WEEK ONE - INTRO LECTURE - WHAT IS A MOVIE?
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This document outlines the syllabus and approach for a screenwriting class taught by Professor Keith Giglio. It introduces concepts like the elements of a screenplay including acts one, two and three, genres, plot devices, resources for writers, and the studio system. It emphasizes writing for both the writer and audience. It assigns reading the screenplay for American Drifter and writing a 3-2-1 scene as homework for the next class.
WEEK ONE - INTRO LECTURE - WHAT IS A MOVIE?
- 1. Professor Keith Giglio WRITE YOUR NAME ON PIECE OF PAPER AND PLACE IN FRONT OF YOU SO WE CAN READ IT - THANKS
- 2. On a piece of paper… IF MY LIFE WAS A MOVIE OR A TV SHOW…. IT WOULD BE….. ON THING THAT IS TRUE ONE THING THAT’S A LIE..
- 3. Who am I?
- 4. How to reach me… Email: kegiglio@syr.edu Office Hours: NEWHOUSE 3 Room 442 M/W 3:45-5:00pm W 8am-9am
- 5. What Movie Are You?
- 6. A quick look ahead… Syllabus My approach The Script to Screen Project Writing. Reading. Watching. Assignments are due one week after being assigned.
- 7. WRITING.
- 8. RULES OF THE CLASS Encourage, don’t discourage On the page notes
- 10. What happens to your script
- 11. WATCHING
- 12. SITES YOU SHOULD – HAVE TO - READ www.deadline.com www.studiosystemnews.com www.hollywoodreporter.com SIGN UP FOR STUDIO SYSTEM NEWS
- 13. FINAL DRAFT Please have your students request the Final Draft 9 EDU Trial by using their school issued e–mail address on this webform: trial.finaldraft.com/edutrial DO NOT LOAD ANY OTHER TRIAL IF YOU HAVE ONE ALREADY ON - REMOVE
- 14. In proper format please…. Wrong format = instant rejection If you have problems - contact me
- 16. Screenwriting is…. …a hard way to make an easy living.
- 17. START BEING A WRITER The Well A Journal Read Watch
- 18. Assignment: FOR NEXT CLASS Download, install & play around with Final Draft. Read proper format handout on BB Format exercise on BB
- 21. What is this?
- 23. Radio
- 24. Silent Movies
- 25. “The Talkies”
- 26. Animation
- 27. Television
- 29. Writers are in the age of… TRANSMEDIA CROSS-PLATFORMING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- 31. What is a screenplay? A movie in written form Reading it should elicit the same emotional response Not a blueprint
- 32. Visual mediums Television Motion pictures Graphic novels Motion Comics Webisodes Video Games
- 33. How to read a screenplay SLUGLINE INT. LOCATION – DAY EXT. LOCATION - NIGHT ACTION CHARACTER One page = one minute
- 34. What does every screenplay have?
- 35. ACT ONE
- 36. ACT TWO
- 37. ACT THREE
- 38. ACT ONE ACT TWO ACT THREE
- 39. Genres
- 40. Same in tv…
- 41. Same in games…
- 42. PLOT DEVICE
- 43. Resources
- 44. What movie is this?
- 45. What’s the tone? What other movie is it like?
- 46. What does every good story do? Questions Will the King deliver his speech in the King’s Speech? Will Ree find her Dad in Winter’s Bone? Will Jules and Nic survive in The Kids Are All Right? Is Neo the One? Will Marlin find Nemo? What is Rosebud?
- 47. The Two Greatest Screenwriting Gurus in the world are… You can’t always get what you want… but if you try something, you just might find, you get what you need It Don’t Come Easy
- 48. All screenplays are… Someone wants something and is having trouble getting it
- 49. What is driving the plot?
- 50. All screenplays are… CHARACTERS in… CONFLICT make…. CHOICES that lead to…. CONSEQUENCE that leads to… CHANGE
- 52. The One Page Screenplay Can you tell a story in one page?
- 53. The Power of the Script
- 54. Audiences Writer wears two hats. Writing for the writer & the audience Don’t write what you think they want Write what you want What you want to see
- 55. What does the audience want? They want to be involved. The want to go on a journey. They want to laugh, cry – an emotional experience. They want characters and stories they can relate to.
- 57. Sympathy
- 58. Empathy
- 59. Primal Emotions Survival Shelter Food Love Hate Revenge
- 60. UNIVERSAL IDEAS
- 64. ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT CLASS No class next Wed. – will make up Read the screenplay for AMERICAN DRIFTER & another screenplay TBD Come to class prepared to discuss what was primal about the screenplay. Write a 3-2-1 scene using proper format 3 pages, 2 characters, 1 location Break-up. Baseline of writing Use DRIFTER as stylistic guide