Thursday 12 January 2012

Mind Your Language Season 1 - Pilot : The First Lesson

One Sentence Summary
Jeremy Brown is a new English teacher in an English institution to teach English as a foreign language for a number of international students and he is currently having a chaotic situation due to the mayhem caused by the differences and misunderstandings of the students.

Quick Character List
1. Ali Nadeem - Pakistani from Lahore, unemployed
2. Principal Dolores Courtney - British
3. Jeremy Brown - British, teacher
4. Maximillion - Greek, works with ships and tankers
5. Anna Schmidt - German
6. Giovanni Cupello - Italian, chef
7. Jamila Ranjha - Arabic, housewife
8. Ranjeet Singh - Indian Sikh, railway worker
9. Taro Nagasumi - Japanese, Representative of Bushedo Electronics
10. Juan Cervantes para Seville - Spanish, bartender
11. Danielle - French
12. Chung Su Lee - Chinese, Chinese Diplomat Secretary

Character Bio
1. Ali Nadeem
Ali is a Pakistani from Lahore. He is unemployed but he pays for a living by collecting unemployment subsidiaries from the government once every week and he claims to gain more than what he can get if he works. He actually is able to comprehend some English phrases quite well and he can even speak closely to the grammar, but even though he is like that, he still can't understand some very simple questions. In class he speaks a very Pakistani-clad English and he often quarrels with fellow classmate, Ranjeet, an Indian because they have religious differences.
2. Juan Cervantes
Juan is a bartender from Spain. He can't seem to comprehend English at all, apart from some body languages. In class he was helped several times by Giovanni because he understands a bit of Spanish but that doesn't help much either. His catchphrase is 'Por favor?' which is 'Pardon?' in Spanish because he genuinely didn't get what's going on with the people around him.

Three Act Structure
Act 1
Setup : Ms. Courtney is looking for an English teacher and Jeremy Brown was the one to apply. She needs him to teach English as foreign language immediately.
Act 2
Conflict : The students quarrel with each other out of misunderstandings.
Act 3
Resolution : Mr. Brown dismissed the class.

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