Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Today Discussion

SCREEN WRIING IS BLUE PRINTS

STORY STRUCTURE

Story structure is a question of plot -how do we put our events together to form the most cohesive, dramatic story?

With screenwriting, structure is critical--it is stricter than novels, plays because time is compressed.

The screen play is a blue print of the dramatic structure.

TYPES OF ACTION

Two types of Action

RISING ACTION
FROM ACT I - II WE WANT TO TAKE THE AUDIENCE ON A RIDE. WE RATCHET UP THE DRAMA AS WE GO.

FALLING ACTION 
AFTER TGHE FINAL CLIMAX, WE WANT TO GIE THE AUDIENCE A MOMENT TO BREATH, REORIENT. DEAL WITH THE RESOLUTION.

Start in the beginning what is the event that set the flow into the conflict that leads to the confrontation.

ACT I = Conflict/ Confrontation

Causality is key: one event must lead to another.
Should be told from one character's POV.
Twist/reversal is when the audience expects one outcome by gets another.

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