Fiction Project Guidelines:
153.Fiction Project guidelines// Log line and Treatment due Week 7; screenplay due on workshop date
Textbook / Reading assignments on syllabus):
153.Sample Movie Treatment-Lilly
153.Adam Davidson.The Lunch Date
SCRIPTWRITING by Sam Sloves (pdf)
Screenplay formatting guides
Writer’s Store Screenplay Format Guide
153.SCREENPLAY FORMAT CHEAT SHEET
Short Films to view: [BMCC Libraries Film Databases – link]
The Lunch Date (1989, dir./scr. Adam Davidson, 11 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.)
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:
Pixars 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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