Screenwriting Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Provides definitions and notes on all necessary film terms as well as key exam necessary information, sections on the history of film and analysis of several key films such as pulp fiction, la la land and many more. Organised and colourful this document will make film studies easy to revise and your notes will be in a compact well laid out document with no unnecessary bulk of information, only what you need to succeed.

This is an example layout of a ten point pitch.

This is the screenplay script I wrote for tvf2303 assignment 1. All the other documents/assignments (story arcs, script outlines, step outlines, and final screenplay scripts) that I have shared together with this (you can download as a bundle) are based on this initial screenplay. The documents are only meant to help your come up with your own screenplay that you'll submit at the end of the class. Good luck in this class.

Short Stories collection that are used in various Screenwriting classes for adaptations. These are all short stories that provide innovative ideas for screenplays and can help students starting off their career in screenwriting.

Screenwriting for major in class lectures notes on script structure. Includes elements of a screenplay, acts, plot points, beats, sequences, scenes, and dialogue.

Providing guidance into how you can structure a plot for plays. These notes gives you depth knowledge on plot structure used by script writers. A beautiful play is one that has an excellent plot structure.

These notes go over different genres, such as melodrama, musicals, comedy, and war, covering their narrative techniques.

Notes on a lecture from professional screenwriter Simon van der Borgh. Focuses on how to write professional dialogue in screenplays.

Notes on a lecture from professional screenwriter Simon van der Borgh. Methods and techniques to approach adaptation of pre-existing material into a screenplay.

These are the notes for the course FILM255 (Film Story Analysis). It's one document, but with pages of notes throughout the entire semester. Really useful when it comes time to take all of the quizzes!