Welcome to Week 4 of Intro to Film

This week we will be looking at the role of story in the filmmaking process. Stories are usually created by the screenwriter and they have a highly influential impact on how we interact emotionally with the films that we watch. At the end of the unit you should be able to:

Describe the role of the screenwriter in relation to the production of a film
Differentiate between story and plot
Define the different elements of a story including protagonists and antagonists

To complete the objectives for this week, you will want to do the following:

Watch the Tegrity video lecture for the week (the PowerPoint Slides for the lecture directly follow the video)
Look at some of the additional readings and resources for this week's topic
Take the quiz based on the lecture material - Due Thursday by 11:55pm
Pick one of the films from the discussion post to watch and create a discussion post answering the weekly questions - Due by Saturday at 11:55pm
Reply to another students post - Due Monday at 11:55pm
Create your weekly blog post on http://lwitfilm.wordpress.com and submit permalink to dropbox - Due by Monday at 11:55pm