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Screenwriting: 31/5/22

 Lose-Win/Gain Character Development Wants vs Needs conflicting Work on External Goals Something Directly achieveable what I am doing is a bit to vast Maybe for the learing magin, just learn one spell I dont believe it has to be directly physical but a goal that is not of an emotional or mental change or goal. Character: Name: Etch Age: 13 Gender: Female Personality: Cautious Creative Adventurous Bold Occupation:  Student Background: Etch Travelled with her makeshift family of Mercenaries/Hunters, until one of their commissions they went to an ancient place of magic, they were betrayed by one of their own and to Etch's knowledge all killed. Etch finds herself resurrected  but in another world from her own, one cut off from all other worlds and now in the possession of magic. Short Term External Want: To learn to use this new magic of hers and learn where she now is Internal 'Needs' Objective: To talk to people about her current problem and...
Last week Lecture on critical analysis Diffrent techniques for visial and writing This Week: Continue the lecture though honestly I just need help on my project, I have two more paragraphs in my script then I can start the animatic, I also need to kick off my research question though given writing papers are the bane of my existence I will probably need extra help with my research paper, (this was easier when it had separate class time or ya know being its own paper. Analysis - breaking something apart to its individual parts and techniques Think of critical analysis in layers (3 prongs/family tree/...) - Technical - Narrative - Ethereal (Emotion Evoked by a scene) It is important to evoke human emotion within your audience  that is what will draw in an audience give it that edge that makes a piece on content better Hierarchy of Knowledge: Creators Characters Audience Use all layers to your advantage to drive the story, balance what the chara...

Text, Context and Subtext

 Text Context and Subtext: Notes for the previous treatment Text: the given circumstances of the presented story (aka straight facts) On the nose dialog (reinforces what we see (usually unnecessary)  Context: Given circumstances bring meaning to the story (situations in a scene, that is only fully understood withing the scene it is meant to be place in. Subtext: How meaning is created outside the given circumstances (by what is not said or shown) - We make assumptions about a character/situation based on the facts given to us  - Brain wiggles filling in the empty lines - Subtext takes advantage of what a person already knows to fill in the blanks themselves without directly stating it - makes the audience think Change from web series; Why am i changing, i have the option of a pilot which I am already doing for another class and a short film, im probably just gonna go for the short film and bull shit it, My mental health is just crumbling apart and I can't keep u...
Last week was on ethics and I had a mental breakdown yay.... Watched a lecture that had fuck all relevance,  was suppose to be on research question.  This week: Critical Analysis  not holding it together? Fuckin same dude Break apart the works break down it into sections why are they saying what they are saying Subject - Technical - Spiritual - Narrative write what you know write what you understand from an emotional standpoint  avoiding breaking the immersion  Scene Analysis: 1) ben Music built for keeping you hyped and on your seat low Polly background/simple background Ship at the centre of screen (player focus on what's in centre and Infront of them) the speed whisps at the edges of the screen enhance the sense of speed  2) Non verbal comunication Music Body language Lighting Camera shots