Alolan_Apples
“Assorted” Collector
After spending a total of 8 days on TBT, I made it up to my 10th entry. Just letting you know, this is not a spam entry. I did this on LBP Central a lot. Every time I get to my 10th entry out of every ten entries, I title my blog entry as a checkpoint. It's more of a closing point to a chapter. If it were a spam entry, I would have blank or gibberish content in my entries. But it isn't.
In addition to marking a checkpoint, I will have a random story to tell that is out of the norm of what I put onto my blog. So if you are looking for some interesting stories besides what I usually post, you can read them from the blog checkpoints category. I will begin my first story to celebrate the 10-entry mark:
I was actually thinking about having an entry to point out similarities between the two Disney mega-hits that came from the same studio that made classics like Cinderella, renaissance films like The Little Mermaid, and other films like The Great Mouse Detective. These two mega-hits being The Lion King and Frozen. But I may mention something about a "major turning point". I know a lot of you may know this already, but I would like to review the plot line and talk about where the major turning point is.
So here's what you know about the plot line. There's the exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution. As I try to analyze plot details, I can see how the plot moves through the plot line. There are actually five parts of the plot line. The exposition is the basic situation, or actually the beginning where plot moves very smoothly along a line with no slope. The rising action is the part of the plot line that is increasing. Intensity increases as the plot moves on until it gets to one of the events near the end of a story. This is the climax, the high point in the action. The conflict went to a point where the intensity can't go any further. The fourth part is the falling action, the scene between the most intense point and the ending. This usually shows how the conflict is being resolved as the antagonist is usually on his/her last stand. The last part is the resolution. This is where the conflict has resolved and the story wraps up.
So let me go over something. The second part of the plot line is the rising action, where the intensity increases. For your information, if it was just one line, it would be curved. If there were only straight lines, then there would be many. Why? I'll explain in the next paragraph.
The reason why the rising action isn't a long straight line to the climax is because there are points that are kinda like the climax, but are actually aren't. Like the climax, these points cause a series of events that turn the plot around. Not like the climax, these points are not the high points in the action. They may be exciting points, but the climax is where the conflict can't move any further. These points only intensify the conflict even more. Points like these that are in the rising action are what I call "turning points". Turning points accelerate the intensity of the story. If we're moving along with the plot line, we'll see changes in the slope. After each turning point, the slope gets steeper and steeper, and that's until we reach the big point - the climax.
The sequence of the turning points: every turning point is considered major because of what it does to the plot. When you read a book, watch a movie, play a game, or watch an episode of a TV show, you will notice that there isn't much of a plot. There is, but it's just slow. The first turning point of a story is what ends the exposition. The rising action begins.
After the first turning point, there will be other turning points as well, as the intensity continues to increase. Most of these points are minor turning points, but still major compared to most of the events. Somewhere in the middle of the rising action, usually the second or third turning point of the story, there is a turning point that accelerates the intensity the most. This is what I call the "major turning point". This is the most intense point prior to the climax. This is also the heart of the plot, as it explains the background behind the summary.
With my Calculus knowledge, I would like to take the first derivative test of the plot line. What do we know here? On the first derivative, the part of the line where it's positive is where the line is increasing on the original graph, whereas the original graph is decreasing when the derivative graph is in the negative zone. Let's take the first derivative test on the plot line. So at the origin from the derivative, it's where the plot begins. It starts at the X-axis. When the line in the derivative graph hits the X-axis again, we're at the climax of the story. So what can we infer from this? The peak of the graph from the first derivative test must be the major turning point of the story. So the peak on the original graph is the climax while the peak on the first derivative graph is the major turning point.
Now you'll understand what I mean when I say "major turning point". Next 10th entry will be more about the similarities between Frozen and The Lion King. I'll state the differences as well.
In addition to marking a checkpoint, I will have a random story to tell that is out of the norm of what I put onto my blog. So if you are looking for some interesting stories besides what I usually post, you can read them from the blog checkpoints category. I will begin my first story to celebrate the 10-entry mark:
Plot Line:
I was actually thinking about having an entry to point out similarities between the two Disney mega-hits that came from the same studio that made classics like Cinderella, renaissance films like The Little Mermaid, and other films like The Great Mouse Detective. These two mega-hits being The Lion King and Frozen. But I may mention something about a "major turning point". I know a lot of you may know this already, but I would like to review the plot line and talk about where the major turning point is.
So here's what you know about the plot line. There's the exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution. As I try to analyze plot details, I can see how the plot moves through the plot line. There are actually five parts of the plot line. The exposition is the basic situation, or actually the beginning where plot moves very smoothly along a line with no slope. The rising action is the part of the plot line that is increasing. Intensity increases as the plot moves on until it gets to one of the events near the end of a story. This is the climax, the high point in the action. The conflict went to a point where the intensity can't go any further. The fourth part is the falling action, the scene between the most intense point and the ending. This usually shows how the conflict is being resolved as the antagonist is usually on his/her last stand. The last part is the resolution. This is where the conflict has resolved and the story wraps up.
So let me go over something. The second part of the plot line is the rising action, where the intensity increases. For your information, if it was just one line, it would be curved. If there were only straight lines, then there would be many. Why? I'll explain in the next paragraph.
The reason why the rising action isn't a long straight line to the climax is because there are points that are kinda like the climax, but are actually aren't. Like the climax, these points cause a series of events that turn the plot around. Not like the climax, these points are not the high points in the action. They may be exciting points, but the climax is where the conflict can't move any further. These points only intensify the conflict even more. Points like these that are in the rising action are what I call "turning points". Turning points accelerate the intensity of the story. If we're moving along with the plot line, we'll see changes in the slope. After each turning point, the slope gets steeper and steeper, and that's until we reach the big point - the climax.
The sequence of the turning points: every turning point is considered major because of what it does to the plot. When you read a book, watch a movie, play a game, or watch an episode of a TV show, you will notice that there isn't much of a plot. There is, but it's just slow. The first turning point of a story is what ends the exposition. The rising action begins.
After the first turning point, there will be other turning points as well, as the intensity continues to increase. Most of these points are minor turning points, but still major compared to most of the events. Somewhere in the middle of the rising action, usually the second or third turning point of the story, there is a turning point that accelerates the intensity the most. This is what I call the "major turning point". This is the most intense point prior to the climax. This is also the heart of the plot, as it explains the background behind the summary.
With my Calculus knowledge, I would like to take the first derivative test of the plot line. What do we know here? On the first derivative, the part of the line where it's positive is where the line is increasing on the original graph, whereas the original graph is decreasing when the derivative graph is in the negative zone. Let's take the first derivative test on the plot line. So at the origin from the derivative, it's where the plot begins. It starts at the X-axis. When the line in the derivative graph hits the X-axis again, we're at the climax of the story. So what can we infer from this? The peak of the graph from the first derivative test must be the major turning point of the story. So the peak on the original graph is the climax while the peak on the first derivative graph is the major turning point.
Now you'll understand what I mean when I say "major turning point". Next 10th entry will be more about the similarities between Frozen and The Lion King. I'll state the differences as well.
