In Week 5, James brought in a guest to speak about his experience in the film industry. He has done several advertisements, films and has even directed a few shorts himself.

We all did an exercise together, analysing scripts from anonymous films (however, I was familiar with some of them) and dissecting the depth of certain scripts. My takeaway from this exercise is that each and every line of these scripts contains a multitude description and imagery that it makes it easier for a filmmaker to take each and every word and transform it into the form of a moving image. Here is an example of the script we were reading over:

Script One 

What I sensed from this script is a sense of melancholy and sadness. I did not know which movie this is from but I am assuming that the themes this movie is under are Coming of Age, Slice of Life and Adventure. If I am correct in this occasion, this script has done what it’s supposed to do and that is emanating the type of genre that this script falls under despite the readers not knowing where it is from.

Arthur has also given away some really good advice in preparation for our upcoming Film Project 1:

• Don’t over direct – how I interpreted this was you simply speak to your actor/actress about the concept and show them your script. Everyone digests information and to see how they would replicate your work is part of the process.
• Watching a lot of movies – You are able to see how film productions operate when you have been exposed to so many types of films.
• A movie is made three times – Writing, script-writing. Shooting, production and finally, post-production or editing.

Overall, this lesson has been helpful and inspiring for Film Project 1 and has assisted in me in seeing my vision for my first ever short film.