Screenwriting


 * media type="youtube" key="Mnc8o257Yzg" width="420" height="315"Screenwriting!**

[|Here are my notes on what to do differently next year.]

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 * Sunspring**
 * [|Sunspring Script PDF]**


 * Monday, January 25**

[|How They Make a TV Episode]

More story structure. [|PIxar Story Rules.]
 * Monday, March 7**

Once upon a time there was ___. Every day,__ _. One day ___. Because of that,__ _. Because of that, ___. Until finally__ _.
 * Tuesday, March 8**
 * Write as many loglines as you can for either a TV Show or a movie.**
 * Remember, for movies, think 3 act structure: Ordinary world, inciting incident, New world, external goal, internal need, resolution.**
 * Some types of movies are:**
 * Love story**
 * Coming of Age Story**
 * Mystery**
 * Thriller**
 * Horror**
 * Road Trip**
 * Sports Movie**
 * Quest**
 * This Pixar formula is a useful way to think about your film:**


 * For TV shows, start with a setting/situation and a protagonist.**


 * Decide if your show is serialized or procedural.**
 * If serialized, think of a durable, recurring antagonist or obstacle (the mafia, an enemy spy ring, the police, etc.). If procedural, what will be the regular type of obstacle that pops up (a murder, fires, a court case, a football game).**

After you have a longline, write a paragraph about your idea for a movie or TV show and then write a scene
 * Wednesday, March 9**
 * Work on your idea.**
 * [|What's a logline and what goes into one.]**

Work on your project.
 * Thursday, March 10**

Writing Tuesday. Dialogue exercise. [|Dialogue Tips] [|Sorkin Dialogue] [|Good Dialogue site, with exercises]

More dialogue. [|Hills Like White Elephants]

Read Wamco and give notes. Writing Tuesday. Work on your project.
 * Monday, March 14**
 * Tuesday, March 15th**

Writing day.
 * Wednesday, March 16**

Rushmore + writing. [|Here's the Rushmore script.]
 * Thursday, March 17**

[|Pixar Chart of movies. Really good.] TV vs. Movies--scriptnotes

More 3 Act Structure.
 * Thursday, February 25th**

Scene Starters from Improv--
 * What do you want me to do?
 * That's not my thing
 * What's that?
 * Are you mad?
 * That's easy for you to say.
 * I don't get it.
 * That's not what I've heard.


 * A thinks B is having an affair with his / her wife / husband
 * Woman is at home when husband returns home late
 * Family at a Dinner table where they each have an announcement to make
 * Teenage partner meeting girlfriends parents for the first time (extension - she is pregnant)
 * Coming out.
 * Pushing a pram in the park.
 * A discusses with B that an ex-girl / boy friend wishes to remain friends with him / her.
 * Father and Mother arguing over the suitability of a girl / boy friend with son / daughter in the room
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">First date.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Policeman interrogating a suspect
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Rivals in love
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In a 1930s speakeasy
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Cab driver and customer
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Deleted scenes from "Titanic" (or any other well known film)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Getting up in the morning

Thur

[|Pitching] I'll coach and we'll bring in folks to listen. Iterate. TV vs. Movies--what's a movie. 3 page challenges Newsing a movie

[|Anatomy of a Scene series from NYTIMES The Martian]

[|Presto]

[|Full Script from Scriptnotes. This is Working]



Guests? Parker Alums Chandler's mom Casey Morris Chris's son. http://alexbeh.com/contact-2/
 * Steven Conrad Parker Parent**

1)Presto! 2) What's a movie? 3)Read Elements of Screen Story 4) Presto! Again 5) Think of some movies that fits Screen Story structure 6) What's a screenplay? Scene Heading/Action/Description--read Ferris Bueller Opening and watch it. 7) Groundhog Day media type="custom" key="25761484" Break 7) reverse engineer (as a group) 8)Try your hand at a scene: Introduction to [|Writer Duet]

[|How to give notes.]

What's the story from the news?

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Scriptnotes-Screenwriting from the News. Good exercise! http://johnaugust.com/2015/how-would-this-be-a-movie

[|13 Common Screewriting mistakes.]

[|Exposition done well in Godfather script.]

[|Raiders of the Lost Ark Script.]

[|John August improves screen description/action] Show screenshot, and have them point out errors and fix it.

[|John August improves an action sequence.]

[|John August shows how to improve a scene opening.]

[|How to give and take notes.] Discuss Intentions and whether they are achieved- 3 D's Deny/Defend/Debate

Scene writing and dialogue writing by Hague?

start in the 21st minute media type="custom" key="25590482" [|When Harry Met Sally Script] opening is great.
 * Scriptcast Giving Notes Episode-**--

Reverse engineer.

Prompt If you feel that way, why did you come?

Typical. You did what? My sister?

Why now? 3 page challenges: Podcast and examples: Scriptnotes epidsode 179 The Conflict Episode is really good. Nice exercise part way through where a couple is getting dressed for a dinner party---make it have more conflict. It's about 25 minutes in.

[|Movie openings:]

[|Groundhog Day Scrip]t

[|August: How to write a scene]

[|3 KINGS Script---Scene in the tent] [|The Social Network]

[|Film Schools a mixed bag]

Kim Jong Il Production.

[|And On the Cinema from Kim.]