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MODULE FIVE MODULE FOUR MODULE THREE MODULE TWO Perception Shift 101 This is a crash-course in dramatic structure. I didn’t like how the textbook did it, so I am deviating from it. There are some definitions you need from the book, but otherwise, everything you need is on these slides. Charact er Onstage Manifesta tion Dramati c Questio n Artisti c Goal Percept ion Shift

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Perception Shift 101

This is a crash-course in dramatic structure.

I didn’t like how the textbook did it, so I am deviating from it. There are some definitions you need from the book, but otherwise, everything you need is on these slides.

Character Onstage Manifestation

Dramatic Question

Artistic Goal

Perception Shift

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• Perception Shift– Introduction– Surface Meaning– Actual Meaning– Exercise

The Perception Shift is the shift the audience has, where they think they are looking at one thing, but they are actually experiencing something TOTALLY different.

The 6th Sense is an obvious example: BRUCE WILLIS IS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME

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But Kanye West explains it better than I can.

I love this song.

Listen to it here if you don’t own it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dbYZPxcKFI

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So he’s talking about this girl he crushed on.

His first love.

Wendy.

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• Perception Shift– Introduction– Surface Meaning– Actual Meaning– Exercise Right?

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Let’s talk about Wendy:

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Info About Wendy

She had so much soul

She likes to ‘blow trees’

She is tougher than his friends

She is walked all-over by former boyfriends

She has seen a lot of entertainers leave her.

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Now who is she to Kanye?

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Info About Wendy

She had so much soul

She likes to ‘blow trees’

She is tougher than his friends

She is walked all-over by former boyfriends

She has seen a lot of entertainers leave her.

Wendy and Kanye (WenYe)

They broke up

He had kids with her

He went ‘downtown’ on her

He left her to ‘follow his dreams’

His kids are just like him.

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So Wendy is his first love, whom he had kids with and then he left, in typical Kanye fashion.

Right?

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• Perception Shift– Introduction– Surface Meaning– Actual Meaning– Exercise Wrong!

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Listen to that song again.

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More specifically, the two minute mark:

“If you don’t know by now, I’m talking ‘bout Chi-town.”

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He’s talking about Chicago!!!

Not Wendy!!

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Wait, Wendy?

Wendy? Who likes to ‘blow trees’?

Windy? The Windy City who likes to blow trees because it’s so windy??

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BLOWN

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Say it ain’t so!!!

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Info About Wendy

She had so much soul

She likes to ‘blow trees’

She is tougher than his friends

She is walked all-over by former boyfriends

She has seen a lot of entertainers leave her.

Truth about Wendy

Of course! It’s a city!

Windy

All those jerks from NYC don’t think Chicago is tough.

Because she has roads

Because they get big and move out!!!

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Now this is the surface meaning.This is the 6th sense meaning.Wendy is a city. The audience is fooled. We feel dumb.

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Info About Wendy

She had so much soul

She likes to ‘blow trees’

She is tougher than his friends

She is walked all-over by former boyfriends

She has seen a lot of entertainers leave her.

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Now this is the surface meaning.This is the 6th sense meaning.And eventually we ask, ‘so what’?

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Info About Wendy

She had so much soul

She likes to ‘blow trees’

She is tougher than his friends

She is walked all-over by former boyfriends

She has seen a lot of entertainers leave her.

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Now this is the surface meaning.This reliance on surface meaning is one of the reasons why M. Night’s movies have gotten worse and worse.

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Info About Wendy

She had so much soul

She likes to ‘blow trees’

She is tougher than his friends

She is walked all-over by former boyfriends

She has seen a lot of entertainers leave her.

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Now this is the surface meaning.It’s not about the surface meaning. It’s about what the analogy says about what we care about.

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Info About Wendy

She had so much soul

She likes to ‘blow trees’

She is tougher than his friends

She is walked all-over by former boyfriends

She has seen a lot of entertainers leave her.

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Now this is the Actual MeaningThe actual events in their ‘life together’ is what makes this song great.

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Wendy and Kanye (WenYe)

They broke up

He had kids with her

He went ‘downtown’ on her

He left her to ‘follow his dreams’

His kids are just like him.

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Now this is the Actual MeaningIt’s not about the tricks, it about what that switch reveals.

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Perception Shift

Wendy and Kanye (WenYe)

They broke up

He had kids with her

He went ‘downtown’ on her

He left her to ‘follow his dreams’

His kids are just like him.

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Now this is the Actual MeaningI would not choose to listen to a four minute love song about Chicago.

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Wendy and Kanye (WenYe)

They broke up

He had kids with her

He went ‘downtown’ on her

He left her to ‘follow his dreams’

His kids are just like him.

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Now this is the Actual MeaningBut I did, and because he made it EXPLICITELY ABOUT A GIRL

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Wendy and Kanye (WenYe)

They broke up

He had kids with her

He went ‘downtown’ on her

He left her to ‘follow his dreams’

His kids are just like him.

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Now this is the Actual MeaningHe sucked me in, and then gutt-punched me when he switched.

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Perception Shift

Wendy and Kanye (WenYe)

They broke up

He had kids with her

He went ‘downtown’ on her

He left her to ‘follow his dreams’

His kids are just like him.

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I understand how Kanye West feels about Chicago.

Which is what any author should strive for.

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Read this little parable:http://www.jainworld.com/literature/story25.htm

If you need help.

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On the discussion board:Click on “Perception Shift”And here is your assignment:

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ASSIGNMENT:

Describe an action by instead describing another action.

Give yourself 5 minutes to do it.

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ASSIGNMENT:

HINT:

It may be easier to use something mundane (bowling?), to secretly describe something horrific (ripping out fingernails?)

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ASSIGNMENT:

HINT:

Remember, use nouns, use actual examples that can’t be interpreted any other way.

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Subject: Your Name

Body: Your paragraph you wrote in five minutes

END of paragraph: Your two tasks.