Research

Story analysis

Assuming you know your chosen genre well (? if not get to know it!!!) 

Watch 3-5 scenes from your chosen genre, analyse them...

1. What’s the next thing this character would realistically do?

2. What’s the most interesting thing this character could do?

3. Where do I want the story to go next?

4. Where do I want the story to end up eventually?

5. Does this scene stand up on its own merit, or is it just setting stuff up for later?

6. What are the later repercussions of this scene? How does the writer maximize them?

Discuss how this might influence your film

Narrative analysis

Choose a film or scene and discuss the conflict the character faces

Discuss the best bit - a bit you think is good - consider why? What is happenig? What did you like about it?

Discuss how this might influence your film

Setting analysis

Choose at least three moments and take a screenshot and analyse the set/location (analyse means describe and then argue why they've made those choices)

Discuss how this might influence your film

Costume hair/make-up analysis

Choose at least three moments and take a screenshot and analyse the costume, hair and make-up

Discuss how this might influence your film

Sound

Choose at least three moments and take a screenshot and analyse the sound

Discuss how this might influence your film

Cinematography

Choose at least three moments and take a screenshot and analyse the camera movement/composition & lighting

Discuss how this might influence your film

Editing

Choose at least three moments and take a screenshot and analyse the editing (how many cuts, how often, from what to what)

Discuss how this might influence your film

Grading

Choose at least three moments and take a screenshot and analyse the colours

Discuss how this might influence your film

Lookbook

What is a lookbook?

https://nofilmschool.com/film-lookbook

https://www.theguerrillarep.com/blog/how-to-make-an-indiefilm-lookbook

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/mf2ro0/in_search_of_lookbook_not_treatment_samples/

Create one for your film.

Scenes

Map out the scenes in bullet points

Re-order the scenes and review

Interrogate each scene for character development and conflict - how much conflict is in it? Is it believable? How can you make it better? 

Scene recreation

Find a scene that you admire from the same genre

Recreate it

What went well? Or not?

Test scene

Choose your best scene.

Write out the script for this scene.

Get it checked.

Do a read-through

Improve the scene after feedback

Film it, edit it, add sound

Review