T: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
A: Rod Serling
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G: Teleplay/Screenplay: a drama written for television; science fiction
S: late summer, Maple Street, U.S.A., suburbs
Vocabulary:
Idiosyncrasy: (n) a peculiar or odd way of behaving, thinking, or feeling; a unique
hobby or habit
Flustered: ( adj.) nervous, confused
Sluggishly: (adv.) slowly; lacking energy
Persistently: (adv.) firmly and steadily
Defiant: (adj.) ready to resist or fight
Metamorphosis: (n) change of form from one thing to another
Scapegoat: (n) person or group blamed for the mistakes or crimes of others
Timeless: (adj) without beginning or end; eternal; everlasting.
Transfixed: (adj.) to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
Conquest: (n) something that has been acquired by force of arms or won in war
Camera Directions:
Pan: to move the camera to scan a scene or follow a moving object
Cut: to switch suddenly from one scene or setting to another
Fade in/ fade out: camera stays still and comes slowly into focus or goes out of focus
Close up / long shot: close up and far away
