characteristic assumed by people regarding a certain population. Stereotypes are usually based on the history of that population and are also portrayed by the media. Stereotypes usually have a negative connotation, since it is including all people of a certain population into characteristics when really only a select few possesses.
Antagonist- the character in a good vs. evil plot that opposes the good/hero.

everyone seems to root for the hero's in stories...but i like to root for the antagonist

Protagonist- Since there was no absolute definition for this word, I decided to use an actual meaning. 

1. The main character in a drama or other literary work. 
2. In ancient Greek drama, the first actor to engage in dialogue with the chorus, in later dramas playing the main character and some minor characters as well. 
3. 
1. A leading or principal figure. 
2. The leader of a cause; a champion.Supporting- An existence in the story to provide elements, making the leading role stand out.
Characterization- Definition of Character

Hero of the day - The unexpected one

The what seemed nonchalant guy became the hero of the day.

Andre a 20 year-old student who is unlike any of his peers being out with friends having fun, is a quiet child. His definition of fun is listening to his favourite playlist and getting warp into it. His classmates find him eccentric and nonchalant. Well, he is to a certain extent nonchalant. It doesn’t bother him.

“That’s all for today’s lesson. Class dismissed.” Said the lecturer in a loud voice. The students pack their stuffs up hurriedly. Chatter and laughter are filling up the whole class, some complaining about the amount of workload and some planning about where to head to later. As usual, Andre packed his stuffs in his own pace.

Andre placed his headphones to his ears. His surroundings became less noisy. A favourite tune starts to fill up as Andre played his playlist, eliminating the chattering of his classmates. Then, he’s being warped into his comfort zone.

His classmates all left in groups. None of them bid him goodbye. He’s left alone in class. Andre finished packing his stuffs and starts to head home.

It’s like any other day. Andre will walk alone to the station to take the train home.

Among the chattering of the crowd, the screeching of the track and the announcement of the train, Andre is in his own world with the beats sounding in the manner of comforting him. He is still a long way home.

Suddenly, the train stopped abruptly with a huge jerk. Some of the commuters lost their footing and fell. The commuters are shocked and are wondering what happened. They are all murmuring among themselves. The train didn’t resume moving. There’s no announcement about the matter. Andre is shocked by the matter but quickly brushed it away to return to his music.

The commuters start to get impatient. Most of them are giving the irritated face. The train itself is getting stuffy. Discomfort is getting to the commuters. Andre is feeling it too but he tries to contain it.

Just then, Andre felt a weight leaning against his back. He didn’t care about it at first but the weight just get heavier. He turned around to see what the weight is. To his surprise it’s a lady with a pale face. She is panting and weak. Andre quickly removed his headphones and check on the lady.

“It’s an asthma attack. This is bad, gotta give her some air to stabilize her condition.” Andre thought to himself. “What can I do? It’s too crowded and the train doesn’t seem to be moving anytime soon. Think, Andre think.”

Andre supported the lady to the nearest seat and usher the other passenger to give up the seat in order to rest her. Andre hurried over to the fire extinguisher, pulled it out of the compartment and threw it at the glass of the train door.

The fire extinguisher hit the glass with a loud crash sending the glass shards flying. Everyone was stunned by his act. Andre returned to the lady and checked her condition. The air around became less stuffy as the carriage got more ventilated due to the hole in the train door. The lady breathing calmed a little.

“Good, she’s stabilizing.”

The train starts moving again. More murmurs came from the commuters.

As soon as the train reached the next station, commuters all rushed out. The lady who’s feeling better already was looking for Andre to thank him for his deed. He was nowhere to be found.

Andre has already taken an alternative to get back home. He didn’t want to receive any gratitude from the lady. To him, it was just an act that was supposed to be done.

Melodious beats continue to flow into his ear as he return to his own world.

Ex2's summary

One Sentence Summary

1. So near yet so far.
- Who says with will, you can achieve anything?

2. Mein Kampf
- Everyday is a struggle.

3. Raquel
- A love-hate relationship.

4. You, me, our world
- As simple as it is, much pleasure is gained.

5. Rainbow
- You filled my life with colours.

Character Bio


Story: The Twits
Character chosen: Mrs Twit

Hitler's disbelief in Schumacher's crash

Hitler's Secretary: Sir, Fergelein reported that Michael Schumacher crashed in the Singapore Grand Prix.
Hitler: What nonsense?
Thats not possible. He will never crash.
We Germans are superior beings. Even if we didn't win, we will still complete the race.
Where did he get this stupid information? If this gets out, Germany's reputation will be doomed!
Bring me that dumbass Fergelein! Fergelein! Fergelein! FERGELEIN!

Rainbow

You filled my life with colours.

Many things are flowing through my mind as I’m building up this post, too much to the point where I don’t know where to begin. I don’t want to touch so much on my schoolwork cause I have been stating them in my previous posts. There are not many changes to that part of life. The only prominent change is that the workload keeps increasing.

