Treatment of The Cup

The cup is on the ground, looking dejected. It is shadowed by two bins. We see it has been tossed carelessly, and sits awaiting it’s final destination. People walk past it, but we stay tight with the cup. All we know about the people is…

Influential Texts: Q3

Assignment Q3 The readings presented in this class have sort of built on each other to further my understanding of the screenplay. It’s kinda like … you have to know the rules before you break them. You have to know the craft and understand the…

Write and Reflect: Q2

Assignment Q2 We have been asked to upload a piece of writing and reflect on it. The prompt asks us to reflect on something we have written in class. Instead I thought it could be interesting to have a look at a couple segments of…

A Form of Cinema: Q1

Assignment Q1 The first prompt we have been given for our assignment in Picture This! (a screenwriting studio) has directed us towards a quote, asking us to discuss it relation to the concept of audiovisual storytelling. I have provided an extended version of the provided…

Show, Don’t Tell

Picture This! Show, Don’t Tell  In week one and two of Picture This, we have begun to explore screen writing through the important lens of audiovisual storytelling. In other words: how to communicate a story by showing, rather than telling. Writers have been banging on about…