• Jeanne Sanner

    Member
    May 9, 2023 at 5:55 pm

    Jeanne Sanner Solving Scene Problems

    Okay. The only screenplay I have ever written was 24 pages. While putting that together in the class I took, we were told to make our scenes short and snappy, and we could always go back and add if needed. Currently for this class, my script is 103 pages and I have 102 scenes. Some are really short, and others are a little longer than one page. There is no way I can do this lesson in a short period of time if I am to do it well, but I am looking forward to investing the time needed to complete this lesson. I love the things we are to look for. I hope many of my scenes will be well done from the start, but I have my doubts. I have already learned a lot just by reading the lesson and I know I will learn a tremendous amount about scene construction as I do the lesson. Thank you for such a well-structured program; I just wish we could get feedback on our progress.

  • Laurie Reilly

    Member
    May 10, 2023 at 11:31 pm

    Laurie – Solved the Obvious Scene problems. For the most part I solved the ‘obvious’ ones when I re-wrote the beats for Act 4. That said, I went through and tightened and looked in particular for cliche scenes (since those are the ones that bore me when watching a movie) I also think I may be too close to the scripts.. After the final lesson, I need to let it rest a bit and get some feedback from trusted readers.

  • Margaret

    Member
    May 16, 2023 at 1:39 pm

    Margaret Solved Scene Problems

    What I learned: Concentrating on one item at a time (looking for weak scenes) was easier than looking for 4 things in each scene, but it took me longer.

    I realized my world wasn’t different enough, which may confuse the reader. I also realized that some emotions were lacking. Characters did not react as strongly as they would in real life.

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