Kevin Allison
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Essence
What I have learned is that the essence of a scene resonates on a much deeper level for the viewer causing a richer emotional experience for the reader/viewer.
Saving Private Ryan
Scene 1 location: Opening Act
Logline: Teenage soldiers land of Normandy Beach- D-Day.
Essence: War is scary and unpredictable; soldiers are brave but still scared to death.
Scene 2 location first act.
Logline: a mother sees government officials approaching, she knows something horrible has happened to one of her sons serving in the military.
Essence: The mother sons will never come back to the house they were raised in or the yard they played in together as young boys- war has taken them away forever. In this scene we see the back drop of a swing set, basketball court, ect.
Scene 3 location 2<sup>nd</sup> act
Logline: soldiers long for the lives they left behind as civilians.
Essence: Soldiers take a break from killing to listen a song on the record player- the song is by a woman longing for a life she once had. All of the dialogue is about happier times they experienced back home in the U.S.
Scene 4 location 2<sup>nd</sup> act
Logline: the stress of fighting has the soldier in the company at odds and ready to kill each other
Essence: Captain Miller admits to the company that as a civilian he was a elementary teacher. The soldiers stop their in-fighting. Maybe he stated that fact about himself to reveal to the company he has no clue leading men into war.
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My name is Kevin Allison, I have written several scripts and a few graphic novels. I hope to get rewrite skills from this course
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Kevin Allison. I agree with the terms.