PP slides from Week 4 of Com 497

2. STEP ONE: LOGLINE REVIEW
• ARE YOUR READY WITH THE FOUR ELEMENTS FOR CLEAR CONCISE STORY TELLING?
• 1. SPECIFIC PROTAGONIST
• 2. AN INCITING INCIDENT
• 3. A SPECIFIC EXTERNAL GOAL FOR THE PROTAG
• 4. A SPECIFIC ANTAGONISTIC FORCE

3. SHORT FILM STORY: THE BEAT SHEET
• EVEN THE SHORTEST FILMS HAVE A SCRIPT
• DON’T FORGET… K.I.S.S. – KEEP IT SIMPLE STORY – SET UP PROTAG AND I.I., PROTAG HAS A GOAL &
THERE’S ANTAG FORCE THAT’S MAKING IT TOUGH – AND IN THE END, THERE’S SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION,
PERHAPS ONE WE DIDN’T SEE COMING

4. ROBERT BRESSON SCENE

5. WHAT WAS THE LOGLINE?
• SPECIFIC PROTAG
• AN INCITING INCIDENT
• A SPECIFIC ACTIVE EXTERNAL GOAL
• AN ANTAGONISTIC FORCE

6. WHAT WAS THE 3 ACT STRUCTURE?
• ACT ONE: SET UP WORLD, CHARACTER, AND GOAL
• ACT TWO: CONFRONTATION WITH ANTAG FORCE
• ACT THREE: RESOLUTION

7. SCEENPLAY FORMAT: WRITER DUET
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