Summary
Role
I Was the Screenwriter and my goal was to be comedic as possible. I made a script inspired by the movie Freaky Friday. So it was 2 pages long and expected to be 2 1/2 minutes.
Intention
Smart Goal
Specific: I want to write a good flow of dialogue that sounds like a real conversation without it being choppy and out of place.
Measurable: I will measure progress by having others proof read my work, while I listen to see if it sounds normal.
Achievable: I already obtain a recording device so that I can record a conversation between people. Once I can get a recorded conversation then I could possibly be able to write a conversation
Relevant: I’m setting this goal now because it gives me more time and it’s better to set a writing goal before you write.
Time-Bound:The deadline is sometime around next week which is plenty enough time to write a one page script with a good flow of dialogue.
Pre-Production-Inquiry
Leaders in the Field/Exemplary Works
For a key leader, Christopher Nolan was chosen to look at his techniques in terms of writing. He employs many techniques, most notably his themes. In a broader sense, his stories surround ethical and existential themes such as personal identity or morality. It also ties into the emotional themes of his characters, who are often lonely or greedy. His films have a tendency of being centered around conflicted male figures who struggle to identify themselves and their purpose. Nolan also utilizes scientific phenomenons, such as the theory of general relativity in Interstellar, or lucid dreaming in Inception.
Extending beyond themes, his storytelling techniques include changing points of view, flashbacks, and unreliable narrators. He also utilizes crosscutting of parallel action to raise tension and build to the climax. Examples of his work that have embedded narratives and crosscutting between timelines include Inception, Memento, The Prestige, and Dunkirk.
Training Sources
Training Video 1
0:34– What is a screenplay?
2:41– Using lighting and contrast to tell a story
10:55– What a film should be about
Training video 2
1:56 – Overlapping dialogue
2:56 – Misunderstanding
3:22 – Different trains of thought
5:15 – Trouble communicating with others
7:07 – Structure
8:25 – Dramatic question
8:44 – NOT “what will happen?” BUT “how it will happen?”
9:30 – Importance of collaboration
Project Timeline
The Film
Post-Production
21st Century Skills
I used my creativity to write a script that best fits the actors personalities. I would attempt to use my communication to see what would be wrong with the script and what I could improve on. I used celtx.com to write my screenplay then copied it to my google drive. This will help me later to understand and really know how people talk.
Reactions to the Final Version
Eric B. said “Really fun dialog, chicken butt line was dumb.”
What I Learned and Problems I Solved
I learned that you can’t count on everybody to attend, our editor wasn’t here so I edited the film.