Take Exercise #1 and develop it into a beginning, middle and end 3 Act structure. Answer the following questions about your screenplay.
What is the title (working title) of the script?
What is the “mash-up” two movies that this resembles?
Log Line, one sentence synopsis of your story. https://www.raindance.org/10-tips-for-writing-loglines/Links to an external site.
What is the genre and style of the movie?
What is the era (time and location) and the parameters of the story (what is possible, impossible…)?
Who is the Demographic/Target Audience and Rating?
Who is the main character (age) and what is their goal?
What is the main character’s “Internal Need”?
Who is the antagonist and what are the main obstacles to the main character achieving their goal?
Who are the other supporting characters (ages)?
What is the “First Event” (Plot Point 0) what event starts the story going?
What is the “Inciting Incident” (Plot Point 1) end of Act 1; takes the story in a new direction with an obvious goal and obstacles?
What is the “Midpoint” (Plot Point 2A) of the movie?
What is the “Moment of Decision” (Plot Point 2B) end of Act 2?
What is the “Running the Gauntlet” Act 3 the final act of the movie?
What is the main character’s Arc (the change from their goal to need) and what instigates/motivates this change and what happens in the movie that demonstrates this change?
What is the conclusion of the movie?
What is the main theme of this movie?
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