Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Monday, 28 November 2016
LO4- Response to feedback
The Minutes for our meeting in response to feedback
Distribution: Ellis Sullivan, Madison
Fearn, Lewis Wright
Minutes
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Agenda Item
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Discussion
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Action
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Time Frame
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Feedback to question 1
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Is this the response we wanted? How do
we develop our script based on this information
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Lewis
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5th of December
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Feedback to question 2
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Is this the response we wanted? How do
we develop our script based on this information
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Ellis
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5th of December
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Feedback to question 3
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Is this the response we wanted? How do
we develop our script based on this information
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Lewis
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5th of December
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Feedback to question 4
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Is this the response we wanted? How do
we develop our script based on this information
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Ellis
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5th of December
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Feedback to question 5
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Is this the response we wanted? How do
we develop our script based on this information
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Lewis
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5th of December
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Update on shooting times
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Have any conditions changed that might
affect the planned shooting times? Do we need to plan any more shoots
?
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Everyone
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1st of December
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Checking progress
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Is everything going as planned? Do we
need to create any new contingencies? How do we respond moving forward
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Everyone
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5th of December
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Wednesday, 9 November 2016
LO3: Script
Who wrote which parts?
Page 1 - Everyone (Titles)
Page 2 - Ellis
Page 3+4 - Me
Page 5+6 - Maddie (with contributions from me and Ellis)
Page 7+8 - Ellis (with contributions from me and Maddie)
Page 9 - Maddie
Page 10+11 - Me (with contributions from Ellis and Maddie)
Page 12 - Everyone (End Page)
Monday, 3 October 2016
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
LO2 - Audience Profile
Jack is a 18 year old boy from sheffield. He is a big fan of horror films and will always make sure to see the newest releases. He also enjoys gritty, darker dramas and thrillers. He is a fan of heavy metal music and would consider himself to be a semi regular gamer. On weekends he enjoys going out with his friends and drinking, sometimes playing drinking games based on horror films. He also watches several horror shows, including "scream" and "the walking dead" but has a preference to films.
LO2 - Treatment
Title: False awakening
Narrative: Three teenagers- Dwayne, Stephen and Jess- go camping for a weekend expedition. Along the way to their destination, it appears as though there is a figure following them along the road, although it almost appears like a shadow along the road. Once the trio have reached the campsite they set up for the night, but after a couple of minutes of sitting around the tent, they realise one of their bags has disappeared. Dwayne and Jess decide to retrace their steps to try and find the bag whilst Stephen waits for them back at the camp. Whilst searching, Dwayne and Jess become separated and he thinks he hears somebody nearby. After calling out and a sudden jump scare, the camera suddenly cuts away and back to Stephen at the camp.
As Stephen sits at the campsite he suddenly hears a shout and the faint sounds similar to an ongoing scuffle, and goes to try and find his friends. Instead he stumbles upon the corpse of Dwayne. Immediately he rushes back to camp to try and find Charlotte, but spots what appears to be a figure in the distance and begins running back in the direction of the road instead. Whilst trying to get to safety, he finds Charlotte, who explains to him that there was no killer at all, and the entire scenario has an explanation.
Genre: Horror/thriller
Characters:
Dwayne - The loveable goof of the group. He can be rude and brash but it's all unintentional, it's just that he doesn't spend half as much time thinking about stuff as he does actually doing it.
Stephen - Slender young man. He's the type of guy that thinks he's much funnier than the rest of the group, though in reality nobody really understands his jokes.
Jess - Intelligent but often disgruntled by the rest of the group. She's quite sarcastic and witty when she wants to be but at her core she's a friendly young girl.
Synopsis: Three campers set up their tent for a weekend of fun out in the British countryside. However, during their stay, parts of their equipment begin to disappear and the trio feel as though somebody may be watching them from the shadows. After Dwayne mysteriously dies in a fall the next day, the remaining two begin to suspect they are in danger, and try to leave the forest as a presence behind them seems to follow. When returning home, they realise that in fact there was no killer- it was just a series of unfortunate events.
