Adaptation Introduction and Practical Hands-On Screenwriting

This group is FREE. If you are interested in coming again in a fortnight, here is a teaser of what we'll be covering next time:

Writing exercise: http://www.dailymail.... (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393685/US-police-shoot-fake-alligator-Dangerous-looking-animal-lawn-ornament.html#socialLinks)

Aim = Adapt newspaper article into either an event, classical or art house film, 1-3 minutes/pages duration.

Part 2 content:

• 99% practical class with short 5 minute lecture on adaptation pros and cons

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• We'll then write stories the whole session and look at the following real screenplays/case studies:

Event scripts:

-- Pearl Harbor

-- Star Wars

-- Batman

-- Knight Rider

Classical scripts:

-- American Beauty (naturalistic)

-- The English Patient (naturalistic)

-- Taxi Driver (method)

-- The Wrestler (method)

N.B.

So that we can have time to review everyone's scripts, we'll touch on art house, but will cover these 5 examples (below) the following week instead:***

Art House:

-- Pulp Fiction***

-- Glengarry Glen Ross (Mamet)***

-- A Clockwork Orange***

-- 2001: A Space Odyssey***

-- Lost Highway (Lynch)***

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