| Date | Topic | Reading Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Introduction
Visualization Exercise | No readings |
| Jan 12 | Dramatic Structure
Dramatic Analysis as Writer's Tool Dramatic Analysis Review "What if..." Exercise | Brady and Lee, Chaps 1-3
Blum, Chap 5 Narratives and Dramatic Structure |
| Jan 17-19 |
Drama Class Presentation: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Brady and Lee, Chap 4
Goldman, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| Jan 24-26 | Marketable Premises Adaptations Screening: An occurrence at owl creek bridge |
Bierce, An occurence... Blum, Chap 1-2 Jan 26: Goldman, Part Four (pp.475-574), Da Vinci |
| Jan 31 | Scenarios, Treatments, and Step Sheets
How to Write the Story |
Blum, Chap 3 Brady and Lee, Chaps 10 Plot Patterns |
| Feb 2 | "What if..." Exercise Presentations | No readings |
| Feb 7-9 | Character and Conflict |
Blum, Chap 6, 15 Brady and Lee, Chaps 5-8 |
| Feb 14-16 | Film Scripts and Formats Scenario (In class) |
Blum, Chaps 8-9
Casabalanca script |
| Feb 21-23 | Television Scripts and Formats Dramatic Analysis |
Blum, Chaps 11-14, 16-17 Sample script pages from The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Sopranos |
| Feb 28-Mar 2 |
Script Conferences
Step Sheets | |
| March 7-9 | Spring Vacation | |
| Mar 14-16 | Dialogue |
Blum, Chap 7 Brady and Lee, Chap 9 Media Analysis #2 |
| Mar 21-23 | Editing and Revision Taxi Scene from On The Waterfront |
Blum, Chap 10
Scene |
| Mar 28-30 | The Business |
Blum, Chaps 18-20 Adaptation Proposal |
| Apr 4-6 | The intangibles Personal Scriptwriting In class: Rod Serling, video |
No readings |
| Apr 11-13 | Work Time
Final Scripts
| |
| May | Script Readings (If necessary) | |