Socrates

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." 

Socrates

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

Nelson Mandela

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

Jim Rohn

"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day." 

Buddha

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become." 

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

SCRIPT WRITING Screenplay or script.


All movies need a script.  A screenplay includes the dialogue in a particular way, and descriptions of settings  with abbreviated action.

 SCRIPT EXAMPLE:Life of Pie

 Practice writing a short movie script

A plot of the story  include:

1 a short description of each scene.

2 where the action takes place.

3 what happens in the scene to make the story interesting.

 

 WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

 To write a good screenplay for film, you need to:

1 decide the story you want to tell.

2 develop interesting characters for that story.

3 create obstacles and interesting solutions to the problems that your characters face.

4 write your idea in outline form.

5 expand your outline into a screenplay.


Choose your best idea

 Re-read all your ideas. The idea that fits in all these categories

·        Two reasons for an idea:

• It will help us think about the story in a format that is easier to make into a movie.

Developing our Characters

We have to identify our characters and our plot, then  create details our character to make our characters more interesting.

The character sketch describing our character by the important information about his/her:

• childhood

• favorite foods  and  clothes

• relationships with friends and family

• major problems he faces in life

• things he loves

• music he listens to

  •  Describe the home life of your main character. Does he or she live with parents, a roommate, a dog, brothers or sisters, alone?

·        Who are his or her best friends? What are they like?

 

Creating Obstacles and Interesting Solutions to the Problems Tht our Characters Face

  • What kinds of problems occur because of the solutions your protagonist tries?
  • How does everything end?  
  • How does the main problem get solved?

4. Story OutlineOutline

Now We make an outline. An outline is easy to expand into a screenplay.

Movie: Thare Zameen Par, directed by Chris Columbus

The story idea is: A dyslexia affected boy who find problems in studies, relationship with his friends and friends at the same age.  He is low self-esteemed boy. It is social awareness oriented drama movie.

Mainly focused in, a boys lively hood with his his own home, parent, brother, with neighbors, and school. Who is the hero? Ishan, a creative dreaming, and smart boy -like 8-year old.

What does the protagonist want?

Ishan wants to regain his esteem, he need a appreciation.

Who are the other characters?

His parents, only one brother, his teachers, then newly arrived art Teacher. What exciting thing (the “hook”) happens at the beginning of the story?

What gets the audience interested?

Who or what gets in the hero’s way?

What problems stand in the way of your hero getting what he wants? •

What solutions does your hero come up with?

How does everything get resolved? 

1.      Where does the movie take place?

2.     Who is main character?

3.     What is the goal of your hero?

4.    Who are the other characters important to the story? Are they the protagonist’s (hero’s) friends or enemies?

Then try and pick only one location. We can  to spend your time shooting,. Keep it simple and realistic. 

This is the goal our main character will try to accomplish by the end of the movie.


WRITING YOUR SCREENPLAY, FINALLY!

 We  have an idea. 

  1. We have a good sense of the characters in our story. 
  2. We have an outline. 

So, you are just about ready to start writing your screenplay. But first, you’ll need to know the format, some special language, and abbreviations.

A short film screenplay is about nine or ten pages long. It will be written and re-written, because as we can  proceed in the film making process.

Try and break it into sections:

Page 1: The Set-up (where the audience learns what the hero wants). This is the beginning, with a good hook.

Pages 2-7:The Middle (who or what opposes the main character and why). The problems the hero has to overcome.

 Pages 8-9:The Ending (where the problems are resolved). The protagonist either wins or loses.

  

Scenes:  Screenplays are written scene by scene. A scene is a part of the story that happens in one place over one period of time.

For example, if a movie starts out with a boy getting ready for school in the morning, there might be three separate scenes:

Scene

1. brushing his teeth in the bathroom Scene

 2. getting dressed in his bedroom Scene

3. eating breakfast in the kitchen

 Every time the location or the time changes, it is considered a new scene.

 

Slug Line

 Slug Line The first part of a screenplay is called the slug line.

A slug line lets everyone know where and when the scene is supposed to take place. Every scene in your screenplay should start with a slug line.

EXT. DESERT CLEARING – NIGHT

 

This slug line means:

• EXT. is an abbreviation for EXTERIOR, which means outside.  If it were an inside shot, it would say INT., short for INTERIOR.

