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.
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Easily accessible software programs will make your script look like a script by helping you with the proper format.
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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 |