GITS Script Reading and Analysis Series: “Toy Story 3”

Welcome to Week 5 of the GITS Script Reading & Analysis series. This week we will be analyzing the screenplay for Toy Story 3 (screenplay by Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich), the selection for the Family genre. If you haven’t had a chance to read the script yet, you can go here.

Let’s use this post today for your general reactions to the script.

Did you enjoy it? Why? Why not?

What are the script’s strengths? Are there areas you felt were strengthened in the movie version?

What takeaway can we glean from the script as an example of dramatic writing?

For a reminder of the movie, you can see 12 clips here.

Our schedule for discussion this week:

Monday, October 3: General Comments

Tuesday, October 4: Structure

Wednesday, October 5: Characters

Thursday, October 6: Themes

Friday, October 7: Dialogue

See you in comments!

[Remember next week (10/9–10/13), we will be reading Pan’s Labyrinth. You may access the script here.

NOTE: THIS SERIES AND THE USE OF SCRIPTS IS STRICTLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES!

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