Wed. Nov. 19

(no class meeting Monday Nov. 24)

Assignment: class of Monday 12/1, more workshopping of scripts in preparation for rough FIRST DRAFT DUE WED. 12/3.

Wed. Nov. 12

assignment: using the material you have developed with the character bio's of your protagonist and antagonist and their conflict(s), write a scene so the audience can sense each character's wants/goals and the conflict between them. (this may or may not be a scene that will actually be a part of your final script; consider this exploration and development)

Wed. Nov. 5

Assignment due in class Monday, both hard copies:

•write a breakdown of the story beats for your proposed script.

•Write the analysis of JUNO from handout in class:

 1. What is JUNO really about? (what is the “armature”) Explain and cite specific actions, images or dialog examples to defend this idea.

2. Choose one of the following and explain how the screenwriter develops these ideas with specific actions, images or dialog:

            •relationships of couples

            •parenting

3. List all the reversals you can find in the script.

Mon. Nov. 3

write a breakdown of the beats of the script for JUNO. (see example format in "pages" to the right)

Hard copy due in next class, Wed. Nov. 5

Wed. Oct 29

Assignment: Read "Juno" script, and bring copy to class next Monday 11/3.

Monday Oct 27

Read: Invisible Ink, Ch. 7 thru 10 (the rest of the book)

complete "personal hell" exercise for your protagonist (see Chapter 4) and share with me via drive.google

Wednesday Sept 10

With your team, select a well-known brand. Find 3-4 on-line video commercials and bring these to class next Monday.

Monday September 8

assignment: read Ch. 2 WRITING FOR VISUAL MEDIA

note: Wednesday 9/10, we will meet in the Fogelson Library, main floor. Bring notebook and pens, we will be writing in class.

Wednesday Sept 3

assignments:

Read Introduction & Chapter 1 Writing for Visual Media. (WFVM)

Write a present-time action description for Chapter One of A Farewell to Arms. (link is on this blog) Think of this as a kind of "shot list" in which you describe the visuals in a sequence that conveys Hemingway's story. Share with me via google docs. Due at the beginning of the next class.

Welcome to our next adventure.

Welcome to Fundamentals of Story Development Section 2 Fall 2014.

This blog will be the venue, through which you will share most of your work this semester. Please send me your email address, so that I will have a master list of the class, and can communicate efficiently with each of you.

I will share information here, we will look at your work here, and you will turn in most of your assignments here. In order to preserve more trees for your children and grandchildren, most of your writing assignments will be turned in via this blog, although occasionally they may be required on hard copy.

I look forward to our work together this fall, and can't wait to be inspired and thrilled by your brilliance.

Kent