Unit 22 - Script Writing

Fiction and non-fiction products often contain differences in terms of their pre-production requirements. These can impact the planning and writing of a script in order to achieve the most affordable and successful product in the most appropriate manner for its genre and subject matter. Pre-Production Implications of Different Types of Script [- Script type.     - Unique issues for this type.          - Considerations that must be taken.] Fiction Script Examples and Pre-Production Difficulties: - Action film (Face/Off)      - Complex action scenes with many cuts and fast movements.          - The timings of each of these shots to maintain logic. - Comedy show (Peep Show)     - Fitting a story into a consistent, allotted time-frame.          - Keeping consistently good and similar jokes. - Drama show (Luther)     - Thinking of relatively co...

The written screenplay extract meets all of the requirements of the client and is suitable for purpose. It is formatted in the correct, standardised way for a script of this variety and uses all of the generally accepted industry features and notes correctly. I obtained feedback on my first draft of the script from someone with an understanding of the conventions. This led to me fixing a number of minor issues with capitalisation (the most major of which being erroneously non-capitalised sluglines), a s well as one issue with formatting wherein the names of characters speaking were centrally-aligned rather than being tabbed to the same point around the centre. Otherwise, the script was considered fit for purpose in this regard. Further feedback also brought my attention to a formatting mistake which I had made in putting some action information immediately following a slugline, rather than as a separate and independently formatted block of text. The content of the script itsel...

All aspects of this script extract are in line with genre and industry conventions. The layout of the script itself is in line with what is generally accepted as the optimal and generally best way for such a screenplay to be formatted, with each part in its own place on the page for ease of comprehension and timing calculations. There were a number of minor issues with my initial draft, which I have resolved in my final one. These largely consisted of capitalisation errors, with sluglines and names not being fully capitalised. There were also a small number of incidents of action text being on the same line as a proceeding slugline. Annotations of Format and Layout Conventions:

Sections to Script (Synopsis): Section 1: A scene near the start of the film, showing Lukyan and Jeeves' morning discussion and them setting off in the Rolls-Royce for the Quartermaine Club. Section 2: While Jeeves deals with tax paperwork, lightning strikes and the small fire starts. Jeeves goes to check on it and ends up in the forbidden area. He sees the first of Lukyan's crimes before he is caught and locked away. Horror Genre Elements in My Concept: This film will utilise a number of classic horror conventions present throughout its subgenres if not the genre as a whole. For example, the building of tension will be heavily used throughout as many scenes will involve Jeeves attempting to remain undetected when Lukyan is nearby. Jumpscares and other such shock methods will also be featured on a number of occasions throughout. The violent nature of the crimes committed by Lukyan are also very much in line with horror conventions, as are the use of close-up and extreme close-u...

Section 1: Part of the opening Section 2: Later in the film

Note: The term 'angle' is not often used in the context of fiction scripts, but it remains relevant. It is used to refer to the 'take', 'perspective', 'attitude' or 'approach'. Character Development - Author Robert McKee argues that character development is  the story of any narrative. Any story worth telling is that of a character's (or characters') development over time. - Character development involves a given character changing throughout the course of their story, learning a lesson or generally growing as a person. - John Yorke discusses character development in terms of want  and need .     - A good example of this is Ebenezer Scrooge.     - He starts the story wanting money and to be left alone.     - He ends the story regaining his emotional  involvement in others. - Want : At the start of the story, a character is typically defined by what they want in life. - Their characterisation is dominated by a façade: a set of...

This first news item takes a generally more optimistic angle to the situation, featuring a sailing expert defending the actions of the family and explaining that their intentions weren't as illogical and stupid as they may seem on the surface. The focus is mostly on the rescue effort and the happiness of the relatives to see their family again. This second perspective takes a slightly more critical angle, with the focus generally being more on the condition of the child and her illness and not going out of its way to defend the actions and intentions of the family. This highlights the fact that the coast guard have declined to disclose the cost incurred in rescuing the family, implying that a not insubstantial amount of funding was put into an issue which many may argue was caused purely by stupidity in the first place.

Three-Act Structure Three-Act Structure in ' Searching ' (2018) Act 1: The Kim family are introduced and the childhood of Margot is summarised in a montage. David Kim lives in San José, California with his daughter Margot. His wife Pamela was diagnosed with lymphoma and died before Margot entered high school. Act 2: The majority of the plot takes place here - David's various attempts alongside the police to resolve the disappearance. While this provides them with lots of information and further details about the case, it does not provide the real resolution. One night, Margot attempts to call David three times, but he is asleep. The next morning David cannot get in contact with Margot. Believing she has gone to her piano lesson after school, David calls the piano instructor, but he is informed that Margot cancelled her lessons six months prior. He discovers that she was pocketing the money and transferred it to a now-deleted Venmo account. He calls the police a...

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