• The next part of the slug line gets more specific about the location of the scene; a well sophisticated home.

• The final part of the slug line tells you when the scene will take place— in this case, at Morning

 

Parts of a Screenplay

The elements that make up the screenplay are:

Action – what is happening •

Characters and Description – who is in the scene •

Dialogue – what the characters are saying • How the characters say their lines

This slug line means: • Slug Line – when and where the scene is taking place •

Tha lion King

Saturday, 6 June 2020

Story Telling in Film Making

Movies tell a story. movies gave us visual and a listening experience. The audience sees and hears the story. It is a powerful medium — people love the way movies tell stories.

 

The storyteller is the director. He is entitled to change the story.  He can decide whether the story itself can be simple or complex, silly or intense. He has the vision s which includes how the images are filmed, and edited, how the actors portray their characters, and what the audience experiences . He has the responsible for how the movie makes the audience feel about the story: sad, amused, bored, exhilarated, scared, powerful, or humble.

Film directors have been some limitations in case of the  the weather, number of actors, available space, and, especially, the money needed for props, costumes, special lighting, sound and camera equipment. It is the director’s challenge to make his or her vision translate from story to movie,

 

Film director’s needed Qualities

Director  will learn how to:

1.      • develop a story and interesting characters

2.     • write the story in the language of filmmakers: a screenplay 

3.     • create a visual storyboard to show camera angles, distance, and subjects

4.    • plan a filming schedule

5.     • utilize various camera, sound, and lighting techniques

6.    • work with actors

7.     • understand the power of art direction and continuity

8.    • use costumes and makeup

9.    • do post-production sound and editing

10.                      

Storytelling Methods


 






 

  •  Making Movies Is about Telling a Story...Visually
  • Words or No Words
  • • Words, Words, Words
  • • Making it Better: with Problems

 Making Movies is about telling a Story in Visually

One of the classic ways to tell a story is to follow this simple story formula:

1.      There is a hero.

2.     Hero faces a scary or difficult adventure or problem, serious obstacles.

3.     He/she is trying to accomplish something.

4.    Hero eventually overcomes his/her fear and goes on the adventure.

5.     Hero solves his/her problems, and overcomes the obstacles.

6.    Hero reaches his/her goal and learns a lot along the way.

7.      

WORDS OR NO WORDS

movie want to give a visual experience so that better to show to the viewer without using any words. In filmmaking, it is better if the feeling expressed to the audience would be communicated better without using words. In our daily lives, we have  experienced non-verbal (no words) communication is more effective than verbal  all the time.

 

Think about a movie that opens with a car chase, or a bull chasing

No words/ dialogue are used better to have only visual images and sounds or music.

 

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS

Movies usually include dialogue to help tell the story easily and understandable. Before starting to write a story a director or a story teller must take a field trip for this exploration. Go to a public place, like a restaurant or a mall, and observe the different ways people what they communicate. Also they must pay attention to the conversations around us. We want to observe the types of words, accents, phrases, and topics discussed, and how the people interact when communicating back and forth.

In order to make a movie, we will probably tell your story using action without dialogue, as well as with dialogue. It is important to

understand how to express parts of the story using only action and images, and to practice writing dialogue. There are no rules, but the films that many people respond to use dialogue that seems real — how a real person would talk.

 

MAKING IT BETTER: WITH PROBLEMS

 

Some stories are great.  Other stories are boring, and put the audience to sleep. Why? How do tell a story to make it exciting?

Storytellers often make their stories more interesting by adding conflict. The conflict can be a battle or a contest of some kind.

Sometimes, conflict is created when one person wants to do something, and someone else is trying to stop him or her from doing it.  

Conflict can also come from within the character. For example, a boy want to join ART group but his parents prefer SCIENCE subjects. There is a conflict arise, lifelong it follows the character.

 The conflict should be a interesting and dramatic one. An intelligent story teller can ability to create conflict, create a problem in interesting way. That will attract the views.

 In the movie ARUVI what is the conflicts of main character.

She put into a life killing decease

She is rejected by parents

She is exploited by the employer

Her relationship with people get into trouble.

No one believes her even her own mother or brother

Her life put into tragedies whether she over cme or how to face the troubles confidently This movie is an excellent example of how conflicts and obstacles can intertwine

 

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