Development - Selecting the story and writing the script

Aloha!

In this blog, I'll be talking about one of the first steps me and my group did in order to make this short film.

This was part of a development stage and it was called 'Selecting the story' and 'Script writing'.
As you probably know, whether it's an advert, movie, story or even music video, a story line is necessary!

To be completely honest, me and my group struggled immensely when thinking of a story line; we just had too many ideas! First off, we though to make it comedy, then we thought about a cartoon/children's movie and after hardcore thinking, our story was based around a chick flick.

But this was not where our troubles ended, once there was an agreement on one idea, we had to write out what was going to happen step by step. Again, as a group of indecisive young girls, we changed our ideas many, many times.  Not because we thought they were bad but because the film overall had to flow and make sense.

Being directors and producers and script writers, we had to think about everything. 

Script writing is not only about what lines each of the characters say but also about the camera angles and off-stage action. 
As present on the left, there is an image of a script for a movie. There has to stage directions and camera angles so when the director starts producing it's a lot easier.

Scripts are supposed to be word for word to the real thing, hence they have to be given a lot of time and effort. 
Usually actors and actresses memorize their script before shooting, so they are mentally prepared for what is to happen next.




Our group had a small script and it didn't include as much detail as it should of because as I said before, we continuously made changes.This may be the reason why when the film is watched, there is not much speaking and when there is, it's not as good as it should be. 


So, lesson for next time; make a proper script and follow it thoroughly because it will be highly beneficial!

Thank you for reading!