Developing Script

Once Alex and I had fully drawn out our storyboard in detail and created a shot list of every single shot we intend to use for this short film, it was about time that we both began to think about the screenplay and script in a little more depth since we are still undecided as to what our characters are going to be saying in our short film. We listed on our animatic "*Dialogue*" to show the moments when our characters will be speaking when on set. We are both very lucky to have actors who have some experience in drama or stage performance so they will hopefully be able to deliver exceptional performances with the scripts when on set.

When developing our script, it was important for us both to understand how the script will relate to the overall story of our short film but also making sure the script also makes sense to our audience. If the script isn't meaningful and doesn't make sense to our audience, this can have really huge impacts on the overall construction of our product and thus reduce the audiences interest in our short film. Alex and I decided to sit down during a Media Studies lesson and for us to plan our script/screenplay based on finalised animatic and storyboard. The screenshots below show the notes we wrote following the standard Hollywood screenplay format.

Within the script, we made sure our character's lines are delivered in different emotions; angry, scared, confused, cheeky etc. For example, in the opening scene of the interrogation, the protagonist character will be acting scared and confused as he is unaware of where he has been taken to, whereas the criminals in question interrogating him will be portrayed as more superior and powerful to him as there are greater numbers of them.

Now that Alex and I have a rough idea for how our script is going to work, it's now time for me to write a more formal screenplay for our actors to read rehearse in their own time before filming day and so that we are fully prepared and not wasting time when on set.