FLT 402_Lecture 02 technical script writing

1. COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
SHAOLIN SHAON
FLT402_Technical Script Writing
Lecture 02 Originating Your Ideas
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13:00 to 14:30 (01:00-02:30) C-601-L6

2. Pre Writing
The Actual Writing=Exploratory Writing
The More work on Pre-writing=The easier Exploratory Draft
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3. The Process of Screenplay Creation Break down like-
65%
5%
30%
Pre-Writing Actual Writing Re-Writing
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4. Pre-Writing
Developing
Ideas
Creating
Characters
Structure
Sequences
Scenes
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5. “Don’t try and write a movie you would
not want to go and see yourself”.
Paula Milne
Writer
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Your Goal as a Screen Writer

6. Burning Passion Factor B.P.F.
“The script that really work are those written straight from the
heart, passionate pieces with the energy of the writers voice, even
though the structure may not be perfect-that can be fixed later”
David Thompson
Exec. Producer
BBC TV
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7. Burning Passion Factor B.P.F.
“Ultimately writers need to write what they are passionate about,
not what seems to be currently commercial.”
David Friendly
V.P. Imagine International
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8. Burning Passion Factor B.P.F.
“If you are not passionate about it, why is anybody else going to be.”
Paul Marcus
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9. Thinking Creatively
1. Inductively: from specific to the universal
2.Deductively: from the universal to the specific
3.Logically:causality- how things happen in the world, one thing
following another
4. Non-Logically: coincidence
5. Creatively: discovering hidden links between two unrelated things,
none has seen before
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10. Inductively / Deductively
Sacred Games 2 _ Official Trailer _ Netflix.mp4
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Based on Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
Written by •Varun Grover
•Smita Singh
•Vasant Nath
•Dhruv Narang
•Pooja Tolani
•Nihit Bhave

11. Logically/ Non-Logically
Mr. Vs Mrs. Smith(2005) - Encounter Of Two Agents AKA Wife Vs Husband.mp4
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Directed by Doug Liman
Produced by •Arnon Milchan
•Akiva Goldsman
•Lucas Foster
•Patrick Wachsberger
•Eric McLeod
Written by Simon Kinberg

12. Creatively
Nirbaak _ Theatrical Trailer _ Srijit Mukherji _ Sushmita Sen _ Jisshu _ Anjan D.mp4
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Directed by Srijit Mukherji
Produced by Shree Venkatesh Films
Written by Srijit Mukherji

13. How Do I Generate This Ideas?
Personal Experience
Others Personal Experience
Some Lines of Dialogue / Characters
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14. Personal Experience
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Directed by Abhishek Varman
Screenplay by Abhishek Varman
Based on 2 States: The Story of My
Marriage by Chetan Bhagat

15. Others Personal Experience
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Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Produced by Ivan Reitman
Tom Pollock
Joe Medjuck
Tom Thayer
Alan Barnette
Screenplay by John J. McLaughlin
Based on Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
by Stephen Rebello

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Newspapers
An advertising slogan/song title
Visual Stimuli
How Do I Generate This Ideas?

17. Newspapers/Adaptation
Created by Richie Mehta
Developed by Laurence Bowen
Toby Bruce
Written by Richie Mehta
Directed by Richie Mehta
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Delhi Crime _ Official Trailer [HD] _ Netflix.mp4

18. An advertising slogan/song title
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19. Visual Stimuli/Visualization/Dreams
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Directed by •Dorota Kobiela
•Hugh Welchman
Written by •Dorota Kobiela
•Hugh Welchman
•Jacek Dehnel
Loving Vincent - Official Trailer.mp4

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Brainstorming
Mind mapping
What-if Scenario
How Do I Generate This Ideas?

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Brain Storming/Mind Mapping

22. What-if Scenario
Directed by Hitesh Kewalya
Produced
by
Aanand L. Rai
Bhushan Kumar
Himanshu Sharma
Krishan Kumar
Written by Hitesh Kewalya
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Trailer _ Ayushmann Khurrana, Neena G, Gajraj R, Jit.mp4

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Dreams
Visualization
Adaptation
Intertextuality
How Do I Generate This Ideas?

24. Intertextuality
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ক োরিয়োন 'দ্য টোর্গের্ট'ি ন ল শোর ব খোর্নি রির্নমো 'পোিওয়োর্
ে ' _ Showbiz.mp4
Directed by Malek Afsari
Produced by Shakib Khan & Mohammed Iqbal
Written by Abdullah Zahir Babu
Malek Afsari

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