Use this document to drop in sections from your script and screenshots from key scenes + time codes. You must observe the word count limit and based on your own speech speed test you may need to amend this down.

THE MAXIMUM DURATION IS 10 MINUTES. THE EXAMINER WILL STOP LISTENING AFTER THAT TIME!

The Assessment Criteria

Lessons from the Screenplay

What is so great about it?

• Allows the movie to ‘talk’.
• Treats each movie in the same way.
  • Is structure to allow comparison
• Using captions to emphasis key ideas.
  • Reuses those captions in order clarify
• Is clearly spoken – about 2500 words for 15 minutes!
• Uses film language

Previous Student’s Work

Drafting Your Script

By the beginning of next week (Monday 6th July) you must have completed a first draft of your script. This will probably be in the form of a rough essay – approx 1,000 words.

If you have followed the planning document I introduced last week, it should look something like this:

• Introduction, justification and context
• Comparative Point 1
  • Key Scene vs Key Scene
• Comparative Point 2
  • Key Scene vs Key Scene
• Comparative Point 3
  • Key Scene vs Key Scene
• Comparative Point 4
  • Key Scene vs Key Scene
• Conclusion

It is essential that this draft is completed in time, ready for some peer feedback.

The Read Through

You will all complete a read through of the script and get some peer feedback on the key assessment criteria.

The groups will be 3 strong and at the beginning you as author will allocate:

• A timer and someone to count quotes & references to key scenes
• Someone to listen out for structure and the degree to which you are answering your own question.
• You will read your own script aloud

You should all use the assessment document to focus the feedback.

You should complete notes as you read through and gather your peers’ feedback at the end on how you could improve your work.

Visualising The Script (Independent Study)

Once you have received your peers’ feedback on the draft script you need to redraft based on that feedback and convert the essay into a script that will run alongside visuals from the two films.

You should consider the following: At a FAST talking speed (160 words per minute) you are limited to about 1,200 – 1,500 words! I used this website to calculate speech speed. You should test your reading speed by recording you reading out a 200 word section of your essay on your phone, find out your talking speed (remember audibility and clarity are assessment criteria) 

Use this document to drop in sections from your script and screenshots from key scenes + time codes. You must observe the word count limit and based on your own speech speed test you may need to amend this down.

THE MAXIMUM DURATION IS 10 MINUTES. THE EXAMINER WILL STOP LISTENING AFTER THAT TIME!

Your Research Project

Before we start scripting the essay we need to develop a structure that allows you to illustrate your research, understanding of the whole films, their context and how these big ideas and revealed in the cinematic style (micro).

A Recap

In Brief…

What have you learnt from your research?

• Genre & Style
• Your Film Movement
• Your Film Theory

How does this learning apply to your 2 films (macro):

• Representation of character, places and events
• Use or challenge of generic conventions
• Use of motifs to emphasis themes.
• Narrative, journey & themes
• Significance in terms of a ‘new’ style of film making
• Directorial signature style

How you link these big ideas (context and research) in the films’ micro:

• Screenplay (lines of dialogue and structure)
• Recurring Motifs
• Production Design of Mise-en-Scene
• Directing (blocking, characterisation, intention and style)
• Cinematography (lighting, framing, movement & composition)
• Editing (rhythm, style, pace, positioning…)
• Sound (diegetic and non diegetic)

Planning Part 1

Take a copy and complete this structure document.

The more specific you can be the better. So include quotes, key scenes, characters, themes, micro examples