Step 1: Forgery with Granik, Nanjani and Gordon

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Winter’s Bone (Drama)

WINTER’S BONE is a drama, but the scene described here is brimming with high tension. We believed that Bree had escaped the worst, when the story moves to a next level of suspense with the arrival of Teardrop.

How does Granik achieve this?

The Big Sick (Comedy)

For today’s drama scrippet we made the observation that the tone fell outside what you might expect for the genre.

We could make a similar observation for today’s comedy scrippet. What would you say about the tone int this scrippet within the context of the genre?

As we copy the scene, we are going to focus on the way Kumail and Emily (the writers, not the heroes) format the montage.

Generally, a MONTAGE is used to describe a series of images that convey a concept, such as passage of time or falling in love. The SERIES OF SHOTS is for a straight narrative, a chronology of events. Naturally, the two are often used interchangeably.

Dr. David Trottier