Animation Script Writing 1

On Tuesday 1st October we had an all-day class with script writer Mark Grindle. Some of the talk was familiar as he visited our class when I was in Undergraduate Animation. Here are some of the notes I wrote down during the day:

storytelling - how we make sense of the environment/people around us.

things to think about when script writing -
story
active questions
tone
theme

Character - 
How to get the audience to understand what the character is thinking?
The character has to need/want something - even if he/she doesn't know.
1 story per character - whose story are you concentrating on, for example, in a film?
All character's stories link to a central theme.
Less is more.
What is the character's desire?

Tradegy - don't get what they want
Comedy - do get what they want

'Poetics' book by Aristotle recommended.

Themes (message/moral) - 
Here is a diagram explaining different themes:

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Task for next Script Writing workshop on 30th October:
Come back with something incorporating elements of today, a short story, told in 30 seconds or about 50 words long, to tell to the rest of the group. It should take around 30 seconds to tell and would make the audience/someone think/do/feel differently (justify with one or more of the elements above).