CLASSIC VS. MODERN SCREENPLAYS – AN IN-DEPTH STUDY

Dates: Sept 28-29, Oct 05-06, 12-13

Duration: 2Hrs 30Min per Class

Total: 15 Class Hours

Maximum Participation: 25

Platform: Online Live on Zoom

Fee:  11250/- per person paid in advance at the time of

registration. (INR75O/Hour/15Hours)

TAKEAWAY: 

01. Softcopy (PDF) of the relevant points discussed during the sessions.

02. The Participants can develop and write a treatment of their stories, if they may, with a personal evaluation by Sab John Edathattil.

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Week 01 -Day 01

• Protagonist’s Untouched Status Quo
• Crafting Problems
• Expanding the Problem & World of Story
• Initial Discovery
• Key Subplot and Protagonist
• Maximum Effort
• Exercises

Week 01 - Day 02

• Fabricated Solution
• Final Test & Real Solution
• Archetypal Situations and Lengths
• Mid, Peak and Result
• Where does Climax Fit In
• Exercises

Week 02 - Day 03

• Power Vs Conflict
• The Mechanics of Conflict
• That Doesn’t Kill Is Stronger
• Orchestration of Conflict
• Types of Conflict
• Motivation, Stakes and Traps
• Conflicts in Events

Week 02 - Day 04

• The Only Permanent Rule
• Being Dissimilar
• Breaking Formula
• The Writer’s Objective & Primacy
• Are all Radical Films Radical?
• Exercises

Week 03 Day 05

• Mainstream Experiments in Structure
• Lessons from the Past
• Storytelling Myths, Legends and Lies
• Why some stories can’t be classically told
• Camera as Storyteller
• Exercises

Week 03 Day 06

• The Physics of Drama
• Stirring the Pot
• Rule Breaking & Cost Benefits
• Using Rules to Break Rules
• Clarity Vs Doubt
• Exercises