Subevents Exercise

Take an ordinary event from everyday life and break it down into sub-events or actions that could be filmed.

Ex. Waving to someone

-head turns
-eyes light-up in recognizing someone
-hand lets go of backpack
-waves
-smile on face
-looks down
-grabs backpack
-face returns to emotionless face
-head turns back

Even in everyday ordinary events there is a beginning, middle, and ending to the story structure. The subevents make up that structure.

Resource: The Visual Story by Bruce Block