Writing the Script
The main task of the whole class is to produce a fifteen minute film. For that, the script writers had to write a twenty-five page script based on the topic the whole class had chosen. The topic was a survival story of about five teenagers who live in a dystopian future and are looking for shelter. They soon come across an abandoned shelter housed by an older standoffish male. I was the head script writer, who was tasked to make sure the script was written in time for the short deadline. After a brainstorming session, I was left alone to physically write the script, for a few days, which proved difficult to do alone. I found this difficult because it was not my own personal project and I was afraid to go into a direction that others could have objected to.
My first attempt at an opening started with a line that was suggested by another script writer. My first page looked like this:
After some slight editing by one script writer, which was written over, another member of my team offered to help write the script. She soon changed the opening to something less immature. She was a big help and without her, I doubt the script would have been finished on time. She physically wrote most of the script and we discussed ideas during the script writing process.
The final script had the opening looking completely different, with an added joke and some changes to make the opening look so much better.
The main sections I had the most involvement in was the openings to each scene. The most difficult scene to write was the ending. It proved difficult because we had problems thinking of good ideas for one scene, and then we had problems deciding how it will actually end. We also found finding perfect places to add in the characters' backstories a little challenging. We first had them all in one scene, where each person took in turns to tell their story to the older male. The feedback from the class showed the shortcomings of this move as it made this one scene too large and seemed out of character for some of the characters. After this, the backstories were shortened and moved to different sections of the script. I still believe some backstories could be in the wrong place but as I have no solution to this small feeling, I have disregarded it.
Overall, the skills development was very useful to my personal ambitions of being a writer, as I now understand that any script written are likely to be edited to be different from your original idea. I also now understand that directors and editors have their own vision of the story and will change the film to be different from the script.
15/03/20
My co-script writer gave me feedback for the script writing process, she said "the script writing was good, stressful at some points. After feedback from the class we came together and spoke about it and we discussed and changed/ added what we thought was ncesscary. You worked well. "
My first attempt at an opening started with a line that was suggested by another script writer. My first page looked like this:
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| The opening I had written alone, apart from the suggested first line: "When do you think we'll be going home" |
After some slight editing by one script writer, which was written over, another member of my team offered to help write the script. She soon changed the opening to something less immature. She was a big help and without her, I doubt the script would have been finished on time. She physically wrote most of the script and we discussed ideas during the script writing process.
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| Act 1 Scene 1 |
The final script had the opening looking completely different, with an added joke and some changes to make the opening look so much better.
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| Final Script, Act 1 |
The main sections I had the most involvement in was the openings to each scene. The most difficult scene to write was the ending. It proved difficult because we had problems thinking of good ideas for one scene, and then we had problems deciding how it will actually end. We also found finding perfect places to add in the characters' backstories a little challenging. We first had them all in one scene, where each person took in turns to tell their story to the older male. The feedback from the class showed the shortcomings of this move as it made this one scene too large and seemed out of character for some of the characters. After this, the backstories were shortened and moved to different sections of the script. I still believe some backstories could be in the wrong place but as I have no solution to this small feeling, I have disregarded it.
Overall, the skills development was very useful to my personal ambitions of being a writer, as I now understand that any script written are likely to be edited to be different from your original idea. I also now understand that directors and editors have their own vision of the story and will change the film to be different from the script.
15/03/20
My co-script writer gave me feedback for the script writing process, she said "the script writing was good, stressful at some points. After feedback from the class we came together and spoke about it and we discussed and changed/ added what we thought was ncesscary. You worked well. "
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