FLMC 2335

SCREENWRITING FOR FEATURES, SHORTS & DOCUMENTARIES

FALL​​ ​2018

“TRANSCRIBE A SCENE”
In-Class Exercise
1) Watch this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpk3C3B68Ys​ (Chinatown opening scene: 1:23)

2) In Final Draft, write out the scene using the proper screenplay format.

3) Let’s compare your work to how Best Screenplay Oscar-winner Robert Towne wrote it
himself!