FILM AND LITERATURE
FINAL STUDY GUIDE
Know the
following information and you will pass the final with flying colors!
Refer to the notes you took in the beginning of the semester and all
shall be well. If you don’t have notes, then pair up with someone in the class
who does and work together to know this information.
1.
Log
line
2.
Killer
Title
3.
Pitch
(four primary elements)
GENRES—Be
able to define and name at least one film title
for each genre
1.
Monster in the House
2.
Golden
Fleece
3.
Out of
the Bottle
4.
Dude
with a Problem
5.
Rites
of Passage
6.
Buddy
Love
7.
Whydunit
8.
Fool
Triumphant
9.
Institutionalized
10.
Superhero
CHARACTER:
Essential Qualities of the screen character.
1.
Dramatic need
2.
Point
of View
3.
Personify an Attitude
4.
Experience a Change or Transformation
5.
1.
Opening Image
2. Theme
Stated
3. Set-Up
4.
Catalyst
5. Debate
6. Break
into Two
7. B
Story
8. Fun
and Games
9.
Midpoint
10. Bad
Guys Close In
11. All
Is Lost
12. Dark
Night of the Soul
13. Break
into Three
14.
Finale
15. Final
Image
I am
telling you right now pretty much what the final will be.
1.
You
must be able to clearly identify and apply each thing listed above.
2.
You
will be given a very short piece that you will read and then create
a.
The
log line
b.
A
killer title
c.
The
Genre you would write your screenplay as.
d.
The
Beat Sheet for that screenplay
e.
A
short essay of a Character Study
f.
Two –
six pages of an original screenplay based on your inspiration, identifying the
beat(s) you are writing.
g.
Your
pitch.
The final
will take place in the library using the computers. You will e-mail me your
final as an attachment.
PLEASE
REMEMBER, WHEN YOU SEND YOUR FINAL TO ME, TO SAVE IT AS A WORD DOCUMENT THAT IS
NOT A VISTA DOCUMENT.
I CANNOT OPEN VISTA AND IF I CAN’T OPEN YOUR FINAL, YOU WILL FAIL IT!