upon receivng my timetable the first thing i saw was storytelling. are we going to learn the aspect of storytelling as in to tell a story in narration kind of thing. i was wrong though.Stepping into MR ryan’s class was just superb. it brought a new light into the world of storytelling.a world wherby evrithing you can see in ur head and eyes.A vision.
writting a whole story from scratch is already a tough process but adding to it was a 3rd person voice and also that the characters are to be doin an actions and not the thoughts of the characters. this is then tough.to bring a character to life is a hard process if we have to showcase it only through the characters actions but i learn and even tried to do it.its hard to not add in the chaacters thoughts. even though the characters thoughts are just minimal in a story there should be none actually.
i hope that im able to learn n master the skills of writting the perfect story line for a film.
it is also important to use the right words for the actions o. if the characters as a weak word/vocab would cause a huge different in the way we want the character to be portrayed as. I used to not believed in it. but now, i do. evrithing is about words. your choice of word would be the cause of the outcome of your story whether it is good or bad.
notes for 1st lesson date 20/4/07
Proper writtingg format
Present tense
3rd person
visual voice
eg: mark picks up the gun and holds it in his hand . It begins to tremble, as if alive.
Screenplays use this format
Presents a more immediate n urgent feel to the material.
Written vs visual voice
Written voice
Use weak verbs
Tell what’s happening in the character’s head.
Distances the reader from the story
Visual voice
Uses strong action verbs
Shows how the action
Uses an immediate
Sentence structure
Conveys the story…..
The sky was blue with s lot of white clouds.
Add visual images…
Eg: clouds moving clouds , parting
Mark was angry at jane for tricking him into helping her
Eg: mark runs over her.
Mark punch her
Tips for writing
Hav a work in progress never stop for the night if you are stuck
Solve the problem and keep going until you r in safer water. A good night’s sleep is important.
Cant get started on a project, start writtng anyway. to do this you have to have some words to type.
Life as it is! 