Monday Nov 4

CLASS WILL NOT MEET Wednesday 11/6 and Monday 11/11.

Assignments due 11/13

1) RESEARCH webisodes (see examples on blog) & begin writing your own:

•Pick ONE of your favorite webisodes, watch as many episodes as you can and analyze the form and structure and answer the following:

            What is the story?

What is the target audience for the series?

Define the conflict(s)? Overall and individual episodes?

What is the linking device between episodes, i.e. what draws the audience to the next episode?

Describe the genre of the webisode.

Can you find the 3 act structure in each episode? If not, what is the structure?

How do episodes begin and end? How long is each episode?

Are characters clear? What are their objectives?

What is the style of writing of this webisode? How do the visuals and audio elements match or not match the style?

How does this webisode compare to TV and/or movies?

•Post a link to your selected webisode on the class blog (in comments section in this post) and be prepared to show your episode in class and discuss the analysis. A hard copy of this analysis is due in class Wed 11/13.

•Choose one of your story concepts and write an outline in webisode form and write ONE episode of your webisode. A hard copy of this outline and first episode is due in class Wed 11/13.

2) Continue writing/polishing the scripts we have been working on. Complete the FIRST ACT, in master scene format, due in class 11/13. You may turn this assignment in via google drive OR a hard copy.

3) READ the script, JUNO. As you read this, begin to think about story “beats.” We will be discussing this in class, with an analysis of the story beats due Monday 11/18.