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Filmed Reads 2
Filmed Reads 2
Writing Scenes, Dialogue & Subtext I
Writing Scenes, Dialogue & Subtext I
Pre-Class Tasks
Pre-Class Tasks
- Write your screenplay, v1 or v2 revision
See the Week 6 - PROJECT 2 DETAILS instructions to write the SCRIPT.
See the Week 8 - Reads and Rewrites slides to analyse and rewrite scripts.
- Prepare for Performance Readings BEFORE CLASS
See Week 8 - Filmed Reads - Pre-Class Tasks
Pre-Class Tasks
Pre-Class Tasks
Project 2
Project 2
Script, Characters List, Feedback Revisions, Weekly Writing
Filmed Readings Video edit (see Week 8)
Readings, Analysis, Supplementary Notes
Readings, Analysis, Supplementary Notes
Campus Online
Interview with Jane Campion (Wexman, 1999)
The Piano (1991) Script Scene 97, Page 51
Time Management in Calendar or Toggl
Class Content
Class Content
Campus Online
Campus Online
Script Coverage (reading and evaluation by freelance professionals or by a Producer's Assistant)
Screening - Passionless Moments (Campion, 1983) 15min
Screening Analysis
Class Discussion
Readings Analysis - The Piano - see Pre-Class tasksGDrive > Project > Notes >
Record your notes from the screenings, class discussion and analysis.
Slides
Slides
Script Examples
Script Examples
Limited, effective word count 200-300 w/p
Action Paragraphs - 3-4 lines maximum - lots of spacing.
Read Week 6 for the reasons the industry loves this.
WRITE AUDIO ELEMENTS - sound design and foley.
Audio is wired more directly to the emotive centers of the brain than vision. Yet unlike animators, many film students underdevelop audio, and leave it for post. Ha.
Write audio now, with a clear plan to apply imaginative temporary audio in pre-production (previz) edits, to guide sound artists and musicians. Write a whole top to tail pass on your script, thinking just audio. Or don't, if you prefer ordinary.
Read Hunter, Page 2 or 3
FILMED READS
FILMED READS
See instructions:
Week 8 Filmed Readings Group WorkFilmed Reads v1 and v2 are due by Week 10.
Class time may not be assigned for filmed readings later in the trimester. This may leave you to schedule it in outside-class time under pressure, rushed, sloppy, and half-baked. Show your ability to be on schedule. Smash out a functional rough draft to work with now when it's due and when creativity is more flexible. You are expected to make fair use of group work and show employability by being on time.
After Class
After Class
Media and EDIT
Media and EDIT
Download the raw footage to your own drive after filming. You may need to do this in after-class time, depending on how many scripts we have to film. Make sure to schedule enough equipment booking time.
Import your footage into (Premiere or similar) and make an EDIT.
Use the software vendor's help or good-quality online tutorials as needed.
Ensure the audio level is clear over the whole edit.Export the edited 6-8 minute video as an .mp4 file
Size: HD 1080p square pixels
Frame Rate: 24fps
BitRate: 3000-4000 kbps max - this is usually sharp and clear enough, but check it. This affects the file size. Try to make the exported video less than 100MB if you can.Upload to our Shared GDrive as a file.
If you're using GDrive Desktop App, you can work directly in our Shared folder, so you don't need to upload.Upload to YouTube as an unlisted video (not public) and record the link in your documentation.
Premiere Pre-Production Editing
Premiere Pre-Production Editing
Some of this information (like the names of menu selections) changes slightly with Premiere versions, so look up new information as needed.
Revise your Script
Revise your Script
Based on lecturer feedback, peer feedback, notes from group work, and research analysis of your references, improve your script. Please do this on time, acting on feedback in the week you receive it, to practice industry-style development.
If you can't figure out how to improve and iterate new versions, maybe you're missing something. Consider if you need to arrange more scarce feedback time with your facilitator, study better writing and acting references more deeply, feel out the character's heart, intent, or action, write better pauses and timing, use better and clearer descriptions of music, mood, and sound effects, or carefully follow reference scenes, modifying them as needed, which is the recommended practice for most students.
Change the version/draft number when you save and export a new file in the required script file type.
My Story Name v#
Reminders
Reminders
Workload: 10 hours per week or 60 hours per project. You may review this in the Unit Guide.
You're expected to create weekly versions of revised work, seek feedback, communicate your status or needs, and send notifications of unavailability or lateness for classes as a team player, thank you.
Google Calendar, Trello, or Toggl - a weekly time-based task routine - is an appropriate way to plan and track your time, set reminders, and provide screenshot evidence of your total workload hours, as you'd do in a studio.
The facilitator usually responds to feedback requests or 1-to-1 support bookings in outside-class time in 1 day or so.
Scriptwriting Method.
Script Formatting (required for readings, feedback, or group work.)
Script Timing techniques.
English Tools: grammar, spelling, tense, and thesaurus tools to use in your day-to-day writing routine before sharing.
Project Scope (limits)
References you're expected to follow: Low-Budget Student Short Films and Screenplays for Scope and high-concept Screenplays with broad appeal and accessible writing style for your Writing.
Script Filetypes accepted for
(a) export/import collaboration and feedback
(b) printing
(c) submissionsShared GDrive folder location and file naming.
Software and Resources
Frequency of Engagement & Communication
Prioritizing Tasks, Interpreting Feedback
Workload and Timeliness
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