Screenwriting

Screenwriting Year 13

I was delighted with this morning’s lesson; I know that you are going to be fantastic screen writers. Hollywood watch out!

Just a few summary points from this morning:

1. The Master Scene Script is a layout that is recognised as professional across the industry. The common feature of the script is the absence of camera direction.
2. Camera direction in terms of framing CU, MS, LS, camera movement CRAB, TRACK, and CRANE is strictly the province of the director and cinematographer, and so should be avoided.
3. The purpose of the Master Scene Scrip is to give a ‘clear’ feel for the diegetic world of the story. It should provide a clear and detailed description of each scene, clear identification of the characters, and their speech and intonation at particular points.
4. Remember, when read it should ‘play’ in the readers mind. It is as if the movie should run in the readers head like a film.
5. The Master Scene Script is a plan, a blueprint of how the story should appear on the screen.

The finer details
Your screenplay (approximately 1800 words) should be for a selection of a feature-length film or a completed screenplay for a short film. The standard conventions of screenplay must be observed.

Tuesdays will be our screenplay writing day and we will continue to explore City of God and La Haine on a Thursday. Get started and do not leave this to the last minute, begin thinking about the action, characters and dialogue.

An extremely useful website and definitely worth investing time looking at is:

http://www.screenwriting.info