Fight Club Wrap Up

I'd like to wrap up Fight Club on Wednesday. I'd like everyone to write a page on one sequence in the screenplay (not the movie) listing out the various elements that Syd Field describes in the chapter on sequences. Also, isolate one scene within the sequence and list out those qualities of the scene that Field describes.

These include issues such as the following:

• what does the scene/sequence reveal about the character or how does it move the story forward?
• how do the scenes add up to build the sequence (is it linear or nonlinear? close to the book or departing from it?)
• what is the context/content/purpose of the scene and what piece of information does it provide?
• what is the context/content/purpose of the sequence and what is its central idea?
• does the scene show "the entire scene" (see page 181 of Screenplay) and if not, what do you suspect is missing?
• are there "visual aids" in the sequence (like the goat leg in Jurrasic Park)?
• are there poetic moments in the descriptive (non-dialogue) parts of the screenplay worth noting?

This seems like a lot to answer, but you don't have to write that much -- one or two sentences answering the above. But of course, make it clear to me what you mean.

I'll be collecting these at the beginning of class to look over and base our class discussion on. Please also have Androids read by Wednesday.