WHAT WE'VE LEARNT

Friday, 23 September 2011

no13 WRITING THE DIALOGUE

DIALOGUES help tell your story. know your story & character(s) before writing the dialogue!

tip1: write dialogue that is suitable for the character/personality. 

tip2: write only necessary info to tell your story. KEEP IT SIMPLE > SHORT SENTENCES. 

tip3: listen to the dialogues on good tv shows & listen to how people talk in real life.


CLASS/GROUP EXERCISE: WRITING DIALOGUES
below are videos. mute them and write the script for the scenes. give your script a suitable title & write a 1 sentence summary about your script.

 


look at examples below... (pls ignore swear language!)
TELLING STORIES WITH ONE FOCUSED KEY MESSAGE: same scenes, different story!!

1. Hitler's water bottle is stolen and thrown at Justin Bieber


2. Hitler is informed that he is Lee Kuan Yew


3. Hitler is informed Santa Claus doesn't exist

4. Hitler defies gravity



ok, use the same hitler scene and come up with your own scripts! 
plz do NOT use swear language.
thanks & have fun!!

meanwhile, i'll look at your assignment's draft1 scripts...


Monday, 12 September 2011

no12. WORK2!!!

EXERCISE 1 (DONE)

Character Study:
1. Key Characters - Individual
- Mr or Mrs Twit
- The Little Prince

2. Supporting Characters - Group presentation
- One supporting character from The Little Prince

EXERCISE 2 (DONE)

Stories
1 - Student's own story
2 - Use a location in your story
3 - Use an item in your story
4 - Non-human key character, eg animal, objects, etc
5 - 2 Key Characters with 1 motive (& they don't like each other)

Stories 3, 4 & 5 must be suitable for animation.

WRITTEN TEST - Week9


ASSIGNMENT
- choose one story from Exercise2
- transfer story to a script with the story - 5min, Eng
- script must be suitable for animation

Grading each week...
wk 10 - script draft1
wk 11 - script draft2
wk 12 - script draft3

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
wk 13 - FINAL script - SUBMIT
wk 13 - also to prepare & submit...
- 1 sentence summary
- synopsis
- character bio
- scene breakdown
- storyline/beats
- 3 act structure

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR WORK ON TIME!! Thanks!

no11. CASE STUDY2 - SIMPSONS

PS: THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE >> HOW U CAN USE AN ITEM TO TELL A STORY

REF: You can download

1. Transcript - Simpsons
2. Script Format Template
3. Lesson Slides (this week is lesson 7)

CASE STUDY: SIMPSONS "Homer's Night Out"

1-SENTENCE SUMMARY
Bart's photo, showing Homer dancing with a woman during a party, gets distributed all over Springfield and causes tension at home - Marge throws Homer out of the house.


SYNOPSIS


Bart uses his new miniature "spy" camera to take candid pictures around
the household; meanwhile, Homer is preparing to go to a bachelor party
for his co-worker at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. While at the
party, Homer is invited to dance on stage with a stripper. Bart (who is
dining with the rest of the family in the next-door restaurant) uses his
camera to snap a photo of Homer and the dancer having a great time. At
school, Martin develops the picture, which - after he compliments Bart's work - gets distributed around school, and eventually around town. Marge sees the photo and is outraged. Homer arrives home, where Marge immediately confronts her husband and kicks him out of the house. Eventually, Marge agrees to let him back in on the condition he take Bart around to meet the stripper and show that she is not a sex object. After almost winding up on stage at another of the dancer's performances, Homer does as he is asked and all is forgiven.


Bart purchases a mini spy camera and manages to take a picture of Homer dancing with a stripper named Princess Kashmir at a co-worker's strip club party. He gives copies of the picture to his friends, and eventually the picture starts to circulate around until eventually Marge sees it. She kicks Homer out of the house, but the next day explains that she is not upset about him dancing, but rather that Bart saw it. She demands that he take Bart and go apologize to Princess Kashmir. Homer agrees and says that he is ready to start respecting women.

PLOTS:

Plot1 (MAIN) 
- Homer's party/ caught on Bart's photo >> consequences

Plot2 (SUBPLOT) 
- Bart gets spy camera, plays with it, distribute photo >> consequences

3 ACT STRUCTURE
Act1 - Setup
Act2 - Confrontation
Act3 - Resolution

Conflict
Turning Point
Motive

SCRIPT FORMAT
- slugline (scene description) - INT / LOCATION / TIME OF DAY
- action description/storyline (visual)
- dialogue/sfx/music (audio)

Monday, 5 September 2011

no10. STORYLINE, TREATMENT, SCRIPT FORMAT





Reading Ref:

Treatment

Storyline

Script - Formats


How to write a script


Also check scriptwriter's glossaries on:
1. Concept
2. Treatment



SLUGLINE = SCENE DESCRIPTION
1. Interior / Exterior (INT / EXT)
2. Place - eg Homer's Living Room
3. Time of Day - eg Morning/Evening, DAY/NIGHT


ACTION DESCRIPTION = VISUAL
see below


DIALOGUE = AUDIO
see below







3 ACT STRUCTURE
Act1 - Setup
Act2 - Confrontation
Act3 - Resolution

Conflict
Turning Point
Motive

SCRIPT FORMAT
- slugline (scene description) - INT / LOCATION / TIME OF DAY
- action description/storyline (visual)
- dialogue/sfx/music (audio)