The document discusses developing scripts across media using the Aristotelian 3 act structure. It emphasizes starting with an idea and turning it into a tight one-sentence logline containing the whole story. Examples are provided of loglines from famous films that are then "reverse engineered" to show the protagonist, inciting incident, goal, and opposing force. Students provide their own loglines for potential stories that are then broken down using the same structure.

1. WEEK 3 COM 497
DEVELOPING A SCRIPT ACROSS ALL MEDIA

2. ARISTOTELIAN 3 ACT STRUCTURE

4. “
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IN ORDER TO CREATE A SCRIPT, YOU NEED AN IDEA.
IN ORDER TO WRITE WITH CONFIDENCE AND
FREEDOM, YOU NEED TO CONVERT THAT IDEA INTO
A RIGIDLY DEFINED LOGLINE THAT IN ESSENCE
CONTAINS THE WHOLE STORY IN ONE SENTENCE.
- JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ, writer of ‘Citizen Kane’
SO… DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS A SCRIPT IS AS FOLLOWS:
IDEA LOGLINE BEAT SHEET SCRIPT

5. LOGLINE STRUCTURE:
WHEN A SPECIFIC PROTAGONIST experiences a SPECIFIC INCITING INCIDENT,
THE PROTAG MUST TAKE ON A SPECIFIC ACTIVE EXTERNAL GOAL in order to defeat a
SPECIFIC ANTAGONISTIC FORCE.

6. LET’S LOOK AT SOME LOGLINES FROM
FAMOUS FILMS!

12. OKAY, LET’S “REVERSE ENGINEER” SOME LOGLINES

13. THE BLACK HOLE WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PHIL & OLLY

14. STORY LOGLINE FOR: THE BLACK HOLE
 WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST?

15. STORY LOGLINE FOR: THE BLACK HOLE
 WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST? THE MAN, obviously. But what kind of man?

16. STORY LOGLINE FOR:
THE BLACK HOLE
 WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST? Office Drone
 WHAT IS THE INCITING INCIDENT?

17. STORY LOGLINE FOR:
THE BLACK HOLE
 WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST? Office Drone
 WHAT IS THE INCITING INCIDENT? Broken copier
 WHAT IS HIS ACTIVE EXTERNAL GOAL?

18. STORY LOGLINE FOR:
THE BLACK HOLE
 WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST? Office Drone
 WHAT IS THE INCITING INCIDENT? Broken copier
 WHAT IS HIS ACTIVE EXTERNAL GOAL? Escape
 WHAT IS THE ANTAGONISTIC FORCE?

19. STORY LOGLINE FOR:
THE BLACK HOLE
 WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST? Office
Drone
 WHAT IS THE INCITING INCIDENT?
Broken copier
 WHAT IS HIS ACTIVE EXTERNAL
GOAL? Escape
 WHAT IS THE ANTAGONISTIC FORCE?
His black hole

20. THE BLACK HOLE LOGLINE
 LOGLINE: WHEN AN OFFICE DRONE KICKS AT HIS BROKEN COPIER,
A MYSTERIOUS BLACK DOT PRINTS OUT WHICH MAY HELP HIM
ESCAPE HIS POWERLESS EXISTENCE.

21. LAB 1:
REVERSE ENGINEER A LOGLINE: BLENDTEC
PROTAGONIST
INCITING INCIDENT
ANTAGONISTIC FORCE
ACTIVE GOAL

22. ONE MAN BAND: WHAT’S THE LOGLINE
PROTAGONIST
INCITING INCIDENT
ANTAGONISTIC FORCE
ACTIVE GOAL

23. HOW ABOUT THIS ONE: (IT’S SCARY!)
PROTAGONIST
INCITING INCIDENT
ANTAGONISTIC FORCE
ACTIVE GOAL

24. FINALLY THIS ONE: (IT’S NOT SCARY!)
PROTAGONIST
INCITING INCIDENT
ANTAGONISTIC FORCE
ACTIVE GOAL

25.  KELSEA COSTELLO: the test
 When a stressed out student has to take a final exam worth 50% of
their grade, they must overcome their stress and find a way to cheat off
of their peers in order to pass the test.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

26.  Savannah Bratcher
 Logline: TO WORK OR PLAY
 When a Purdue student sits alone in a room studying and sees their friends out
doing a fountain run on a warm day, they must decide whether or not their
homework or having fun is more important in order to fulfill their wishes of
spending the last days of summer with their friends.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

27.  Taylor Devine
 Logline: THE CRUSH
 When an awkward guy has a crush on a pretty girl in his class he must
overcome his nervousness in order to ask her on a date.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

28.  Wyatt Westmoreland
 Logline: BIKE IN A TREE

When an international exchange student innocently leaves his bike outside without
the safety of a bike lock, a Purdue local decided to send it to the top of a tree. After
returning to his bike, the exchange students must come to terms with his new bike
being stuck up high in an unreachable tree.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

29.  Jasper Li
 Logline: WHY FI?
 When a tired student found out his wifi went down 10 minute's before the
deadline, he must find an alternative way to connect to the Internet and
submit his work before it's too late.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

30.  Cooper Robinson
 Logline: THE BLITZ
 When a quarterback realizes a pre-snap blitz, he must adjust the offensive
line protection to ensure time to throw the ball.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

31.  Kayla Groen
 Logline: THE BAKER
 When a struggling baker discovers she burnt her cookies, she must battle
time and the burnt edges in order to bring cookies to a birthday party.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

32.  Katherine Roth
 Logline: THE LAZY STUDENT
 When a lazy student realizes they’re running late, they must race against
the clock and the door to make it to class.
 protagonist
inciting incident
antagonistic force
active goal

33. HOMEWORK: READ CHAPTER 2 “VISUAL
SOCIAL MEDIA” BOOK
 NEXT WEEK TURNING A LOGLINE INTO A SCRIPT
 SHOOTING YOUR 30-60 SEC ONE SHOT VIDEO
 INTRODUCTION TO VLOGGING