Notes: In this meeting we established and finalised each members production role (noted on meeting 1 blog post) and began discussing what theme and genre our short film will be and how we will begin the screenwriting process together.
We have started our planning and research by agreeing to each watch project X and Knives out to get an idea of the themes and style we are planning on doing (by next week) and note down key elements we were interested in.
Aaron will begin scoping locations and report back to us with photos and notes in next weeks production meeting.
I found screenwriting an interesting task, as reimagining narratives as films rather than books is a lot more beneficial to me, as I have a more visual mind.
However, I found it difficult to work in pairs as we both had different creative mindsets and ideas.
I found this task quite difficult as it was my first time trying to write a screenplay, therefore I wasn’t very familiar with the formatting of the screenplay, so it took longer to write as we had to juggle using the prompt (1984) and the template within the 15 minute time limit. However, I think in the future having better knowledge of the formatting of the screenplay, maybe a visual of a published screenplay for inspiration of the format, will make it quicker and easier to write. Also prior knowledge/research of the book 1984 to help with the description.
I worked in a pair with Iona on creating a screenplay adapted from a short extract of the novel ‘1984’ by Orwell, 1948.
I personally found this task quite difficult due to the time limit we had to complete it (15 mins). It was also my first time creating a screenplay in the specific format which took a lot of concentration to do correctly while also trying to think of what is important (or not) to add into the screenplay. Now I have some practice with creating a screenplay in the correct format I believe next time it will be easier for me to take on. Also, creating a screenplay with an original idea that I can visualise will be a lot easier for me to turn into a screenplay, rather than adapting an existing piece which I don’t have as strong of vision of.
I think that Aaron and I worked well on this task, taking in the smaller details mentioned in the extract to add extra details into our screenplay. If we had more context to the rest of the novel we were adapting from, we would’ve had an easier time writing it, and would probably have a better final product, given the short timeframe we had to write this too.
We made use of the resources we were given, like the example screenplay with notes on the PowerPoint, and it definitely helped.
