Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2014
Capstone Advisor
Keith Giglio Assistant Professor, Television/Radio/Film
Honors Reader
Evan Smith Professor, Television/Radio/Film
Capstone Major
Television-Radio-Film
Capstone College
Public Communications
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
yes
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Fiction | Film and Media Studies | Playwriting | Radio | Television
Abstract
This Capstone consists of a feature-length dramatic screenplay of 110 pages along with a production package including schedule and budget. The production documents, created using Movie Magic software, detail a shooting schedule of 21 days and a budget of $890,979.
The film centers on a successful magazine editor who loses her job and her fiancé in the same day. Professionally disgraced, financially stunted, and unexpectedly hearbroken, she is forced to take on a “How To” blogging gig to pay the bills while she gets back on her feet. She begrudgingly accepts mentorship from an eccentric older neighbor to help her along the way, but what begins as a peculiar pairing becomes a deep friendship that challenges her intrinsic understanding of what it means to be successful.
Developed from many of my own experiences, this film seeks to give attention to the female gaze, allowing powerful women to command the audience’s attention.
Recommended Citation
Joy, Alison, "How To Be Alice: A Feature-Length Screenplay with Production Package" (2014). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 720.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/720
HowToBeAlice_Script.pdf (174 kB)
HowToBeAliceShootingSchedule.pdf (85 kB)
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