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Completely Factual
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Up Picture from Wikipedia A man obsessed with his dead wife kidnaps a young boy and takes him to a mysterious land where they encounter a strange and possibly dangerous creature and find themselves in a fight for their lives. Assignment- The assignment I chose was TV Guide Remix. For it, I needed to create a new synopsis that, while factually correct, makes the storyline feel as if it would be something drastically different. This assignment looked like a lot of fun. In the end, however, it was a lot harder thinking of a good fake synopsis than I originally ...
Back to the Future I guess
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This writing assignment requires me to take the synopsis of a T.V. show, movie or book and rewrite the plot in a way where the plot is still factually the same, but feels very different. Here is my take: A young man named Marty gets into a pretty cool looking car but when he gets out, he ends up in a world in which he hasn’t been born yet. As he tries to find a way back to his time, Marty attempts to stay away from his young, hot mom hitting on him and to help his nerdy dad get ...
Finding Nemo
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A father lets his son get kidnaped and put in a prison colony in Australia. After tricking a girl with memory loss into befriending him, she finds out the father’s really just a selfish prick.
“The Little Mermaid”: A Psychological Thriller Synopsis
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For my first Writing Assignment, I chose to complete a “TV Guide Remix” (http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/tv-guide-remix/). The goal of the assignment is to approach an existing film or show by shifting the characterization of the story and plot as significantly as possible with a TV/movie synopsis of one to two sentences. In generating my initial idea, I limited my potential movie options to animated films (as details and scenes could more easily be referenced online to remind myself of each plot). From this idea, I became interested in “The Little Mermaid”, a hugely popular film which was nonetheless critiqued throughout the years ...
Planet Sabotage?
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Tired of the army, a soldier escapes with one of the prisoners and teams up with a warrior and her robot to destroy a planet. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens __________ This prompt was super fun to think about. What would a movie look like if it was only given one sentence of description, and that sentence was horribly misconstrued? Originally, I wanted to make this blurb western-themed, but going for a more recent and widely known film sounded more appealing in the end. After lots of speculation, I decided to go with the latest addition to the ...
The Dishes and the Beast?
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For 2 stars this week, I decided to complete the TV Guide Remix Assignment. Take an existing movie or television show and change the writing of the synopsis in a way where it’s still factual correct, yet the story line feels drastically different. After a whole afternoon of thinking, I came up with a couple ideas for National Treasure, How to Train Your Dragon, and TURN: Washington’s Spies, but I found myself just repeating the plot, and not remixing it in any way. It wasn’t until I bounced a few ideas off of my roommate that things actually started to ...
TV Guide remix: Noir106 style
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Do they still have TV Guides? I haven’t looked at one since the 90s. The cable people I know all use the on-screen guides, and the rest of us out here in the wilderness are lucky if we can get two channels, so what’s the point of a guide? But I liked the TV Guide remix assignment anyway. It might be fun to try to put a different spin on things. The Postman Always Rings Twice – A kindly gentleman takes in a wild animal, with disastrous results. I’m not sure if that feels drastically different, but bringing the predatory cat ...
Romeo and Juliet: Remix Description
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Here is the link to my Romeo and Juliet Remix synopsis. http://lifebysavanna.com/uncategorized/romeo-and-juliet-remix-description/
Romeo and Juliet: Remix Description
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Star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, meet at the funeral of both there parents, who had died over a great battle that all started when their mothers were wearing the same designer: Shouks Pearuttion. When their fathers got word of the petty fight, they too consumed themselves in battle over snotty comments aimed at against each others tennis abilities. The attacks became violent, and ended when both parents fell off the cliff they were fighting on. As a result, a love forms, but Romeo and Juliet have trouble finding their own paths when their daughter dates a Maroni, Romeo’s first girlfriend’s ...
3 Orphans Climb a Snowy Mountain
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The Assignment Bank is FULL of such creative things to do! For this post, I’m focusing on TV Guide Remix which I found to be challenging and extremely fun. I’m a very big Disney fan, so I thought the best movie I could pick for this assignment was Frozen! (Did you automatically think of Frozen when you read the title? Because when you think about it, that is really what happened.) If you haven’t seen this movie, then you are totally missing out! The Disney workers have definitely outdone themselves this time. If you do fall into this category, which is ...