i want to

I want to start off my junior year fresh and get straight a’s and when I do get my report
Card I want my parents to be excited and as a reward I want them to buy me a car
And when I start falling off and slacking on my work I want them to take my car away and only let me drive it to the corner store I want me and my boyfriend to still be’together and I want him to purpose to me at school in front of his jealous ex girlfriend and I want
Her to bust into tears as she sees him slip the huge diamond ring on my finger I want to be able to pass my junior year and make it to my senior year and I want to be able to make it to graduation and walk the stage with my class mates and I want everybody to take pictures of me while I hold up my diploma high in the air and get all the people who doubted me mad I want to go to collage for cosmetology and I want a famous model to see my make up work and choose me as her make up artist I want to be able to travel to new york and have other models see my work that way I can make it big and get pais big bucks then I want to come back home to my fiancé then I want to take a break and still go to school here for cosmetology I want me and my boyfriend to have a lil boy and name him Jacob and when Jacob is born I want the doctor to hand me and my finance
Jacob so we can take a good look at him and fight over who he looks like then I want
To move in with my fiancé and his parents and I want to go back to my skinny self and not gain no weight after giving birth then I want to be a stay at home mom and play with Jacob all the time then I want Jacob to fall and scrape his knee and run as fast as I can and pick him up and hold him and tell him everything is going to be okay then I want
To have a big wedding and have my friends from high school there and then I want
To go to paris for my honey moon and have my best friend take care of Jacob while where gone then I want me and joseph to have a good time on our honey moon
Then on our way back home at the airport we lose one of our bags then
We have to stay in paris for another week which we would have an excuse to stay

me

I want to start off my junior year fresh and get straight a’s and when I do get my report
Card I want my parents to be excited and as a reward I want them to buy me a car
And when I start falling off and slacking on my work I want them to take my car away and only let me drive it to the corner store I want me and my boyfriend to still be’together and I want him to purpose to me at school in front of his jealous ex girlfriend and I want
Her to bust into tears as she sees him slip the huge diamond ring on my finger I want to be able to pass my junior year and make it to my senior year and I want to be able to make it to graduation and walk the stage with my class mates and I want everybody to take pictures of me while I hold up my diploma high in the air and get all the people who doubted me mad I want to go to collage for cosmetology and I want a famous model to see my make up work and choose me as her make up artist I want to be able to travel to new york and have other models see my work that way I can make it big and get pais big bucks then I want to come back home to my fiancé then I want to take a break and still go to school here for cosmetology I want me and my boyfriend to have a lil boy and name him Jacob and when Jacob is born I want the doctor to hand me and my finance
Jacob so we can take a good look at him and fight over who he looks like then I want
To move in with my fiancé and his parents and I want to go back to my skinny self and not gain no weight after giving birth then I want to be a stay at home mom and play with Jacob all the time then I want Jacob to fall and scrape his knee and run as fast as I can and pick him up and hold him and tell him everything is going to be okay then I want
To have a big wedding and have my friends from high school there and then I want
To go to paris for my honey moon and have my best friend take care of Jacob while where gone then I want me and joseph to have a good time on our honey moon
Then on our way back home at the airport we lose one of our bags then
We have to stay in paris for another week which we would have an excuse to stay

now & then

i want to start passing all my classes and i want to do good and show my parents that im
not being bad and that im not going to give up on doing good.then i want to pass and go to the next grade then be able to graduate and get my diploma and walk the stage with my fellow classmates then i want to go to a collage and learn more things about photography and then be a perfesonal photographer . and get married to the one i love and have a lil boy and we'll name him jacob and then we'll grow old together and then by that time ill be ritch and retired then my son wil have kids and his kids will have kids then ill be old and wrinklely

august 17 2006

one morning on august 17 2006 i woke up and had a feeling that today at school
was going to be a good day but then i was nervous because i had been talking
to this boy named joseph and hes a really good guy to talk to and he'll listen so i
was nervous because i dident know if we would ever get to be together i kept thinking
this wasent going to work out so i put the stress behind me and i got dressed fixed
up my hair and ate breakfeast and did what i had to do then my mom drove me to school
and right when i got out her car i kept having this nervously feeling in my stomach that
something weird was going to happen but i kept acting like it was nothing. so tha day went by and it was time for lunch so me and my friends lyssa and elena were hangin out with joseph
and his friends josh and jose so we were acting like how most teens would but then it was time for lunch to be over then while i was going to class me and joseph were walking then i notice
the weird feeling i was having went away so i was guessing it wasent nothing that it was all
in my head but then joseph pulled me to the side and said he wanted to talk to
me so i was like yeah wat is it and he said "will you be my girlfriend" which i thaught was sweet
cause most guys say "will you go out with me" so i was shy and blushing and i said of course and he leaned over and kissed me on my cheek and ever since that day august 17 2006 weve been together and its april 2007 were going on 8months hes really th

