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Published: 27 June 2017
Authors:
- Ian Moreno Melgar
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A comprehensive teacher's guide to Screenwriting.

This comprehensive guide is packed with ideas and classroom materials for teaching screenwriting across GCSE, AS & A Level specifications.

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Film
Screen
Script
Writing
Character
Files
Generating ideas for stories
Teacher notes
Resource 1 - Activity 1: Add the genre to the generic exploration convention description
Resource 1 - Activity 1: Answers
Resource 1 - Activity 2: Add example films to the genres
Resource 1 - Activity 3: Add mise-en-scene and setting to the genres
Resource 2: Dice selection elements
Resource 3: Adjectives for character development
Resource 4: Creative box
Resource 5: Find ideas from around you
Resource 6: Developing ideas for characters
Resource 7: The 5Ws
Resource 8 - Mood board
Analysing scripts - A guide
Teacher notes
Resource 1: Attack the Block script
Resource 2: Label the script elements in Juno
Resource 3: Add shots and transitions to Juno
Resource 4: Creating your own script - Don't Knock Twice
Resource 5: Developing characters through actions
Resource 6: Improving descriptions of character actions
Resource 7: Developing a character through actions
Resources 8: Creating a scene for your own character
Writing openings
Teacher notes
Resources 1: Effective opening techniques
Resource 2: Narrative techniques
Resource 3: Writing your own examples of narrative techniques
Resource 4: Creating openings for films in specific genres
Resource 5: Writing the opening to a horror film
Developing characters
Teacher notes
Resource 1: Developing dialogue to show emotion
Resource 2: Developing dialogue as a reaction
Resource 3: Identify the techniques of dialogue
Resource 4: Developing your character through dialogue
Resource 5: Evaluating the use of dialogue to develop a character
The short film script
Teacher notes
Resource 1 - Activity 1: Character inference from images
Resource 1 - Activity 2: Writing economical action for characters
Resource 2: Writing a very short script
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements

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