Monday, February 28, 2011

Feb 28 - Screenplay

Feb 28

1 Page Screenplay Assignment - 50 pts

Objective: Students will write a 1 page (or more, if they wish) screenplay in professional format using the character they are developing for their Anthropomorphic Animations.

Instructions: Use the TECH TIP below to open a screenplay page template. Click into the template and rewrite using your own words and ideas. Be sure to SAVE OFTEN and save your drafts to your DESKTOP. When you are done, notify Ms Hawks and she will review and grade your screenplay. No need to print unless you really want to.

Remember, if you have already been animating in Keynote, you can simply write the character, dialogue and action of that animation as a screenplay.

Requirements:

Screenplay must have AT LEAST:
1) A title page with title, your name and date
2) 1 Scene Heading/Slugline
3) 3 separate action descriptions.
4) 5 Character Headings with lines of dialogue underneath.

TECH TIP: To start a professional screenplay, first review How to Format a Screenplay at the scriptologist.com site. Here's the link to the professional screenplay for Raising Arizona by the Coen Brothers.
To open a screenplay template; 1) open your Pages software (icon looks like an ink bottle and pen). 2) Choose Miscellaneous from under Word Processing. Choose the Screenplay template from here. A professionally formatted screenplay will appear, written mostly in latin text. We will be going over how to use this template in class.

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