CC: Film Production "Screenplays"

A screen play is a ???? ​version of a movie.​

• written

• Filmed

Every screenplay is formatted with 3 basic elements: ____, ____, and ____.

• Sluglines

• Action

• Dialogue

• Setting

Each new scene begins with a ?????, written in ALL CAPS to convey information to the crew.

• Slugline

• Dialogue

• Character Description

• Scene Heading

The next element of a screenplay is ???????. These are short sentences that describe who’s in the scene and what they’re doing – written in present tense.

• the action

• Dialogue

• Scene Heading

• Character Description

The final piece of a screenplay is the ?????? or spoken words.

• dialogue

• Monologue

• Action

• Setting

Feature-length screenplays are usually between ?????? pages

• 90-120

• 10-30

• 30-60

• 60-90

A film creates an immersive visual world, the “?????? of reality.”

• Illusion

• Perception

• Reflection

• Refraction

Movies tend to focus on 3 main things: a ​ (a)   (the film’s main character), a ​ (b)   or objective, and ​ (c)   .

• protagonist
• goal
• obstacles

The “​ (a)   Journey” is a template for character development popularized by American mythologist Joseph Campbell. It identifies 12 common steps taken by main characters as they ​ (b)   over the course of a story.

• Hero’s
• transform
• Protagonist's
• journey

Act 1: Beginning; introduces us to characters and ​ (a)  

Act 2: Middle; protagonist ​ (b)   .

Act 3: End; film’s climax; ​ (c)   achieves their goal.

• identifies protagonist and their goal.
• faces difficult conflicts in pursuit of their goal
• confrontation to see if protagonist