At the end of the workshop Steve urged us to make the best films we possibly can, avoiding all the classic high school film mistakes. At first I was unsure of my capability to even make something as good as a crappy high school film, but after creating my storyboard I think that I am closer to bringing this film to come out exactly as I imagined while writing it. Hopefully I can be as creative and innovative as possible during filming my script.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
last screenwriting workshop
We only went over three scripts today in the workshop, but I still got a few pieces of advice that I think will really help my writing now and in the future. In regards to Zach's piece, Steve mentioned that if your writing a story based off true events that happened in your life you shouldn't rewrite every detail of the event as it happened if it doesn't work for your story. If you can manage to portray the same meaning in a much easier and more effective way, do it - don't be focused on keeping the unnecessary details true to what really happened.
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Something that might be of interest: most filmmakers put their creativity into the script, the storyboard and the shot list. The actually shooting is pretty much following a map or a plan and isn't all that interesting or creative at all. This is the truth!
ReplyDeleteThere is a book you should read: David Mamet's On Directing Film - http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Film-David-Mamet/dp/0140127224
I think you have a knack for this sort of thing. Let me know how I can help you.
L