We both have been learning a lot about the mechanics of creating an audience grabbing film. I started my Dramatic Writing Class at NYU and I've been reading the script for a lot of feature and short films. This week I worked on establishing a character before introducing a conflict. The opening scene is so important because it establishes the rules for the world that the movie takes place in. My favorite script that I read was from the movie "What About Bob?" The movie opens with Bob swallowing a toothbrush and although the movie has nothing to do with toothbrush swallowing it's a good way to capture the audience's attention and set the tone for the ridiculous movie. I found that most movies will juxtapose the public main character vs private main character. This way, the audience really gets to know the person that movie is following. I've written three monologues, a short play, and the opening scene to a movie. I hope to use these going forward when I start writing the script for our movie.
-Chela
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While trying to come up with beat sheet outlines and reading through recommended books (as well as waiting for Amazon to deliver them) we've checked out a few of the winning short films from the All American Highschool Film Festival.
We've seen things that we want to avoid but also implement into our own movie storywise and visually. I.e. soft lighting is definitely the way to go for most of our scenes, and avoid trying to light in the nighttime if solutions don't look pleasing. We've also seen examples of tying visual elements to what is going on in a scene in the best way. Also two of six books came in the mail: "The Bare Bones Cameria Course for Film and Video" by Tom Schroeppel and "On Directing Film" by David Mamet. The first book comes with plenty of diagrams for setup and shooting, and the second full of helpful lessons a professor pulled from his lectures during his career as a film professor. - Yeala |
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