By Pre-Production: Evaluation
What I learnt
What I could improve
-Directing plan/schedule – need to spend more time on planning how I’m going to direct the film since I focused more on the producing and writing of this unit – changing my directing plan will change the schedule
What worked
-Outlining – didn’t feel like had time to do this initially – but has always been part of process – found it useful to come back to this as “beats are also a wonderful tool for revision. Say a scene you wrote isn’t working. Outline the beats. You might well discover what’s wrong. You might have a beat that doesn’t work in the scene, but it’s important to the overall story. Try moving it to another scene in your screenplay” (Hunter Johnson, 2010:110). Although this can be done with index cards I found outlining helped with finding the flow of conversation beats so that the character’s wants and needs were clear, but not too direct
-Research – researching other filmmakers and how they approach their work, as well as researching into my roles helped me improve my own work and solve problems
-Reading other screenplays – this helped me figure out how to use different elements such as showing emotion in action blocks which I hadn’t considered before
-Characters – Vera and Roni became quite clear characters – but I don’t think this comes across in the script as well as it could
What didn’t work
-Casting – I didn’t find time to cast any actors and I didn’t want to rush this
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References
Hunter Johnson, C. (2010) Creating Short Screenplays That Connect. London: Focal Press.
