Website Analysis Here...Thanx!

While you're at it, check out the website we discussed for The Family that Preys

http://www.familythatpreysmovie.com/?gclid=CNXi3q6FxJUCFSAUagodFEIVig#/?page=home

My Big Fat Greek Wedding Posts Here Please...

Week 8 Wonders

Hello class,

Ok, so don't forget your homework assignments:

1. Look up the history of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and blog on how it was marketed.
2. Print out the career links section from the companion website of Media Now.
3. Look up the websites referenced on the syllabus and do a comparative analysis blog

Also, practice your pitches! Remember the format for the class exercise:

• Logline
• Style/tone/type of project.
  

• Character descriptions (e.g. Mariah, an artistic, twenty-something instructor with an urban flare...)
• Hero's journey - brief and to the point. No play-by-plays allowed!
  
• Target audience and any peripheral information (look/feel/attachments [talent]).
  

Don't forget to let us know up front if it is a doc/feature/animation, etc. in the style/tone section. Remember, it's a pitch, not a marathon...

:)

Have a great week!

Treatment Treats!

Courtesy of your classmate, Steve.
Please take the time to check out these links. Be forewarned, the second one is sticky!

http://writingtreatments.com/

http://www.simplyscripts.com/treatments.html

Extra Credit

As you may know, the State Fair is featuring a Hollywood theme this year. You may blog a one page report on what you learn from this exhibit for extra-credit.

How many teachers like you enough to give you extra credit for having fun? I know, I know, AI rocks!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mariah

How to Pitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x4C0sr1xPI



http://www.ehow.com/how_2113101_pitch-movie-idea-screenplay.html



http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/tvpitch/tvpitch.html



Logline tip for TV ideas:

http://www.tvwritersvault.com/creating/creatingLoglines.asp

Bye-bye Mid-terms!

Okay class,

Don't forget to post your treatments here. Rember to use active, present tense. And this is just a treatment, not a proposal, so focus on describing your story. We will use these to prep you for pitching! This will also help you later on in your writing class(es) to outline the stories you develop.

Have a great week,

Mariah