Authors Chair - Script Edition

Hello Spring Breakers!


Let's celebrate our stories and our scripts.  Today we will have some fun bringing your words, characters, and dialogue to life.  Be supportive.  Encourage one another. Feel free to share other works as well.  Today belongs to you.  Be cool.

1.  SWT
2.  Cipher
3.  Authors Chair - Scripts

* We will be participating in April 30/30 and getting ready for our Spring Slam.  Start to think about your teams - you will work in groups of four.

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* Sante Event TMRW - Ask for Info
* LE on TUES
* Sock Drive - 1% for each pair you bring.  4 pairs max.

Prompts
1.  Spring Break
2.  11 weeks
3. The thing about June 11th is...
4.  Bad habits..
5.  My favorite classmate...

Scripts - Last Day to Write

Hello Scriptwriters!

Work to complete your script.  Focus on:format, characters, dialogue (is it believable? ping pong?, techniques (2 talking at same time, OS, VO), help each other to "complete" the scene/task.  What is the purpose of your writing?  So what? Why should anyone care? 


1.  Writing Time - Editing/Revising - Follow checklist above
2.  Script to Screen - Follow examples.  There is a flow and movement.
* Up -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyYG0GGvErE
* Inside Out -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1d0MgzKAK8

HW
1.  Final Scripts DUE TMRW.
* See Rubric
2. Authors Chair/Cipher

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* Sock Drive - 1% for each pair you bring.  4 pairs max.

WRG - Scripts

Hello Scriptwriters!

Work in groups today.  Discuss format, characters, dialogue (is it believable? ping pong?, techniques (2 talking at same time, OS, VO), help each other to "complete" the scene/task.  What is the purpose of your writing?  So what? Why should anyone care?  Why would an actor want these lines? Go.

Wednesday - WRG/Editing
Thursday - ReWriting
Friday - Authors Chair Present.
* You will all present at a future AC if not this Friday. Film Folks?

1.  WRG - See today's welcome!
2.  Good Will Hunting Scene -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6BLzivJMWA
3.  Pulp Fiction Scene -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvzKJTqrbg
4.  Up Scene -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyYG0GGvErE
5.  Inside Out -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1d0MgzKAK8

HW
1.  Final Scripts DUE on Friday
* See Rubric

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* Poetry Club - Today
* Sock Drive - 1% for each pair you bring.  5 pairs max.

Scripts - Writing Day #2

Hello Scriptwriters!

This is our week.  We will be done with our official Screenwriting unit.  We write, we edit, we present.  We are working on format and fun.  Follow the week.  Meet deadlines.  Be ready with a working (not necessarily final) product.  Here is the plan:

Tuesday - Writing
Wednesday - WRG/Editing
Thursday - ReWriting
Friday - Authors Chair Present.
* You will all present at a future AC if not this Friday. Film Folks?

1.  Writing Time - Use your class time effectively
2.  Good Will Hunting Scene -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6BLzivJMWA
3.  Pulp Fiction Scene -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvzKJTqrbg
4.  Individual Conferencing Time?

HW
1.  WRG - Script 5-7 pages draft due TMRW
 * Bring TWO copies w/specific questions

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* LE TONIGHT
* Poetry Club - Wednesday

Script Writing Time

Hello Scriptwriters!

This is our week.  We will be done with our official Screenwriting unit.  We write, we edit, we present.  We are working on format and fun.  Follow the week.  Meet deadlines.  Be ready with a working (not necessarily final) product.  Here is the plan:

Monday/Tuesday - Writing
Wednesday - WRG/Editing
Thursday - ReWriting
Friday - Authors Chair Present.
* You will all present at a future AC if not this Friday. Film Folks?

1.  SWT - Write a (or two) from the weekend in Script format. Be sure to include all 5 necessary parts.  Follow format.  Use your handout.
2.  The Writers Room -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9hxdxUhvT4
* SNL Writers Room -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2D
* Take a few notes - revisit on your own Jxo5XpFI

HW
1.  Script 7-10 pages draft due Wednesday - Writing Response Group
* Bring TWO copies w/specific questions

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* LE TMRW
* Poetry Club - Wednesday

Scripts Partner/Group Time

Hello Seniors!


Today we will work with our partners and in small groups to discuss our current drafts, formatting, other ideas, etc...Take advantage of the opportunity to collaborate and brainnstorm.  If you have errors - fix them.  We have spent a lot of time of the Essentials of Screenplay Format - you need to be able to show you understand this genre.

1.  Work Check
2.  Partners/Groups
3.  Share Scripts
4. Clips?

HW
1.  Script 7-10 pages draft due Friday 3/22

Screenplay - Day 3

Hello Scriptwriters!


You now know the parts of a script and proper formatting technique.  You have had time to brainstorm and practice.  You read from a script and actually held it in your hands...a first for some!  So now we need to HEAR what good writing sounds like - what it LOOKS like when brought to life - off of the page.  Remember - it ALL starts on the page.  

1.  SWT - What are you excited about, intimidated about with this unit?
* Be specific. Write a poem about it  ; )
* Discussion   
2.  Screenwriting
* Mentor Texts - SNL Skits,
* Master of None - Thanksgiving Episode
* Take Notes - Do you see the writers intentions, style, can borrow, can you emulate and make it your own.  Think birthdays, holidays, different ages where you realized new insights about life/yourself.

HW
1.  Screenplay 2-5 Pages (Idea, Draft, Format) - Friday
* See "Write An Adaption" - handout
* Written or Typed.  (We will be using CELTX)

EC
1.  Poetry Club TODAY
2. Rudy Francisco at Glassless Minds on Thursday

Prompts:
1.  Two characters sitting on the edge of a bridge
2.  Someone is saying hello/goodbye at an airport
3.  A scene in which you introduce a character in a memorable way
4.  A scene involving a medicine cabinet
5.  A scene that begins with the description: "Smoke stings his/her eyes."