Reflection
In this week, we learnt how to write a script and narration in a film. Writing scripts is undoubtedly the hardest part for me, it is crucial to move film forward. Narration is secondary to visual, it is a part of the overall narrative, but can’t lead the narrative(Das, 2007). A compelling narrative can be funny, sarcastic, spare, poetic or elegant(Sheila Curran-Bernard 2010), in order to make a good narration, we should consider different ways and perspectives, keep narration visually is a challenge to the script writer, narration should back up a visual instead of trying to overpower it(Das, 2007). In the film “Night Parrot Stories” by Robert Nugent(2016), his script is not simplex narrative, he uses a gentle and peaceful tone to tell the story. With the piano music in the background, his script likes a poem, it well connects the external world in the film and the narrator’s inner world, which attracts the audience and makes them resonate with it.
Script
After hanging up, I started to think about it, i was hard to fall asleep.
What is it?
If it’s not a human, why would it harass my friend at late night?
Is it really a ghost?
No, I don’t believe in ghost.
I started to searching this strange noise online, until I found this article, this guy seemed encountered the same thing as my friend, yes, it’s exactly the same sounds as we just heard.
Obviously it’s not a ghost, but an wild animal possum.
I never heard this name before.
Isn’t it cute? They like sneak into human residential area, steal the fruit in your backyard. It has round eyes and short body, seems no threat to human.
However, someone says “no!”.
Reference:
- Bernard, Sheila Curran. Documentary Storytelling Creative Nonfiction on Screen. 3rd ed. Amsterdam ; Boston: Focal Press, 2011.
- Das, Trisha How t Write a Documentary Script, 2007, http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/programme_doc_documentary_script.pdf
- Night Parrot Stories, Robert Nugent 2016