cleopatra

cleopstra thea philopator was the third daughter of then king ptolemy xII aultetes
she was probaly born to her father's sister making her third in line to rule after her two other sisters died little known about cleopatra is childhood but she would have observed the
disordered events and loss of public affection for the ptoleaic dynasty under
the reign of her father it is said that her father survived two assasinations attempts when a servant found a deadly puff adder in his bed ...later on those years her father died in march 51 b.c

INT. BALLROOM NIGHT TIME IN ENGLANDamelia walks into the ballroom which had golden
Doors and chandalers with crystal lights hanging threw out the room she saw her mother standing next to her fieance
who was standing next to a big ice scuplture which was surrounded by roses and all kinds of delicous food. amelia walked to her mother and slightly pulled her aside to talk to her.amelia took her mother into a room which was by the entrance of the ballroom .amelia closed the doors

AMELIA
may i ask why are you here with timothy

ANGELA
we were just talking about your wedding plans

AMELIA
theres no wedding mother

timothy stands by the door and knocks
quickly amelia stops talking and angela opens
the door.

TIMOTHY
the dinner is about to start
hi amelia how are you doing today

AMELIA
im doing just fine

amelia walks out and walks towards the dinner table
timothy walks into the room with angela and talks to her

TIMOTHY
angela I think im going to do it im going to pop the question to amelia

ANGELA
Yes I think shes ready for that ill make a toast
Ill ask you to stand up to make the anouncmeant

Timothy and angela walk out the room and walk over to the dinner table and timothy sits next to amelia

Mintues go by and angela stands up

ANGELA
I would like to make a toast everyone
Im thankful for yall being here today
This wonderful food and wonderful people

Timothy stands up

TIMOTHY

May I make an anouncement
-
Angela sits back down
Timothy stands up and faces amelia

TIMOTHY
Amelia my love your everything to me
I just wanted to say that and also

Timothy gets down on one knee and takes a ring out his pocket and looks up at amelia and grabs her hand

TIMOTHY
Amelia my love would you marry me

Amelia sits silently

TIMOTHY
Well yes or no

AMELIA
No

TIMOTHY
I beg your pardon

AMELIA
You heard me I said no I will not be your wife

Suddenly the ballroom doors open widely and
A man stands at the door and amelia stands up and walks towards him and holds his hand and amelia speaks

AMELIA

This is the reason why I said no to you timothy im already somebody elses fiance

Timothy stands up and speaks

TIMOTHY
You shouldn’t be with such a coward
Julian amelia’s fiance walks up to timothy

JULIAN
Oh so now im a coward ill challenge you to a car race

Timothy thinks for a minute

TIMOTHY
Alright your on

Julian and timothy run outside and go to
There cars and amelia kisses julian all of a

the film

Writing the Short Film
What is the rule of thumb for the length of
a movie/ number of pages of the script?
What are the major ways that short films
differ from feature films.
(The rule of thumb is that one page equals one minute of screen time). The short screenplay, on the other hand, can be as short as one minute, or as long as forty. Short films also take many shapes



Conceiving Our Story
What is the "Dramatic Moment" in the film?
What are the major conflicts/ questions in "Because of Mama?"

Papa, papa, why do you drink?" And his father slurringly answers, "Because of Mama."
This moment is undeniably dramatic. We knew that in unpacking it we would find all the elements necessary to creating a short film.


Determining the Structure
The writer claims that for a short screenplay "a good story needs to have an archetypal storyline and a big idea." Why does he state this, and do you agree?Read the Step Outline.



Discovering/Crafting Images
What is exposition, and
how did the writers decide to handle it in the example they give?



Writing Scenes. Beginnings, Middles, Ends / Tips for Writing Engaging Scenes
Read carefully - you will be writing scenes.What are the three things you read in these sections that you found the most interesting/ helpful and that you will implement.