Director's Journal week 2

This week we had to divide the job scope for the crew members and start to write a script for the short film.

Firstly, let's talk about the job scope of the short film crew members . Our short film crew members are made up of nearly 10 members. It's important to gather more film crew because it is impossible to produce a short film with a director. A successful movie or short film need to depend on the fully cooperation of the crew. Therefore, we had divided the crew members into different position such as director, camera, lighting, production manager, editorial, sound effects, script writer, storyboard artist etc. In a group, one could learn more and do better when they work well with other people. Therefore, we had agreed during the production meeting that we will helped each other and try our best to produce the short film.

So now we move to the topic of writing script. The duration of the short film is three minutes but if you think that write an interesting and nice script is a easy job then you are wrong!

Oh gosh~our scripts had been rejected by our lecturer few times because the script not interesting and attract one's eyeballs enough therefore we have to try again and again. However I think this is a good experience for us to stimulate our creativity.

Here's some tips that I search from online which help us to write a good script:

1.Formulate a premise. Write a short sentence or phrase of the fundamental concept which drives the plot. This can be something which is the message or idea behind your story, an extremely short plot idea, or something else to give you a goal and unifying idea to work toward.

2. Create an outline or treatment. Before you begin actually writing dialog and script, it might help to create a basic road-map/story of what will happen in your story so you don't get sidetracked and can work out any plot holes or kinks. Sketch out a general plan and envision how events will unfold. This should be told in the third-person.

3. Your characters should drive the action on the stage or screen, so make sure they are interesting and innovative. It may not be necessary for you to fully develop them right away, however, as they tend to take on lives of their own as the script-writing continues.Flesh out your story. Write the entire premise of the play, movie, etc. with lots of details and ideas, paying no mind to style, format, repetition, or anything else that gets in the way of your creative flow. Your finished product should cover the plot, personalities, relationships, character arcs, and a larger point to the story. Sometimes, drawings or diagrams may be used as a temporary storyboard to show to other persons to demonstrate facets of your plot and characters, etc.

4. Trim the story down. Now that you have everything on paper, look for dead weight, weak links, irrelevant details, over-explaining, sidetracking, elements that drag, and anything else that weakens the overall trajectory. Be harsh; just because you fell in love with something you worked on in the exploratory phase doesn’t mean it should survive the revision phase.

Read more: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Script

I hope we can produce a good script by this week becuse we will having reherseal shooting on next week!
Buck up and good luck guys!