Beat Sheets & Loglines
Beat Sheets & Loglines...
That's where we encounter a lean & effective way of thinking about structure. In the logline it's the same as having a sponge dinosaur that expands as we add water.
With the right few sentences, it keeps resonating in the mind; the story itself connects in some way with the reader's life, and many scenes could be imagined by anyone who read it and then thought about it.
With Beat Sheets, we see vertebra of the skeletal form - quick & memorable descriptions of the scenes-in-order. Good way to visualize the spine and skeleton of story.
I also call it writing in Arcs. Not need to put down everything all at once. A script may evolve at lime-laps speed. Get road-signs prose to become your friend, Because I grew up in so many places - all it takes to evoke all memories of each place is a simple road sign as I drive around my dream-home.
Here's a bunch of Interesting links:
LogLines
To have a brief & vivid story description convey an entire movie, or episode or Series...
Check out these starting suggestions:
Script Shadow. Loglines & Reviews.
The first page gives the top 100 loglines of a contest they ran. Useful to see what students are submitting.
And for another perspective, try Raindancer's Blog
Next - some useful links for the concept of...
The Beat Sheet...
You won't need a beatsheet for the original Story as it forms,
But, the more you work with the story over the full length of a script, the more useful you'll find the concept for keeping track of the total script, and for communicating your idea to others.
Blake Snyder’s SAVE THE CAT Beat Sheet is a popular tool for analyzing and developing three-act story structure in screenplays. Here is a paraphrased and augmented explanation of the fifteen “Beats” also, it has my favorite Title...
Flying Wrestler's Save The Cat Beat Sheet