Screenwriting Time - Due Dates, Work Checks, Resources!

Hello Senior Screenwriters!

Here is all you need for a successful screenwriting unit. This is a FOUR week unit and it will have a big impact on your semester grade.  Do your best. 

You should have your group set, your pitch done, and your writing happening!
This is a group grade. You will be rewarded for your individual writing efforts and ability to work well within your chosen group. You will receive a rubric.

Work Checks - Please make sure ALL writing fits format, capitalization, margins, and is FREE of errors.  Use your formatting handout. Use Celtx.

Friday 3/11 - Pages 4-6 (characters, setting) - Authors Chair. Get feedback and advice.
* This first check can be written. The rest MUST be typed and fitted using Celtx.
Wednesday 3/16 - Pages 1-11
Friday 3/18 - Pages 15-17
*Authors Chair - Feedback and Advice
Tuesday 3/22  - Pages 18-20
Thursday 3/24 - All 22 pages completed as rough draft.  Include title page.
Friday 3/25 - Authors Chair - Feedback and Advice.
*** Editing/Revision week is 4/4-4/7.  Your FINAL script is due on Friday 4/8.  No Late Work.

Resources:
Celtx.Com - Screenplay Formatting website.  Easy to use.  Easy to follow.
'The Wonder Years" - Mentor Text for tracking the flow/time/pages/plot of a 22 minute episode.
"Finding Nemo" Script - In class Mentor Text. See other in-class scripts.
"The Writers Room" - Netflix show.  Listen to writers discuss the process.
Formatting Handout - The necessary parts of a script, margins, sluglines, dialogue, action, etc...

Homework
* Write/Revise/Edit your work - think ahead - think Portfolio.  Your screenplays will be part of your Portfolio - keep this in mind.
* Continuous writing, revising, brainstorming, and sharing of group duties.  Be sure to email, text, and communicate so that every group member is on board.

EC
Lyrical Exchange on Tuesdays
Elevated on Thursdays - 3/17, 4/7
Poetry Club - Wednesdays at Lunch