Screenwriting

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Screenwriting

• From Act I to Continued Success

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Hi
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my
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name
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is
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Andrew
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I
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am
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going
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to
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Be
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talking
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about
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screenwriting
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but
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I'm
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Not going
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To continue like this...
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because
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Too much Time...
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And energy...
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Now to the professional part
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Screenwriting- how to make it

• Asked Professionals
• Cindy McCreery
• Joe Palladino
• Read Books (by professionals screenwriters)?
• Read articles about Professionals

• What I found out
• You have to write
• You have to write well
• Must have passion
• Must be persistent
• Have to get lucky
• Know people (network)?
• WRITE!

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Cindy McCreery - Background

• Went to UCSB
• Won a Disney Fellowship
• Now writing Free Willy 4 and other stuff like
  that.

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Cindy McCreery

• Lots of writers don't write
• Lots of writers don't write well
• If you're lucky

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What is good writing?

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3 act structure

• Same since before Aristotle
• Every Movie or play since the beginning of movies
  and plays follows the formula.

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The Hero's JourneyVogler's Writer's journey

• Ordinary World
• Call to Adventure
• Refusal of the Call
• Meeting with the Mentor
• Crossing the First Threshold
• Tests, Allies, Enemies

• Approach to the Inmost Cave
• Ordeal
• Reward
• The Road Back
• Resurrection
• Return with the Elixir

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Act I

• Show character in normal world

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Act I

• Inciting incident.

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Act I

• Refusal to Call
• Fear
• Not fully committed
• Mentor (optional)?
• Serves to prepare our hero to face the unknown
• Cross first threshold
• Becomes fully committed

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Act II

• 2 times as long as 1st and 3rd .
• Hero faces obstacles trying to get to goal.
• Usually 2 or 3 obstacles per movie.
• Hardest to write.

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Act 2
animated!!!

• You
  goal

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• You goal

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• You OBSTACLE goal

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• You goal
• OBSTACLE

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• You goal
• OBSTACLE OBSTACLE OBSTACLE

Act III
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Act III

• Hero reaching his goal
• Returns to his old world changed.
• Hollywood prefers happy endings.

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Once you've finished...

• Rewrite it 5-10 times
• Give it to people you know
• Have as many people criticize your work.
• Send it out
• And start writing again