Week 3: Scriptwriters and Filmmakers
This week, Markus gave a very interesting lecture about our future as producers or directors and explained the relationship between the different occupations and the scriptwriter.
Once a script has been written, potential filmmakers read it and have to ask themselves:
1. Do I like the story? Can I be enthusiastic about it?
2. How much would it cost? What is my budget?
Then, the scriptwriter might get the highly anticipated call, saying: "Your script has been chosen!", usually followed by: "You have to change it."
In a nutshell: the script is NOT the film. Scriptwriters have to accept what filmmakers make out of their ideas, which shows the importance of a very precise and detailed script. The more detail the writer adds, the easier it is to understand and convey the movie's meaning.
Very important to us was to learn, what we can get out of a script, even when being on a low budget when producing our short films. Scripts are usually too long and contain too many locations and actors - we have to ask ourselves: How can we change it to make it work in our circumstances?
Later in the tute we formed groups and got our scripts. 58percentforeign, 100percentpotential and many ideas - I know we can make a great movie out of HANK!
This week, Markus gave a very interesting lecture about our future as producers or directors and explained the relationship between the different occupations and the scriptwriter.
Once a script has been written, potential filmmakers read it and have to ask themselves:
1. Do I like the story? Can I be enthusiastic about it?
2. How much would it cost? What is my budget?
Then, the scriptwriter might get the highly anticipated call, saying: "Your script has been chosen!", usually followed by: "You have to change it."
In a nutshell: the script is NOT the film. Scriptwriters have to accept what filmmakers make out of their ideas, which shows the importance of a very precise and detailed script. The more detail the writer adds, the easier it is to understand and convey the movie's meaning.
Very important to us was to learn, what we can get out of a script, even when being on a low budget when producing our short films. Scripts are usually too long and contain too many locations and actors - we have to ask ourselves: How can we change it to make it work in our circumstances?
Later in the tute we formed groups and got our scripts. 58percentforeign, 100percentpotential and many ideas - I know we can make a great movie out of HANK!
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