All of the topics below are all necessary when producing a
film or TV show. They all require skills that when come together create a well-rounded
product. Primary research is important as you know that any facts or figures
are 100% correct and usually personnel tales make for the best stories.
Adapting stories can also be well received by most fans of the source material,
it also teaches you how to rework already written products and change it to fit
certain narrative. Looking a news for inspiration is also an interesting way to
source stories as the experiences of others can inspire many people in
different ways. Adapting these stories into films is a great way to create
unique and also the best way to make a believable film. Finally knowing how to structure
a script is incredibly important when producing a television show or film as it
allows everyone to be able to read the script and understand what is happening
and when.
Friday, 11 March 2016
Thursday, 10 March 2016
How you turned personal experiences into ideas
Similar to taking inspiration from other sources, you can
turn your own experiences into moving stories that could relate to viewers. We
all go through many experiences within our lives that define who we are in the
present day but these events, although they’re personnel, could inspire many
other people into achieving their own dreams and ambitions. People born or
alive during wars usually have stories that would make for good feature films
and so with the permission of the person, a film could be made. Of course
during the production, details will be changed to help the narrative stay
consistent and becomes an overall well told story.
Adaptations
Similar to looking at the news for ideas, many motion
pictures are based on books or other forms of media. This has become very
popular within recent years due to comic book movies becoming increasingly
popular. These Marvel films are all based off comic books with the same name.
When you adapt a novel or comic it’s important to have good
knowledge of the source material so that you can produce the best adaptation for
the fans. It’s also good to remember it doesn’t have to be an exact copy, you
can play around with scenes and the running order of the story if it helps
create a better narrative. You can also add in scenarios that weren’t within
the book to build character or world development. If you have the connections,
it’d also be a good idea to contact the original writer of the novella you are
adapting to make sure you stay faithful to the source.
When we adapted news stories we took out the aspects that
interested us the most, for example I chose a story on a rampaging elephant in
India, and twist these events to make an interesting story. You would usually
include a character that has to overcome an obstacle and would end up in the
protagonist learning a valuable lesson. This is the main structure for the
majority of films made.
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Looking at the news for ideas
Around the world, weird and wonderful things happen
all the time and so when writing the screenplay we looked at the news for
inspiration. Real life events are usually the foundation for great stories to
be told and so we looked for a story that we could twist and make it our own.
The end product however doesn’t need to completely reflect the real life events,
the story can merely be inspired by these events. Many mainstream films gain
their ideas from events that have happened such as The Wolf on Wall Street which
is based on the life of Jordan Belfort.
Friday, 4 March 2016
Thursday, 3 March 2016
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