Hello again.
Last week, we learnt about Aristotle and the various aspects of his work and how it related to us.
I thought the idea of each group preparing a presentation on a different aspect of Aristotle.
My group was tasked with finding out about Aristotelian Tragedies, the Three-Act structure, and the definition of a ten-dollar word: Anagnorisis.
Our tragedy research was, well, a tragedy. We ended up not finding what we were looking for. Instead, we accidentally found what other groups were supposed to find. All in all, it was quite a disaster. Still, our 3-act structure was decent.
I notice that nowadays, Hollywood films seldom follow the three-act structure. Plots are not more complex, with many more twists and faux-resolutions. The completion of the story is usually left to the very last moments of the film. For us as future scriptwriters in this post-modern age, I wonder whether it would do us good to adapt to this structure.
Of course, our ten-dollar word, Anagnorisis, had an equally ten-dollar-isque definition. At least, it looked that way on first impression. In reality, it wasn’t that tough. I’ve learnt a lesson from this (not just the definition) that is not to completely trust first impressions. Rather, it sort of backed a lesson I learnt a while back.
On the whole, I did think last lesson was made more “colourful” with the intrusion of a fire drill before class could even commence. However, the presentations did not do much to make it more interesting. Somehow, the Aristotle lesson was just a little duller, and drier. I do look forward to today’s session though. I really hope last week was sort of a one-off.
Cheers!
