LG Write an internal monologue using description thoughts

LG: Write an internal monologue, using description, thoughts and feelings

Monday • Grammar test!

A Future World

What has happened here?

How long ago did it happen?

Who still lives here?

RUIN • Watch this great, action-packed, animated short film: • https: //www. literacyshed. com/ruin. html# • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=dote. Mq P 6 e. Sc

Questions to ask • • • When is this story set? How do we know? What do you think has happened? How did one man survive or are there more? What is trying to stop him and why? What will happen next?

Look at this image from the film What do you notice?

We notice that our 'hero' may not be all he seems. In the scene above we see that his skin is a strange matrix of hexagons which glow. He seemingly manages to power up the hand held device with his fingers. • • Is he the person in the profile? Was he built by Haven Nanotech? Why is 'research facility B' under quarantine? Why does he want to go there?

Make some notes • Note down some of your responses to these questions. • They can just be very brief notes (for example: A war has forced everyone to leave the area. Radiation levels are too high to support life) but they will get you thinking about the story around the clip.

Internal Monologue • An internal monologue is a person’s thoughts, written down. A little like a diary entry, a little like a playscript, it describes actions, thoughts and feelings from a character’s point of view. It’s often used in movies and video games and is often in the past tense as characters often recall events that have happened in the past.

What is a monologue? A monologue is a speech delivered by one person, who exposes inner thoughts and provides insights into his or her character. The character/person speaks out their thoughts about a specific event or situation and tells us how they are feeling at that particular time. Monologues are always written in first person (I think/I feel). The Greek root word monologos translates to “speaking alone, ” and that's a monologue: one person doing all the talking. LG: To determine the ingredients of an effective dramatic monologue

What do you notice about how this character is speaking? • Watch him speak in a monologue to Mr. Incredible • https: //www. youtube. com/watch ? v=i. Rlh_w 6 u. Rds • Listen for: – his attitude (tone) – his use of long and short sentences – Listen for punctuation. (! ? … --) LG: To determine the ingredients of an effective dramatic monologue

Syndrome’s Monologue WHO is he speaking to? WHAT is it that he wants? What is he FEELING at this point? See? Now you respect me, because I’m a threat. That’s the way it works. Turns out, there a lot of people, whole countries, who want respect, and they will pay through the nose to get it. How do you think I got rich? I invented weapons, and now I have a weapon that only I can defeat, and when I unleash it, I’ll get… You sly dog! You got me monologuing! I can’t believe it. It’s cool, huh? Zero-point energy. I save the best inventions for myself. Am I good enough now? Who’s super now? I’m Syndrome, your nemesis and…Oh, brilliant. LG: To determine the ingredients of an effective dramatic monologue

Over to you… • Spend some time making notes on what the character in ‘Ruin’ would be thinking as he moves around the landscape. It’s quite fun to talk your way through a story. Listen to the example on the audio walkthrough. Try and get a mix of description, thoughts, feelings and drama!

An example: It was a day like any other. I spent it looking for clues in one of the thousands of Nanotech buildings around Nanosaki. I pushed the container to the edge of the 87 th floor and watched it fall down. The noise it made thundered around the empty buildings but there was no one there to hear and it was the only way I was going to get it open. I switched on the machine and there I was, my own face staring back at me. It was coming back to me. I need to get to research facility B. What is that noise? I better leave now. Oh No! A gyrocopter. I'll head for the tunnels. .

Creating an internal monologue for the character. • Write what the character is thinking as he moves through the landscape. Use that mix of description, thoughts, feelings and drama! Remember, he may be recalling the events as if they happened in the past. If you like, you can start with the opening on the next page:

It was a day like any other. I spent it looking for clues in one of the thousands of Nanotech buildings around Nanosaki.