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Hi, I'm Kristen Lester, a story artist here at Pixar.

Today we're going to talk about story structure, the way we organize and tell our stories.

But before we begin, Have you guys heard the joke about the mushroom that goes to the discotheque?

A mushroom walks into a discotheque and he walks up to a lady and he asks her to dance.

She says, "Ugh, gross, no, you're a mushroom !" So he walks up to another lady and asks her to dance.

Meh, I'm not interested.

Lady after lady after lady.

Rejected, rejected, rejected.

Nobody wants to dance with him.

Finally, the mushroom walks over to the bartender and he's so confused.

He says, "I don't get it.

Why does nobody want to dance with me?

I mean, I'm a fun guy." See, this joke has a structure.

It's got an opening, a buildup in the middle, and an ending, which is, you know, the punchline.

That structure is a big part of what makes it funny.

Structure is the answer to the question, what do you want the audience to know and when?

If you get the order wrong, it can be a real problem.

Check it out.

Hey, can I tell you a joke?

Alright, so there's this fun guy and...

shoot!

I messed up the opening!

Okay...

Can I tell you a joke?

Alright, so there's a mushroom who walks into a discotheque, and then there's a bartender there.

Ah, darn it!

I messed up the middle!

Hey, hey, hey, can I tell you a joke?

Alright, so there's a mushroom who walks into a discotheque and there's a bunch of ladies on the dance floor.

He asks them to dance and they say yes!

Dang!

Without conflict, joke over!

Ugh!

See?

Structure is important.

Just as structure is a big part of telling a funny joke, it's also essential to making a movie that has the emotional impact you want on your audience.

Shhh!

This is a great example!

"Nemo !" In earlier versions of Finding Nemo, the structure of the story was very different than the final film.

The director wanted to interweave scenes of Nemo's parents' lives before they had kids as flashbacks throughout the whole movie.

So you would see them meet, fall in love, and eventually move into their house at the drop -off in little scenes throughout the film.

"Oh honey, it's..." "It's beautiful !" The main story of Marlin

and Nemo and their journey was pretty much exactly the way it is now.

But with the flashback structure, it wasn't until the end of the film that you would find out that Marlin's wife Coral, Coral, look out! and all of her eggs were killed by a barracuda.

When they showed the movie with this structure, They had one big problem.

The audiences, well, they didn't like Marlon.

Looking at their story structure, the team realized that in this version of the film, the audience didn't find out why Marlon was acting this way towards his son until the movie was almost over.

So, they decided to re -edit the movie and remove almost all of the flashbacks, leaving only the scenes where Coral and Marlon's home is attacked by the Barracuda,

killing Coral and all of her eggs, except for Nemo.

They moved these scenes to the beginning of the movie.

This change in the story structure changed the audience feelings about Marlin a lot.

They knew right from the beginning how much Marlin had lost and how brave it was for him to go after Nemo.

and they loved him for it.

In the case of Finding Nemo, finding the problem was a matter of rearranging the story structure.

Of course, all our movies are different, and their story structure challenges are too.

In this lesson, we'll look at the many different ways we think about story structure here at Pixar, and you'll get to try out for yourself different approaches to structuring your story.

Hmm, I wonder if I told the mushroom jokes and flashbacks.

It'd be funnier.

Probably not.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“Pixar in a Box: Story Structure”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：structure, joke, mushroom, movie, Nemo。這段影片共有 59 個句子、682 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 3:53。說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 176 個詞，接近日常對話。 82% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中最難的 13 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
egg 名詞	/ɛɡ/	卵, 卵子
bartender 名詞	/ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/	酒吧服務人員 /酒吧服務人員, 酒保
confused 形容詞	/kənˈfjuːzd/	困惑
lesson 名詞	/ˈlɛs.ən/	課業 /課業, -課 /-課
gross 形容詞	/ɡɹoʊs/	粗, 總
honey 名詞	/ˈhʌni/	фынми, 蜂蜜
brave 形容詞	/bɹeɪv/	勇敢
edit 動詞	/ˈɛdɪt/	編輯 /編輯
organize 動詞	/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/	組織 /組織
darn 動詞	/dɑɹn/	織補 /織補, 縫補 /縫補
flashback 名詞	/ˈflæʃ.bæk/	倒敘 /倒敘
barracuda 名詞	/ˌbæɹəˈkuːdə/	梭子魚 /梭子魚, 梭魚 /梭魚
interweave 動詞	/ˌɪntəɹˈwiv/	交織 /交織

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
find out 動詞	找出, 查明
look out 動詞	當心, 小心

值得反覆跟讀的句子

影片中簡短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常對話裡：

He says, "I don't get it.
Why does nobody want to dance with me?
Hey, can I tell you a joke?
Can I tell you a joke?
Hey, hey, hey, can I tell you a joke?

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 12 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 I'm, didn't, don't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, flashback /ˈflæʃ.bæk/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: brave /bɹeɪv/, interweave /ˌɪntəɹˈwiv/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: egg /ɛɡ/, confused /kənˈfjuːzd/, gross /ɡɹoʊs/, brave /bɹeɪv/, edit /ˈɛdɪt/
/æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: flashback /ˈflæʃ.bæk/, barracuda /ˌbæɹəˈkuːdə/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 egg, bartender, confused 這類單詞。

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