Films Distribution Prezi

Script Writing

In the lesson today we were looking at scriptwriting and you would work at putting a script together. We looked at rules and general conventions of writing a script and what makes it look professional  and less professional.

The first part that was looked at was the Slugline or Scene Heading.

This is always in capitals. It states whether it is esternal (EXT) or internal (INT) and sometimes the time of day.

Example: EXT. PARK - DAY



The next part was Action.
This is the decription of the scene, which includes the description of the setting and characters. If this is the first time a character is seen then there name will always be capitalised.

Example: The park is bustling and full of people. Leaning against a tree is ELIJAH SANTOS, a man in his late teens to early twenties, who looks like he hasn't slept in a long time.



After this was was Character Headings.
Before the character speaks the writer puts the CHARACTER NAME to show the reader that the dailogue following is of this character. The character name can be an actual name (JAY) or a description (FAT MAN) or an occuptaion (POLICEMAN). At times you have INSPECTOR #1 and then INSPECTOR #2.
Thw character heading is always centred. (or indented 3.5" from the left margin)

Example:

 ELIJAH

 

 

 

Next was Dialogue.

This is what the characters say. It is Indented not centred. It is indented 2.5" from the left margin and 2" from the right margin.

 

Example:

 ELIJAH

 

                                                     What time is it?

 

 

Parentheticals was the last.

These are breif descriptions of the way the characters talk or behave, attitude etc. They are rarely used. They are indented 3.0" and 3.5" from the right.

 

Example:

ELIJAH

 

                                                                (angrily)







Opening Sequence Planning (Inspiration)

I looked at a few openings that I thought worked well and thought about what they did to make it work so well, and how it was done.

I looked at 3 Title Sequences in detail, 2 films and 1 TV show. These were; Evil Dead, Afro Samurai Resurrection, and True Blood. I also took a look at Dexter but not in as much depth.

Afro Samurai

From Afro Samurai, I looked at the manga type drawings and minimal animation used as I thought it worked very well and looked very effective even though it was simple and did not look to difficult to pull off for the most of it.

I found it intersting because it was an animated opening but it did not have much animation, much of it was still drawings. This drew my attention as it is something that could be possible to do without too much hassle.

Evil Dead

Evil Dead is made very effective by the connotations and enigma codes and is enhanced heavily by soundtrack used. The music is very creepy and outs you on edge, mainly because of the assosiations that sound created by the music has with the genre of horror. It conforms to the conventions of horror film in both the audio and in the Visuals. The visuals is based mainly on the theme of blood. It connotes this first with the red text, and then throughout with the constant red and black, and with the constant peircing and slicing/cutting movements which are always followed by blood splattering or dripping. It is intreseting how it almost made completely out of red and black, and the images of objects are made out of shading with red on the black. The only colour there is apart from black is different shades of red. This is also an abstract opening. This was good for ideas, but would be very hard to try and replicate so an idea whic will most likely not be run with.

True Blood

This is another abstract opening. It hints on the themes of the show, such as vampires, blood, sex etc. But it does not show us any of the characters of the show, or tell us anything about the plot. It constantly reminds us of death, by showing us dead animals, at the start the first thing we see is what looks to be a dead fis, soon followed by a crocodile, which also appears to be lifeless. It also shows us a pouncing snake, dead meat in a butchers, and a dead rat on the road in a blood splatter aswell as more examples of this. It also hints there could possibly a predator, probably a vampire, with the church billboard that says "God Hates Fangs." (0:45) This is also important as religion is a prominant theme in this opening sequence. There are many snippets of church services and mentions of God within the sequence.

Titles Text Analysis

Text Analysis

The text of the Spring Breakers title is very unconvential  says a lot of the film. The colour scheme for example, although there are other colours, is based primarily on the colours pink and blue. These are usually colours used to represent boys and girls, men and women.

 

The text is built mainly of flowers butterflies and fire. The fire could possibly be a suggestion of the possible conflict and chaos in the film between between the females, or possibly males and females. The flowers and butterflies both add to the girly feel of the titles with the colours, as both are generally matched with the female stereotype.

 

The Boondocks title is simple and is composed of a old fashioned type thin gold font on a gold background. This gives quite an old and retro feel which is quite contradictive to the actual show as it is very modernised. Also on either side of the writing there is the silhouettes of 2 of the main characters, brothers Huey and Riley Freeman. This gives us an insight to the characters of the show but doesnt give away too much about them. This is cleverly done because if you have seen the show before then even just from the silhouette the two are instantly recognisable but if you have not seen it before then the images will not mean anything to you. This partially conforms to the titles convention of white block writing on a black background, but with the colour or the text changed.

The Dark Knight Rises is composed of blue flames with a black background and write text. This is quite conventional but with blue flames added to create a silhouette o the well recognised. Without this it would be the traditional black background with white text. The simplicity of it is effective as it can instantly be recognised as a batman film even thoughb it is not explicitly stated.

Dark Kight Rises Opening Sequence 9 Frames Analysis

25 Word Pitch

Two sisters. One attracts, one kills. Dexter meets Friday 13th. The film is twisted which represents the mental state of both characters and their past.

Favorite Opening Sequence Presentation

Conventions of a Opening/Title Sequence

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