Sunday, May 19, 2013

Info About Your Film Project

Today, please work on your script. You should have your script completed by Wednesday. The script draft is due Wednesday, May 22. It should be between 4-10 pages in length. Please do not write a script that goes OVER ten pages, as that will be too long for your project. You will be graded on your creativity, accurate script formatting, and effort as translated into page length. 

Once your script draft is written, prepare to shoot your fictional film project. Schedule and organize what steps need to be completed by the end of this week. The final film project is due TUESDAY, JUNE 4. It will take some time to film and edit your film. Usually editing takes between 3-4 class periods. Once you have some of your script ready, begin shooting footage. See previous posts for more information about what members of the film project team should be doing with their time in lab. Do not waste your time...

The film project (treatment, script, digital film) and a final exam in the Craft of Writing will determine your marking period grade.

HOMEWORK (extension): I am giving you an additional two days to complete your previous homework (reading a film script). In order to get a better understanding of formatting and writing a film, please choose and read a film script of your choice for Wednesday, May 22. If you missed any of the videos from last class, please watch these.

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This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.