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This is an individual Assignment, 1 person will recieve credit for work on this assignment.
Vocabulary:
add vocabulary words related to the assignment
Directions:
Write a 1-2 page scene for your upcoming Short Film in Final Draft
Must:
take place at school
involve some kind of emotion (happy, scared, sad, depressed, surprise, etc.)
involve dialog
Recommendations
You can use the characters you just quickly create (giving characters personality before you start writing will be very helpful for your writing)
Come up with a scenario/event/situation and attempt to make it a complete scene, simple/straight-forward is good, but make it complete.
Requirements
There is a conversation (aim for: interesting/funny/captivating/conflict…) with useful descriptions – all properly formatted.
There must be a mystery element used in the story. Examples: someone or several suspects are accused of something or an answer to solve a problem or situation is not yet known or revealed. An identity is not yet revealed.
Use the archetypes for literary analysis handout and links above in resources for reference, look at screenplays on-line, and general guidelines on the class website. This is your first try – see what you can do!
DUE: Export your screenplay as a PDF. Save as 1a_lastnamei_screenplay1.pdf
For more videos, check out the Mr. Coursey's Classroom YouTube Channel
Click on the Video Title in the video to view the Tutorial in its own window at a larger size.
Screenplay Formatting
Screenplay Formatting:
Part 2
Using the Story Circle to Structure Your Screenplay
Save as period_lastnamei_asssignmentname.pdf (1a_smithj_screenplay1.pdf) in your 3-6wks folder. Export your screenplay as a PDF. Save as 1a_lastnamei_screenplay1.pdf and upload a copy to Google Classroom.
