Screenwriters

Screenwriters

Screenwriters collect and join scripts required for aspects of media worldwide such as TV shows, films and many more working alongside directors and producers with the intention of selling them and having them produced. Scripts can be developed by either the screenwriters own ideas or even any existing material. The screenwriter is responsible for explaining the story to the target audience in much detail.

The Film Industry:

 In the film industry it is normal for scripts to be based on existing material. This is then adapted by the screenwriter’s interpretation. A film project gets initiated by a screenwriter and as they initiated it, the writing assignment becomes there exclusive assignments. A production company wants done these are known as 'open' assignments, competition is increased and creates a business rivalry. The more established writers will win these assignments.

Development Process:

Once a screenwriter finishes their project they team up with an industry-based representative in order to pitch and sell their script. These representatives can be producers, directors, literacy agents and entertainment lawyers. The screenwriter is given the rights that were agreed with the purchaser but are credited once their work is recognised by the public. This gives the screenwriter an opportunity to earn higher income and more reputation.

Production Involvement:

Screenwriters are rarely involved in the development of a film. They can be established as producers, advisors or even direct the project. Many scripts do not make it into production because the amount of scripts purchased each year outnumber the amount of professional directors that work in film and the TV industry. When a screenwriter sells their finished project, he or she often has to continue networking and push to have their projects chosen and turned into films or TV shows. If interest in a script fades that project could die out.

One Page Pitch

One Page Pitch

Working title: Shortcut

Film genre: Horror thriller

Length: 120 minutes

Target audience: 15 – 24 year olds

Tag line: ...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!

What if premise:  Max is a mentally unstable teenage boy (16) who suffers from schizophrenia.

What if he were to be all by himself in a perilous situation, with no one to call on but the voices in his head? 

In an environment he is completely unfamiliar with?

What would you do in his situation?

The story synopsis: This is about the happenings and occurrences when a schizophrenic 16 year old teenager called Max is left to fend all for himself. Max thinks he is taking a short cut home but it turns into one of the worst mistakes he ever makes.

Statement of Intent: The moral of this is to show the vulnerability of people like Max in this kind of situation.

Visual realisation: The look of the film is quite dark and gloomy, this brings negative connotations to the audience and makes them feel uncomfortable. The pace of the film starts off slow to build tension and then the tempo gradually increases throughout the film. It eventually leads to a climax. An example of this is in a film called Wrong Turn 6.

Audience appeal: We believe that our target audience will enjoy this piece as it has extremely scary values and this is ultimately what they are looking for.

Horror Thriller - First ideas

Horror Thriller – First ideas

·        Setting/Location

o   Woods – evening, not too dark

o   Abandoned house

o   Field

·        Plot

o   Someone being followed

o   Murder

o   Hiding from something

·        Narrative

o   Screenplay/screenwriting

·        Characters/representations

o   The protagonist – represented  as weak/vulnerable/nervous/scared

o   The antagonist – represented as shady/suspicious

·        Sound

o   Diegetic – trees blowing in the wind/potentially birds

o   Sound effect – snapping of twig on ground when someone stands on it – close up shot

o   Discordant – uncomfortable music in the background – makes the viewer feel tension/helps build tension and suspense

·        Camera shots/types

o   Close up – on twig on ground, someone walks over and snaps it – shallow focus

o   Establishing shot – show setting

o   Mid-shot – Show expression of the character that is targeted

o   Low angle – low angle on the antagonist to show the power of the character

o   Tilt shot – looking at a footpath, protagonist walks past camera looking behind as he does so – shows the nervousness of the character

o    Ellipsis – antagonist walks towards camera from long distance, cuts to not far away from the camera, then cuts to the character walking past the character – shortens time

·        Iconography

o   Low lighting

o   Tension building music

Conventions of a thriller

 This is my PowerPoint on conventions of thrillers, it includes the themes, feelings, iconography and thrillers themselves.

Lighting practice

 This is my PowerPoint on the lighting practice task, there is 5 shots which are explained by saying the type of light used and the effect what it gives to the viewer.

Textual analysis on Se7en

 Here is my Se7en textual analysis, it contains information on the opening title, the typography, why the opening title is effective and also the order of the titles.

Textual analysis on opening titles and end credits

This is my textual analysis of the opening titles and credits for the short clip/film called CAMP Festival 2015.

