| WEEK
1 - "Skillful Storytelling"
Sept.
19 , 2009 |
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Examaine
the works of past and present gurus
to understand the crucial concepts
of excellent storytelling and develop
the Three-Act structure of your
own feature-length screenplay. |
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WEEK
2 - "Designing Your Characters"
Sept.
26 , 2009 |
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Make
sure audiences relate to your characters
by applying archetypal qualities,
creating balanced dimensions, and
identifying needs/goals/flaws for
each important character in your
story. |
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WEEK
3 - "Defending Your Character
"
Oct.
3 , 2009 |
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How
well do you know your Main Character
and his/her world? Take the
hot-seat and weather the onslaught
of questions posed by your peers.
The more you know the better you
write. |
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WEEK
4 - "Moving Your Story
Forward"
Oct.
10, 2009 |
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Checklists
and worksheets will discipline you
stay focused on the value and progression
for each and every scene. |
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WEEK
5 - "Additional Strategies"
Oct.
17, 2009 |
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Employ
strategies that will challenge your
character's reality to reveal truth
in character and/or crucial story
information. |
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WEEK
6 - Classroom Lab
Oct.
24, 2009 |
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Prove you can apply what you've
learned about character and story
progression by sharing with the
class a well-crafted treatment of
a scene from your developing screenplay. |
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Oct.
31, 2009
HALLOWEEN
BREAK |
WEEK
7 - "Writing Description"
Nov.
7, 2009 |
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Explore
crucial techniques for crafting
very visual and significant description. |
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WEEK
8 - "Writing Dialogue"
Nov.
14, 2009 |
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Explore
the valuable tools for crafting
concise and meaningful dialogue...
NO WASTED WORDS! |
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WEEK
9 - Classroom Lab
Nov.
21, 2009 |
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Prove
you can apply what you've learned
about writing description and dialogue
by sharing with the class a well-crafted
scene from your developing screenplay. |
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Nov.
28, 2009
THANKSGIVING
BREAK |
WEEK
10 - "Formatting
a Screenplay"
Dec.
5, 2009 |
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Make
your project a professional-looking
product worthy of attention.
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WEEK
11 - "Selling
a Screenplay"
Dec.
12, 2009 |
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Catch
a glimpse into the system and learn
how to craft a logline, synopsis,
and query letter --valuable tools
needed to market your work to agents,
studios, and production companies. |
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WEEK
12 - "The
Rewrite "
Dec.
19, 2009 |
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Your
first draft is complete!
Think you're finished? Ffffft...
think again! |
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