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TRF-655 Screenwriting & Production Workshop 12 TRF-655, Summer 2011, Project #3 Fiction narrative, 150 points “The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” Novelist Tom Clancy “Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson Stories that are fictions are scripted and designed realities. They represent the constructed reality of their writers and directors. The process of turning ideas in the script into sound-picture representations on the screen is dictated more by economics than the natural course of the story itself. Fiction stories take full advantage of the plasticity of the visual language; they guiltlessly expand and contract time and space, exploit multiple points of view (POV) and move effortlessly through past, present and future moments of characters’ lives. The Great Ape King Kong may never have walked the earth, but don’t tell that to the people screaming in terror watching the movie. For this project, each team will write, design and produce a short (three to five minutes) fiction film that would be suitable for broadcast or the Internet. The goal of the finished video is to tell a compelling story. It will be important to create believable characters, each with an arc that shows clearly how they have changed as a result of the experience(s) they have in the story. For this assignment read the following pieces under READING ASSIGNMENTS on BLACKBOARD: “Mise en Scene” “Precursor to the Cinema” (You may want to use this short story as an inspiration for your script.) STEP A. SYNOPSIS AND FIRST DRAFT OF SCRIPT. DUE MONDAY AUGUST 2 IN CLASS. 25 POINTS:
TRF-655 Screenwriting & Production Workshop 13 Everyone in the class will submit and pitch an idea for this film in the following form: — a paragraph synopsis that summarizes your story — a first draft master scene of your script using the proper film script format (see template for this on BlackBoard). Teams will be formed around four or five of these scripts that survive the pitch. STEP B. FINAL SCRIPT AND DESIGN DOCUMENTS. DUE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 IN CLASS. 15 POINTS: After the team has chosen one of the draft scripts to produce, each member of the team will write one of the following documents: 1. Writer: A final draft of the master scene script. This person will serve as Videographer in the Production phase. 2. Director: A shot by shot director’s script based on the writer’s master scene script. (see BlackBoard for template of a director’s script). 3. Designer: a description and if necessary sketches of sound, light, costume and set design. This person will become the Editor in the Production phase. 4. Production Manager: a production script that details the schedule for shooting each shot and the production elements required for each shot (sets, lights, microphones, camera(s), costumes, props, settings/locations, special effects, etc.) This person will become the Producer in the Production phase and will assemble the final production book. STEP C. COMPLETED VIDEO. DUE THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 IN CLASS. 90 POINTS: Rough cut: Tuesday, August 10 PRODUCTION BOOK. DUE August 12 IN CLASS. 10 POINTS:
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