ENGL 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Telefilm Canada
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A synopsis is a way to move towards the screen play; it has a beginning, middle and end. There are no cliff-hangers (don"t say what"s going to happen next dun dun dun). People in the industry want to know exactly what is going to happen. Beat sheet (for you while you"re working on it) don"t assume people know the story in your head, when you write, do it for someone you want to persuade and grasp their interest. Someone can then see if beats are not in the right place, or if something needs to be added. No one writes a perfect first time script. features. Telefilm canada (grants) you can apply once you"ve had two. Script shark: how the higher ups will read your work. Think about how it can be better-investing in your script. Everything starts out very bad, and gets better, but the more people involved the more it progresses.