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I've never seen a Woody Allen film. I'm not really sure what his film is going to be about.

Script Table Read

In our table read we weren't able to read in such a way that was supposed to be reactionary. We read it as if it were narration but it was not. Today I intend to BE the character in the script. I intend to show how the character is feeling by reading as if I were talking.

Intro to Screenwriting

I've honestly wrote screen plays before, so there wasn't anything new or surprising about it. I just relearned hoe to effectively write one. The only thing different from yesterday's blog post was not having two columns for sound and video.

Screenplays

A screen play is a script for a movie. A hollywood screen play is not a 2 - column AV script. It written in the same format a celtix.  

Silent Film Results

I unfortunately couldn't turn in my silent film. Due to some technical difficulties I lost footage (or so it seems). I could've found a way to do the project outside of school. I could've spent a little more time on finding locations to shoot on campus. (too many people wanted the studio). Next Project I'll just look for places outside of campus.

3 - Act Structure

1. Set up

2. Confrontation

3. Resolution

These steps are all important to a story, otherwise, we wouldn't have a story in the first place.

Each step is important because they have a smooth transition in to the next step.

The set up is what places the adventure in front of the main character(s) to help them start their adventure.

The confrontation is what gets in the way of what the main character(s).

The resolution is when the character(s) the action and intensity slowly goes down.

Storytelling Unit So Far...

I honestly want to hurry up and start writing our screen play. I like the whole story telling unit in general. It could go faster, but never the less I like the content. I think after starting to write more stories I'll start to question things a little more. Right now I don't really have any questions. I really Just want to start practicing writing.

3-Act

The 3 acts are:

ACT I - Setup

ACT II - Confrontation

ACT: III - Resolution


All of these are important to move the story along and not make it boring. The inciting incident is what leads our hero to their crisis. It make the character's journey have some kind of arc. If there was no arc there really wouldn't be a story. Or maybe not such a moving or relatable story to the audience.

Silent Film Homage Plan

Pitch: The dictator of germany wants the world he is going to conquer them so he hires a broadcast crew to help him. But they sabotage his broadcast by making him look like a fool on air. The facial expressions are what I plan to make this film like Charlie Chaplin's films.

Archtypes

I think the mentor is the most easiest because that can easily be identified in a story. The Trickster and the shapeshifter both can be very difficult to find because there can be multiple people who take on those roles. The mentor is usually Just one person.

Movie Plots Done to Death

The 'Executive Model' is about a person who is a workaholic who later learns that there are more important things in life aren't working. I believe this is VERY overused because this world of capitalism has made people think that you need to WORK WORK WORK! All the time. I think this same plot type can be re used by using a teenager in school, or a kid in elementary school instead of an older person in their 30s.

What is The Hero's Journey?

The Hero's Journey generally is a person who has to save someone,the world, or make some sort of change by going out on a quest to either gain knowledge on how to save the world (or whatever) or go towards the thing they must fight in order to save the world. People like this genre because it can give some people hope that someone might help them out in a time of need.

7 Basic Plots

Comedy and Rebirth are the most interesting.

I love comedy as my #1 genre because it can make anyone from anywhere feel good inside and still have an effective theme in the story.

I like Rebirth because that isn't as upsetting as a tragedy, but still has some elements of a tragedy.

Film Conflict Trailers

Scott Pilgram vs. The World - Person vs. Society








Evolver - Person vs. Technology






Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning thief - Person vs. Gods

Silent Film Subject

I have Charlie Chaplin. He is one of the most hilarious filmmakers of our time.

He had a rough childhood not having his parents and only his brother, but he natural talent for theater helped him become a successful film maker. His older brother helped him get in to the business for theater then he signed a contract with First National Studios and made up his alias as " The Tramp ".

What is Good Storytelling

Great storytelling is immersing the listener/viewer into that story as if they were in it.

Being able to catch the attention of the listener is important because it gets them hooked on what you are tying to say. Being able to use imagery is also a good storytelling technique because if the viewer can visualize what is happening it starts to ease them in to what is happening. Being able to end with a twist and a lesson to the story that can make people feel like they didn't waste anytime listening to you!

(high fives)

Setting Semester Goals!

The goals that I set were not all completed due to partners not either being reliable or the things I wanted to do are done in this new semester.

What I want to accomplish before this year is out is to compose a song and do a music/dance video to it, to work with other artists and do projects to their songs, and become an expert at finding locations and planning for new up coming projects OUTSIDE of school.

What I need to learn is how to use music making equipment as well as other sound equipment. I also need to know how to efficiently bring equipment with me to certain places so that we can successfully do a project with no or not many repercussions.