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Saturday 31 December 2011

no.1 hello DM2281

DM2281 SCREENPLAY & STORYBOARDING

1. WHAT'S YOUR STORY?
> GENRES
> BRAINSTORM > IDEA > STORY DEVT
> 1 SENTENCE PITCH
> 3 ACT STRUCTURE

2. CHARACTER STUDY                                   
> ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER
> VOICE / DIALOGUE
> CREATING CHARACTERS & THEIR PROFILES

3. WRITING THE SCREENPLAY                     
> FORMAT
> DRAFT ONE
> EDITS & REWRITES

4. STORYBOARDS & PRESENTATION BOARDS
- AN OVERVIEW               

5. CASE STUDIES

6. EX1 / EX2 / ASSIGNMENT

Ex1:               wk1-4   Story1 based on a true story
Ex2:               wk1-6   Story1 to Screenplay (max 5min) & Presentation board 
Assignment:   wk6-13 Story2 to Screenplay (max10min) & Presentation board



REF / READINGS: 
  1. Screenwriting - Madeline Dimaggio
  2. Screenplay. Syd Fields.
  3. Story. Robert McKee
  4. Psychology for Screenwriters. William Indick, Ph.D
  5. Rewrite. Paul Chitlik







DM2281 - Screenplay & Storyboarding



wk4    Exercise 1 (15%)           Story, Development, The Pitch                       


wk 6   Exercise 2 (20%)           Screenplay1 – max 5min, English & Presentation board      


wk8    Written Test (15%)         MCQ                                       


wk13  Assignment (50%)         Screenplay2 – max 10min, English & Presentation board     

*Brief to be downloaded, read & student to meet requirements of brief
*ALL EXERCISES & ASSIGNMENTS TO BE DONE USING THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED


SCREENPLAY & STORYBOARDING
jan 2012 - classes 2B / 2C / 2L


links:

my blog:
http://masterwriterz2.blogspot.com/


downloads:
https://sites.google.com/site/nafawrites/downloads2


facebook:
pls ask your class monitor to add you in the group, thanks!