Instructions

So we are going to make our own short monologues that we will work on each week. Each week I will ask you to write a little about your “character” using the tools we learned in the first half of the semester. It is going to be really great and I am excited to see what you will create. We will eventually video and post our short monologues here in our Virtual Classroom, but for now, let’s just take the first steps. For your today's class, I want you to watch one (or more - they can be helpful later) of the videos linked below. They are simple one-person monologues. These monologues are like little letters from the speaker to an unseen person. Remember that as we build our own monologues.

After watching the monologues, answer these two questions in a post:

1. In the Online Monologue, who was the character on the screen speaking to? You can do one or more of the characters. one sentence each 2. What do they want from the unseen partner (s) ? one sentence

3. What tactics are they using? 3 words

4. Where are they? How do you know? 2 sentences

5. What is an example from the video of a story telling tool? one sentence.

Online Monologue Examples These are Fake; they are not real people. I thought it might be helpful to see some examples of online monologues. These are longer than the ones you will be making. But maybe they can inspire you a little. Ignore the Mad Deep chatbot you might see; just watch the video.

Online Monologue Option 1: An online saleswoman loses her faith. https://www.die-castphilly.org/ylvvv-dress

Online Monologue Option 2: A college vlogger is worried about her dad. https://www.die-castphilly.org/q23-mas-scara

Online Monologue Option 3: A man is getting ready for a weird and fantastical event. https://www.die-castphilly.org/b31ymacaris-1

Online Monologue Option 4: A painter is having strange dreams. https://www.die-castphilly.org/yellow-guy-1