COM CO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Worldbuilding
1 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
2018/2/6
FTV: Introduction to Screenwriting
The Basics for Film & Television!
-Today’s topics
•What is the screenwriter’s role in film and television?
•What is the basic format of a screenplay?
•How does Twin Peaks use tone and genre to build its story world?
•How does Twin Peaks conform to and break screenwriting norms?
I. Screenwriter’s role in film
A. Writing one spec
1. come up with your own idea of screenplay, to a studio, in hope of your screenplay
named.
2. writing on script, hoping to get√ make out
B. Writing under contract
1. it may be someone else’s idea
C. Rewriting
1. get√ a script, read the comedy scene, make the scene funnier
2. Carry Fisher
II. Screenwriter’s role in television
A. Staff writer
1. bottom, writer for episode, rewrite part of the episode
B. Story editor
1. help to supervise staff writer, write episode
2. difference: editor’s name in the credit if writing episode
C. Freelancing
1. know the show really well
2. write three up shows
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Document Summary
1. it may be someone else"s idea: rewriting, get a script, read the comedy scene, make the scene funnier, carry fisher. 2018/2/6: e. g. master of none, writer/ producer, goal, higher achy, most control, not only writing, more in control of the rate, more appealing. Scene heading/ slug line - where we are. Description/ action of scene - what we see. World-building through tone and genre: neo-noir, detective, lighting shadow, darkness, narrative distinction, involve crime, usually murder, expose humanity, emphasizing the contrast between good and evil, sad ending, the naked forest, twin peaks and film noir, neo-noir. but not: coop isn"t hard-boiled - more like soft boiled, coop has unique investigating abilities, dark comedy, soap opera. What we covered: the screenwriter"s role in ft, the basic format of a screenplay, how wp uses tone and genre to build its story world, how tp conforms to and breaks screenwriting norms.
