Real-Life Communication -- Solution
Here's what you could say:
Every day, a
boy walks by a house with a big dog in the yard. The boy is scared of the
dog, because it always barks at him. The boy thinks the dog is the meanest
dog in the world. He's glad the fence is tall and strong.
One
day, his mother tells the boy she met a nice old man at the store. He needs
someone to walk his dog, so she volunteered her son. The young boy is terrified.
The old man owns the big, mean dog!
He tells his mother about the dog.
However, she is not convinced. The old man says the dog is friendly, but he
has been too sick to walk the dog himself.
The boy goes to the old
man's house. The dog isn't in the yard, so the boy opens the gate
and knocks on the door. The old man opens the door. Suddenly, the dog runs
past the old man, right at the boy. The dog jumps up and licks the boy's
surprised face.
The old man says the dog always barks because he needs
exercise and wants to play. The old man used to walk him all the time, but
can't anymore.
The boy becomes good friends with
the old man and his dog. And he's no longer afraid of barking dogs. After
all, they're usually just lonely.
Usually, a synopsis
is written in point form, not in complete sentences like the one above. Either
way, it helps you to imagine your story before you write it all out.
Puppetry
itself is a form of communication. Therefore, excellent communication skills
are essential for puppeteers.
"Your ideas and what you're trying
to say have to come across clearly and in a way that will make an audience
laugh or entertain people and keep them riveted to what you're doing,"
says puppeteer and ventriloquist Yolanda Yott. "It's all about communication."
Puppeteers
need to be able to make different voices, and communicate with people of all
ages. For example, Yott has five characters of her own that she performs with,
and she works on TV shows for preschool audiences. She also performs in comedy
clubs for adult audiences.
If a puppeteer can't communicate well,
they will lose their audience, Yott says.
"If you're a poor communicator,
no one will know what the show's about, what the characters are doing,
and they'll probably walk away."