Setting up the SOAP BIBLE - agreed details
Storylines, characters, locations, production and postproduction style, etc
SOAP BIBLE
| This is a big task, and is the responsibility of all, under the SOAP EDITOR. |
| You have to get the BASICS right. That means a lot of discussion at the beginning of this project. |
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Allow for efficient discussion time. Quite a lot of it. As long as you are efficient, all of this planning will pay off. |
| A wrong turning in the BASICS can lead to trouble later! So be flexible, open to as many creative ideas as possible. |
| Keep DISCUSSION productive. No individual should hang on to an idea, just because it is their own. |
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You set up the group working dynamics here. You discover how you all work together, for the good of the project. |
| What are your initial difficulties? How do you come to consensus? What roles do you each take up? |
| Check out Group dynamics - what goes right and avoiding the rest |
| DON'T : Create a BOXED-IN LOCATION. EXAMPLES - ONLY in an office; ONLY in a shop; ONLY in a small college. |
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| DON'T : Create a BOXED-IN STORYLINE. EXAMPLES - a repeating situation. (A continuously complaining character, in one location, keeps going on and on about the same subject.) |
MAIN CHARACTERS - DO NOT! - PLEASE AVOID.......
| DO NOT CREATE: BOXED-IN CHARACTER (who is a main character - or any character). ABSOLUTELY AVOID! (Why? See below.) |
| DO NOT CREATE: Someone in depression, poorly able to communicate. Why? Not for entertainment. Not for range. Not for character development. Not interesting. |
| DO NOT CREATE: Someone not capable of TRANSFORMATION through the episodes. |
| DO NOT CREATE: A 'mono-' character (too narrow a personality), with only one function. E.g., the Neighbourhood Spy (as a Main Character), the Nasty Teacher (as a Main Character). |
| DO NOT CREATE: Someone with a dialect which does not allow enough expressiveness (range of emotions and thoughts). |
| DO NOT CREATE: Someone with a stutter (gets in the way of expressiveness and slows up delivery). |
| See ALAN BECK'S FORMULA FOR THE MAIN CHARACTERS - and - Create characters' personalities - always go for results |
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