Required crew: Three people (Me, Lewis and Ellis) will be needed to do the actual filming process, two to be cameramen and one to direct the action and ensure each shot suits the storyboard and script. We will also require four actors to play the separate roles within the film- seven people should be more than enough to help us move equipment around our locations.
Required equipment: Two 650 DSLR cameras with matching tripods will be needed for the filming process. We may want a macro lens and wide lens in order to achieve detailed shots of the surroundings.
Production schedule: It is likely we would be filming over a couple of weeks because of the multiple scene changes throughout the film. It will be easier to shoot this film in the later part of the year as it gets dark earlier than in the summer months.
Suggested locations: Catlane woods, Charnock woods, Peak district and the Worrall common.
Narrative: Three teenagers- Dwayne, Stephen and Jess- go camping for a weekend expedition. Along the way to their destination, it appears as though there is a figure following them along the road, although it almost appears like a shadow along the road. Once the trio have reached the campsite they set up for the night, but after a couple of minutes of sitting around the tent, they realise one of their bags has disappeared. Dwayne and Jess decide to retrace their steps to try and find the bag whilst Stephen waits for them back at the camp. Whilst searching, Dwayne and Jess become separated and he thinks he hears somebody nearby. After calling out and a sudden jump scare, the camera suddenly cuts away and back to Stephen at the camp.
As Stephen sits at the campsite he suddenly hears a shout and the faint sounds similar to an ongoing scuffle, and goes to try and find his friends. Instead he stumbles upon the corpse of Dwayne. Immediately he rushes back to camp to try and find Charlotte, but spots what appears to be a figure in the distance and begins running back in the direction of the road instead. Whilst trying to get to safety, he finds Charlotte, who explains to him that there was no killer at all, and the entire scenario has an explanation.
Genre: Horror/thriller
Characters:
Dwayne - The loveable goof of the group. He can be rude and brash but it's all unintentional, it's just that he doesn't spend half as much time thinking about stuff as he does actually doing it.
Stephen - Slender young man. He's the type of guy that thinks he's much funnier than the rest of the group, though in reality nobody really understands his jokes.
Jess - Intelligent but often disgruntled by the rest of the group. She's quite sarcastic and witty when she wants to be but at her core she's a friendly young girl.
Synopsis: Three campers set up their tent for a weekend of fun out in the British countryside. However, during their stay, parts of their equipment begin to disappear and the trio feel as though somebody may be watching them from the shadows. After Dwayne mysteriously dies in a fall the next day, the remaining two begin to suspect they are in danger, and try to leave the forest as a presence behind them seems to follow. When returning home, they realise that in fact there was no killer- it was just a series of unfortunate events.
Required crew: Three people (Me, Lewis and Ellis) will be needed to do the actual filming process, two to be cameramen and one to direct the action and ensure each shot suits the storyboard and script. We will also require four actors to play the separate roles within the film- seven people should be more than enough to help us move equipment around our locations.
Required equipment: Two 650 DSLR cameras with matching tripods will be needed for the filming process. We may want a macro lens and wide lens in order to achieve detailed shots of the surroundings.
Production schedule: It is likely we would be filming over a couple of weeks because of the multiple scene changes throughout the film. It will be easier to shoot this film in the later part of the year as it gets dark earlier than in the summer months.
Suggested locations: Catlane woods, Charnock woods, Peak district and the Worrall common.
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
LO1 - Target Audience
The target audience for the product my script is being created for are most likely going to be people with a low spending power: this is because the video will be free to view on youtube and so people won't have to worry about paying anything to watch it. It will also liekly be viewed by a teenage audience, this is due to the horror genre of the product, the cast being teenagers themselves and the platform it being released on being more commonly used by a younger audience. I think my film will appeal to people who live in more urban areas, as they will be less used to camping out in the countryside and so the horror elements will be more effective with the setting to them.
