Script Writing Tips
-Everything said must move the story forward
-No "ums" or "errs"
-Dialogue must be short and mustn't be long-winded sentences.
-Include lots of sentence fragments
-Mimick how people really talk
-Be mysterious in your dialogue - it keeps the audience's attention
Monday, 17 March 2014
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Class notes - Friday 17th January 2014
What to include in your pitch:
-What is going to happen
-Genre and location
-What MACRO are your reinforcing?
You need dialogue because
1) The story demands dialogue to move it forward
2) Characterization - psychological motivation
-To understand why the character does everything they say/do
-What is going to happen
-Genre and location
-What MACRO are your reinforcing?
You need dialogue because
1) The story demands dialogue to move it forward
2) Characterization - psychological motivation
-To understand why the character does everything they say/do
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Blockbuster Trailers and explanation
The God-Father was classed as a Hollywood Blockbuster because it has a load of A-list stars.
It didn't have loads of special effects
Jaws didn't have special/visual effects and was the first event movie
Jaws was character driven and didn't entirely rely on style
Didn't have a simplistic story-line
Merchandise and marketing
HYPE
Star Wars (A New Hope) "defined" the Blockbuster
Beginning of the formulaic film structure
Recession was going on in the UK. People lost their job, didn't have dollar so they stayed at home and watched telly instead.
Teenagers were a profitable audience and were the ones going out to socialise
Before blockbusters came about, cinema attendance went down
Spending money on cinema goes back to the film studios
Multiplex cinemas were invented by American film studios to help lure the audiences back to the cinema. Invested in this idea.
ILM- George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
It didn't have loads of special effects
Jaws didn't have special/visual effects and was the first event movie
Jaws was character driven and didn't entirely rely on style
Didn't have a simplistic story-line
Merchandise and marketing
HYPE
Star Wars (A New Hope) "defined" the Blockbuster
Beginning of the formulaic film structure
Recession was going on in the UK. People lost their job, didn't have dollar so they stayed at home and watched telly instead.
Teenagers were a profitable audience and were the ones going out to socialise
Before blockbusters came about, cinema attendance went down
Spending money on cinema goes back to the film studios
Multiplex cinemas were invented by American film studios to help lure the audiences back to the cinema. Invested in this idea.
ILM- George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Location Report
The following images are the two locations I will be using for my dystopia reboot of Moonrise Kingdom.
The first location is a downstairs hall/basement of a church in Greenwich - this will be where the scene of underground world would be set. These photographs were taken at night which is the time that the scene will be set to fully illustrate the darkness and bleak lives the underground people are living in. These pictures were taken with most of the lights on but in the reboot sequence certain lights will be turned off to create the eerie, depressing and uncomfortable atmosphere. I think that the first part of the underground scene where Gabe is set at a table should take place on the stage which is lit by a single light, creating an intimate atmosphere. This reinforces the MACRO of my textual analysis with the representation of childhood being altered - the young children handling and exchanging drugs shows their rebellion and detour from an innocent childhood.
The health and safety aspects of this location are making sure the actors do not injure themselves when getting on and off the stage and that they are careful when going up and down the wooden steps to avoid injury.
There will be at least two people in this underground scene and a maximum of six people.
The first location is a downstairs hall/basement of a church in Greenwich - this will be where the scene of underground world would be set. These photographs were taken at night which is the time that the scene will be set to fully illustrate the darkness and bleak lives the underground people are living in. These pictures were taken with most of the lights on but in the reboot sequence certain lights will be turned off to create the eerie, depressing and uncomfortable atmosphere. I think that the first part of the underground scene where Gabe is set at a table should take place on the stage which is lit by a single light, creating an intimate atmosphere. This reinforces the MACRO of my textual analysis with the representation of childhood being altered - the young children handling and exchanging drugs shows their rebellion and detour from an innocent childhood.
The health and safety aspects of this location are making sure the actors do not injure themselves when getting on and off the stage and that they are careful when going up and down the wooden steps to avoid injury.
There will be at least two people in this underground scene and a maximum of six people.
The second location I will be using for my dystopian reboot of Moonrise Kingdom is Stone Recreation Ground. This will be used to film the scene where Gabe and Andrea meet up to exchange the pharmaceuticals. Although these pictures are taken during the day, the scene will be set at night to represent the secretive acts Gabe and Andrea are committing by meeting. I also chose this location because the large amount of space would make the characters look inferior and clearly illustrate the fact that they're only children. I chose to set this scene at night to portray that they're carrying out adult tasks by performing a drug exchange when they're only thirteen. This links to my MACRO study which is how representation of childhood becomes both altered and conformed to.
There are no health and safety precautions for this location. but the weather is an aspect that needs to be considered.
There will only be two characters in this part of my Moonrise Kingdom reboot so only two actors will be used.
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
The Walking Dead Movie
A-Lister: Andrew Lincoln
Spectacle: The society of the film is in reverse; it's the zombies who are seen as normality and the humans who are inferior. The zombies
Set piece: The humans are the ones who are struggling for survival
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