Day 14

CHALLENGE:
Write a 1-2 minute film that can be filmed on the campus of Princeton in only 45 minutes.

It still needs to have a beginning/middle/end-- story, character, etc.


WATCHING SHORT FILMS:

Watching short films gives you an idea about how writer/director can meld a great deal in filmmaking.

This site has many 5-minute films for your pleasure. Shorts Bay

 This has all lengths of short films on a site called: Short of the Week

 I would also HIGHLY recommend watching this beautiful short film (20 Minutes) The Butterfly Circus.

WEEK THREE: Day 11

DAY 11:

Finish Writing Workshop


HW: scene revisions, additional scenes for Tue


(Tue: Overheard Dialogue exercise)

DAY 10: Friday

Rules for Writer's Workshop

CRITIC
Start Positive
Be Specific about what works/what doesn't work
Careful that suggestions improve writing and don't make it yours
Speak in 3rd Person "The Writer" She, He (NOT 2nd person "you")

AUTHOR
listen carefully DO NOT SPEAK
take specific notes
remember it's YOUR work, you can choose to disagree (silently)
ask questions of your critics when it's your chance but DO NOT explain yourself

HW:
1. Read/Critique your peers' work so Workshop will go quicker on Monday (CHECK your e-mail for attachments.)

2. THIS CAN BE DUE ON TUESDAY!! Write down an Overheard conversation as much word for word as you can. So that will require you to surreptitiously eavesdrop for at least 10-15 minutes. Really try to do this! I want REAL dialogue. One thing you can do is record on your phone and transpose later onto computer. Most helpful to have the conversation typed so we can transfer for everyone to see, but if you have to handwrite-- that's ok, too.
FOR THOSE WANTING TO HEAR FROM ANOTHER SCREENWRITER VOICE:

Day 9

Good Will Hunting scene

   CHUCKIE
           So, this is a Harvard bar, huh? I
           thought there'd be equations and shit
           on the wall.

INT. BACK SECTION, BOW AND ARROW -- MOMENTS LATER

Final In-Class Writing Day before sharing work with class

HW:
Have significant amount of writing done so that you can participate for Writing Workshop.
Make sure that anything you are writing is either accessible on flash drive -- OR that you can share to e-mail:  lpatient@aifs.com  OR on Google Docs to pusigad@aifs.com

FRI: "Writing Workshop Day"

DAY 8:

Looking at Hannah and Her Sisters Scene Segment "

Lucky I ran into you.

"Bewitched" continues as the film cuts to a busy nighttime
New York City street.  Mickey"

WRITING DAY.

HW: Write your script, read some scripts or watch some film clips.

Day 7

DAY SEVEN What we were going to do yesterday: 


Quick discussion of Chapter 4 and Beats
Looking at Scripts:  Lost in Translation --written by Sofia Coppola

BEGINNINGS (Suntory/I Wish I could Sleep Scene)

MIDDLES (Does it get any easier?)


Rest of the time is working on your scripts.

HW:
1. Chapter 5 (as much as you can)
2. If you are interested-- take a look at this "behind the scenes of Juno" and look through some of the Juno script-- (it's near impossible to find Juno clips on youtube-- but if you've seen the film, the trailer is helpful to jog your memory about scenes.)

Day 6

Day 6

WEEK TWO-- DAY SIX

Things we missed FRIDAY:

Snyderian Archetypes  
"good girl tempted"
"clever and resourceful child"
"sex goddess"
"the hunk"
"wounded soldier in need of redemption"
"troubled sexpot"
"loveable fop"
"court jester"
"wise grandfather"

JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES 
And MORE on JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES

Ensemble pieces: the "place" is hero

"The logline is your story's code, its DNA, the one constant that has to be true."

WRITING EXERCISE:
    IMPROV: park bench (contrasting characters)
   Writing Dialogue for scene-- LOOK AT SCRIPT FORMAT




HW:
1. Work on your script/Objective