Short film samples:
- I Dream of Zucchini (CW student film project, 2012)
- Czar Wars (CW student film project, 2014)
- It's a Skyscraper's Life (CW student film project, 2017)
- Turning Directions (former SOTA CW student Katie Brown's new short film, 2018)
- Who Me? (former SOTA CW student Kadisha Phillips short film, 2011)
- Frankenweenie (Tim Burton, 1984)
TASK #1: Continue working on a short film idea for your short film script project.
TASK #2: After viewing some of the model films, please brainstorm an idea for your short film. You will be writing a film treatment first before we tackle a film script. See the handout and the notes below for more details about treatments.
Your completed treatment is due April 20. On this date, the long article on "The Screenwriter" will also be due. Please annotate and take Cornell notes on this article (see homework).
Write a 2-5 page document that tells the whole story focusing on the highlights. A treatment is more detailed than a pitch. It can include a scene by scene breakdown of a script. It is used BEFORE writing the real script so the author can plan his/her project.
The treatment should read like a short story and be written in the present tense. It should present the entire story including the ending, and use some key scenes and dialogue from the screenplay it is based on. See the previous post and handouts for help.
Period Two:
For notes and background on King Kong, please see our previous class post. Today we will begin screening the film. Keep your critical analysis sheets handy. Take notes as you watch the film! You will be writing a critique about this film!
TASK #2: After viewing some of the model films, please brainstorm an idea for your short film. You will be writing a film treatment first before we tackle a film script. See the handout and the notes below for more details about treatments.
Your completed treatment is due April 20. On this date, the long article on "The Screenwriter" will also be due. Please annotate and take Cornell notes on this article (see homework).
Write a 2-5 page document that tells the whole story focusing on the highlights. A treatment is more detailed than a pitch. It can include a scene by scene breakdown of a script. It is used BEFORE writing the real script so the author can plan his/her project.
The treatment should read like a short story and be written in the present tense. It should present the entire story including the ending, and use some key scenes and dialogue from the screenplay it is based on. See the previous post and handouts for help.
Period Two:
For notes and background on King Kong, please see our previous class post. Today we will begin screening the film. Keep your critical analysis sheets handy. Take notes as you watch the film! You will be writing a critique about this film!
HOMEWORK: A few things. #1: complete a film treatment. This assignment is due April 20.
#2: Read and annotate (and take Cornell notes) on the chapter on The Screenwriter. See handout. Complete this long article by April 20.
#3: Complete a film critique using one of the critical theories (handouts) for the film King Kong (1933). This is also due April 20--but it might be April 24 if we haven't completed the film...; use the handouts on King Kong and these notes to help you with your critique.
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