Assignment for Feb 24th

A)  As a group, come to class with 4 story ideas! You will have to schedule time as a group to work on your ideas this weekend!

Each idea should have an outline that contains the following:

• Theme: What is the central theme of your story?
• Genre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genres
• Character List: Who are the characters?
• Story Outline:  (Read: This is not every detail of your story, but all of the main elements! You must outline your story with respects to three act structure!
• Some rough sketches that show ideas you have in mind for your story!

ACT 1: (25% of your film's runtime)

1. Who is(are) the protagonist(s)?
2. What is the setting of the film?
3. How does the film begin?
4. What is the inciting incident? (What triggers the main plot of the story?  What is the protagonist looking for?)
5. What is the major first plot point that moves the story into act II?

ACT 2: (50% of your film's runtime)

1. What setbacks does the protagonist face in Act II?
2. How does the protagonist deal with those major plot points?
3. What is the second major plot point that finally kicks the protagonist's butt in gear? What is the jumping off point for Act 3?

ACT 3: (25% of your film's runtime)

1. What is the climax of the film? Does the protagonist get what is wanted, what is needed, or something else entirely?
2. In the Denouement, how does the film relax itself back to a state of equilibrium? How is everything resolved?
3. How does the film end?

B) Start drawing sketches of characters for the film! 

 Come up with some ides for environments too! We only need sketches at this point! This weekend is meant for idea creation. Have four stories you're super happy with where you, as a group, can choose any and make a great film!

Start learning more about each other, what everyone else is good at, and start trying to find ways to help each other develop their skills.

FYI, you will spend the next 3 classes, inside and out, developing a storyboard and picth bible for the project you choose on next tuesday!  Take this weekend to, instead of picking one, and getting ahead on the storyboards, truly come up with 4 excellent ideas! The creative development process is really important! =D