U64006 INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING

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U64006 INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING WEEK 5 Screenplay paradigm (3): 7-step pattern Film genres: Romantic comedy Case study – When Harry Met Sally

3-ACT STRUCTURE – ROMANTIC COMEDY GENERAL 3-ACT STRUCTURE Conflict: the hero takes on a problem Crisis: the hero can’t solve the problem Resolution: the hero solves the problem 3 ACTS IN ROMANTIC COMEDIES Meet: girl+boy have significant encounter(s) Lose: girl+boy are separated (+ re-united + separated again) Get: girl+boy reunite Romantic comedy = comedy whose central plot revolves around a romantic relationship  COUPLE Clip from Nancy Meyer’s The Holiday U64006 Introduction to Screenwriting

ROMANTIC COMEDY – CHARACTERS Romantic comedies have a BIG HANDICAP... ... The audience knows the ending before they start. How do you get the audience interested in the story? Characters  strong desires  (plenty of) obstacles Obstacles = external (AL) + INTERNAL conflicts (RLs)  character-driven CHARACTERIZATION U64006 Introduction to Screenwriting

CHARACTER – SUMMARY OF TRAITS Ontologic: gender, race, class, family background, name Experience: education, abilities, own family, sexuality, back-story Now: age, occupation, friends/enemies, appearance, world view, beliefs, manners, sense of humour, tension levels, language, pastimes/passions, delusions Review notes from last year re: character traits (posted on web page) U64006 Introduction to Screenwriting

CHARACTER AND PLOT Motivation Objectives (and threats) (goal-oriented characters) Relationships with other characters Relationships with antagonistic forces Role of the back-story U64006 Introduction to Screenwriting

CHARACTERS IN ROMANTIC COMEDY Male lead: attractive BUT also intimate, weak (?)  arc = strong, sexaholic, macho, sexist  gradual exposure of weakness  love wins Female lead: strong, modern, active, aggressive (resistance)  true love (not subordinate role in couple) Wrong guy/girl: socially presentable and stable, but not deep nor desirable  no chemistry Friend/helper: characterization mirror + story forward U64006 Introduction to Screenwriting

CHARACTERS IN ROMANTIC COMEDY Present life of character = Now BUT Script  Character’s arc  challenge/change? Meet  at least one-half of couple not interested (love challenges characters) Lose  what do they lose if they lose each other? (characters deny love or accept but are denied love) Get  love transforms the characters (change)  something is learned  positive growth U64006 Introduction to Screenwriting

ROMANTIC COMEDIES – 7 BEATS 1. Setup: male lead introduced + female lead introduced (?)  unfulfilled desire 2. Catalyst (inciting incident): female lead introduced  (amusing, memorable) “meet cute” but obstacle (eg. wrong guy/girl in the way) 3. Sexy complication (turning point #1): new development, external problem  internal issue  character reacts (or does not) 4. Hook (midpoint, sequence or section): situation that binds couple (further implications)  sexual tension 5. Swivel (turning point #2): highest point of romance  jeopardize chance of achieving goal  point of no return (choice) 6. Dark moment (crisis climax): humiliation (fight or failed reconciliation)  all lost 7. Joyful defeat (resolution): personal sacrifice  happy ending (also just symbolic)  marriage or committment 7 6 4 (+) 2 1 5 3 U64006 Introduction to Screenwriting

HOMEWORK FOR WK 7 SEMINAR Watch / Analyse “Notting Hill” Prepare presentations (booked students) - 3-Act structure - 7-beat pattern (including all relationship lines and dynamics) - Characters LECTURE - Watch David Fincher’s “Se7en”