There’s something new though. My monotonous school life is starting to be filled with colours. It was unexpected as I think about it. I’m even smiling to myself at this point. Haha. Yea, back to what I was relating and yea to those who know me, it’s regarding a girl. HAHAHA! The ‘knew it’ popped up in you guys’ head right?

Well, we are chatting like any other people. Teasing each other, laughing and talking about anything. She’s pretty and cute. I like. Not that I’m just into looks. I do like what’s in her too. I like talking to her a lot. Same frequency, that’s for sure. The feel I get from her is different from other pretty faces I’ve met before. I can say it’s indescribable. I’ve got to understand her little by little as the time elapsed and the fond for her grew.

Her addition to my life has unknowingly starts to mould me into another person. Better, I suppose. I’m a hot-tempered person. Whenever I’m doing Maya, I will be in a ‘no-holes barred’ mode. Lots of vulgarities will just shoot out from my mouth like a machine gun. I will always have the urge to just whack my MBP same goes for playing games, two PSPs were smashed in the process but now there’s a solution for all that. When I start to feel abit of anger, I’ll look at her picture. It calms my nerves. Disgusting to some but true. Lol.

Now, everything is nice and sweet. Colours continue to flow in and fill the other parts of me. Hopefully this stays without me screwing it all up with my bad character leading it back to the dull black and white world.

Alright, that’s enough of information. Gonna head to bed and dream of her.

Intoxicated, I am.

-Logging off-

The Little Prince- Character Description

This is a childhood story that many dramas like to relate to when they want to emphasize some life analogy. It revolves around this character by the name ‘Little Prince’ where he is really petite as the original title says, ‘Le Petit Prince’. The Little Prince has an asteroid where he calls it his ‘planet’.

It seems that the Little Prince is someone who is simple, easily amused and easily contented.  In his journey around the world, we can see the traits that I mentioned above. One incident is where he decided to climb the highest mountain he assumed to see the whole planet and people. This showed his simple side. As he has only visited asteroids, he has never really knows how big a real planet is till he visited Earth which was recommended by the geographer he met. When he found out that Earth is way bigger than what he thought, he felt dejected. He thinks he’s not a great prince as his planet only has three volcanoes and a rose, which is common and he has lost faith on.

The Little Prince reminds me of a phrase which is literally translated as ‘frog in the well’ as all he saw before his trip to Earth was just a small part in the Universe but he is not big headed and is willing to listen to the teachings he got from the people he met. He’s a keen learner. This trait is something that we all should emulate cause this world is too vast it’s impossible to learn all the things in this life and we should not stop learning till we die.

Another trait of him is that whenever he encounters problems or discovered something his faith in his stuffs starts to waver. He gets discouraged easily. However due to the words of the Fox, he learned that there are things far bigger and better than what he owns but he can’t possibly be chasing after them. He should be contented with what he owns and be responsible of them for he has already established a bond with them.

In all, we should put ourselves into the story as the Little Prince where we will grow to learn in order to improve, be a better person and apply what we learnt into our daily life.

Mrs Twit- Character Description

Roald Dahl, a genius in creating disgusting and ugly character subtle enough to be accepted by children and adults. Mrs Twit one of his most successful characters created was described as someone very ugly. In a story meant for kids, it’s inappropriate to comment people as ugly but he made it possible in a clever way. How did he do it? Well, Mrs Twit was once a very beautiful person. She turned ugly as she grew older due to her thoughts. She always harbor ugly thoughts thus affecting her looks. This is a very good example for parents to teach their kids that one shouldn’t harbor ugly thoughts and should always be nice to people around.

Mrs Twit has a glass eye that’s always not in place in her eye socket and sometimes she would take it out to scare Mr Twit. This is disgusting for most people but not for me. I find it amusing. Though most of the time she’s playing pranks on Mr Twit, it might be a way to show their love being who they are. I came to this conclusion cause I’m the kind of person where I like to tease people and that only applies to those who are close to me and those I give a damn about. I won’t bother wasting my time on someone insignificant to me.

Mrs Twit carries a walking stick where she states that it’s to aid her in walking as her left foot is infected with warts, which is actually a façade. Truth is, she uses it to cane her pet monkeys and her husband when they don’t listen to her.  She’s demanding and fake in that sense. That’s the scary part, she may be smiling right in front of you but she might be plotting something back in her head. That’s happening everywhere, even in school. I don’t understand the need of it playing politics in school. Ain’t it a place to learn?

Mrs Twit is a very good portrait of people that are devious. They are like rotten apples. You can’t see how dirty and ugly inside cause they kept it in so well inside them. Well, in this case Mrs Twit’s look got affected by the nasty thoughts of hers.

In all, Mrs Twit is there to remind us that there are actually people like this around us and we should be wary of them. This world is not as beautiful as we think.