David Wywialowski
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Although I’d like to know where in the series these scenes happened, I can see that it is very effective to keep the audience engaged by setting up a secret and slowly revealing more clues, and then have a big reveal that explains the secret to us.
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I learned that having the right characters help to bring the scene and the story together. What are their traits and their history? This gives more depth to their relationship also.
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I learned that having characters share / speculate where they think their future direction is taking them, gives the scene more depth and makes it more intriguing.
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What I learned is that character traits help to add dimension to characters and bouncing these traits off each other can lead to more intriguing scenes.
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1. David Wywialowski
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3. Please leave the entire text below to confirm what you agree to.
GROUP RELEASE FORM
As a member of this group, I agree to the following:
1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.
2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.
I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.
3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.
4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.
5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.
6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.
This completes the Group Release Form for the class.
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1. Dave
2. How many scripts you’ve written? 2 feature film screenplays
3. What you hope to get out of the class? To improve my characters and make their relationships more intriguing
4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I’ve worked for 23 years at a non-profit in Chicago that helps the homeless. Screenwriting is my creative outlet!
I look forward to working with you all!