The script I analysed is for a short comedy film, it is more likely that this is aimed at a younger audience given it would would mostly be seen via the internet, which is a platform used much more frequently by a younger audience. The film is also more likely targeted for an american audience, because of how it is set in new york and uses a lot of american terminology in the script.
The female protagonist could make the film more targeted towards a female audience, however there could also be use of the male gaze and Carl Roger's theory to make her seem the ideal parter, which would drawer in a male audience.
The script I analysed is for a short comedy film, it is more likely that this is aimed at a younger audience given it would would mostly be seen via the internet, which is a platform used much more frequently by a younger audience. The film is also more likely targeted for an american audience, because of how it is set in new york and uses a lot of american terminology in the script.
The female protagonist could make the film more targeted towards a female audience, however there could also be use of the male gaze and Carl Roger's theory to make her seem the ideal parter, which would drawer in a male audience.
LO1 - Genres
My script is going to be a for a horror short film. However we will likely try to focus the script to evoke more psychological horror as it easier than trying to create a short film that uses lots of constant jump scares due to our small budget and available equipment. A lot of low budget projects may opt for a horror approach, because fear is a universal theme so it is easier to make something that can be viewed by a wider audience. The genre for the short film script I have analysed is comedy, this will mean that they would have had to decide on a more specific target audience earlier on, as comedy audiences vary more than horror audiences. For comedy, unless it is mainly slapstick humour, the writing is more important than the direction. It also means that there is likely to be much more dialogue and less instructions for the crew than there would be in a script of a different genre. In some projects genre isn't as applicable, such as the TV news script, which does not vary in genre, as it is itself a different genre of script. Documentaries rarely have any feature any different types of genre, however there are some that will slightly explore styles in which to tell there story. For example some Louis Theroux documentaries are intentionally funny and the questions asked and editing techniques used are for comedic relief.
LO1 - Narrative Structures
Different screenplays often follow different Narrative structures, depending on the type of narrative and genre that they are a part of.
There are 4 main types of narrative structures in screenplays:
Single stranded is when a story follows a singular main character, a protagonist. This means that the audience get to spend more time with this protagonist and thereby get to become more sympathetic of their character and support them more, it also lets audiences see the narrative from the protagonist's perspective in a more clear way.
Multi-stranded narratives follow two or more main characters, this called "a band of protagonists". This structure is more common among TV shows, as it makes it easier for writers to continue this on for several episodes. One example of this is Quentin Taratino's Resovoire Dogs, which features multiple protagonists all hiding different secrets from each other.
Linear narratives are whenever a the events of the film take place in a chronological order. This a very commonly utilised method of storytelling as it lets the audience easily go from the beginning to the end, without getting confused or a convoluted narrative. However non-linear narratives can also be used to very popular effect, such as in memento or pulp fiction.
There are 4 main types of narrative structures in screenplays:
Single stranded is when a story follows a singular main character, a protagonist. This means that the audience get to spend more time with this protagonist and thereby get to become more sympathetic of their character and support them more, it also lets audiences see the narrative from the protagonist's perspective in a more clear way.
Multi-stranded narratives follow two or more main characters, this called "a band of protagonists". This structure is more common among TV shows, as it makes it easier for writers to continue this on for several episodes. One example of this is Quentin Taratino's Resovoire Dogs, which features multiple protagonists all hiding different secrets from each other.
Linear narratives are whenever a the events of the film take place in a chronological order. This a very commonly utilised method of storytelling as it lets the audience easily go from the beginning to the end, without getting confused or a convoluted narrative. However non-linear narratives can also be used to very popular effect, such as in memento or pulp fiction.
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
LO1 - Analysis of Scripts
1). Style and content
All scripts are written in a size 12 courier new font
Here is an example of a tutorial for a videogame, the text will remain on screen until players act out the action that they are being told to.
