Writing Assignment — Fiction Step Outline

Writing-Assignment-6.Loglines & Step Outlines

Fiction Project Guidelines:

Fiction Project guidelines// LOG LINES AND TREATMENTS FOR FICTION PROJECT DUE WEEK 10

Textbook / Reading assignments on syllabus):

[Fiction Project Adaption Sources]

Fiction Step Outline Pointers

Adam Davidson.The Lunch Date

      The Six Types of Conflict

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

Setting the Scene

Matt-Trey 6 Rules

Freaks & Geeks.Bible excerpt

Log Lines

The Luckiest Woman on Earth.Harpers

The Luckiest Woman on Earth.Word

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)

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

A-V Scripting – Reenactment

SCRIPTWRITING by Samuel Sloves (pdf)

16th Ed.MES 153 Handout Book

Screenplay formatting guides

Writer’s Store Screenplay Format Guide

SCREENPLAY FORMAT CHEAT SHEET

Screenplay format rules

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

Charlotte et Veronique ou tous les garcons s’appellent Patrick (1959, dir. Jean-Luc Godard/scr. Eric Rohmer, 20 mins.)

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:

Step Outline-KOM

Step Outline-SIT

Tools of Analysis:

Pixars 22 Rules of Storytelling

Elements of Three Act Structure

3 Act Structure Breakdown

Three Act Structure.Jim Soto glosses SYD_FIELD

Core Events-Protagonist.The Tortoise and the Hare

The Seven Basic Plots – Summary

Plot vs Story

Short Film Analysis Worksheet

      Matt and Trey at NYU