Lesson 4

[jeffrey jeff glatz glatz]

Jeff Glatz – Solving Scene Problems

What I learned from this lesson – Awesome exercise. I went thru every scene (or sequence) and tried to address them using the grid, so we’ll see how it turns out…

[Anna Maganini]

MODULE 6 – LESSON 4

MY VISION – To write cutting edge, unique, human, soul-inspiring, Oscar-winning scripts that have commercial success and producers line up to buy to make into multi-million dollar movies. Which makes me a Force in the Hollywood Entertainment industry -as a writer, actor, producer, and director.

What have I learned doing this assignment – I was overwhelmed at first, just like I was in Lesson one of this Module, because there are so many bullet points (and the first bullet point has 6 parts, which are each a bullet point in themselves!). I thought to do it right , I’d have to go through the script 8-14 times to cover each bullet point, and again, as in Lesson one, some seemed redundant. (Then I thought I was going too much into perfectionism and OCD). So I just went scene by scene, focusing mainly on bullet point one with the scene structure, and then one or two others I though the scene needed, like more action and less exposition, or more challenge and conflict for the character, and I also paid attention to how scenes started and ended, so that there was an arc. Those seemed to be the most fruitful for me. And I got so much done, improving the screenplay by a LOT in many, many scenes. I ignored the bullet points that I thought were redundant. But I noticed it does seem beneficial to cover some territory again that was already covered, for new insights – like with cliche-busting & conflict and character. All in all, great learning and screenplay draft improvement!