Abstract

The purpose of this honors thesis is to examine the effect of group participation on the creative process of writing a movie. In the model of screenwriting created in this experiment, a group of student volunteers took online surveys to complete a script treatment that was turned into an screenplay. The surveys allow the students to choose plot details for the film by reading a script treatment and choosing what happens next in the movie through a survey. The option chosen by the majority was taken and put into the script treatment to continue the story and generate new material that would lead to a new survey. The end result was a 50-page screenplay creatively influenced by the ideas of a group of EKU students and written by the author. The script showed that a creative consensus could create a screenplay, but the quality of that screenplay may not be the best or yield the most complete story possible.

Semester/Year of Award

Spring 2013

Mentor

John Fitch

Mentor Department Affiliation

Communication

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Restricted Access Thesis

Document Type

Bachelor Thesis

Degree Name

Honors Scholars

Degree Level

Bachelor's

Department

Clinical Therapeutic Programs

Department Name when Degree Awarded

Communication Sciences and Disorders

IRB Approval Number (if applicable)

13-068

Presentation

http://prezi.com/ibihaen3dklu/honors-thesis-presentation/?kw=view-ibihaen3dklu&rc=ref-14054641

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