Script Writing Inspiration

In preparation for our script writing, I carried out a few research through BBC and other blogs that will help our group to do the script. 

There's one blog that I thought that was really helpful for the script writing and it's a blog from Scott Myers who wrote movies such as K-9, Alaska and Trojan War. In his blog, he stated a 'formula' about three things to do which is to: read some scripts, watch movies and write pages. He stated it in what I feel was very simplified that it is easy to understand. He also advised some few tips in prepping a story such as:

• Do a genre study of several scripts in a row in one genre
• watch a movie and do a scene-by-scene breakdown 
• Research
• Brainstorm
• Character development
• Plotting

In addition, I also found the BBC very helpful in preparation for our script writing as it gives some  essential advices that we need to consider while we are writing our script and this includes:

1. Introduction
2. Developing an idea
3. Form and format 
4. Character
5. Beginning
6. Middles
7. Endings
8. Scenes 
9. Dialogues
10. Re-writing

I also found some few examples of some script that we can have as an inspiration in writing our script.

Links used:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab/medium-and-format
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab/scriptwriting-essentials
http://goodinaroom.com/blog/top-screenwriting-bloggers/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/25f55710-f621-3bc1-b78e-633d62e88476

Character Profile 04.03.15

Here are clips of the character profiles that some of my group mates took for the auditioning for our film. 

Premiere Pro Lab Session 27.02.15

We had a lab session on how to use the editing software that we will be using which is Adobe Premiere Pro. This session took approximately 4 hours but I think that it was very helpful in preparation for our filming as we will be able to edit our scenes.  We learnt how to cut shots, how to alter the audio and how to change the colour temperature of the shots. I personally think that it will be complicated on how to use this software but I actually thought that I did well in this session.

Submitting the Final Treatment 26.02.15

After we have all finished all our parts for the treatment, we all have shared our own part to the group and some people in our group have proofread our bits just in case there are spelling and grammar mistakes before submitting the final treatment. And this is what my group came up with:

FINAL TREATMENT

 

 

 

Location

The Pavilion

This will be where scene 1, scene 4 and scene 5 will be filmed where the main character, Jake will be training for the 'Big Game'.

Parkwood House

This will be where scene 3 will take place where Jake and Naomi will have their big argument.

Parkwood Path

This will be where scene 2 will be filmed where Jake just came from his training and he's making his way home where he will meet Naomi.

Storyboard

Storyboard Inspiration

In one of our lectures, our lecturer have shown us a little video example of how we can do our storyboard in preparation for our movie. It was very helpful for the group as this has given us an inspiration on what to do for our storyboard. In addition, it has also made us feel that we wouldn't need to be clearly detailed with our sketch but instead focus on the shot type of that scene.

Our storyboard

After a few sessions and meetings with the group and looking back at the synopsis of our film, my group have came up with our final storyboard.

Writing the Treatment 18.02.15

So in order for our treatment to be efficiently done, we decided as a team to divide different parts of the treatment. I volunteered to talk about the subject of the film which will mostly be about motivation, support and building self-esteem. 

This is what I have came up with:

Subject:As it was stated from our synopsis, our short film will revolve around a young persistent man’s journey in perceiving his upmost goals in his life. Thus, the genre of our film will be sports-drama as the story will be involving the ups and downs of a young rugby player. The main aim of our short film is to inspire our main target audience which are young adults to stay determined to be ahead of their objectives.

Furthermore, the main subject of the film will be about motivation, support and building self-esteem. As the plot of the story will involve in his struggle and perseverance, motivation is one of the key things in order to pursue a goal and this is very important in the field of sports. This is because, without the determination and desire to improving performances, other mental factors such as focus, intensity and confidence would just be meaningless. Therefore, in order for our main character become the best athlete, he needs to be motivated to do what it takes to maximise his ability and this is what we aim our audience to learn from our film. 

Another main subject in our film is support; the support that the main character gets from his girlfriend is one of the significant things which makes him inspired to be the best. His girlfriend’s support is very important to him he have never got a recognition with his little achievements from his past. 

However there would be a point in which the support he gets starts fading away and this simply ruins his self-esteem and to which it starts having an effect into his motivation. So, we are targeting to tell the audience that building the self-support and self-esteem can bring yourself up and this will enable to bring yourself into your aims because at the end of the day you will just be doing this for yourself.