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ScreenwritingConcepts & synopsising
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.
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
Syd Field
Famous American screenwriter Syd Field came up with a way to describe a films
concept in its simplest form.
Describe each
Story Concepts
A person
A geeky high school loser
Story Concepts
In a place
New York City
Story Concepts
Doing his or her thing
Fighting crime as a masked vigilante
Syd Fields rule of story concepting
A person, in a place, doing his or her thing
For example
A recently widowed OAP
In America
Flying his house off on the adventure of a lifetime
Up
A wealthy industrialist
In America
Using his super armour to fight terrorism
A young farm hand
On Tattoine
Trying to rescue a princess from an evil empire
An orphaned billionaire
In Gotham City
Becoming a vigilante crime fighter
Idea generation techniques
What techniques can we use to help us come up with ideas for our story concepts?
Idea generation techniques
What techniques can we use to help us come up with ideas for our story concepts?
- Research- Brainstorms
- Blue sky thinking
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?
Secondary research
• Internet• Magazines
• Graphic novels• History books / novels
• Photos• Films
For example… nothing is more dramatic than real life
If you find some useful research what should you do?
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!
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
Feedback
What concepts did people come up with?
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.
Plenary
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