Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Eighth Grade”
The entire 6 part series on the hit movie.
The entire 6 part series on the hit movie.
This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie written by Bo Burnham.
IMDb plot summary: An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.
Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
Takeaways
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Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.
Stay tuned for our next Go Into The Story script read and analysis series.