1st Edition

The GoFaSt Guide To Screenwriting The Goals, Failures, and Stakes Model of Narrative Storytelling

By Greg Takoudes Copyright 2024
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

Creator of the GoFaSt Model, author Greg Takoudes introduces a comprehensive study of the structural models of screenwriting and provides readers with an adaptive framework for writing successful scripts. With a new approach which reframes discussions and offers alternatives to students and writers who find conventional models creatively constricting, Takoudes draws from both teaching and... Read more

1. An Introduction  2. Goals  3. Failures  4. The "Stakes" of the GoFaSt Model  5. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Horror Movie  6. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Superhero Movie  7. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Heist Movie  8. GoFaSt Case Study: There Will Be Blood  9. GoFaSt Case Study: Get Out  10. GoFaSt Case Study: Portrait of a Lady on Fire  11. GoFaSt Case Study: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel  12. Conclusion

Biography

Greg Takoudes is a filmmaker and screenwriter, and Adjunct Professor of Film Studies at The New School, New York. His feature film Up With Me, distributed by IFC Films, premiered at South by Southwest where it won the Special Jury Award, and has played at film festivals in America and Europe. His debut novel When We Wuz Famous was published by Henry Holt/Macmillan, and he previously worked for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer as a member of the creative team at Imagine Entertainment. For more information, visit www.takoudes.com.