Fear Factor Building a Tension Scene Imagine how

Fear Factor! Building a Tension Scene

Imagine how it would feel to face a terrifying challenge.

Fear Factor Australia https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=FW 36 XJsa-7 E&feature=youtu. be On this show, each week 6 contestants compete against each other to attempt 4 stunts. If they don’t attempt a stunt, then they are eliminated! If they succeed, they move one step closer to winning $50 000.

What challenges might the contestants face?

Fear Factor - Snake Pit https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=VGIjx. AACs. AA How might the contestants feel during this challenge?

Writing Model - Rats!!! I lay in a Perspex box, my heart pounding so loud that I thought I was going to throw up. I shut my eyes tight, trying to imagine I was somewhere, anywhere else, but I couldn’t. I was shaking so much my teeth rattled. “Release the rats!” I heard the presenter say. I could feel them, furry and a bit greasy, running up my legs. Their little claws scratched my skin. That’s when I started to hyperventilate. . .

Your Turn! In groups…. THREE MINUTES TO BRAINSTORM What might the contestant in the snake pit… See? Touch? Hear? Feel?

Get Writing! Use your brainstorming to write your own tension scene from the perspective of the contestant in the snake pit. Make the reader feel like they are right there with the contestant!