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Noa & Order: Missing Zebra Book Unit

June 26, 2009 by Marilyn Horowitz

As a homework assignment, I asked my students to produce a short using only the footage they had on their Flip cameras. One of my students made this short, a Law & Order spoof entitled Noa & Order, using footage of a little girl she babysits. I was particularly pleased to see that my writing system – The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting – was applied to the process.

The questions (and my student’s answers) are:

Magic Question #1 – What is your character’s dream? Noa wants to find her missing zebra book.

Magic Question #2 – What is your character’s nightmare? Noa is worried she will never find the zebra book.

Magic Question #3 – Who or what will your character “die” for? Noa will risk it all to bring the perpetrator to justice.

Magic Question #4 – Does your character realize their dream or go on a new adventure? Noa realizes that even though she has safely recovered her zebra book, she’s a different person now, and more interested in her Elmo balloon.

For more information about how you can make your own films, visit www.ScreenplayClass.com.

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