screenwriting - coming up with simple concepts
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ScreenwritingConcepts & synopsising
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Today
In todays workshop you will be;
• applying your knowledge of concepting to create and develop 3 ideas for screenplays
• Conducting initial research for each of these ideas.
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By the end of today, you
MUST use idea generation strategies to create 3 story concepts
SHOULD be able to develop your 3 ideas by conducting research
COULD evaluate your ideas effectiveness using peer assessment & reflection
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Syd Field
Famous American screenwriter Syd Field came up with a way to describe a films
concept in its simplest form.
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Describe each
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Story Concepts
A person
A geeky high school loser
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Story Concepts
In a place
New York City
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Story Concepts
Doing his or her thing
Fighting crime as a masked vigilante
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Syd Fields rule of story concepting
A person, in a place, doing his or her thing
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For example
A recently widowed OAP
In America
Flying his house off on the adventure of a lifetime
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Up
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A wealthy industrialist
In America
Using his super armour to fight terrorism
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A young farm hand
On Tattoine
Trying to rescue a princess from an evil empire
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An orphaned billionaire
In Gotham City
Becoming a vigilante crime fighter
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Idea generation techniques
What techniques can we use to help us come up with ideas for our story concepts?
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Idea generation techniques
What techniques can we use to help us come up with ideas for our story concepts?
- Research- Brainstorms
- Blue sky thinking
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If you’re struggling to come up with ideas where can you look for inspiration?
If you’re struggling to come up with ideas where can you look for inspiration?
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Secondary research
• Internet• Magazines
• Graphic novels• History books / novels
• Photos• Films
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For example… nothing is more dramatic than real life
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If you find some useful research what should you do?
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Research
for one of your assignments for this unit you have to conduct reliable & useful research
into your idea.
So print anything you find off, and annotate notes on it which explain how useful &
reliable it is!
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Task 1
You will develop 3 story concepts.
You have 30 minutes to come up with 3 strong concepts. If you are stuck for ideas
what can you do?
If you finish your 3 concepts you can begin to research them
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Feedback
What concepts did people come up with?
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Task 2
We now need to develop our ideas.
Working alone begin to flesh out your idea by conducting research into it.
You may want to look at news articles as a starting point.
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Plenary