Film:

Fargo  (1996) Coen brothers | Roger Deakins

Exercise:

Dramatic construction with index cards. Each card = one minute of screen time, one script page.

“writing on each of them a minimal number of words that describe a step in the narrative… Important character interactions in a scene.” (Mackendrick p. 45)

what each main character in the scene wants. scene objective. how the story moves forward.

Script to read:

Fargo (Coen brothers)

Course book:

On Film-making (Alexander Mackendrick)

Films to watch this week:

Nightfall | Jacques Tourneur (1957)

On Dangerous Ground | Nicholas Ray (1951)

Article “five films that influenced the Coens’ classic” from BFI

Articles to read:

none

Essay or script:

500 words on Fargo or neo-noir script 3-5 pages (Saturday)

Location scouting:

none

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Writing/Film Project:

Chukkumi (mornings)

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Book to read:

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. James Joyce.

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Photo project:

none