Q6: Evaluate your contibution to the group's work

Hello,

Below is a link to my answer to question 6, it should take you to the website called prezi.

http://prezi.com/qqpy8w2ym7d3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Q5: Feeback from others

Feedback from Jess, Alex and Connor's group:



Positives
-Continuity
-Shot types i.e. the sweat one and track close up
-Audio - heartbeat, clock ticking and tension effects

Negatives
-Expand on the plot
-Shot reverse shots were a bit slow
-Dialogue audio levels

Q4: How well did you meet the brief?

 Here is my answer to the fourth question in my evaluation for media.

Q3: Areas for development

Daniel Winn

Q3: Area for development

In my opinion our group did a great job for the preliminary task, however, there is always room for improvement.  Personally I think our group could have managed our time better because it felt as though we had to squeeze in our editing and rush it slightly.  If we had taken less time to film we would have had more time to edit. 

 Next time round we will improve this by taking less time filming by doing some at lunch or even after school so we allow as much time on the editing as possible.

Q2: Areas of Success

 This is a PowerPoint on the areas of success. It contains things that in my opinion went well for the group during this time of production.


Link to the film: https://youtu.be/-YHfXWbuS_I

Q1: What have you learned during the making of your preliminary task?

Hello,





Now that our preliminary task is completed with great success I can now talk about the evaluation.





The first question of the evaluation is: What have you learned during the making of your preliminary task?



Technical aspects - The new equipment introduced to our group was all completely new, so we had little knowledge but had a high ability to learn. We was taught how to use the camera, shoulder mount and tripod for the recording of the film then we was introduced into the editing software after the filming.




How to manage time - To manage time you have to be aware of when the deadline is and predict how many days it will take to film and edit the entire production. It is vital that you plan what you're going to do on certain days so your group is organised and ready for each day your group is working on.



Group work - The group worked good together, we all had our best ideas put into the film as best as possible so everyone had a good contribution. There was very little problems and arguing during the time of the preliminary task so that was a big positive to our success.




Storyboarding - With this personally I felt like we could've added more information to each drawing but there was enough writing for someone to read it and understand the work clearly. I learned that before drawing and writing the storyboard your group need to finalise what you're going to be filming and how you're going to do it with all the angles and what's actually going to be said etc.




Issues around continuity - This was one of our biggest concerns, we wanted to make sure that our film had zero continuity errors, however we only managed to restrict the number to 1, but you had to be picky to find it. This issue we didn't notice until the deadline had passed so there was nothing we could do, but we did a great job in making sure there was no more continuity errors and things such as match on action and the 180 degree rule was done correctly and swiftly.

Storyboard for Preliminary task

Here below is a link to the story board to my group's preliminary task, the power point contains various drawings and a small description of what is happening in that specific scene.

 

Preliminary task

Hello,




For our upcoming preliminary task we will be demonstrating different types of camera shots and angles through a process which contains planning, filming and editing.



Match on action - This mean that the perspective of the camera changes during a scene and the scene
then continues to flow.



Reverse shot - This is a type of camera angle in which the shot views the action from the side of the
previous shot. This will usually be used during conversations between two people, this gives the effect of one actor looking at the other.




180 degree rule - This means that in a scene the camera should stay within 180 degrees on one side
of the 'invisible line'. If this rule is broken then it could result in confusion for the viewers.


My group consists of three people, those three people are Daniel Haywood who will be in front of the camera but will also contribute to the things behind the camera. Dane Buckley will be more behind the camera and myself will be contributing more in front of the camera, but everyone will contribute to something during the preliminary task.

Camera Shots and Practice

About a week ago, myself and my group went out into different sections of the school of our choice.
Below is the photographs of our group's camera shots, there is a variety of angles and effects which
may explain the angles better. Feel free to have a look at the PowerPoint!

First Media Blog!

Hello world, my name is Daniel Winn, I am 16, English and this is my media studies blog. My task is to explain to everyone a little bit about me as a person in this blog as well as a few extras. The reason as to why I like media studies is because it is one of the stand out subjects, it's different to most subjects because you learn about technology in a interesting way. I have little knowledge about media studies but I'm sure that will change as time goes by.

Action films are within my highest interest because they keep my attention. The Fast and Furious series would be my personal favourite if I had to choose because me growing up as a kid I always had an obsession with cars and so as I grew older the first Fast and Furious film came out, it just matched everything I was and still into, it's been a favourite of mine for a long time! If you have not seen any of these film series I would strongly suggest you give it a chance. What would is yours? and why?  

The things I'm looking forward to the most would be my football season starting and also the NBA regular season beginning, the two best sports from my own opinion. The most nervous thing coming up is most likely my driving test but if not that then my flying lesson for sure but nerves aren't usually a problem in my case because of my characteristics.

I'm Daniel Winn and this is my first media studies blog.