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VITAL LINK #1: Notes

Notes for ideas and on progress of story

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VITAL LINK #2: The TREATMENT 

Logline:

Two teenage mechanics discover that the only to save the struggling family business is to literally catch lightning in a bottle.

Characters

Frank

Benji

Fritz

Chuck

Synopsis

Opening scene

Act I

Act II

Act III

Final Scene

A film "Treatment" is the summary of a film's story to see how the idea might sounds like to an audience? What makes the story unique?

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VITAL LINK #3: The STORYCLOCK 

A story clock helps you visualize the sequence of your story like a clock in order to find symmetry in the narrative and establish setups and payoffs. It also helps to see where new ideas would fall into the story

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VITAL LINK #4: The Script 

15-20 Page Script = 10-15 Minutes of Screen Time

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VITAL LINK #5: The BREAKDOWN

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VITAL LINK #6: The STORYBOARD

Storyboards are primarily used to establish clear visual language and sequence for a story.