write in any genre so long as you develop the character in this way.

Screenplay assignment:  Write a 5-10 page screenplay or using screenplay formatting  It can be a one act with a beginning, middle and end or a segment of a larger. Please be sure that you clearly establish what a character wants and how he or she is delayed.  You should have at least three scenes and the plot must progress beyond the beginning.  Also, be sure that you make an effort to develop character, connecting the desire of the main character to some issue within him\her rather than merely to their outside circumstances and be sure to give that person a history. You may write in any genre so long as you develop the character in this way.  Think about all the techniques that might enhance your idea (perhaps, after you have written the initial idea down).  Be careful too that what the audience will actually see on screen is what conveys the character of the person rather than written directives in the screenplay i.e. don’t tell us what character thinks because in a movie, we would not be able to see that. For this assignment you may not use voiceover nor may you create fan fiction.

You will ultimately turn in the rough draft, the revised draft and an explanation of the changes that you made in the draft.  As you can see from the grading below, all three elements factor into the grade.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE DONE. DIFFERENT REVISIONS ETC. IF EXTRA FUNDS ARE NEEDED I WILL ADD.

Grading:

1. Draft delivered on time: 8 pts
2. Draft and revised draft are in screenplay formatting: 7 pts
3. Revised draft has been proofread: 9 pts
4. Draft has been revised: 35 pts (note adding to the draft does not constitute revision—you must change what you already had)
5. Explanation of changes made to draft: 20 pts
6. Character development in revised draft: 15 pts
7. Good ending to the manuscript: 6 pts

PASSWORDS TO ACCESS THE LINKS BELOW WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE A WRITER IS HIRED

FA17Screenplay assignment.docx

Assignment1.mp4

DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECNIQUES IN SCREENPLAY/SCREENWRITING ARE AS FOLLOWS: 

FourWeddingsVideo2

Several new techniques are introduced

1. Inciting incident
2. Desire and Delay

3.Dialogue techniques: repetition, contrasting voices

4. More examples of desire and delay

4WedingsVid3

1. More examples of desire and delay
2. Elements of a monologue
3. Unity of Theme
4. Dialogue Techniques–silence, repetition

Build character: Foil

When screenwriters or playwrights foil a character, they put the character in the exact same situation but show them reacting differently. Note: the situation must be exactly the same to be considered “foiling.”

In this clip  (from 24 seconds in to about a minute in) each character is packing a suitcase.  Notice how differently they do it.

That’s the foil.

Thelma and Louise Packing a suitcase

Plot devices

The Inciting Incident

Attached Files:

o    incitingincidentBloodDiamondmp4.mp4 (62.32 MB)

Dialogue Techniques

Using Silence

Using Silence

In Library’s Kanopy Database

Movie Title:  Moonlight

Starting at 4:32 and going to 9:26

Excerpt from Moonlight

Several new technique Introduced

1. Creating a character through foil is introduced:

Foil is when two characters are in the exact same situation but react differently.

2. Minor actionsalso help produce character.
3. Setting and how it tells us something about the character or characters