Scripting Workshop

In our scripting workshop we learnt about things that needed to go into our film noir script.

Some terms:

B.G.- Background

C.G.I.- Computer Generated Image
Example: Lord of the Rings used C.G.I. e.g. monsters, landscape. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQee3ag4niE

F.G.- Foreground

S.F.X.- Sound Effects
Example: Iron Man uses a lot of sound effects e.g. explosions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBC1Qob27sM

S.P.F.X.- Special Effects
M.O.S.- Mute of Sound (replace natural sound with something else)

MONTAGE 1/2/3- A series of shots in the same sequence but different things shown e.g. 1= Grass, 2= Trees, 3= Sky
Example: Natural Born Killers uses montages throughout the film, they add poetic meaning to the film as the audience find connections
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAZjuCMkRl4

V.O.- Voice Over (written next to characters name) 
Example: Shawshank Redemption uses voice overs to show what characters are thinking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_lp4_Jfz7U&feature=fvw

O.S.- Out of Shot (can hear a character but cannot see them

Our Film Noir Scripting:

• 1940's slang must be used for authenticity
• Behaviour needs to be conventional and shown in the directions
• Parenthetical words used - describe how a character speaks e.g. (Anxiously) Only needs to be used when a certain emotion needs to be conveyed through the speech
• Only write- cut to, fade in/ fade out, dissolve to- when you think the editor wold do something different
• Only write camera shot in when they are significant to the scene, write them in capitals in the scene description
• Dual dialogue (speaking at same time) written like this:

                   JOHN:                                                 ALINA:
     ....................................                    .................................... 
     ....................................                    .................................... 
     ....................................                    .................................... 

• It is often 1 page per minute of film
• Production scripts= Draft scripts and
• Shooting scripts= One you will actually use 
• Every time you change location- change scene number