Scripts for films/documentary and other types of physically performed media will use stage directions, this is to help the actors and presenters and tell them what the director wants them to do. Stage directions will be things like when actors enter scenes and in what manner they would do certain things.
Sound effects are shown in scripts using brackets. The verb in the sentence is also capitalised as this will draw the readers attention to it such as (the doorbell RINGS). The capitalisation also serves to show, which word in the sentence that is most important and, what actors will have to be aware of whilst filming the scene.
Scripts are designed to be as easy to read as possible, this is why different types of text are put in different places on the page, giving it a blocky effect. Also all scripts are written using a Courier new size 12 font.
k2). Narrative structure
Single stranded - Screenplays with 1 protagonist (main character)
- Learn about the protagonist more
- Perspective
Multi-stranded - Screenplays that feature multiple protagonists (band of protagonists)
- often found in dramas/soaps
- empathise with different characters in different ways
- Spectacle
- appeal to a wider audience (via interest in different characters)
Linear - In chronological order
- Todorov (equilibrium - beginning, middle, end)
- Videogames
Non-Linear - Not in order
- Memento
- Spectacle
Running order - Structure of TV news
- Headlines at beginning
-5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why, how)
Genre
Barry Keith Grant once said that "Genre is a type or kind", what he meant by that is, genres are ways of categorising different styles. It can be used to separate fiction and non-fiction such as differentiating Radio dramas from the news. Whilst Radio dramas are written for the purpose of entertainment, and involve the creation of a narrative, the news script will have been written as a way to explain and describe situations which are already occurring or have already occurred in the world, as a way of spreading awareness as well as the different types of fiction, like comedy and horror.
4). Target audience
Lifestyle (A,B,C1,C2...)
Demographic (gender, age, Geographics)
Dennis Mcquail 1972 (uses and gratifications (pleasures))
Escapism - Fictional (escape from real life)
Surveillance - News, documentaries
Personal Identity - Talking point (any script)
Mass audience or Niche Audience
The target audience of a script can vary even wider than of the product itself. This is because of how the script not only has to take into consideration the audience of the product but also those who will use the script itself, like the people creating whatever it is for and those who might use the script for education purposes, like Shakespeare has come to be used. Certain target audiences use genres like documentary and the news for surveillance, this is so that they can get a large amount of information in a time efficient and easy to absorb. However other audiences, like those who are searching for escapism will be after different types of products with different scripts, like that of a videogame. However with Videogames, the scripts are split into 2 different parts: the dialogue driven pieces (which are usually in cut-scenes or voiceovers) and the gameplay parts which follow a more flow chart like aesthetic, and are designed to help the developers understand the composition of a level and how the players interaction will affect it. Videogame scripts are usually aimed at a younger audience (between 16 & 25) as this is the biggest age group that plays videogames, it is also the people who are more likely to pay attention the elements like story, characters and dialogue.
All scripts are written in a size 12 courier new font
Screenplays will always feature a description of the character to help the actor and crew get an idea of what the writers want to put on screen. It will often be a brief description as to not take up too much of the script, but enough to give an impression of the look of the character.
Game scripts work like flowcharts so that the game will respond correctly to how players are interacting with the world. For example if a player made one choice instead of another it would trigger a different scene to what would have happened had the player made the other choice. This makes it easier for developers to program the game
All dialogue is justified (placed) in the middle, so that it is clear to actors/presenters, it also features the character's name in block capitals above the top of the dialogue so that it will make it clear who is saying/doing what. Features of a script like camerawork, editing techniques and other things more applicable to the crew than the actors, will be placed to the right of the script; this is so that it is easy for elements like this to be found more quickly when in production or post
Video games often give players a tutorial (synopsis), so that players know what is going to be happening in the game, this will also teach them how to use the controls and give them a chance to change any settings so that the experience can be as enjoyable as possible.
