Screenwriting for Art 299x : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)
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Learning how to tell a story is not merely something that requires raw talent. It is a skill that is developed with much practice and patience. Movie scripts are a particularly special medium used for telling stories. Unlike a novelist, who usually has full control over the story, a screenwriter's job is done when the script is finished. Once it is handed over to the director, everything runs according to his or her interpretation. I have been fortunate enough to experience a glimpse of what a screenwriter's life is like for myself at a relatively young age.In the summer of 2009 I enrolled in ART299x, an immersive course with a large amount of other students from various areas of expertise, in order to create an independent short animated film. I have loved telling stories all my life, so I asked to be the screenwriter. This was my main role in the course, even though I did have other responsibilities. Through the weeks that I wrote and discussed the story with the director, the script evolved from its initial concept into the final draft that was used to help create the film. This thesis is a collection of all the drafts of the script that I wrote for the film, including the final copy. In order to give the reader an idea of how the story progressed and ended up in its final state, I included brief explanations of each draft to show why or how each one is distinct from the rest of the drafts.