"If you write a screen play that you can't visualize, then you haven't written the right thing. James Segars is a semi successful writer/filmmaker who has written several successful independent films. Among these include The Fly, and Tools of Desperation, both of which received high praise at the 2001 Baltimore Independent Film Festival. While Segars is no Steven Spielberg, his unique and charismatic screenplays are creating some buzz throughout much of Hollywood. At the tender age of only 21, Segars has just completed his undergraduate degree in Film Mastery at Florida State University, and is taking his first step into the world of film this year by student teaching at the University of Southern California's film program. Being an aspiring screen writer myself, I took this interview as a chance to learn, and gain insight into what makes a great screen writer tick, and what techniques, or tricks he use's in order to get his point across. .
"Writing for me comes very easy now. It's used to be hard to reproduce scenarios and moods, but I've spent the past couple of years studying psychology, as well as observing how people interact in there day to day lives in order to get a better sense of what someone would say while they are truly mad, as opposed to scripting what someone would say when there mad."" Segar's perspective is one that few have thought about, and perhaps that is why his films are receiving the critical praise they are. His films deal with real life issues that don't show actors as "superior beings-. They talk just like you and me, with no cliché catch phrases that no one would ever say in real life. "In all fairness, the hardest part about writing is being original. It is my sense, and the sense of many others, that there are only about a dozen of so stories in the world; it's just a matter of how you write or perceive them. After all, how many girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy stories have you heard? There's always that little spin on them that can make or break the movie.
First you have Unconditioned Stimulus. ... After time she stopped punishing me because I told her she wasnt fare. ... There was never any reward for not fighting. ... I was never really punished. ... Cognitive Learning Cognitive Learning- Choose a behavioral of yours which was learned through observation and/or modeling and explain how you developed this behavioral. ...
Learning is an occupation you never retire from. Everyday of your life, whether you realize it or not, you learn something new. ... Never mind the extra steps or key points regarding the subject. ... Overall, the learning experience over the past week has opened my eyes to some areas I really never thought of as having a shortcoming. ... If you don't, you are just repeating meaningless words, which unfortunately happened after just a few days....
The definition of learning is a change in a person's behavior due to observation or past experiences. ... Learning is an essential function we must do in order to adapt and survive in the world. ... The child then in turn will stop crying when the lights are on because the jarring noise has stopped and so the fear is relieved. ... Some of the causes for forgetting are it never got to the long-term, therefore it can't be retrieved. ... Because we are motivated to forget that information and feelings so we can move on and act as if it never happened. ...
You could complete a couple of hours of classroom schooling time in a hour through distant learning, and at your own understanding rather then listening to a professor lecture for two hours. ... All of these people have something to stop them from attending an ordinary schooling facility. ... Some may clam that distant learning will never be as effective as a standard classroom school. ... I don't see anything that [distance-learning programs] are offering that you can't get better on campus," says Carole Fungaroli Sargent a college professor of English at Georgetown University in W...
After learning the rules of the Jim Crow South, a black person sets out into the world to try and find a job. ... "Nigger, you think you"re white, don't you?" ... "Well, you"re acting mighty like it!"" ... They would fight against each other to further their own agendas, sometimes teaming up, but never for long. ... Whites also stopped the progress of the blacks for a long time and did not let them pursue their own "American Dream." ...
He helps students get through their emotional issues to provide a safe environment for easier learning. 10th grade English teacher and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Supervisor, Mrs. ... All throughout school we were taught "treat others the way you want to be treated, " that message has been transformed and misunderstood. There needs to be a way to get through to others and stop the madness. Incidents like Alesna's should never happen, not only to him but to anyone for any reason. ...
You cannot force someone to study and neither can you stop him or her if they want to. ... Education is like a sea; you can never get enough of it. ... When we found out, we tried to stop him because they were both disobeying our culture. ... So I think even if you manage to achieve so much academic success, you should never forget where you come from and who you are. ... There are so many ways of learning if you really want to learn, going to private schools or getting degrees is not the only way. ...
Just like communication is one of the most important features of social beings, so, is the process of learning aspects that are needed for social interaction. ... So that they can live in society and understand that we are all equal and we have should live the best way we can but never hurt or harm others specially because if we do not want to be hurt or harmed ourselves. ... How to teach Language When talking about language, we are going to divide the learning process in two: from 0 to 9 and from 9 to 12 years old. ... If the parents and teachers work together and demonstrate mutual ...
If you stop and think you can lern something new everyday. ... By doing that, you are "learning" how to play the notes and chords of the song on guitar or other musical instruments. ... You may spend a couple of weeks learning how to use the programs that you must use to complete your tasks at your job. ... Each and every person has his own learning process. ... You never really stop learning. ...
