1. from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2. from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
KEY IDEA What movie versions of books have you enjoyed?
What made those movies worthwhile? Prepare to watch a clip from a movie that’s based on a well-loved novel.
You’ll explore what filmmakers do to draw you into the plot of a movie.

3. Watch some movie beginnings

4. What are some exciting /memorable ways to start a movie? Share.

5. Ideas Voiceover – first person narrator
Landing in the middle of action
Music to set the scene
???

6. From stage back to page

7. What are some ways we can start a story that hooks the reader?
Begin with a quote that might lead to understanding the story, the conflict, or the outcome.
Start in the middle of the action – drop your reader in!
Open at a distance and close in. 
Start with a minor mystery. 
Keep talk to a minimum.
Revisit the beginning once you reach the end.

8. Think of your plot PLOT as a story in 5 frames

9. Writing Practice: There is a bumping sound from the basement.
Genre: Horror First sentence: must be a line from a song. Who is the narrator? First or Third? Setting: where is the story set? Urban, woods, Australia, US?

10. Creating Tension
The trick is to build up the tension and anxiety before the protagonist actually investigates. You need to imagine worrying thoughts, calm themselves, imagine more worrying thoughts, reason with themselves, do something to distract themselves and then finally investigate.

11. SHARE paragraphs
How might this paragraph be filmed? Use a sequence of images to storyboard your paragraph.

12. What have I learned today?