THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS DUE AS YOU WALK IN THE DOOR ON MONDAY!!!!
I WILL NOT ACCEPT IT LATE AND YOU MAY NOT PRINT IT OUT IN CLASS!
AND I WILL NOT LET YOU E-MAIL IT TO ME!
OVERALL FINAL EXAM DIRECTIONS:
1.
Open a
new Word Document and immediately put your name at the top of the page.
2. When you have completed the entire final
Spell and grammar check your essay portions
If you do the screenwriting pages, you will NOT get credit if they are not done in correct screenwriting form. click here if you're unsure.
PRINT it out
Put it in a covered binder
Have a title page including your name, student number, title of the story your chose as your project
PART ONE
This semester we've discussed ten different accepted screenplay genres. Out of the 10 choose 5 and define them in terms of their guidelines and give what you believe is the perfect film to exemplify the genre.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE (WHICH YOU NOW CANNOT USE:)
Golden Fleece:
TITLE: Harold and Kumar go to the White Castle.
RULES: There must be a "road" a "team"
and a "prize."
JUSTIFICATION: The team of Harold and Kumar set forth on a quest for their prize, the wonderful sliders from the White Castle. The pair hit the road, have set backs and adventures which lead finally, to their prize.
CHARACTER:
Define each of these
Essential Qualities of the screen character.
1.
Dramatic need
2. Point of View
3.
Personify an Attitude
4.
Experience a Change or Transformation
PART
TWO
2. Choose
one of the following pieces as your inspiration for your work:
A SHORT POEM BY PHYLLIS MCGINLEY
Sticks and Stones can break
your bones
Aimed with angry art.
Words can sting like anything
But silence breaks the heart.
A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."
1. GENRES: Choose one of the TEN GENRES to guide you in creating your screenplay. Justify your decision in three to five well written and brilliant sentences.
2. TITLE: Create a killer title. You may use something within the poem or fable. You may also create the title from your own vivid and brilliant imagination
3. LOGLINE: One or two sentences that brilliantly define your screenplay.
4. BEAT SHEET. 15 beats within your screenplay. Label each beat and describe your choices in two to three sentences for each beat. Please keep in mind that I will be giving special attention to the beat of THEME!
5. CHARACTER. Decide on your main character and create a one to two page double spaced CHARACTER STUDY essay. Be as detailed as you can, but also write with style and energy. Make sure you hit each of the FOUR POINTS OF CHARACTER! Identify each point in your essay.
EXTRA CREDIT
6. PITCH Using the four primary elements of the pitch, how would you pitch this film? Be brief and to the point.
7. EXTRA CREDIT: SCREENPLAY WRITING. You will have your Genre selected, the Beat Sheet to guide you and your Character defined. Now choose one section of the Beat Sheet and write at least TWO PAGES of dialogue. Make sure that you are writing this in the correct screenwriting form.