FINAL EXAM OR REVISION PROJECT PRESENTATIONS — see section syllabus or instructor for information
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
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
Matt and Trey at NYU
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