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Transcript of Screenwriting Workshop
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Screenwriting WorkshopFilm Festival Society
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What makes a screenplay a screenplay?
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Format
• Courier point 12• Underlining / italics / bold• Structure • Title page
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Style
• Opening sequence• Grammar / Vocabulary• The We Problem– To we or not to we
• Dialogue– Should support the narrative
• Parentheticals – Beware of over-directing
• Camera movement• Visual Style
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DON‘T PUT TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN DESCRIPTIONS !
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Story• Story > Format – Care about it!
• Genre • Emotion and Meaning
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Characters
• What should you know about a character?
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Character
• Audience knows 20%• Backstory • Desire • Change• Relationships• Characterization is not character
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Little Miss Sunshine
• Scene– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQLLWUp_0U
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Little Miss Sunshine
• Desire• Conflict• Emotion• Meaning
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Celtx
• Screenwriting Software – FREE• No more worrying about format :D• iPhone / iPad apps• Share it with rest of production crew