Conflicts
Definition:
-Disagreement
-hostile encounter
-struggle (can be mentally, physcially, emotionally).
*Opposition of persons or forces
*Can result internally or externally
*It is the interaction of opposing ideas, interests or wills that creates the plot.
Types of conflict.
-Dramatic conflict is the protagonist’s struggle against something or someone.
eg. man vs man, man vs enviroment, man vs system, man vs self.
-Variations of conflict can arise from gender, age, religion and culture.
Causes & Effects of Conflict
-Conflicts arises when there is CHANGE
-Changes may be minor or major.
-While change is universal and common, it is not always accepted.
-Examples of changes:
Seasons, lives, relationships, feelings, bodies, locations, technologies.
-Conflict arises when people resist changes
-The intensity of conflict depends how people react to the change
-People must learn to cope with change if they want to survive.
-The action in drama depends on conflict.
Importance of Conflict
-Plot cannot be constructed without conflict.
-Central feature of the scrennplay
-As your characters attempt to reach their goals, they come into conflict with each other.
-The end of the story nears when the protagonist and antagonist approach their goals and the conflict rises to generate maximum suspense and excitment.
Writer’s purpose.
To connect the audiences :
*Themselves
*Their unique vision
*The material/issue
*The drama
*others
Audiences want to be transported by screenplay.
Where to look for a story
-Within yourself eg. experiences, memories, emotions
-Practice observing, ‘listening’ and reading body language of people
-Figure how to connect your viewers to your story through emotions, characters, etc.