Here is an example of a tutorial for a videogame, the text will remain on screen until players act out the action that they are being told to.
Sound effects are shown in scripts using brackets. The verb in the sentence is also capitalised as this will draw the readers attention to it such as (the doorbell RINGS). The capitalisation also serves to show, which word in the sentence that is most important and, what actors will have to be aware of whilst filming the scene.
Scripts are designed to be as easy to read as possible, this is why different types of text are put in different places on the page, giving it a blocky effect. Also all scripts are written using a Courier new size 12 font.
k2). Narrative structure
Single stranded - Screenplays with 1 protagonist (main character)
- Learn about the protagonist more
- Perspective
Multi-stranded - Screenplays that feature multiple protagonists (band of protagonists)
- often found in dramas/soaps
- empathise with different characters in different ways
- Spectacle
- appeal to a wider audience (via interest in different characters)
Linear - In chronological order
- Todorov (equilibrium - beginning, middle, end)
- Videogames
Non-Linear - Not in order
- Memento
- Spectacle
Running order - Structure of TV news
- Headlines at beginning
-5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why, how)
Genre
Barry Keith Grant once said that "Genre is a type or kind", what he meant by that is, genres are ways of categorising different styles. It can be used to separate fiction and non-fiction such as differentiating Radio dramas from the news. Whilst Radio dramas are written for the purpose of entertainment, and involve the creation of a narrative, the news script will have been written as a way to explain and describe situations which are already occurring or have already occurred in the world, as a way of spreading awareness as well as the different types of fiction, like comedy and horror.
4). Target audience
Lifestyle (A,B,C1,C2...)
Demographic (gender, age, Geographics)
Dennis Mcquail 1972 (uses and gratifications (pleasures))
Escapism - Fictional (escape from real life)
Surveillance - News, documentaries
Personal Identity - Talking point (any script)
Mass audience or Niche Audience
The target audience of a script can vary even wider than of the product itself. This is because of how the script not only has to take into consideration the audience of the product but also those who will use the script itself, like the people creating whatever it is for and those who might use the script for education purposes, like Shakespeare has come to be used. Certain target audiences use genres like documentary and the news for surveillance, this is so that they can get a large amount of information in a time efficient and easy to absorb. However other audiences, like those who are searching for escapism will be after different types of products with different scripts, like that of a videogame. However with Videogames, the scripts are split into 2 different parts: the dialogue driven pieces (which are usually in cut-scenes or voiceovers) and the gameplay parts which follow a more flow chart like aesthetic, and are designed to help the developers understand the composition of a level and how the players interaction will affect it. Videogame scripts are usually aimed at a younger audience (between 16 & 25) as this is the biggest age group that plays videogames, it is also the people who are more likely to pay attention the elements like story, characters and dialogue.
Monday, 12 September 2016
LO1 - Examples of Scripts
Short film script
http://www.moviemalls.com/papers/MotherDreamsFD.txt
http://www.moviemalls.com/papers/MotherDreamsFD.txt
TV news
http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/pdf/2014/09/140924101602_140924_vwitn_inmates_bank.pdf
Radiodrama Script
http://www.thewritersguide.co.uk/wgimages/WGRadioscript.jpg
Videogame script
https://keirapeney.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/roomwithabook.gif
LO1 - Examples of Scripts
Short film script
http://www.moviemalls.com/papers/MotherDreamsFD.txt
http://www.moviemalls.com/papers/MotherDreamsFD.txt
TV news
http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/pdf/2014/09/140924101602_140924_vwitn_inmates_bank.pdf
Radiodrama Script
http://www.thewritersguide.co.uk/wgimages/WGRadioscript.jpg
Videogame script
https://keirapeney.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/roomwithabook.gif
LO1 - Assignment Brief Scenario
In this unit I am creating a script for the short horror film "Camping out". The narrative of this film follows a group of campers who get attacked whilst they camping out in the countryside.
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