ENGL 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jargon, Toy Story 3, Cold Open
3 Feb 2018
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Beats every significant part of the plot (beat: andy puts woody in the collage box). Story beats: not all the senses just the important ones. Christmas lights not the whole chord, just the bulbs. 2nd beat: women with him is not smiling etc . Story lines: major plot paths through a film. The protagonist needs to be on screen almost all the time. 1st script no dialogue. (think of movies without it) Look at final credits (all characters have a name that distinguish them) Misdirect only signal transitions (screen jargon) when you need to. Stay within your limits! (not too many swish pans or cut to!) Different people break things down different into plot graphs. As the letters suggest the a storyline is the main central plot and life line of the film. (the protagonists story line) don"t make long screen directions (v. o) narrative (o. c) off camera. 6 min cold open (woody, one eyed bart, 5m coda ending credits.
