1. Screenwriting Workshop Film Festival Society

2. What makes a screenplay a screenplay?

3. Format Courier point 12 Underlining / italics / bold Structure Title page

4. Style Opening sequence Grammar / Vocabulary The We Problem – To we or not to we Dialogue – Should support the narrative Parentheticals – Beware of over-directing Camera movement Visual Style

5. DON‘T PUT TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN DESCRIPTIONS !

6. Story Story > Format – Care about it! Genre Emotion and Meaning

7. Characters What should you know about a character?

9. Character Audience knows 20% Backstory Desire Change Relationships Characterization is not character

10. Little Miss Sunshine Scene – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQLLWUp_0U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQLLWUp_0U

11. Little Miss Sunshine Desire Conflict Emotion Meaning

12. Celtx Screenwriting Software – FREE No more worrying about format :D iPhone / iPad apps Share it with rest of production crew