Workshop rules:
Screenwriters will send/share a pdf script WITH TITLE PAGE to professor at least 3 hours before the start of class. Screenwriters will NOT be allowed to read their own script, only to listen to others read.
Readers will not attempt accents nor will they otherwise try to overact.
Audience members will listen respectfully and offer constructive suggestions. Suggested topics to discuss after a reading: Too long? Too short? Just right? What was the overall effect? What was/was not clear by the end?
Fiction Project Guidelines:
Fiction Project guidelines// LOG LINES AND TREATMENTS FOR FICTION PROJECT DUE THIS WEEK
Textbook / Reading assignments on syllabus):
[Fiction Project Adaption Sources]
Sample Fiction Treatment-Lilly // Fiction Treatment (Done Deal)
FictionTreatment/Outline.John August.Alaska // Fiction Treatment.The-Shining-Stanley-Kubrick
Fiction Treatment.Alien II (Aliens). James Cameron // Fiction Treatment.James Cameron.The Terminator
Active Reading Guide for Screenplays
Screenplay.Adam Davidson.The Lunch Date // Screenplay.Schrader.Taxi-Driver
Screenplay.Logan.SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet // Screenplay.Waller-Bridge.Killing-Eve-Ep1
Screenplay.THE CW – Riverdale 1×01 (Pilot AKA The River’s Edge) // Screenplay.Game of Thrones 1×01 (Pilot)
Sample Nonfiction Project (Word) – Sample Nonfiction Project (pdf)
Sample Nonfiction Project Step Outline (Word) Sample Nonfiction Project Step Outline (pdf)
Sample Nonfiction Project Step Outline with Article excepts + Highlighted Events (Word) /
Sample Nonfiction Project Step Outline with Article excepts + Highlighted Events (pdf)
Sample Nonfiction Project with supporting material & A/V (Word) /
Sample Nonfiction Project with supporting material & A/V (pdf)
The Luckiest Woman on Earth.Harpers The Luckiest Woman on Earth.Word
Step Outline: LUCKIEST WOMAN ON EARTH – Version-1-(Word) Luckiest-Woman-Step-Outline-1-1 (pdf)
Step Outline: LUCKIEST WOMAN ON EARTH – Version-1 with supporting text-(Word) Luckiest-Woman-Step-Outline-1-wsupporting-text (pdf)
Step-Outline:LUCKIEST WOMAN ON EARTH – Version-2 (Word) Luckiest-Woman-Step-Outline-2-1 (pdf)
Step Outline: LUCKIEST WOMAN ON EARTH – Version-2 with supporting text (Word) Luckiest-Woman-Step-Outline-2-wsupporting-text (pdf)
Nonfiction Project.Treatment-AV examples
Nonfiction.Documentary Modalities-Evidence
Sample Nonfiction Project (Word) 153.Sample Nonfiction Project (pdf)
SCRIPTWRITING by Samuel Sloves (pdf)
Screenplay formatting guides
Writer’s Store Screenplay Format Guide
Short Films to view: [BMCC Libraries Film Databases – link]
The Lunch Date (1989, dir./scr. Adam Davidson, 11 mins.) [Douglas Adams on Letterman/Stolen Cookies Story; start at 3:00]
J’Attendrai le suivant (I’ll Wait for the Next One) (2002, dir. Philippe Orreindy/scr. Philippe Orreindy & Thomas Gaudin, 4 mins)
Surprise (1995, dir./scr. Veit Helmer, 6 mins.)
Kom (1995, dir./scr Marianne Ulrichsen, 4 mins.) (or Here)
Lifted (2006, Gary Rydstrom, 5 mins.)
The Umbrella Man (2011, Errol Morris, 7 mins.)
Sit (2016, Yoko Okumura, 12 mins.)
The Civil War: Gettysburg (1990, Ken Burns, 9 mins)
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)
Outlines to Short Films:
Tools of Analysis:
Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling
Elements of Three Act Structure
Three Act Structure.Jim Soto glosses SYD_FIELD
Core Events-Protagonist.The Tortoise and the Hare
The Seven Basic Plots – Summary
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