Neighbors: Visualizing in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Answers

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. TOMMYWhoever was in the thing that came over, I don't think they want us to leave here.28. MOVING SHOT – STEVE 28.As he leaves Charlie and walks over to the boy. He kneels down in front of him. He forces his voice to remain gentle. He reaches out and holds the boy. STEVEWhat do you mean? What are you talking about?What is Steve’s viewpoint about what Tommy is saying?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.37. PAN SHOT – ACROSS THE STREET DOWN THE ROW OF HOUSES 37.Each is the same in general style, the front porch, the gliders, the rest of it. Then suddenly the CAMERA STOPS on the last house in the line. There's a spot light set up on the porch and even in the daylight we can see it shining.Which element of drama is highlighted in this stage direction?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.As we hear the voices creep up from down below, small, mildly disturbed voices, highlighting these kind of phrases: VOICESElectricity's off.Phone won't work.Can't get a thing on the radio.My power motor won't move, won't work at all.Radio's gone dead!Based on the stage direction and the dialogue, what should the reader picture in this scene?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. WOMAN ONE(a little reluctantly)Well . . . sometimes I go to bed late at night. A couple of times . . . a couple of times I'd come out on the porch and I'd see Mr. Goodman here in the wee hours of the morning standing out in front of his house . . . looking up at the sky.(she looks around the circle of faces)Based on the dialogue and stage directions, what should the reader imagine in this scene?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. CHARLIEThat don't seem likely. Sky's just as blue as anything. Not a cloud. No lightning. No thunder. No nothing. How could it be a storm?Which element of drama is highlighted in this piece of dialogue?

Read the stage direction from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.Now he takes a step toward the crowd and they back away from him. He walks down the steps after them and they continue to back away. Now he's suddenly and completely left alone and he looks like a man caught in the middle of a menacing circle as we take a SLOW FADE TO BLACK:Based on the stage direction, the reader should visualize this scene as

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.41. DIFFERENT ANGLE – THE GROUP 41.As they suddenly start toward the house. In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end.Which element of drama is highlighted in this stage direction?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. MRS. BRAND(from her porch)Steve? What was that? STEVE(raising his voice and looking toward porch)Guess it was a meteor, honey. Came awful close, didn't it?In this excerpt, how does Steve feel about the flash of light?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. STEVEThe two of us can go, Charlie.(he turns to look back at the car)It couldn’t be the meteor. A meteor couldn’t do this.He and Charlie exchange a look then they start to walk away from the group.What do the stage directions tell the reader about Steve’s and Charlie’s point of view?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. DONAnd he never did come out to look at that thing that flew overhead. He wasn't even interested.(he turns to the faces in the group, his face taut and serious)Why? Why didn't he come out with the rest of us to look?Based on this excerpt, what is Don’s perspective on Les Goodman?