Final Flashcards
When writing a comedy the major stakes that your character risks are what?
Embarassment
When writing an action adventure, the major stakes are:
Life and Death
A scene from a screenplay is best described as
Action through conflict that changes a character’s situation in a positive or negative way.
When writing a drama, the major stakes are
Freedom and Security
An act in a screenplay is best described as
A progression of scenes leading to the reversal in the central characters situation.
To provide story action, the most important thing a good central character should have is
2 problems, internal and external
In a screen story the internal problem is related to
the theme
In a screen story the external problem is related to
The plot
The external story is about what a character
Wants
The internal story is about what a character
Needs
A positive or negative change in a good scene is communicated to the audience as a change in the positively or negatively charged concept called
a value
Matching Positive Contrary Negative Negation
Unfair
Tyranny
Injustice
Justice
Positive - Justice
Contrary - Unfair
Negative - Injustice
Negation - Tyranny
In a screen story, the central character/protagonist is defined as a person who
wants to do something
Antagonist
wants to stop them
Love interest
changes the protagonist
Catalyst Character
brings the problem to the protagonist
In a good action film ending, the villain is
absolutely and horrifically destroyed
The main writing task in the 3 act screenplay is
Resolve all problems and relationships
5 stages of screenplay journey
development, preproduction, production, post production, distribution
When writing character driven dramas, there are 7 building blocks.
Need Desire Opposition Plans Battles Self Realization Equilibriums
