Scenogram Assignment
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MAC/ENG 213 Bill Brewer, APR
Scenograms
Create a visual map of your script from beginning to end.
Exposition/Backstory – Events that took place before the story begins, may include background information, brief but important events
Best exposed when needed and in small doses through dialogue-most excellent scripts are explorations of motive
Unifying Devices
Surprising recurring images-meaningful and concrete images and objects
The Graduate
Hitchcock
Inciting Incident
An event that causes the opening balance to become unglued and get the main action rolling
An abrupt change or a complete reversal in a characters life
Usually occurs in the first act
Only trouble is interesting- the more the merrier
The more trouble increase-escalating conflict and obstacles to the characters desires-the more likely the character will make extreme choices
Act Titles
Give each act a tentative title
Usually in the form of a rhetorical question?
Who is the real Mrs. Mulwray?
Will Kramer’s wife return to her husband and son?
Acts and Sequences
Scripts-Acts-Sequences-Scenes-Beats
In the Act boxes-write the major turning points of each act as concisely as possible
The separate boxes above each act are the main turning points of the script sequences
Think of the most important reversal in each sequence
Additional Thoughts
Avoid telegraphing
Word boxes can be dragged to be made larger
Get as much detail onto one page as possible
Conciseness is key here and in the pitch
The more revisions usually the better quality and higher grade
Difficult but the more you work on them the clearer your story
