Short Screen Writing Midterm Review

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Action

is the progressive movement of a plot; moving from one event to the next

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Three Types of Completion

Gets

Doesn’t get

Partial

Interruption

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Scene should do at least 2 or 3 things

  1. Advance the plot

  2. Reveal Character

  3. Deepen audience understanding by conveying Theme or Back-story

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Three- Part Nature

Set-up

Rising Action

Resolution

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Conflict

is the driving force of your screenplay; the kinetic energy. The fundamental opposition between characters or between a character and a dramatic force

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Which of these sentences is written in present tense

The boys look at the ducks

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Which of these sentences is written in active voice

The dog os chewing a bone

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Inciting Incident

The event that introduces the primary conflict and launches the main character in there journey

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Dilemma

is a situation with a choice to be made in which neither alternative is acceptable.,

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The Four elements of character are

  1. Want/Objective

  2. Need

  3. Obstacle

  4. How(Choices)

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Core needs that drive character wants

  • comfort

  • safety

  • justice

  • validation

  • Love

  • Respect

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Major Beat

Moves plot forward, usually consists of one of the type of scene completion

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Reversal

A change so significant that it causes the plot to reverse itself and change direction; a type of interruption

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Minor Beat

Smaller changes that make up structure of a scene

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Point of attack

  • minor beats are connective moment between major beats

  • Major beat should be the climax of the scene

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Screenplay Formatting

Helps us to organize and clearly present action and production information

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Voiceover

What condition would be applied to a character cure for a voice that does not originate in the same physical location as the Action or cannot be heard deigtically

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