Luke Pietnik - Script to Screen

Well today was very useful indeed. Now we didn't get all the script done today, but for the moment, that's irrelevant. In trying to pin down what we were going to write, we made some important decisions about the plotline. At first, we were going to have our two characters having a joint premonition, waking up and then journeying to their eventual death by stabbing. We then decided that we would still have the last event in linear time at the beginning, but not as a premonition. We will simply fade down or cut at a crucual moment. We will then follow each protagonist in turn, as we witness their journey into the climax, now the murder of both characters by shooting. As well as the two victims who ultimately 'collide', we will, if time limitations allow, also show the journey of the murderer, as he makes his way to the final confrontation.

Having worked out what we're doing, we decided to split the script into segments. I will write the main confrontation and the journey of the murderer, Max will write the journey of our female protagonist Pamela and Will is going to write the journey of our male protagonist, Marcus. This will add a sense of alternative perspectives to the multiple journeys to the same place. The storyboard will have to wait for now, but it will work better this way. It took us a while to decide what we were doing, and as a result, the storyboard was neglected. However, we are meeting on Thursday after our workshops, and I feel more confident about the project now that we know the details. This really is a creative process, isn't it?

We were discussing a shot in which our two main protagonists, Pamela and Marcus, are walking along a street investigating a scream that eminated from round a corner, only to be confronted by a gun-wielding murderer. This shot, or sequence of shots, would be more effective if shot with the camera parallel to the road. The image I had in my head reminded me of this rather nice shot from Doctor Who:

Obviously, our shoot will be in the daytime, but if we could frame the shots like this, adding a mid-range pan of the murderer as he runs into the road, I'm sure it'd be a rather nicely composed sequence.

The only other thing we discussed was the Blog. Verity, Amy and Will were confused about how to publish posts properly, so we went through it. Now that we've cleared it up, we will all be able to keep up-to-date with it. Thursday's camera and sound workshop should be fun anyway, and hopefully we'll learn something about the equipment. I hope so. Until next time, farewell.