Expanding on my idea for the film script, I decided to read ‘Writing The Short Film’ by Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger (3rd Edtion). I looked at one of their exercises under the chapter of ‘Writing An Original Short Screenplay’ (pg 65) and explored exercise 12 and 13 of using visual images to build character and an optional start up point for my script.
LINDUM
Since our lecture yesterday about the Relay project, I have been thinking about ideas on what I could possibly write about which relates to the title of ‘Lindum’. As this word is a roman name for ‘Lincoln’ I have been thinking about things that relate to the city. This is when I came up with the idea about a homeless man who becomes rich by finding something historical and highly valuable in Lincoln Cathedral. I think this would work quite nicely is very relevant to the title of the film. I also feel it would be easy when it comes to the production due to the fact we are in Lincoln.
DREAMS.
I am still finding it difficult to think of ideas that will stay climatic to the end. I have started thinking of possibly using ideas from dreams that I have had that I can remember. One dream that I can remember very clearly involved a group of people visiting an old castle / manor house which is famous for its historical significance. The day then has a quick turn when the main girl sees a group of people in the distance walking towards to castle with masks on (similar to the masks in ‘The Purge – James DeMonaco”). This then leads to war amongst the visitors and the masked people. I feel this would be a great idea to use and follow in my script.
(The Purge – James DeMonaco 2013)
First Week of gathering thoughts and ideas on my ten minute script. I have watched a variety of short films to see if I can expand ideas through influence. My main ideas from doing this included, a story about a girl stuck in a time loop (influenced by Rotor – Maarten Groen)
and a story on a man who goes back in time to sort out issues from his childhood (influenced by Future Hero – Ramin Serry and I’m you, dickhead by Lucas Testro)
I then had my workshop which gave me ideas on using my own memories and themes from my favourite films to grasp ideas, the film that sprung to mind first was ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson”. This helped me narrow down a genre and setting for my script, which is fantasy and the setting of an old hotel.
I have since then been brainstorming ideas and concepts for my script. I have been finding it difficult to think of a climatic ending to each idea I think of and I am struggling to think of ways to keep the idea engaging throughout beginning to end. This is a big issue for me and is causing me to become less confident with each idea that I come up with. The image below is my notes and ideas that I have made.
