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Week 2 – Story Elements and Construction

Writing Assignment (due next class or as specified in syllabus):

Writing-Assignment-2 // DUE NEXT WEEK   (MES 153-1101.A-V Script Template) (MES 153-1400.A-V Script Template)

Textbook / Reading assignments on syllabus:

SCRIPTWRITING by Samuel Sloves (pdf)

16th Ed.MES 153 Handout Book

Short Films to view:  [BMCC Libraries Film Databases – link]

The Red Balloon (Le rouge ballon) (1956, dir./scr. Albert Lamorisse) (Kanopy — off campus link — need to be logged in to BMCC Library to access)

       Pig! (1996, dir./scr. Francine McDougall)

       Bitch (2008, dir. Dom Bridges; scr. Ariel Gordon)

       Voyages d’affaires (The Business Trip) (2008. dir./scr. Sean Ellis)

       In Decision (2008,  dir./wri. Andrew Norton)

       Nzingha (2016, dir. Anderson Wright)

      Copycat (2015, dir. dir./wri. Charlie Shackleton)

Feature Film to view[BMCC Libraries Film Databases-link]

The Godfather (1972, dir. Francis Ford Coppola; scr. Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, from the novel by Mario Puzo)  (Swank Digital Campus — off campus link — need to be logged in to BMCC Library to access)

Fable to Read:

The Tortoise and the Hare

Tools of Analysis:

Elements of Three Act Structure

3 Act Structure Breakdown

       WHAT IS STORY?

Short Film Analysis Worksheet

Character worksheet

      Matt and Trey at NYU