Scripting the Final Project

Within the attached materials that I have included, will be the original script for our final project. This is subject to a lot of change, which I shall be doing over the Christmas break. I have recently read an interesting feature in a book called Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics by Michael Rabiger, which enlightened me somewhat with regards to interpreting my script to actors.

Here is the section that I found incredibly useful:

The bits that I have highlighted are handwritten notes, with a sort if 'inner mind' of the character. It is translated as though it is what the character is thinking at the precise moment in the script, and therefore gives an insight into what the line should be acted like and how the actors should have the characters reacting.

I think this will be particularly useful in our final film, as a lot of it will be reaction based, with no dialogue. By making these notes on the side of my script, it will allow the actors to easily recognise what I want them to react like at a certain bit of the film, especially if their reaction is not what you would usually expect from the situation that they are in.

I feel this exercise will be more useful for the actors when they are away from set and learning their lines, as it will tell them immediately what I want them to act like, from the off, without the need for me to explain to them on set what their character should be doing. Then when it comes to the performances in front of the camera, I will be easily able to fine tune any minor points that need altering.