I have no doubt that what I have learnt about the process of screenwriting in this studio will stay with me, and I will utilise it. I have learnt how to further narrative and plot and build world and character through audiovisual techniques. These skills are reflected in my final pieces. I have also learnt a lot about the “rules” and structure of a screenplay, and feel more comfortable bending those rules and finding my own voice.

I value the practice I will take with me from this studio more than any solid material. In saying that, I do feel like I have written a solid screenplay and have supplied an emotive audio aid.

The screenplay:

Right now I never want to look at again. I’m done with it and am ready to move on to another project. I am currently experiencing what I imagine a screenwriter feels like at the end of writing a gruelling feature. I want to give someone my script and say “If you like it, you make it. I’m gonna write something else now.” In saying this I recognise that this is a natural emotion and at the same time I could say I’m proud of my piece. I think it is a simple story, and yet an intense story and it could have been a story about almost nothing, and yet it’s not. It’s an awkward and retable story. My story is an audiovisual story, and I think that makes it more interesting, immersive and in some respects subtle.

The audio piece: I made this piece out of sounds I had recorded: hand driers, taps, doors slamming etc. I also recorded my friend doing different voices which was hilarious because she did both ‘Screaming Child’ and ‘Defeated Mother.’ Actually when I was recording it I thought it could even add a comedic element to the piece. Then I mixed the sounds in one day, also grabbing sounds from the internet. I took it home and played it to my friend. She told me it was mortifying. The audio piece should be thought of as an accompanying teaser for the soundscape for the bathroom stall scene, which is Scene 10. This is the scene in which the normal pool sounds around my protagonist begin to grow louder and distort as she experiences a moment of intense anxiety. This piece is an immersive audio accompaniment to my script. It explores world, character and psychology.

This studio was a really important studio for me to take. I’ve always been interested in screenwriting, and I only need to look back on my previous writing to see how much I’ve learned during the semester.