This lesson is designed to either be executed in one 90-100 minute block period or two  50 minute blocks. It introduces the concept of narrative plot and act structure within film and television. Students are first encouraged to reflect upon the idea of story in their own lives, followed by a screening of a familiar television series, "Hey Arnold" where they will be prompted to make observations about the structure of the story. This leads up to an introduction to the general vocabulary involved in the elements of story and three-act structure. They will have the opportunity to create their own metaphors for the diagram (activity #1) and finally apply the plot points to the structure of the episode viewed at the beginning of class (activity #2). To end the lesson, the students present both their metaphors and their plot points to the class. 

The main focus of this lesson is the technical formatting of the written script.

Students will learn about the five elements of a story (5 W's), and apply those elements into the traditional three-act plot structure from the previous lesson in this course.  This lesson expands the content of the previous lesson; plot-development, and how to write a story and teaches how to go from story, setting and plot to finished movie script. 

Students will be able to identify and discuss the specific formatting details of a traditional narrative movie script.  Students will produce and format their own narrative script.