Assignment #2 Concept Kit
Premise: A Chinese boy had a gambling addiction, and his girlfriend tried to discourage his gaming habits. He never listened to her and could never stop playing. Sometimes he hit the jackpot, but sometimes he could lose all the money he had. Finally, his girlfriend had to break up with him.
Inspiration: It is a real situation that happened to my classmate at high school in Hamilton. I wrote this because I just wanted to tell people that gambling has very harmful impacts. There is an old Chinese proverb: “First spin and then weave.”
Premise: A boy and a girl have been studying together for years. They loved each other, but had no courage to bare their hearts to each other. After graduating from university, they moved to different cities and started their new life. They forgot about each other and they found their soulmates.
Inspiration: I believe that many people have had such an experience. I wrote this story for the young people and teenagers. True feelings should not be kept hidden. To tell the truth, I also had a similar experience, but everything turned out differently.
World: Long ago, the Kung fu heroes were hounded by the most powerful people in China. Many people were eager to track them down. As a result, all the persecutors killed each other because their ambition that was so big.
Inspiration: The inspiration of this story is my own life. When I was studying at middle school, I really loved reading the “Knight Errant” novels. I discussed them all the time with my friend. In fact, I wrote several novels of my own, as well as together with my friends.
World: Today there is a gender imbalance in the world. There are more men than women. Thus, many men may choose the same woman and have to compete against each other to get her attention. Consequently, there are many single men in the world nowadays.
Inspiration: Today we face the problems of the human overpopulation and gender imbalance. During one of my Screenwriting TA classes we were discussing these issues. This is the reason I decided to mention these problems in this assignment.
Event: One man with great ambitions participated in many talent shows, but he never took the first place. He became very dispirited, and constant failures resulted in a huge despair. He lost a meaning in life and committed a suicide.
Inspiration: There is a huge difference between our dreams and reality. Sometimes, people may have many goals in life and work hard to achieve them, but their dreams crash into reality. Such situations may have serious consequences.
Event: The youngest sister killed the eldest sister. At the funeral, she met a boy and fell in love with him, but that boy disappeared after the ceremony. She decided to kill her second sister as she wanted to see that boy again.
Inspiration: I decided to come up with a horror plot for the sixth story. Today horror movies are rather popular. Besides that, I am a huge fan of horror stories fan. However sometimes I can get scared while reading them.
