Brainstorming & writing script
Class in this week, Paul made us think about writing script and using our ideas based on real life action. This is one of the ways to brainstorm ideas and come up with something simple, yet fascinating.
There are several steps to write scripts, firstly, we listed action we see in a cinema or in real life that we can imagine or even anything that we like and admire. The first thing that came into my mind is an action of somebody crossing the street in a crowd. While thinking and listing things that could happen in real life and also would be great to film too, my ideas started to flow and more of floating in the air. Say, after the scene of somebody crossing the street, then the camera captures a guy looking for a girl, who’s crossing the street, however, he is too late to follow her so he’s stuck. Admittedly, the idea was quite simple, however, it is interesting how imagining about something can lead you to the next scenario, which can bring you to a good short film.
Also, one action that I really like is swimming. There are plenty of things that would be great to capture, such as waves, people swimming, or even just the sound of the water. Plus, filming underwater is one of my favourite scenes.
When it comes to listing locations, it is even more fun. I came up with a lot of places such as
- Swimming pool (of course)
- Library
- Park
- Airport
- Museum
- Stairs
- Forest etc.
Then, we listed people in the scenario in their particular theme. So, the scene that someone crossing the street, I pictures a girl with a dark red coat in a winter, dark brown long hair, she seems mysterious but also open minded.
Overall, this class helped me get through the challenging part, which is starting and narrowing down the ideas. Surprisingly, it went really well and easy.