[John Conley]

What makes this Dark Knight Opening Scene great for me is the story that the sequence tells the audience. The story of the Introduction of a Strategic Villain.

Scene Arc: From the kick off of the heist to the reveal of our Villain who cleverly gets away with ALL of the money.

Situation: A bank heist where each of the member are assigned to kill one another off after the completion of their special task.

Conflict: The Bank Manager, protecting the money.

Moving the story forward: A bank is robbed by the Joker, now Batman has to go after him.

Entertainment Value: Each killing off the other.

Setups/Payoffs: The Joker as mentioned in the car on the way to the bank. Payoff, we meet the Joker as the last member of the team of bank robbers.

Intro to World: A Lawless Gotham City where Villains were clown makeup underneath a clown mask.

Lead Character Intro: The Joker and his iconic flip of a cliché: What doesnt kill ya, only makes you stranger.

2nd Time

Challenging Situation: Robbing a bank.

Intrigue: Which Robber is going to survive and will he be killed off by the Joker?

Interesting Action: The Bank Robbers killing off one another, and a Bank Manager wielding a shotgun.

Intriguing Dialogue: Allowing a line of dialogue: (I know why they call him the Joker.) to lead us into the Next Scene, & the line of dialogue: (Why do they call him the Joker?) AND
Flipping the cliché: (I believe what doesnt kill you only makes you stranger.)

Tone: Dark and playful.

Lures us into the story: The killing off of one another.

Twist at conclusion of the scene: We meet the Joker. He's been on the heist from the start.

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[John Conley]

John Conley

Confidentiality Agreement

Hi everyone,
As we go forward with the class, we need everyone here to acknowledge their agreement to the Group Confidentiality form. The purpose here is to protect yourself, each other and to make this a safe environment where you’ll be able to work on the most marketable concept you have without worry.
The release form does all of those things and it also makes whatever we work on in this class confidential. Once everyone has acknowledged their agreement on the forums, we’ll have a safe environment where we can all focus on our writing, instead of worrying about protection.
This Group Confidentiality Agreement covers the entire class.
I highly recommend that you agree to this confidentiality agreement so you can participate in all the group feedback.
Remember, the more you interact with this group, the stronger your relationships will be after the class is concluded. Those relationships can translate into career success, so they are valuable to cultivate.
See you then,
Hal

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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.

[John Conley]

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.

[John Conley]

Hello everyone,

I’m John Conley. I’m here to learn skills I can use to better my screenplay and further my success in the TV and Film industry.

[John Conley]

John Conley

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