CHAPTER 2 ESSENTIALS
Film ideas may either be original or come from source material; they are intellectual property, and your creative rights and those of others must be protected and respected.
Well-made films are well structured, weaving theme, plot, and character into a compelling narrative.
Easily accessible software programs will make your script look like a script by helping you with the proper format.
Development—the process of revising the script with other stakeholders in the film—perfects the script and gets it ready for production.
KEY TERMS
Adapted screenplay |
Inciting incident |
Protagonist |
Antagonist |
Intellectual property |
Source material |
Chain of title |
Log line |
Structure |
Character arc |
Open assignment |
Studio notes |
Development |
Option |
Theme |
Fair use |
Original idea |
Turn-around |
Grant of rights |
Pitch |